436-223 Design and Materials 2 - Environmental

Students will be expected to be familiar with material covered in 436-101 Engineering Mechanics and Materials, 436-105 Engineering Communications and 100-level mathematics.

Unit 1, Engineering Design: Upon completion, students should comprehend fundamental concepts of engineering design through various stages of the design process: problem formulation and structuring, ideation, decision making and communication (with special emphasis on those related to environmental engineering); develop an awareness of the integrative nature of engineering design through the experience of balancing a range of factors including uncertainties related to the environment; and have observed the close interrelation between the properties and performance of engineering materials and the design process.

Topics covered include general approach to engineering design problems; invention, analysis, decision making; goal, objectives, criteria and constraints; strategies for synthesis and decision making; technical, ergonomic and economic factors; appraisal of benefit and cost; fault and failure analysis; probability, uncertainty and assessment of risk; and interfacing geometric and mathematical models, sensitivity analyses, combinatorial search.

Unit 2, Engineering Materials: Upon completion, students should be able to appreciate the interrelationships between the structure, processing and properties of metals, and of key factors in the selection of appropriate materials for specific applications.

Topics covered include Gibbs Phase Rule; development of microstructure, and its influence on properties; the iron carbon system; isothermal and constant-cooling transformation diagrams; heat treatments, including precipitation hardening; and light alloys;

Practical work, projects and reports not exceeding 40 pages; two examinations not exceeding two hours each. Completion and submission of satisfactory laboratory reports and assignments is a prerequisite for admission to the written examination. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of semester.