Course Listing

Offered jointly by the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. Processing methods for a wide range of materials, including metals, ceramics and plastics. The analytical basis for understanding and optimizing materials processes. Exercises in mathematical modelling and the use of software packages to optimize processes.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 3M03 or MECHENG 3A03 or registration in Level IV or above in Civil Engineering.

4 unit(s)
Materials indices, materials selection charts, materials selection and design with mechanical and thermo-mechanical constraints, design of hybrid materials, sustainable materials selection and design.
Two lectures (two hours), one tutorial (one hour); first term
Prerequisite(s): One of ENGINEER 2P04, MECHENG 2P04, and one of CHEMENG 3A04, MECHENG 3R03; or registration in Level IV or above in Civil Engineering

3 unit(s)
An introduction to the structure of both crystalline and amorphous solids; the
physical and chemical basis for properties exhibited by materials; an overview of
material properties including mechanical, electrical, magnetic and thermal behaviour.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in any program in the Faculties of Engineering or
Science

3 unit(s)
First and Second Laws. Reversible and irreversible processes. State functions, variables, relations among them. The Third Law. Thermodynamics of reactions. Unary systems. Real gases. Electrochemistry.
Two lectures, two tutorials, one lab (one and a half hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering; CHEM 1A03 or 1E03
Antirequisite(s): ENGPHYS 2H04, PHYSICS 2H04

3 unit(s)
Configurational entropy. Molar Gibbs energies. Activities, chemical potentials. Raoult’s and Henry’s Laws. Regular solutions. Eutectic, peritectic, other types of phase diagrams. Phase rule. Multicomponent solutions.
Two lectures, two tutorials, one lab (one and a half hours); second term
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1A03 or 1E03; and MATLS 2B03; and Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering

4 unit(s)
Characterization of materials by microscopy and electrical, mechanical and chemical
methods. Matlab and computer graphics. Team projects involving materials
characterization and synthesis.
One lecture, two three-hour labs; both terms. One tutorial per week; both terms
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering

4 unit(s)
An introduction to the electronic structure and properties of materials: electrons
and their behavior in vacuum and in a crystal lattice, electronic structure of
elements, crystal bonding, free electron theory of metals and band structure of
solids, electrical and thermal properties of solids.
Three lectures, one lab (three hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering

3 unit(s)
Crystal geometry, point groups, space groups, x-ray diffraction analysis to determine
crystalline solubility limits in structures, phase diagrams, phase identification,
chemical compositions, epitaxy, nanocrystals and strain, electron and neutron
diffraction, crystalline defects, properties of crystals, crystal growth, phase
analysis, phase transitions, protein crystallography.
Two lectures, one lab (three hours), one tutorial (three hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering

3 unit(s)
Surface science and technology related to the preparation of fine particles of
minerals, metals and ceramics for industrial production. Application of electrochemistry
for diverse materials processing, such as electrometallurgy, thin film
production and anodizing.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2D03; and Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering

3 unit(s)
Gaseous systems. Phase rule. Systems with gas phase and pure condensed
phases. Ellingham diagram. Predominance diagrams. Systems with gas phase
and condensed solutions. Pourbaix diagrams.
Two lectures, two tutorials, one lab (one and a half hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2D03; and Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering
Antirequisite(s): MATLS 3C04

4 unit(s)
Phenomenological and mechanistic approaches to steady and non-steady state
diffusion, boundary conditions, mechanisms of diffusion, Arrhenius behaviour, gassolid
reactions, precipitate growth and dissolution, plate and spherical geometries,
plane front solidification, diffusion in concentrated alloys, the Kirkendall effect,
the interdiffusion coefficient, diffusion couples with intermediate phases, mass
transport with convection, transient diffusion in fluids, the mass transfer coefficient.
Two lectures, three hours, two tutorials one hour; first term.
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2D03 and MATH 2ZZ3; and Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering

3 unit(s)
Fundamentals of processing, building on a knowledge of heat and mass transfer.
High temperature processing of materials, focusing on heat sources, solid state
processing of powders and liquid state processing, high temperature production
routes for most important metals.
Three lectures, one tutorial (one hour); second term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2D03; and Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering

3 unit(s)
Introduction to probability. Linear and non-linear regression analysis, multi-response
estimation, design of experiments including factorial and optimal design, statistical
process control. Emphasis on analysis of industrial problems.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III above of Materials Engineering or Chemical Engineering
Antirequisite(s): STATS 3Y03

3 unit(s)
Elastic and Plastic Deformation of Materials. Strengthening Methods. Fracture
Mechanisms. Fatigue and Creep failure.
Three lectures, one tutorial and/or lab; first term
Prerequisite(s): ENGINEERING 2P04 and Registration in Level III or above of Materials Engineering; or MECHENG 2P04 and Registration in Level III or above in Mechanical Engineering; or permission of the department.

