• Advanced Materials

The module will familiarise students with families of advanced materials relevant to
industries such as automotive, aerospace, machinery and energy. It will examine the
materials science paradigm of relating product performance with materials properties,
the underlying microstructure as a result of processing with a focus on advanced alloys.
The shortcomings in existing families of materials will be identified, and routes for
materials design will be presented.

Existing software for materials design will be presented, and it will be demonstrated how
materials design plays a key role in the success of companies such as Rolls-Royce,
Apple Computers and Airbus.