Materials science and engineering (MSE) contributes to our everyday lives by making possible technologies ranging from the automobiles we drive to the lasers our physicians use. Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s charts the impact of MSE on the private and public sectors and identifies the research that must be conducted to help America remain competitive in the world arena. The authors discuss what current and future resources would be needed to conduct this research, as well as the role that industry, the federal government, and universities should play in this endeavor.

"Updated to reflect the many societal and technological changes in the field since publication of the first edition, Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, Second Edition offers an interdisciplinary view, emphasizing the importance of materials to engineering applications, and builds the basis needed to select, modify, and create materials to meet specific criteria. Written for advanced undergraduate students and readers interested in introductory materials science and engineering concepts, this concise textbook provides a strong foundation in MSE and its applications. The textbook offers a solutions manual and PowerPoint lecture slides for adopting professors"--

Discusses the development of superconductivity, high performance plastics, ceramics, fabrics, optical fibers, and new manufacturing processes

This book provides a holistic picture and a clear understanding of the fundaments of materials science and engineering, written in simple language with practical examples. It will be helpful for students of various fields of engineering, such as mechanical, metallurgical, civil, electrical, electronic, aerospace, and chemical engineering. Students of physics and chemistry will also find this book valuable, due to its exploration of the fundamentals of materials science. Technical professionals like diploma students, technicians, and even non-degree technical professionals will also find this book immensely useful.

This introduction for engineers examines not only the physical properties of materials, but also their history, uses, development, and some of the implications of resource depletion and materials substitutions.

Our civilization owes its most significant milestones to our use of materials. Metals gave us better agriculture and eventually the industrial revolution, silicon gave us the digital revolution, and we’re just beginning to see what carbon nanotubes will give us. Taking a fresh, interdisciplinary look at the field, Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering emphasizes the importance of materials to engineering applications and builds the basis needed to select, modify, or create materials to meet specific criteria. The most outstanding feature of this text is the author’s unique and engaging application-oriented approach. Beginning each chapter with a real-life example, an experiment, or several interesting facts, Yip-Wah Chung wields an expertly crafted treatment with which he entertains and motivates as much as he informs and educates. He links the discipline to the life sciences and includes modern developments such as nanomaterials, polymers, and thin films while working systematically from atomic bonding and analytical methods to crystalline, electronic, mechanical, and magnetic properties as well as ceramics, corrosion, and phase diagrams. Woven among the interesting examples, stories, and Chinese folk tales is a rigorous yet approachable mathematical and theoretical treatise. This makes Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering an effective tool for anyone needing a strong background in materials science for a broad variety of applications.