Program Overview

Metallurgical Engineering Program

The Metallurgical Engineering program at Missouri University of Science and Technology offers a comprehensive education in the field of metallurgical engineering. The program covers a wide range of topics, including extractive metallurgy, manufacturing metallurgy, physical metallurgy, and materials science.

Course Descriptions

The program includes a variety of courses that provide students with a thorough understanding of metallurgical engineering principles and practices. Some of the courses offered include:

• MET ENG 1017 Introduction To Metallurgical Engineering: Introduction to the field of metallurgical engineering with specific reference to the emphasis areas of extractive, manufacturing, and physical metallurgy.
• MET ENG 1027 Computer Application In Metallurgical Engineering: Introduction to the use of microcomputers for simulation, data analysis, including statistics, data acquisition from laboratory instruments, and automatic process control systems.
• MET ENG 1210 Chemistry Of Materials: Basic inorganic chemistry of materials, including chemical properties, structure and bonding of solids, energy, enthalpy, entropy, thermochemistry, kinetics, and rate processes.
• MET ENG 2001 Special Topics: A course designed to give the department an opportunity to test a new course, with a variable title.
• MET ENG 2002 Cooperative Training: On-the-job experience gained through cooperative education in the field of metallurgical engineering, with credit arranged through the department cooperative advisor.
• MET ENG 2110 Metallurgy For Engineers: Introduction to the structure and properties of metals and alloys, and to processes used to modify the structure and properties of metallic materials.
• MET ENG 2125 Microstructural Development Laboratory: Investigation of the relationships between microstructures and processing for various materials.
• MET ENG 3000 Special Problems: Problems or readings on specific subjects or projects in the department, with consent of instructor required.
• MET ENG 3001 Special Topics: A course designed to give the department an opportunity to test a new course, with a variable title.
• MET ENG 3002 Cooperative Training: On-the-job experience gained through cooperative education in the field of metallurgical engineering, with credit arranged through the department cooperative advisor.
• MET ENG 3120 Fundamentals Of Materials Behavior: An introduction to crystal defects and deformation, mechanical testing, creep, fracture mechanics, and fatigue.
• MET ENG 3125 Mechanical Testing of Materials: Deformation of materials and mechanical testing of materials, including tensile testing, creep, impact testing, fracture mechanics, and fatigue.
• MET ENG 3130 Metals Microstructural Development: Fundamentals of microstructural developments as relating to solid solutions, solidification, and transformations, including phase diagrams and case studies.
• MET ENG 3220 Introduction To Extractive Metallurgy: Production and refining of metals by pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and electrometallurgy, with emphasis on heat and mass balance calculations for the unit processes of metals extraction.
• MET ENG 3225 Extractive Metallurgy Laboratory: A series of laboratory experiments designed to illustrate the principles of pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and electrometallurgy.
• MET ENG 3320 Transport Phenomena In Metallurgy: The application of the principles of fluid flow and heat transfer to the solution of practical problems in metallurgical engineering.
• MET ENG 3330 Metallurgical Thermodynamics I: Thermodynamic laws and thermodynamic functions, and their relation to problems of metallurgical interest, including thermochemistry, thermophysics, and chemical or phase equilibria.
• MET ENG 3420 Principles Of Materials Processing: An introduction to various methods of processing of metals and influences of processing on design, including casting, welding, shaping, inspection, and testing.
• MET ENG 3425 Metals Processing: Laboratory study of the methods of processing of metals.
• MET ENG 4000 Special Problems: Problems or readings on specific subjects or projects in the department, with consent of instructor required.
• MET ENG 4001 Special Topics: A course designed to give the department an opportunity to test a new course, with a variable title.
• MET ENG 4002 Cooperative Training: On-the-job experience gained through cooperative education in the field of metallurgical engineering, with credit arranged through the department cooperative advisor.
• MET ENG 4010 Seminar: Discussion of current topics.
• MET ENG 4096 Materials Senior Design I: Overview of the methods, approaches, and techniques required to execute materials-related capstone senior design projects.
• MET ENG 4097 Materials Senior Design II: A continuation of Materials Senior Design I, where students working in groups complete a capstone design project.
• MET ENG 4099 Undergraduate Research: Designed for the undergraduate student who wishes to engage in research, with subject and credit to be arranged with the instructor.
• MET ENG 4160 Introduction to Particulate Materials: Powder metallurgy and ceramic components, filters, catalysts, nanomaterials, vitamins, and more, depending strongly on particulate or powder characteristics and processing.
• MET ENG 4230 Corrosion And Its Prevention: A study of the theories of corrosion and its application to corrosion and its prevention.
• MET ENG 4320 Steels And Their Treatment: Industrially important ferrous alloys are described and classified, with the selection of proper heat treatments to facilitate fabrication and to yield required service properties in steels suitable for various applications.
