Postgraduate - UnitMTE6881 - Advanced materials characterisation and experimental methods

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0 points, SCA Band 2, 0.000 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Materials Engineering
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Philip Nakashima

Notes

This unit is available only to Engineering PhD students.

Synopsis

Fundamental knowledge of materials properties can only be gained from the correct interrogation of materials using appropriate characterisation techniques. The unit will be taught as a series of modules covering essential knowledge in each of a range of materials characterisation techniques (X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, various spectroscopies, other microscopies, sample preparation etc.).

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

judge the characterisation technique best suited to answer particular material property questions
recognise the limitations of what can ben learnt from different techniques based on specimen and instrumental limitations
design experiments to enhance the characterisation of a material
appraise the current state-of-the-art of emerging characterisation techniques
devise strategies to combine techniques to obtain optimum information about material properties
formulate ways to optimally prepare specimen for each characterisation technique.

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

4 hours of lectures/tutorials, 2 hours lab and 6 hours of private study per week.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Nick Birbilis