D19A2 - MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES

The course aims to provide students with the fundamentals of Materials

Science and the skills on metals, glass, ceramics and polymers and

related production methods necessary to operate in the field of design.

D1 - Knowledge and understanding

The student, at the end of the course, will have to know the physical and

chemical principles determining the properties of the studied materials,

the properties (especially mechanical) of the various materials and how

these are related to their

microstructure and / or chemical composition

D2 - Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

The student must be able to apply the acquired

knowledge by rationally evaluating the mechanical properties of the

various materials (or families of materials) and demonstrating that they

have understood the chemical and microstructual basis of these

behaviors (e.g. by explaining why a

martensitic steel is hard and brittle, how this depends on its

microstructure, and how to obtain that type of structure by appropriate

heat treatments).

D3 - Autonomy of judgment

The student must be able to evaluate, choosing among the various

possibilities, the choice of the most suitable material for the production of

a product

D4 - Communication skills

The student must be able, usig the appropriate technical language, to

describe the mechanical and / or structural characteristics of the various

considered materials, and to effectively communicate the physical and

chemical foundations underlying said mechanical / structural properties.

D5 - Learning skills

The student must be able to interpret and use technical manuals to make

selections of specific components or applications, and of

acquire information on related innovative materials.