Before choosing course
The course introduces you to the field of materials and provides an insight into your upcoming professional role. In introductory lectures, material design and choice of materials as well as the relationships between structure and properties of the different material groups of metals, ceramics, polymers and fiber-based materials are presented. In the course, you are also engaged in a materials selection project. Other elements included are project work with group dynamics etc. as well as oral and written technical reporting.
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Part 1: Introduction
- Introduction to material design
- Introduction to performance-characteristics-structure-production for engineering materials and functional materials
- Lab exercise in material design
- Introduction to choice of material
- Lab exercise in choice of material
- Introduction to material from an environmental and sustainability perspective
- Lab exercise in materials from an environmental and sustainability perspective
Part 2: Project Work
- Information retrieval and referencing
- Introduction to written and oral technical reporting
- Project planning
- Materials science project work in groups
- Oral presentation of materials science project
- Written reporting of materials science project
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student should be able to:
- Define, give an account of and describe basic concepts in material design
- Define, give an account of, and describe basic concepts in choice of material
- Describe relationships between performance-characteristics-structure-production for engineering materials and functional materials.
- Describe and discuss sustainable development in material design
- Search, retrieve, refer and evaluate information from different sources
- Plan and carry out a project in groups and present it written and oral
- Apply and justify choices of material for simple applications/final products
Course Disposition
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Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
General entry requirements to higher education in Sweden
Recommended prerequisites
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Equipment
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Literature
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Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- LAB1 - Laboratory work, 3,0 hp, betygsskala: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- PRO1 - Project, 4,5 hp, betygsskala: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course web
Further information about the course can be found on the Course web at the link below. Information on the Course web will later be moved to this site.
Course web MH1030Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Add-on studies
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Contact
Peter Hedström (pheds@kth.se)