1. MSE 440: Processing of Metallic Materials
Instructors: Yuntian Zhu
Office: 308 RBII
Ph:
Lecture 1
Text book,
Office hour, by appointment
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2. Course Description and Objectives see the Syllabus for more details
Course Description (from Catalog): Fundamental concepts of solidification and their application to foundry and welding practices; metal forming concepts applied to forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing, and sheet forming operations; machining mechanisms and methods; powder metallurgy; advanced processing methods including rapid solidification and mechanical alloying.
Course Objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to do the following things:
Understand the physical principles related to the processing of metallic materials such as solidification theory, metal forming theory, theory of chip formation in machining, etc.
Be familiar with the common metal processing technologies both from classroom study and from field trips.
Be able to optimize the design of processing variables to obtain sound material free from defects.
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3. Textbook and Lecture Notes
Text book: Mikell P. Groover, “Introduction to Manufacturing Processes”, Wiley, 2012.
Lecture slides: download from:
Print a copy and bring it with you to the classroom
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4. Policies and Procedures see the Syllabus for more details
Test grading:
Written request for changing grade
Missed tests
Makeup test during “dead week”. Only 1 makeup test permitted
Class Resources
Available at
Attendance (on campus students)
Attendance expected (0.2% penalty for missing a quiz)
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5. Testing and Grading No grade markup no matter how close
Where are testing problems from?
Underlined contents in the slides
Homework assignments
Quizzes/class discussions
440, and will be graded separately
540 will have more challenging testing problems
Test %
Test %
Final 40% (The final is comprehensive)
Ask students to think about it, and ask questions
No grade markup no matter how close
Targeted grade distribution: A: 15-25%, B: 30-40%
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6. Teaching style Active student participation in class
A dice will be rolled to determine who participates
0.2% will be deducted if you are not present in the class to answer a quiz;
0.2% extra credit will be given if you give the right answer
0.2% extra credit will be given to a volunteer who gives the right answer
No credit will be given or deducted if you give a wrong answer for regular quizzes.
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7. Reading assignments
Questions may be asked to check if you have finished the assignment
Extra credit for those who give right answer
A student will be chosen randomly using dice
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8. Field Trips
Three field trips are planned, depending on arrangements with metal processing
companies. Field trips typically occur on Fridays and are required for on-campus students. Each field trip will result in 0.5% credit for participants
See the class website for the dress code for field trips.
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9. Quizzes for Online students
Quizzes may be given.
Submission by to within 5 days.
Correct answers will be given credits.
Samurai Sword (47min)
Steelmaking (10 min)
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10. Reading and Homework Assignment
Reading assignment, Chapter 5 (textbook),
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