Identifying Data

2019/20

Subject (*)

Introduction to complex materials

Code

730495001

Study programme

Mestrado Universitario en Materiais Complexos: Análise Térmica e Reoloxía (plan 2012)

Descriptors

Cycle

Period

Year

Type

Credits

Official Master's Degree

2nd four-month period

First

Obligatory

Language

English

Teaching method

Face-to-face

Prerequisites

Department

Química

Coordinador

Castro Garcia, Socorro

E-mail

socorro.castro.garcia@udc.es

Lecturers

Castro Garcia, Socorro

Señaris Rodriguez, Maria Antonia

E-mail

socorro.castro.garcia@udc.es

m.senaris.rodriguez@udc.es

Web

General description

Introducción a los materiales complejos es una materia obligatoria de segundo cuatrimestre. Esta asignatura, de carácter claramente interdisciplinar, pretende dar una visión general de los materiales complejos y avanzados: metales, aleaciones, cerámicas, cristales líquidos,MOFs, polímeros, nanomateriales,
Introduction to complex materials is a compulsory subject of the Master 2nd four-month period. The aims of this interdisciplinary subject is to provide a general overview of the different types of complex and advanced materials: metals and alloys, ceramics, liquid crystals, MOFs, polymers, nanomaterials, etc.

Study programme competencies

Code	Study programme competences
A2	Identify and evaluate the different types of complex materials
A5	Understanding the relationships between structure and properties of materials
B2	The students have the skill to apply their knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar contexts within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study
B4	That the students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and last reasons behind that conclusions to specialized and non specialized audience in a clear and unambiguous way
B8	Applying a critical, logical and creative way of thinking
B13	Analysis-oriented attitude
B14	Ability to find and manage the information
B17	Analyze and decompose processes
C2	Have a good command of spoken and writing expression and understanding of a foreign language.
C7	To assume as a professional and citizen the importance of learning throughout life.
C8	To assess the importance of research, innovation and technological development in the socio-economic and cultural progress of society.

Learning aims

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
To know the structure and properties of complex materials	AR2 AR5	BR2 BR4 BR8 BR13 BR14 BR17	CR2 CR7 CR8
To understand structure-properties relationships	AR5	BR2 BR4 BR8 BR13 BR14 BR17	CR2 CR7 CR8

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
General overview of complex and advanced materials: - metals and alloys - ceramics - polymers - liquid crystals - MOFs - nanomaterials, etc

Planning

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Supervised projects	A2 A5 B2 B4 B8 B13 B14 B17 C2 C7 C8	15	25	40
Objective test	A2 A5 B2 B4 B8 B13 B17 C2	2	0	2
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A2 A5 B8 B13 C2 C7 C8	12	20	32

Personalized attention		1	0	1

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies	Description
Supervised projects	Activities whose purpose is that the students enlarge the study of the topics presented in each theme and consolidate their acquired knowledge and capabilities. These activities should aslo help the students learn and improve their capabilities in literature survey.
Objective test	Final exam, at the end of the course, that will help evaluation of the knowledge, competencies and global vision about materials acquired by the students.
Guest lecture / keynote speech	Presentation made by the teacher, on a schematic basis, focusing on the main topics of each theme and covering both theoretical and practical issues.

Personalized attention

Methodologies

Supervised projects

Objective test

Guest lecture / keynote speech

Description

The personalized attention to students, understood as a support in the teaching-learning process, will take place in the hours of tutoring of the teacher.

Assessment

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Supervised projects	A2 A5 B2 B4 B8 B13 B14 B17 C2 C7 C8	Presentation (oral and written) of the tutored work.	60
Objective test	A2 A5 B2 B4 B8 B13 B17 C2	Examination or objective test.	40

Assessment comments

Sources of information

Basic
	W.D. CALLISTER , D.G. Rethwish . Materials Science and Engineering, 8th Ed. John Wiely  and Sons, New Jersey (2011) J.F.. SHACKELFORD . Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers,7th Ed.  Prentice Hall, San Francisco (2009)
Complementary
	A.R. WEST (1992). Solid State Chemistry and its Applications. Chichester, John Wiley and Sons L.E. SMART, E.A. MOORE (2005). Solid State Chemistry. Boca Raton, Taylor and Francis W.F. SMITH (1998). Fundamentos de la Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales . Madrid, McGraw-Hill J.C. ANDERSON (1990). Materials Science. Londres, Chapman and Hall G. CAO (2004) Nanostructures and Nanomaterials. Imperial College Press, London

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments

(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.