By Oung Qi Wei NMK12003 Sem 1 2022/2023

TUTORIAL (CHAPTER 1)
1. What are materials, material science and material engineering? List some commonly
encountered engineering materials.
2. What are the main classes of engineering materials and some of the important properties of
each class?
3. Provide a list of characteristics for engineering materials to be used in automobile
applications.
4. Define smart materials. Give an example of such materials and an application for it.
5. Give an example and its characteristics of an electronic material that has a great impact on
semiconductor technological development.
6. What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductor?
7. How do electrons and holes move in semiconductor materials?
8. Define MEMs and give an application for MEMs.
9. What are nanomaterials? What are some proposed advantages of using nanomaterials
over their conventional counterparts?
10. Why should Electronic Engineers be knowledgeable about the composition, properties, and
processing of materials? What factors might cause materials usage predictions to be
incorrect?