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Department of Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
George Simon, 25 September, 2012
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Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Monash University
• one of the 5 Engineering Departments
• 16 academic staff • good class sizes: ca. 50 • very research-active Department
• most prac. classes in actual laboratories
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What is Materials Engineering?
Materials Science and Engineering involves the manipulation of materials and their properties to produce materials that are useful to society and commercially important
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Materials Science and Engineering is concerned with the selection, processing, characterisation and
development of materials
What is Materials Engineering?
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What does Materials Engineering involve?
Creating new, better materials - new structures - combining materials together (composites, nanocomposites)
Department of Materials Engineering
What does Materials Engineering involve?
Creating new, better materials - new structures - combining materials together (composites, nanocomposites) Modifying and improving existing materials - processing - treatment (heat, chemical, surface treatment..)
Department of Materials Engineering
What does Materials Engineering involve?
Creating new, better materials - new structures - combining materials together (composites, nanocomposites) Modifying and improving existing materials - processing - treatment (heat, chemical, surface treatment..) Underlying all this is CHARACTERISATION
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Key Materials Engineering Relationships
Structure
Properties Processing
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Key Materials Engineering Relationships
Structure
Properties Processing
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Structure
Properties Processing
Key Materials Engineering Relationships
Department of Materials Engineering
Structure
Properties Processing
Key Materials Engineering Relationships
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What Do We Study in the Materials Engineering course, which is relevant for your jobs afterwards?
• Metals • Polymers (plastics) • Ceramics • Biomaterials • Nanomaterials • Fracture • Corrosion • Composites • Adhesives • Rubber etc. etc.
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Materials Science and Engineering is booming….
• all scientists, engineers, technologists, industries require materials with better properties, new materials, cheaper materials
Department of Materials Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering is booming….
• all scientists, engineers, technologists, industries require materials with better properties, new materials, cheaper materials =>materials are being developed which are:
• Lighter • Stronger • Harder • Thermally resistant • Biocompatible • Good optical, electrical and magnetic properties ……………. the list goes on
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The range of industries which employ materials engineers and scientists… Aerospace Energy Automotive Environment Biomedical Manufacturing Computers Telecommunications Biomedical Electronics
The materials revolution – changing the way we live
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Top 20 Greatest Engineering Achievements of The 20th Century
US National Academy of Engineering
Electrification Automobiles Airplanes Water Supply and Distribution Electronics Radio and Television Agricultural Mechanization Computers Telephones Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Highways Spacecraft Internet Imaging Household Appliances Health Technologies Petroleum and Petrochemical Tech Laser and Fiber Optics Nuclear Technologies High-Performance Materials
http://www.greatachievements.org/
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Electrification Automobiles Airplanes Water Supply and Distribution Electronics Radio and Television Agricultural Mechanization Computers Telephones Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Highways Spacecraft Internet Imaging Household Appliances Health Technologies Petroleum and Petrochemical Tech Laser and Fiber Optics Nuclear Technologies High-Performance Materials
http://www.greatachievements.org/
Top 20 Greatest Engineering Achievements of The 20th Century
US National Academy of Engineering
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Electrification Automobiles Airplanes Water Supply and Distribution Electronics Radio and Television Agricultural Mechanization Computers Telephones Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Highways Spacecraft Internet Imaging Household Appliances Health Technologies Petroleum and Petrochemical Tech Laser and Fiber Optics Nuclear Technologies High-Performance Materials
http://www.greatachievements.org/
Top 20 Greatest Engineering Achievements of The 20th Century
US National Academy of Engineering
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Current Themes in Materials Engineering
• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing • Energy (generation, storage) • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering • Green Materials Engineering • Nanomaterials • Advanced Materials Characterisation • Modelling of Materials Properties and Behaviour
What are our graduates working on?
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• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing • Energy (generation, storage) • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering • Green Materials Engineering • Nanomaterials • Advanced Materials Characterisation • Modelling of Materials Properties and Behaviour
Current Themes in Materials Engineering
What are our graduates working on?
