Introduction to Materials

The aim of this course is to provide an introduction into different classes of materials, materials characterisation and modelling. The course is designed as a lecture series with experts from different fields.
Topics that will be covered include:
- Metal meterials
- Glasses
- Cements
- Nano materials
- Ceramic materials
- Polymer materials
- Materials characterization
- Materials modelling

Students are anticipated to acquire the following knowledge and skills:
- understanding different material classes, their properties and applications
- capture basic understanding of material characterisation techniques and materials modelling

written exam

written exam

will be announced in class

1st SWS: Introduction
2nd SWS: Metallic materials (Prof. Dr. Ilya Okulov)
3rd SWS: Metallic materials (Prof. Dr. Ilya Okulov)
4th SWS: Glasses (Dr. Michael Fischer)
5th SWS: Cements (Dr. Michael Fischer)
6th SWS: Nano materials (Dr. Suman Pokhrel)
7th SWS: Nano materials (Dr. Suman Pokhrel)
8th SWS: Ceramic materials (Prof. Dr. Kurosch Rezwan)
9th SWS: Ceramic materials (Prof. Dr. Kurosch Rezwan)
10th SWS: Polymers (Dr. Katharina Koschek)
11th SWS: Materials characterisation (Dr. Suman Pokhrel)
12th SWS: Materials characterisation (Dr. Suman Pokhrel)
13th SWS: Materials modelling (Prof. Dr. Lucio Colombi Ciacchi)
14th SWS: Materials modelling (Prof. Dr. Lucio Colombi Ciacchi)