3 unit(s)
Fundamental properties of materials used in electronic applications, operation
of devices and fabrication methods of electronic circuits and packaging. Includes
description of dielectric, magnetic and optoelectronic properties.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): One of MATLS 2Q04, ENG PHYS 2QM3; or permission of the department
Anti-requisite(s): ENG PHYS 3PN4

4 unit(s)
Molar Gibbs energy diagrams. Fundamentals of diffusion. Curved interfaces, GibbsThomson
effect. Grain growth, Zener pinning. Homogeneous and heterogeneous
nucleation. Solidification. Scheil formalism. Constitutional supercooling. Eutectic
growth. Coarsening. Recovery, recrystallization. Spinodal decomposition. Eutectoid,
massive, order-disorder and martensitic transformations.
Three lectures, one lab (three hours); second term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2D03 and 2X03; and Registration in Level II or above of Materials Engineering

3 unit(s)
Introduction to biomaterials. Includes material-tissue interactions, techniques for biomaterials testing, and characterization. Applications of biomaterials and the clinical context of their use will be introduced.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering; or Registration in Level IV or above in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Theory and practice of iron making. New processes for reduced energy consumption
and pollution. Thermodynamics and kinetics of steelmaking. Steel refining.
Casting, including new near net shape technologies. Specialty steelmaking.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Co-requisite(s): MATLS 3F03
Offered on an irregular rotation basis

3 unit(s)
Thermodynamics, electrochemistry, electrified interface, electrode potential,
Faraday’s Law, Butler-Volmer equation, activation polarization, concentration
polarization, mixed potential theory, passivity, rate measurement techniques,
galvanic corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, intergranular corrosion, materials
selection, cathodic protection, anodic protection, inhibitors/biocides.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III above in Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Synthesis routes for nanomaterials, bottom-up and top-down approaches, green
chemistry methods, properties of materials: carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles,
quantum dots. Environmental and health impact of nanomaterials.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering, Engineering Physics or Chemistry; or permission of the department

3 unit(s)
Interaction of electrons and photons with matter. Imaging methods with electron
microscopy, scanning probe techniques, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and
X-ray absorption analysis with high spatial resolution.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics or Honours Chemistry; or permission of the department.
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Deposition and fabrication techniques, surfaces, growth mechanisms, epitaxy, kinetic
effects in thin films, defects and properties of thin films. Materials for packaging.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Sustainable development, ingenuity gap, materials cycles, Eco-Efficiency, Environmental
Impact parameters, introduction and computational structure of life
cycle analysis, waste treatment and recycling technologies, impact of sustainable
practice, stakeholder strategies.
Two lectures (three hours); one tutorial (one hour); first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of Materials Engineering; or permission of the department

6 unit(s)
Individual experimental research problem with a selected supervisor. A written
and oral report is required in the first term. The thesis is defended orally. Nine
unscheduled hours each week, both terms.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above in Materials Engineering and a GPA of at least 8.0

2 unit(s)
A sequence of experiments to simulate industrial production of an Al-Mg-Si
alloy. Accompanying lectures illustrate the engineering principles that underpin the industrial process.
One lecture, one lab (three hours)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the final Level of a Materials Engineering program
Antirequisite(s): MATLS 4A02, 4L02, 4L04

2 unit(s)
A sequence of experiments to investigate surface modification of biomaterials involving electrodeposition of composite biopolymers and relevant biological characterization methods.
One lecture, one lab (three hours)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the final level of Materials Engineering
Antirequisite(s): MATLS 4A02, 4L02, 4L04
First offered in 2020-2021

2 unit(s)
A sequence of experiments to investigate and study a wide range of thin film
growth methods and applications including vacuum deposition, electrodeposition,
spin coating, sol gel, and sacrificial oxidation.
One lecture, one lab (three hours)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the final Level of a Materials Engineering program
Antirequisite(s): MATLS 4A02, 4L02, 4L04

2 unit(s)
A sequence of experiments to simulate industrial thermal-mechanical processing
of low-carbon, low alloy steels. Accompanying lectures illustrate the engineering
principles that underpin the industrial process.
One lecture, one lab (three hours)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the final Level of a Materials Engineering program
Antirequisite(s): MATLS 4A02, 4L02, 4L04

3 unit(s)
Materials and chemical engineering applications of machine learning with topics in: Bias, neural networks, deep learning and learning theory. Classification, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, generative networks, reinforcement learning.
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 3J03
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Microscopic insight to the structure of functional materials used in photovoltaics, light generation, piezoelectronics and origin of their properties from atomic-scale simulations.
One lecture (one hour) and One lecture (two hours); second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering or Engineering Physics; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Applications of heat transfer, mass transfer, and fluid flow conservation equations to industrial materials processes in metals and polymers; scaling analysis; finite element analysis.
Two lectures (three hours), one tutorial (one hour); first term
Prerequisite(s): Two of CHEM ENG 2O04, CHEMENG 3A04, MATLS 3E04; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Structure of amorphous and crystalline polymeric materials; mechanical, electrical
and optical properties, and their modification through processing.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Sensors and sensing materials for big data and artificial intelligence systems. Discussion of the theory, design and fabrication of chemical, thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical sensors.
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2Q04 or ENG PHYS 3PN4
Offered on an irregular rotation basis

3 unit(s)
Intrinsic properties of matrix materials and fibres; mechanics and thermodynamics
of interfaces; mechanical properties and fabrication of engineering composites.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 3M03 or permission from the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Advanced applications of biomaterials including nanobiomaterials, drug delivery, regenerative medicine, microfluidics, biosensing, immunomodulatory materials.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 4B03 and registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering; or Registration in Level IV or above in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

6 unit(s)
Projects, in cooperation with industry, focusing on materials or energy, involving
design, economic analysis and sustainability. Students working in teams of four
are assessed on oral and written reports.
Two labs (three hours); both terms