Materials
form the foundation for engineering applications. Ultimately, all engineering
designs are limited by materials properties. Thus, engineers, regardless of
discipline, should gain and understanding and appreciation of the concepts that
govern materials properties. The
present course “Nanostructured Materials” will provide the engineering students
with the fundamental principles that govern structure-processing-properties
interrelationships in a variety of different materials classes from the macro down to the nano scale. From this
understanding, the engineer will have the toolset to devise means to exploit
engineered materials for a variety of applications.