MECH370

The basic mechanisms of mass transport^W and phase transformations^W in materials are developed from thermodynamic and kinetic principles. Topics include phase equilibria^W, diffusion^W, solidification^W and solid-state transformations. The application of these phenomena to materials processing methods, such as casting^W, forming^W, heat treatment^W and sintering^W is described.

Energy and Materials Efficiency Project

With abundant readily accessible materials and extremely inexpensive energy - both materials and energy efficiency have been regrettably downplayed and even ignored in industrial materials processing. In the final section of this course - students will develop review articles of materials efficiency and energy efficiency in materials processing in order to explore techniques in more detail than the text.

• Example: electrospray

• For help on the literature review go here

• For some project ideas see Strategies for energy reduction in semiconductor manufacturing

Topics Fall of 2009

Students place your chosen topic in the list below with a * and sign it with --~~~~ and double [[bracket]] it to create a link. Click on the article title to create a page and include {{MECH370}} --

• Acoustic Damping using Polyurethane/Polymer Composites --C.Kemp 17:20, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
• Amorphous Metal Alloys --Mike Kumpula 22:00, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
• Composites in the Aircraft Industry --B.S.Kukreja 04:56, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
• Electrostatic Powder Coating --User:Q. Voskamp
• Improving Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes --Penlington 13:37, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
• Laser Cladding -- Golder 01:25, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
• Hot-Melt Extrusion--User:D. Zagrodney
• Polymer Calendering -- Crawford 15:23, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
• Production of Biodegradable Organic Plastics--S.Dueck 13:57, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
• Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades--Maria-Rose Spronk
• Self-healing Polymer Composites -- Bell 04:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
• Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes --Danpaz 02:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
• Transformation Induced Plasticity "TRIP" Steel --Justin Huneault 21:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
• Use of Silicon Anodes in Lithium Ion Batteries--August.J 04:33, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
• Wood-Plastic Composite Fabrication -- T.Pinos 14:20, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
• Single Crystal Turbine Blades -- D.Iacovetta 17:57, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
• Ceramic Matrix Composite Disc Brakes -- Ari Spiegel 16:40, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Topics from Fall 2008

• Blown film extrusion --J.Chiang
• Carbon Fibre Production --User:TaylorRobertson
• Die Casting --J.Coombs 11:58, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
• Head_Gasket_processing --AlexKeddy
• Heart Stents --E.Shackles
• Increasing Supercapacitor Performance -- D.Gammie
• Induction heating --Matt Urquhart
• Laser hardening of steel gears --P.Sinclair 20:01, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• Laser Surface Texturing --S.Keating 16:38, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
• Metal reclamation and recycling of electronic waste --E.Paulin
• Microwave processing --S.Fraser
• Molecular Beam Epitaxy --C.Cochrane 15:17, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
• Optic Fiber Fabrication --Ken MacDougall
• Plasma Spray Processing --T.Bak
• Polymer Environmental-Friendly Resin --TanyaSchade
• Polymer Microneedles --Marta
• The Multi-functional Platform --Michael de Souza
• Vapor Deposition of thin Films --Aodiblasio

Presentation Schedule

Please sign up for the time slot you would prefer -- 3 slots per day.

Questions

--Joshua 14:03, 7 August 2008 (PDT)