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Light Metal Alloys – changing the way metals
are used
50 million vehicles per year 20kg Mg per vehicle
1 million tonnes Mg per annum
Department of Materials Engineering Mg engine block: ~ 14 kg
Department of Materials Engineering Mg Engine Block in Volkswagen Lupo
• can reduce the weight of vehicle engine components
by up to 70 per cent (cheaper to run, less fuel)
• reduce carbon dioxide gas emissions by about 200 kg
over the vehicle’s life
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Ceramifiable Plastics Plastic cable + fire => ceramic
• need new materials for electrical cables
• in the past PVC, unhealthy
• need materials which keep power running for 2 hours so lifts, lights and sprinklers can work
• Materials Engineering at Monash University invented new material
•Polymer+ fire = ceramic
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Before firing
After firing at 1100C
The material has been used to manufacture fire-resistant cables by a local company since 2004. This collaborative work has won three major awards, including one presented by the Prime Minister
Ceramifiable Plastics Plastic cable + fire => ceramic
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• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing • Energy (generation, storage) • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering • Green Materials Engineering • Nanomaterials • Advanced Materials Characterisation • Modelling of Materials Properties and Behaviour
Current Themes in Materials Engineering
What are our graduates working on?
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•sunlight provides 1000 times the energy we need •sunlight is free •the Sun needs no maintenance •the Sun has 5 billion years of fuel left •time needed to supply this years energy from the Sun = 42 minutes
http://www.helpsavetheclimate.com/solar.html
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Current Technology – Silicon Solar Cells
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Current Technology – Silicon Solar Cells
• expensive • difficult and costly to make
• need simpler, cheaper, lighter alternative
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Nanosized
particles
(ca. 100
atoms diameter
New types of solar cells – an example of nanomaterials at work!
Dye converts sunlight
to electron flow
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New types of solar cells
• portable, print on plastic (using plastic money device,
•modular, good for personal devices)
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Flexible Solar Cells
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• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing • Energy (generation, storage) • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering • Green Materials Engineering • Nanomaterials • Advanced Materials Characterisation • Modelling of Materials Properties and Behaviour
Current Themes in Materials Engineering
What are our graduates working on?
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• drug and slow release
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee)
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee) • contact lens, artificial corneas (cataracts)
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee) • contact lens, artificial corneas (cataracts) • tracer nanoparticles (i.e. magnetic)
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee) • contact lens, artificial corneas (cataracts) • tracer nanoparticles (i.e. magnetic) • heart valves
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee) • contact lens, artificial corneas (cataracts) • tracer nanoparticles (i.e. magnetic) • heart valves • biodegradable fracture fixation plates
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee) • contact lens, artificial corneas (cataracts) • tracer nanoparticles (i.e. magnetic) • heart valves • biodegradable fracture fixation plates • tissue engineering (stem cells etc.)
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee) • contact lens, artificial corneas (cataracts) • tracer nanoparticles (i.e. magnetic) • heart valves • biodegradable fracture fixation plates • tissue engineering (stem cells etc.) • polymer dental fillings
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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• drug and slow release • body implants (hip and knee) • contact lens, artificial corneas (cataracts) • tracer nanoparticles (i.e. magnetic) • heart valves • biodegradable fracture fixation plates • tissue engineering (stem cells etc.) • polymer dental fillings • sutures, wound dressings, needles, artificial muscles……
Example of areas in Biomaterials in which materials engineering
graduates work
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Biomaterials is big business and growing….
• biomaterials-based devices sold for $AUS400 billion dollars per year
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Biomaterials is big business and growing….
