The Essence of Materials for Engineers

Preface

Executive Summary for Teacher or Student

The ongoing and accelerating revolution in engineered materials regrettably has not been accompanied by a parallel revolution in how the subject is introduced to young undergraduates in engineering who largely intend to practice engineering upon graduation. What students need in what some think of as an introductory course—but which, for most engineering majors outside of materials, turns out to be the only exposure to materials they ever get—is the essence of materials. They need the big picture—the panorama—of materials. They need to understand how the science course they are taking underlies the science of materials, and the basic engineering course they are taking underlies the engineering ...