Chapter 1
Materials: Building Blocks for Engineers
Learning Objectives
After careful study of this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
1. Relate major advances to civilization in prehistory, as well as more modern times, to advances in the ability to find, synthesize, and process materials.
2. Cite examples of how materials impact your engineering discipline.
3. a. List the three fundamental types of solid materials and provide a reasonable definition of each.
b. Relate other subtypes of materials to the three fundamental types and explain that relationship.
4. Cite the four components that are involved in the design, production, and use of materials, and briefly describe the interrelationship between these components.
5. ...
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