Two hours rec. Materials science and engineering has traditionally been considered a core engineering science. As such it should be included as a part of the students engineering topics. The course objectives outlined above would be an essential knowledge base for a students broad education in engineering if they are to have the ability to apply a knowledge of science and engineering, to design a system or component to meet a specific engineering need, and to systematically formulate and solve an engineering problem. As technology changes, knowledge of engineering materials will be important to facilitate lifelong learning.
Students do see computer controlled instrumentation in the laboratory sessions.
There is discussion of how to interpret data that contains noise as a part of the laboratory experience.