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The 23 Lecture Units For 2012
Finding and Displaying Information Unit 1 The materials and processes universe: families, classes, members, attributes Unit 2 Materials charts: mapping the materials universe
Material Properties Unit 3 The Elements: Property origins, trends and relationships Unit 4 Manipulating Properties: Chemistry, Microstructure, Architecture Unit 5 Designing New Materials: Filling the boundaries of materials property space
Selection
Unit 6 Translation, Screening, Documentation: the first step in optimized selection Unit 7 Ranking: refining the choice Unit 8 Objectives in conflict: trade-off methods and penalty functions Unit 9 Material and shape Unit 10 Selecting processes: shaping, joining and surface treatment Unit 11 The economics: cost modelling for selection
Sustainability
Unit 12 Eco Selection: the eco audit tool Unit 13 Advanced Eco design: systematic material selection Unit 14 Low Carbon Power: Resource Intensities and Materials Use
Special Topics Unit 15 Architecture and the Built Environment: materials for construction Unit 16 Structural sections: shape in action Unit 17 CES EduPack Bio Edition: Natural and man-made implantable materials Unit 18 Materials in Industrial design: Why do consumers buy products?
Advanced Teaching and Research Unit 19 Advanced Databases: Level 3 Standard, Aerospace and Polymer Unit 20 Hybrid Synthesizer: Modelling Composites, Cellular structures and Sandwich panels Unit 21 Database creation: Using CES Constructor in Research Unit 22 Research: CES Selector and Constructor Unit 23 Sustainability and Materials Selection

Motivation We use materials and energy on a colossal scale (see next 2 overheads) Making materials accounts for about 30% of all energy consumption – most derived from fossil fuels Dependence on imported fossil fuel caries economic and

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