Materials & Metallurgical Engineering roadmap

Materials science, metallurgy, characterization and failure analysis.

Start with Structure of Materials, follow the steps in order, then build a project, prepare for interviews and earn your certificate.

Foundations

1. Structure of Materials — From atoms to microstructure. Materials classes and selection, bonding and crystal structures, defects, dislocations and diffusion.
2. Mechanical Behaviour — How materials carry load. Stress, strain and elasticity, tensile and hardness testing, and strengthening mechanisms.

Core skills

1. Physical Metallurgy — Phases and heat treatment. Phase diagrams, the iron–carbon system, transformation kinetics, hardening, tempering and age hardening.
2. Process Metallurgy & Manufacturing — From ore to finished part. Casting, extraction, steelmaking and solidification, forging, welding and additive manufacturing.

Advanced

1. Corrosion, Fatigue & Failure — Why things break. Electrochemical corrosion and protection, fatigue, fracture mechanics, creep and failure analysis.
2. Advanced Materials & Characterisation — Polymers, ceramics, composites, nano. Polymers, ceramics and composites, nanomaterials and the characterisation techniques used to study materials.

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