Pre-requisite: Preferably for students from non-metallurgical background
(Materials Science programme is inter-disciplinary in nature, with students joining from diverse backgrounds)
(Students having metallurgical engineering background will be familiar with the contents)
Trends and developments in materials – historical perspective – challenging applications
Need for microstructurally engineered materials – top down and bottom up approaches in assemblage of materials / particles
Detailed discussion on specific material systems - metallic glasses – processing conditions – bulk metallic glasses
Stainless and special steels – low density and high strength alloys, Introduction to superalloys, cryogenic materials
Shape memory alloys, functionally gradient materials, introduction to biomaterials and nano materials