The main aim is to supply the student with a robust background on materials, able to couple scientific and technological knowledge in a synergic way, providing general guidelines for translating scientific knowledge into technological tools for engineering design. The student should then: - know the chemical and atomic nature of the materials and the strong dependence of the macroscopic features and properties from it; - know how to exploit this scientific background in controlling the material properties up to the tailoring of material features for a specific application; - be conscious of the role of material selection in matching design requirements; - know a basic English vocabulary on Materials Science and Technology.

The student is required to have a robust, basic knowledge on Chemistry Physics and Mathematics.

The main contents of a Materials Science and Technology course for Engineers can be summarised as follows: Structure of crystalline and amorphous materials. Crystal defects..Material structure- elastic behaviour relationships. Material structure- plastic behaviour relationships. Relationships between material structure and other properties (thermal, electrical). Modification of the material properties: microstructural constituents (solid solutions, intermediate phases,..), phase diagrams and transformations (melting/solidification, precipitation hardening), basic knowledge on thermal treatments, microstructural evolution and consequences on properties. General discussion of the principal classes of the engineering materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, glasses). Mentions to the main types and to their properties. These topics require at least 3.5 CFU and should be integrated by each Teacher with specific arguments dealing with the Studies Course.

45 hours of lectures. 15 hours of exercises on materials properties, principles and methodologies for testing of materials and exercises on specific phase diagrams.

Slides of the lessons will be given to the students. Some reference books are below listed. The teacher will suggest the proper bibliography. W.F. Smith, Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering, McGraw-Hill (2004) William D. Callister, Materilas Science and Engineering: an introduction.

Exam: Written test;

Written examination with 5-6 open questions and exercises (for each of them will be will be assigned a partial mark) on topics of the course (duration: two hours, max score: 30/30, during the exam the consultation of learning resources is not allowed). After the evaluation of the written exam, the marks will be published. For those students who want to see the written work and talk with the teacher about the obtained evaluation, a calendar for appointments will be given.

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.

Exam: Computer-based written test using the PoliTo platform;

The exam will be structured in order to verify the student's knowledge about the structure and properties of materials and their correlations. Moreover, the exam will verify the ability of the student to elaborate the acquired knowledges in order to be able to perform, in autonomy, choices and evaluations about the best materials for specific applications in the biomedical field. The exam will last 60 minutes, plus 15 minutes to allow access and closure. It will consist of 18 questions, of which: 4 numerical exercises on the topics covered during the exercises (total 6 points). 2 exercises on phase diagrams (total 6 points). 5 open-ended questions about the entire program (total 10 points). 7 quizzes on the whole program (total 9 points). The maximum total score will be 31 points, equal to 30L. The threshold is at 18 points. The maximum total score will be 31 points, equal to 30L. The threshold is at 18 points. For quizzes, a penalty will be applied to any wrong answer. The wrong answers to other types of questions will not be penalized (0 points). Any unanswered answer will be scored as 0 points. The exam is structured in order to verify knowledge acquired by the student about the structure and properties of the materials and the correlations between them, as well as in order to verify the student’s ability to process the acquired knowledge and to be able to make, independently, choices and evaluations of the most suitable materials for a specific application in the biomedical field.

Exam: Written test; Computer-based written test using the PoliTo platform;

The exam will be structured in order to verify the student's knowledge about the structure and properties of materials and their correlations. Moreover, the exam will verify the ability of the student to elaborate the acquired knowledges in order to be able to perform, in autonomy, choices and evaluations about the best materials for specific applications in the biomedical field. The exam will last 60 minutes, plus 15 minutes to allow access and closure (by PC). It will consist of 18 questions, of which: 4 numerical exercises on the topics covered during the exercises (total 6 points). 2 exercises on phase diagrams (total 6 points). 5 open-ended questions about the entire program (total 10 points). 7 quizzes on the whole program (total 9 points). The maximum total score will be 31 points, equal to 30L. The threshold is at 18 points. For quizzes, a penalty will be applied to any wrong answer. The wrong answers to other types of questions will not be penalized (0 points). Any unanswered answer will be scored as 0 points. The exam is structured in order to verify knowledge acquired by the student about the structure and properties of the materials and the correlations between them, as well as in order to verify the student’s ability to process the acquired knowledge and to be able to make, independently, choices and evaluations of the most suitable materials for a specific application in the biomedical field.