3 Credit Hours

AR

Afsaneh Rabiei

Professor

[email protected]

Introduces advanced materials for engineers, emphasizing the production /structure/property /function relation and application of a number of advanced materials mainly for Biomedical and Aerospace applications. Topics include Ultra light materials (production, processing and applications of cellular solids), Biomaterials (classes and application of materials in medicine and dentistry), composites (classes and application), Refractory materials and coatings for high temperature applications.

Prerequisites

Graduate standing.

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Distinguish various classes of advanced materials,
• Interpret new terms and information on Ultra light materials, Biomaterials, coatings and thin films, composites, and high temperature refractory materials,
• Distinguish various classes of materials used in medicine and dentistry,
• Identify various classes of composite materials, their properties and applications,
• Identify various classes of ultra-light materials, their processing, properties and applications,
• Distinguish materials suitable for application at elevated temperatures and identify coatings suitable for protection applications.

Course Requirements

Textbooks

The instructor put together an extensive PowerPoint presentation that is being printed and available for students purchase at the NCSU bookstore. Below is a list of additional suggested references for this course:

• Handbook of Cellular metals, Production, processing, Application, Edited by Hans Peter Degischer and Brigitte Kriszt, Wiley – VCH, 2002.
• Biomaterials Science, An Introduction to Materials in Medicine, Edited by B.D. Ratner, A.S. Hoffman, F.J. Sckoen, and J.E.L Emons, Academic Press, second edition, 2004.
• Handbook of Materials for Medical Devices, Edited by J. R. Davis, ASM international, 2003.
• Cellular Solids, Structure and Properties, 2nd Edition, L.J. Gibson, and M.F. Ashby, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
• Metal Foams: A Design Guide, Ashby, M. F., Evans, A., Fleck, N. A., Gibson, L.J., Hutchinson, J. W., & Wadley, H. N. G., Butterworth- Heinmann, Massachusetts; 2000.
• Cobalt-Base Alloys for Biomedical Applications, Disegi, Kennedy, and Pilliar, ASTM _STP1365.
• Advanced Ceramics, Vol.1- Bioceramics, J. F. Shackelford, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1999.
• Skeletal Tissue Mechanics, R. B. Martine, D. B. Burr, and N. A. Sharkey, Springer, 1998.
• Materials Science of Thin Films, 2 nd Edisiotn, Milton Ohring, Academic Press, 2002.
• Mechanics of Fibrous Composites, C.T. Herakovich, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,New York, 1998.
• Materials Science and Engineering, An Introduction, 5th Edition, William D. Callister, Jr., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1999, with CD-ROM.
• Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing, Materials, Processing, and Systems, 2 nd edition, Mikell P. Grrover, John Wiley & Sons, inc.,
• Fundamentals of metal matrix composites, S. Suresh, A. Mortensen and A Needleman, Butterworth Heinemann, 1993.
• Structure and properties of engineering materials, fifth edition, Henkel and Pense, McGraw Hill, 2002.

Created: 08/13/2026.