• MET ENG 4350 Process Metallurgy Applications: Application of thermodynamics to process metallurgy, including equilibrium calculations with stoichiometry and heat balance restrictions, phase transformations, and solution thermodynamics.
• MET ENG 4420 Metals Casting: An advanced course in the materials and methods used in modern metals casting processes, with application of metallurgical principles to the casting of metals.
• MET ENG 4425 Metals Casting Lab: A laboratory study of mold materials, metal flow, and cast metals, with emphasis given to design of gating, risering, and ladle treatment techniques required for economical, high-quality castings.
• MET ENG 4450 Steelmaking: Introduction to the fundamentals and unit processes used to turn impure iron and scrap into steel, including desulfurization, BOF and electric furnace operations, ladle metallurgy, casting, and stainless steel manufacture.
• MET ENG 4510 International Engineering and Design: A multi-disciplinary engineering course focused on sustainable design and technology transfer to developing countries.
• MET ENG 4617 Metallurgical Process Design Principles: Application of mass, component, and energy balances for metallurgical design, with the fundamentals of engineering economic analysis examined and experimental design techniques introduced.
• MET ENG 4627 Metallurgical Design Project: Student groups undertake selected projects, which represent a capstone design experience utilizing skills, understanding, and data from previous courses.
• MET ENG 4637 Material Selection, Fabrication, And Failure: Factors governing the selection of materials for specific needs, fabrication, heat treatment, surface treatment, and other aspects in the production of a satisfactory component, including failure analysis and remedies.
• MET ENG 5000 Special Problems: Problems or readings on specific subjects or projects in the department, with consent of instructor required.
• MET ENG 5001 Graduate Special Topics: A course designed to give the department an opportunity to test a new course, with a variable title.
• MET ENG 5040 Oral Examination: After completion of all other program requirements, oral examinations for on-campus M.S./Ph.D. students may be processed during intersession.
• MET ENG 5099 Research: Investigations of an advanced nature leading to the preparation of a thesis or dissertation, with consent of instructor required.
• MET ENG 5110 High Temperature And Corrosion Resistant Alloys: Fabrication and use of nickel, titanium, and refractory metal-based alloys for use at high temperatures or in chemically corrosive environments.
• MET ENG 5120 Principles for Microstructural Design: Introduction to the basics of microstructural principles that can be used to design advanced materials.
• MET ENG 5130 Alloying Principles: Basis for alloy design and property control, including predictions of phase stability, alloy properties, and metastable phase possibilities.
• MET ENG 5140 Composites: Introduction to the structure, properties, and fabrication of fiber and particulate composites.
• MET ENG 5150 Advanced Introduction to Particulate Materials: Powder metallurgy and ceramic components, filters, catalysts, nanomaterials, vitamins, and more, depending strongly on particulate or powder characteristics and processing.
• MET ENG 5160 Mechanical Metallurgy: Elastic and plastic behavior of metallic single crystals and polycrystalline aggregates, with resulting changes in mechanical properties considered.
• MET ENG 5170 Nuclear Materials I: Fundamentals of materials selection for components in nuclear applications, including design and fabrication of UO2 fuel, reactor fuel element performance, and mechanical properties of UO2.
• MET ENG 5171 Nuclear Materials II: Extractive metallurgy of uranium, thorium, and zirconium, including equation of state of UO2 and fuel chemistry.
• MET ENG 5210 Biomaterials I: Introduction to ceramic, metallic, and polymeric biomaterials for in vivo use, including basic concepts related to cells and tissues, host reactions to biomaterials, biomaterials-tissue compatibility, and degradation of biomaterials.
• MET ENG 5220 Recent Advances In Extractive Metallurgy: Survey of extractive processes recently developed in light of modern requirements with respect to raw materials, product quality, environmental impact, energy consumption, capital cost, and process control.
• MET ENG 5230 Advanced Corrosion And Its Prevention: Study of the theories of corrosion and its application to corrosion and its prevention.
• MET ENG 5270 Mineral Processing II (Mechanics and Design): Mineral particle mechanics of comminution, sizing, classification, concentration, filtering, and thickening, including mill and equipment selection and design.
• MET ENG 5320 Advanced Steels And Their Treatment: Industrially important ferrous alloys are described and classified, with the selection of proper heat treatments to facilitate fabrication and to yield required service properties in steels suitable for various applications.
• MET ENG 5325 Metals Treatment Laboratory: Students plan and perform experiments that illustrate heat treating processes and their effects on the properties and structure of commercial alloys.
• MET ENG 5330 Nonferrous Alloys: Structure and properties of nonferrous alloys (Al, Ti, Mg, Ni, and Cu) are described, with the role of processing and microstructure in the development of mechanical properties emphasized.
• MET ENG 5350 Advanced Process Metallurgy Applications: Application of thermodynamics to process metallurgy, including equilibrium calculations with stoichiometry and heat balance restrictions, phase transformations, and solution thermodynamics.
• MET ENG 5360 Transport Phenomena In Extractive Metallurgy: Application of chemical reaction engineering principles to metallurgical processes, including residence-time distribution in reactors and its effect on performance.