• biomaterials-based devices sold for $AUS400 billion dollars per year
• hip replacement good example, 1,000,000 of these are implanted per year world-wide
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Some examples of some biomaterials companies in Australia that employ materials engineers
•Aortech: artificial heart vales
•PolyNovo: biodegradable materials
•Cochlear Lt: bionic ear
•Ciba Vision: contact lenses
•CSIRO: contact lenses, heart valves, tissue engineering
•ASCC: smart polymers for maintenaince of stem cells
•Biota: biomaterials for drug delievery
•BresaGen: scaffolds for treatments of Parkinson's disease
•Chiron: polymers for peptide synthesis
•CSL: polymers for drug delivery
•all major hospitals (prothesis development)
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• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing • Energy (generation, storage) • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering • Green Materials Engineering • Nanomaterials • Advanced Materials Characterisation • Modelling of Materials Properties and Behaviour
Current Themes in Materials Engineering
What are our graduates working on?
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Renewable, biodegradable plastics
• plastics from plants
• cheap and sustainable
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Chocolate trays – edible, biodegradable, compostable
Plantic, Melbourne-based company
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Surfaces - CORROSION
• huge area in Materials Engineering • enormous need for materials engineers in this area • buildings, bridges, boats, pipelines etc.
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Surfaces - CORROSION
• huge area in Materials Engineering • enormous need for materials engineers in this area • buildings, bridges, boats, pipelines etc.
Arthur’s Seat chairlift Minneapolis Bridge collapse
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New direction in Materials Engineering manufacturing
BIOMIMICRY
- Learning from nature - Using nanotechnology, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing to make synthetic, “bio-like” structures is a key future area of Materials Engineering
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http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/rmgrp/about.html
Gecko’s have amazing adhesive powers
• run upside down • carry their own weight • self cleaning • even on non-stick surfaces
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600 nanometers in diameter, 1/100 the diameter of a human hair
Synthetic Gecko Adhesive Tape
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Synthetic Gecko Adhesive Tape
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Lotus Leaf Effect – Natures Non-stick Surface! The tiny nano-sized bumps on the surface repel water and dirt,
It is self-cleaning Materials engineers and Scientists are making artificial structures that mimic this
Synthetic lotus leaf structure!
Real lotus leaf structure!
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Synthetic lotus leaf structure!
Real lotus leaf structure!
Lotus Leaf Effect – Natures Non-stick Surface! The tiny nano-sized bumps on the surface repel water and dirt,
It is self-cleaning Materials engineers and Scientists are making artificial structures that mimic this
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Self-cleaning products
windows
pants
Car windows
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- metallurgist - ceramicist - composite engineer - biomaterials engineer - corrosion engineer - adhesives scientist - plastics processing - rubber scientist - manufacturing engineering
- injection moulding - production engineer etc. etc.
• high demand, due to moderately few courses starting salary $60k+ • many employed early in the year • work in a range of areas
In what areas do our materials engineers get jobs ?
- working overseas - postgraduate research in Australia and overseas
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- manufacturing industries, - consultancies, - business development - sales and marketing, - technical services, - quality control , - process control engineers , - performance and failure analysis, - patent attorney, - project engineers, - research and development etc. etc. ……….
What type of jobs do Materials Engineers do?
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Some Companies that have employed Materials Engineering
graduates
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Materials Science and Engineering jobs from SEEK.COM
Materials Scientist - Materials Engineer
CSIRO Manufacturing & Materials Technology,
Highett VIC
$75K - $81K plus Superannuation
Metallurgist or Materials Engineer
Experienced Graduate Required
Superb consulting opportunity on offer
Live in Mackay, Qld
Plastic Surgery Product Specialist
Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery
Industry
Strong communication and
relationship building skills
Composites materials manufacturing scientist /
engineer
Incredible opportunity to join state
of art R&D team working on leading edge project.
