Purdue University Materials Engineering

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Professor Kevin Trumble, School of Materials Engineering

Goals for this seminar:

1.Prof. Trumble2.Purdue University3.Engineering at Purdue4.Materials Engineering at Purdue

Professor Kevin Trumble

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Education: University of Michigan, BS & MS, Materials and Metall. Engineering, 1985

University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD, Materials, 1990

Max-Planck-Institut, Stuttgart, Germany, Post-doctoral 1990-91

Purdue University, 1991-

Germany

Michigan

IndianaCalifornia

Professor Kevin TrumbleExperience:

Purdue University, School of Materials EngineeringAssistant Professor 1991 – 1996

Associate Professor 1996 – 2000

Professor 2000 –

Research:

Materials Processing and Microstructure

Casting (pour liquid metal and solidify)

Powder (press particles and sinter)

Mainly metals and ceramics

Dendritesolidification

Professor Kevin TrumbleTeaching:

Undergraduate courses:

Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

Materials Processing

Graduate courses:

Powder Processing

Metallurgy of Steels

Currently support 6 PhD students and 1 Postdoc

Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana (population ~ 65,000)

Started 1869, after American civil war

“Land-Grant” university = focus on agriculture and mechanics

Today ~ 35,000 students (~20% in Engineering fields)

Purdue University

Nickname: Boilermakers (= maker of boilers, steam trains)

Purdue Pete

Engineering at PurdueOne of largest and oldest Engineering university in USA

Many famous graduates, including first and last man to walk on the moon

All Engineering disciplines:

Aerospace, Biomedical, Civil, Chemical,

Electrical, Industrial, Materials,

Mechanical, …

Engineering Mall

Engineering at PurdueOne of largest and oldest Engineering colleges in USA

Many famous graduates, including first and last man to walk on the moon

All Engineering disciplines:

Aerospace, Biomedical, Civil, Chemical,

Electrical, Industrial, Materials,

Mechanical, …

Engineering Mall

Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan

Engineering at Purdue ~ 8500 students (6200 undergraduates / 2300 graduates)

~ 320 Professors

~ 2000 students start Engineering each year

Common first-year program in

School of Engineering Education*

before starting specific discipline (IE, ME, etc) in

year 2, 3 and 4)

*first in the world department of Engineering Education

School of Materials EngineeringSchool of Metallurgical Engineering, 1959

School of Materials Engineering, 1973

Currently:

135 BS students

75 MS and PhD students

20 Professors

Aerospace Engineering

Materials Engineering

Engineering Education

Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering (2007)

School of Materials EngineeringWith 200 students and 20 professors, Materials is one of

smallest Engineering disciplines at Purdue

Materials discipline is small fraction

of all Engineering

Worldwide ~2% of engineers have

Materials degree.

Small field, but important because

“everything is made of materials”

Break

Too fast?

Too slow?

Questions up to now?

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

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MSEMSEProperties

Structure

Processing

Material Classes: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites

Definition of MSE:

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

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MSEMSEProperties

Structure

Processing

Material Classes: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites

Definition of MSE:

AtomMoleculeCrystalGrain

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

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MSEMSEProperties

Structure

Processing

Material Classes: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites

Definition of MSE:

AtomMoleculeCrystalGrain

Strength, Density, Conductivity….

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

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MSEMSEProperties

Structure

Processing

Material Classes: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites

Definition of MSE:

AtomMoleculeCrystalGrain

Strength, Density, Conductivity…. Casting, Rolling, Heat Treating….

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

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MSEMSEProperties

Structure

Processing

Material Classes: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites

Definition of MSE:

Applies to all engineering designs, to everything made

AtomMoleculeCrystalGrain

Strength, Density, Conductivity…. Casting, Rolling, Heat Treating….

Different Types of MSE Programs

Emphasize one class of Material, like Metals or Ceramics

Emphasize Science (fundamental) or Engineering (applied)

Trends:

1. Combine with larger fields: Mechanical and Materials

Chemical and Materials

2. General MSE = all classes of Materials

Purdue MSE Program

General MSE (Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites) > Bachelor degree (4 years)

Students join in Year 2, after First-Year Engineering

Special emphasis on materials processing

Large amount of MSE laboratory classes

- measure properties and microstructure

- conduct processing (casting, forming, etc.)

Design projects sponsored by Industry

Purdue MSE Curriculum

Year 1: First-Year Engineering (Science, Math, Engineering)

Year 2: Introduction to MSE

Properties Lab

Bonding and Crystallography

Physical Properties

Thermodynamics

+ continue Science and Math classes

Purdue MSE Curriculum

Year 3: Microstructure Lab

Heat and Fluid Transport

Materials Processing

Materials Processing Lab

Electrical Properties

Mechanical Properties

Advanced Materials Electives (3 classes)

Year 4: Materials and Process Selection

Industry Design Projects (2 semesters)

Advanced Materials Electives (3 classes)

Purdue MSE Curriculum Picture

Properties

Structure

Processing

Microstructure Lab

Heat and Fluids

Processing LectureProcessing Lab

Electrical PropertiesMechanical Properties

Bonding and Crystals

Physical Properties

Material & ProcessSelection

Design Projects

ThermodynamicsProperties Lab

Typical Class~ 40 students per class

15 weeks per semester

Lecture Class

3 lectures per week, 50 minutes

Homework, quizzes, exams (variable)

Lab Class

1 lecture per week – prepare for lab

1 lab session per week, 3 hours

Students expected to study at least as much time as in class

Summary

Purdue Purdue University

Purdue Engineering

Purdue MSE: School of Materials Engineering

Thank you

Look forward to discussion of

Yantai Nanshan University Materials Engineering program

and

Introduction to Materials Lectures starting next week

Discussion

Purdue MSE: Graduate (MS and PhD)

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• 75 graduate students• Admitted students (~15 per year) are supported on research• Graduate teaching experience is required, includes

coursework on teaching (once for MS, twice for PhD)• Main research areas

Metal processing, especially casting

Atomistic materials science

Electroceramics

Polymer composites • ~50% international graduate students (largest group, China)• Highly competitive admission