• MET ENG 5420 Advanced Metals Casting: Advanced course in the materials and methods used in modern metals casting processes, with application of metallurgical principles to the casting of metals.
• MET ENG 5425 Metals Casting Laboratory: Advanced laboratory study of mold materials, metal flow, and cast metals, with emphasis given to design of gating, risering, and ladle treatment techniques required for economical, high-quality castings.
• MET ENG 5430 Metals Joining: Metals joining processes such as welding and brazing, including effects of welding on materials, treatment and properties of welded joints, welding defects, and quality control.
• MET ENG 5440 Metal Deformation Processes: Introduction to metal deformation concepts, followed by a study of various forming processes from both the analytical and applied viewpoints.
• MET ENG 5450 Advanced Steelmaking: Introduction to the fundamentals and unit processes used to turn impure iron and scrap into steel, including desulfurization, BOF and electric furnace operations, ladle metallurgy, casting, and stainless steel manufacture.
• MET ENG 5460 Metal Coating Processes: Introduction to the current technologies used to enhance metal performance, particularly corrosion resistance, by overlay coatings.
• MET ENG 5470 Ferrous Metals Casting: Advanced study of the metallurgy of cast irons and net shape cast steel alloys, including theories of nucleation and growth in gray, nodular, compacted graphite, and malleable irons.
• MET ENG 5480 Refining Of Metals: Principles and applications of thermochemistry, phase equilibria, and kinetics as applied to the refining of metals and alloys.
• MET ENG 5510 Nondestructive Testing: Principles and applications of various means of non-destructive testing of metallic materials, including radiological inspection methods, ultrasonic testing, magnetic methods, electrical and eddy current methods, and others.
• MET ENG 5515 Nondestructive Testing Laboratory: Application of radiological and ultrasonic methods of nondestructive testing of metallic materials.
• MET ENG 5520 Scanning Electron Microscopy: Theory and application of scanning electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis, including electron optics, image formation and analysis, x-ray generation, detection and analysis, and characterization of fracture surfaces.
• MET ENG 5530 Transmission Electron Microscopy: Theory and application of transmission electron microscopy, including electron optics, image formation, defect structures, specimen preparation, contrast theory, and electron diffraction.
• MET ENG 5540 Metallurgical Failure Analysis: Application of the principles of manufacturing and mechanical metallurgy for the analysis of failed components, including analytical techniques such as scanning electron microscopy, optical metallography, and high-resolution photography.
• MET ENG 5610 Metals Refining and Recycling of Materials: Survey of selected modern processes for the production of metals, the treatment of wastes, and recycling of metal values, with processes studied with respect to raw materials, chemical reactions, energy consumption, process intensity, yield, and environmental impact.
• MET ENG 5617 Advanced Materials Selection And Fabrication: Application of the principles of material selection and the factors governing fabrication, heat treatment, and surface treatment, with weekly assignments requiring library research and written reports.
• MET ENG 5620 Materials Behavior: Course in crystal defects and deformation, mechanical testing, creep, fracture mechanics, and fatigue.
• MET ENG 5627 Electrical Systems and Controls for Materials: Analysis of alternating and direct current circuits as experienced in the materials industry, including current, voltage, and power relationships in single and three-phase electrical power systems.
• MET ENG 5630 Environmental Aspects Of Metals Manufacturing: Introduction to environmental aspects of metal extraction, melting, casting, forming, and finishing, including history of environmental movement and regulations, permitting, risk analysis, disposal and recycling of metal manufacturing residues, environmental ethics, environmental technologies, and case studies.
• MET ENG 5640 Microfabrication Materials And Processes: Overview course on the materials and processes used to fabricate integrated circuits, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), interconnect substrates, and other microelectronic components from starting material to final product.
• MET ENG 5810 Principles Of Engineering Materials: Examination of engineering materials with emphasis on selection and application of materials in industry, including properties and applications of materials in extreme temperature and chemical environments.
• MET ENG 6000 Special Problems: Problems or readings on specific subjects or projects in the department, with consent of instructor required.
• MET ENG 6040 Oral Examination: After completion of all other program requirements, oral examinations for on-campus M.S./Ph.D. students may be processed during intersession.
• MET ENG 6050 Continuous Registration: Doctoral candidates who have completed all requirements for the degree except the dissertation, and are away from the campus, must continue to enroll for at least one hour of credit each registration period until the degree is completed.
• MET ENG 6099 Research: Investigations of an advanced nature leading to the preparation of a thesis or dissertation, with consent of instructor required.
• MET ENG 6210 Biomaterials II: Introduction to graduate students to a broad array of topics in biomaterials, including ceramic, metallic, and polymeric biomaterials for in vivo use, basic concepts related to cells and tissues, host reactions to biomaterials, biomaterials-tissue compatibility, and degradation of biomaterials, with a term paper and oral presentation required.