Prof. Kovar teaches courses in the Materials Engineering Area of the Mechanical Engineering Department.
| Fall 2009 |  |
Office Hours for Fall 2009
Mondays 1-2, Tuesdays 11-12, or by appointment.
ME 387S Synthesis and Processing of Nanomaterials
This graduate course is the first in a sequence of three semester-long nanomaterials-related courses (I. Synthesis and Processing, II. Characterization and III. Applications and Properties). This is not a survey course but is intended instead for students that already have a graduate-level command of thermodynamics, phase transformations, and structures and defects and are interested in acquiring a more in-depth understanding of processes used to produce nanomaterials.
ME 336: Materials Processing
This course is an introduction to processing methods used in the manufacture of metal, ceramic, polymeric and composite components. We discuss solidification and casting of metals, joining processes (welding, brazing, and soldering), polymer and composite processing, deformation processing (drawing, rolling, forging, and extrusion), sheet metal processing (shearing, bending, deep drawing), powder processing of metals and ceramics, coating processes, and machining processes (turning, drilling, milling, shaping etc.).
| Other Courses Taught | |
ME 386ME 378K/386P2: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
In these introductory graduate/upper division undergraduate courses, we discuss elastic deformation; viscoelasticity; yielding, plastic flow, plastic instability; strengthening mechanisms; fracture, fatigue, creep; significance of mechanical properties tests. Microstructural mechanisms and macroscopic behavior of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites.
ME 378S/386Q13: Structural Ceramics
In these introductory graduate/upper division undergraduate courses, we discuss the relationships between processing methods, microstructure, and properties of ceramics used in structural applications. Aspects of processing including powder production, consolidation, sintering, and coating technologies are first addressed. The influence of processing parameters on microstructure and the influence of microstructure on mechanical properties of ceramics are then discussed. Relevant testing procedures for evaluating mechanical behavior of ceramics and appropriate design methodologies are also addressed. We take a practical approach focusing on commercially significant material systems and processing routes.
ME 136L: Materials Processing Laboratory
Hands-on study of selected materials processing procedures and processing-microstructure-property relationships discussed in Mechanical Engineering 336. One lecture hour and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 111L (or 134L) and Engineering Mechanics 319 with a grade of at least C in each, concurrent enrollment in Mechanical Engineering 336, and admission to an appropriate major sequence in engineering.