Scanning and Transmission Electromicroscopy
High end equipment
Progress from sales to management
Business Development Manager Nanotechnology
The best legal opportunities
Patent Attorney (Materials Science)
Melbourne
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Materials Engineering is an international career
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
Department of Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering is an international career
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
Volvo in Sweden
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Materials Engineering is an international career
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
BA in Germany
Volvo in Sweden
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Materials Engineering is an international career
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
Volvo in Sweden
Airbus in Germany
Recycling in UK
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Volvo in Sweden
Airbus in Germany
Recycling in UK
Mining and met in NZ
Materials Engineering is an international career
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
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Volvo in Sweden
Airbus in Germany
Recycling in UK
Mining and met in NZ
Contract res US
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
Materials Engineering is an international career
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Volvo in Sweden
Airbus in Germany
Recycling in UK
Mining and met in NZ
Contract res US
Eng. Plastics in Japan
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
Materials Engineering is an international career
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Volvo in Sweden
Airbus in Germany
Recycling in UK
Mining and met in NZ
Contract res US
Eng. Plastics in Japan
Textiles in Netherlands
• many students work overseas for short or extended times after graduating in industry or research
Materials Engineering is an international career
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What are the interests of people who do Materials Engineering and what range of
areas make up the course? teach?
People interested in: Chemistry Physics Mathematics Biology
=> very MULTI-DISCIPLINARY – very broad range of job areas!!
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Bachelor of Engineering
Second year builds basic theory and design skills fundamental aspects of the structure of materials
and their relationship to engineering properties, and how their properties are influenced by processing.
includes aspects of the major classes of materials, functional materials, nanomaterials, biomaterials and materials selection and design.
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Third year extends theory and design into more
applications of materials
Includes study of processing, properties and characterisation of metals, plastics, rubber, ceramics, biomaterials, nanomaterials, materials modelling, functional devices, composites and surface engineering (corrosion and adhesion).
Electives available in this year already to allow streaming (electives on biomaterials, metals, nanomaterials, energy—related materials, materials modelling)
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Fourth year provides industry-based work ready
technical skills in metals, plastics, ceramics and composites
design project, using all skills
research project in a lab over the full year
Electives available in this year already to allow streaming (electives on biomaterials, metals, nanomaterials, energy—related materials, materials modelling)
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Materials Engineering Course
Final Year Project
• TWO subjects (meaningful, year-long projet)
• can do projects with industry
• 1 day/week, over 2 semesters
• in laboratories, using research equipment
• some people even get publications
• excellent facilities and range of equipment
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Materials Engineering is highly
research active within University
• Many vacation work possibilities in industry
and Department
• Final Year projects in Department or in industry
• Some students get paid research assistance with research groups
• Many scholarships for postgraduate student (PhDs) from
industry, centres (as well as Uni ones)
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energy, technology and project development
Materials Engineering Alumni
Andrew Czerwinski
‘It is hard for me to imagine a role that is more relevant to the Materials degree. I feel as though a large part of what I learnt is really helping me out now.’
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Science
Director,
CSIRO
Process
Science and
Engineering
‘By acting as a bridge between the R&D at CSIRO and our key external stakeholders and customers, I can have an impact that will provide benefit to Australia and Australian industry.’
Materials Engineering Alumni Marcus Zipper
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CEO,
aerospace
research
consortium
‘Midway through first year I saw materials as the one branch of engineering that would enable me to work in all the other disciplines because of the enabling nature of materials technology.’
Materials Engineering Alumni Mark Hodge
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Managing Director
Nextek Pty Ltd
Materials Engineering Alumni Ed Kosior
“The development of solutions
from laboratory to market place
that minimise the impact of
polymers and packaging is
immensely satisfying”
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R & D Manager, solar energy
Materials Engineering Alumni Ken Cheah
“My work involves a range of projects on solar reflectors, photovoltaic cells, new materials development, optics and corrosion monitoring
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Jenny Law
Research and development, automotive
‘Graduating as a materials engineer did not give me all the answers, but it certainly taught me how to find the answers. Engineers are great problem solvers. We love a challenge.’
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