The course is intended for students of the bachelor's study program Theoretical Basis of Mechanical Engineering and is a free continuation of the subjects Material Science I. and II. and 21st Century Materials. Students will get acquainted with the applications of a wide range of technical materials, lectures will be supplemented by invited lectures by experts from practice and excursions to some topics.

Introductory lecture
• Stainless steels and alloys
• Materials for castings
• Plastics in mechanical engineering
• Biomaterials
• Coating
• Non-ferrous metal alloys
• Reinforcement mechanisms of metallic materials in practice
• Composites in mechanical engineering
• Lecture by an expert from practice
• New types of metallic materials
• Ceramics for construction applications
• Technical materials as you already know them

• Marking of steels
• Materials for castings
• Plastics
• Coating
• Reinforcement mechanisms of metallic materials
• Composites
• Excursions (biomaterials)
• Excursion (heat treatment)
• Excursions (composites)
• Student presentations

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SHACKELFORD, J.F. Materials Science for Engineers, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2005
ASHBY, M. F. a D. R. H. JONES. Engineering materials 2: an introduction to microstructures, processing and design. 3rd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 07-506-6381-2.
CALLISTER, W. D. a D. G. RETHWISCH. Fundamentals of materials science and engineering: SI version. 4th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2013. ISBN 978-1-118-32269-7.