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Subject · Materials engineering

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İF-3288y4 creditsAutumn semesterMandatory2025-2026

Topic plan

The subject's topics and the learning outcomes attached to each one.

15 topics

  1. 1. Information about materials

    Lecture

    Nature of materials, general overview of construction and tool materials used in industry and engineering, engineering basis of materials selection.

  2. 2. Problems and purpose of materials science

    Lecture

    The main challenges facing modern materials science, ways to achieve high strength and stability, the main goals of scientific research.

  3. 3. Types of materials depending on the historical period

    Lecture

    The evolution of materials from the stone, bronze, and iron ages to the modern era, the impact of materials production technology on the development of society.

  4. 4. Recycling of materials

    Lecture

    Basics of recycling technologies of secondary raw materials (metal, polymer, glass), saving resources and environmental efficiency.

  5. 5. Physical and chemical properties of materials

    Lecture

    Physical properties (thermal, electrical, magnetic) and chemical activity that determine the structure of materials, resistance to corrosion and oxidation.

  6. 6. Composition materials

    Lecture

    The essence of composites obtained from the combination of two or more different materials, concepts of matrix and reinforcing phase.

  7. 7. New generation materials

    Lecture

    Characteristics of new generation materials with special properties used in aerospace, nuclear and high-temperature industries.

  8. 8. Metallic and non-metallic materials

    Lecture

    Comparative analysis of metal, polymer, ceramic and other non-metallic materials, differences in their atomic structure and mechanical properties.

  9. 9. Synthetic, natural organic materials

    Lecture

    Properties, production principles and application of natural polymers (cellulose, rubber) and synthetic polymers (plastic masses, artificial fibers).

  10. 10. Structural theory of materials

    Lecture

    Crystal lattice types of metals and non-metals, lattice defects, construction of phase diagrams and the effect of structure on material properties.

  11. 11. Reinforced composite materials

    Lecture

    Reinforcement mechanisms of fibrous and dispersed reinforced materials, principles of load transfer from matrix to fibers.

  12. 12. Reading materials

    Lecture

    The basics of powder metallurgy, the processes of obtaining, pressing and high-temperature cooking (sintering) of metal powders.

  13. 13. Fundamentals of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies

    Lecture

    Quantum effects of nanoscale (1-100 nm) structures, unique physical-mechanical properties of nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanoparticles).

  14. 14. Polymer and composite materials

    Lecture

    Preparation of polymer matrix composites (glass plastic, carbon plastic), chemical resistance of polymers and functional role in composites.

  15. 15. Ceramic composite materials

    Lecture

    Areas of production and application of ceramic matrix composites with high temperature resistance, hardness and chemical inertness properties.