10 Credits SPRING

Cannot be taken with: MAT2930


Aims/Description: This module aims to familiarise you with current research and development taking place in the materials community from both an academic and an industrial viewpoint. The content will focus on demonstrating how materials research and development is driven by technological need and can drive future technological solutions. Via a group project you will investigate how this interaction between materials developments and technological need has impacted and continues to impact a specific engineering solution.

Staff Contact: BOSTON REBECCA H
Teaching Methods: Lectures, Problem solving, Independent Study
Assessment: Project/ portfolio

Information on the department responsible for this unit (Materials Science and Engineering):

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