• Review of basics crystal structures, chemistry and phase diagrams

• Physical Metallurgy
   o The Fe-C Diagram as a model phase diagram
   o Crystal structures in steel
   o Diffusion (including Fick’s first law, gradients, coefficients, atom type, and effect of T)
   o Phase transformations- diffusion- and sheer-controlled

• Physical
   o Hardness, strength, alloying & heat treatment
   o Heat treatments for ductility, hardening
   o Surface hardening
   o Low toughness and embrittlement

• Mechanical/States of Stress
   o Two-dimensional & three-dimensional states of stress
   o Poisson’s Ratio & relationship between elastic constraints
   o Stress-strain relations & plane strain

• Processing
   o Basic process (raw materials, mold making, melting)
   o Process characteristics (disposable and permanent molds)
   o Product characteristics (shrinkage, distortion, porosity, allowances)
   o Cold work (recovery, recrystallization, grain growth, property changes, in process control)

• Chemical analysis techniques, metallography

• Performance
   o Arrhenius behavior and predicting transformation times
   o Creep and high temperature flow
   o Ductile to brittle transition
   o Using standards and specifications

• Mechanical Behavior of Composites & Heterogeneous Material and High-Temperature Degradation
   o Various composite forms of materials
   o Elastic modules in fiber-reinforced composites
   o Composite strengthening
   o High-temperature oxidation, corrosion mechanisms (including metal dusting)
   o Creep-fracture and stress rupture
   o Radiation-induced degradation

• Prediction
   o Fitness for service
   o Life prediction and modeling
   o Life extension
   o Application of techniques to assess remaining life for local thinning, brittle fracture, plastic collapse, and time-dependent damage

• Testing and Analysis
   o Failure analysis (including overstress, fatigue, corrosion, embrittlement, deformation, and polymers/composites)
   o Wear mechanisms
   o Interpreting testing data

• Corrosion Mechanisms & Environmental Compatibility
   o General, galvanic, pitting, intergranular, erosion, and microbiologically induced corrosion
   o Selective leaching
   o Environment assisted cracking
   o Hydrogen damage
   o Electrochemistry
   o Environmental testing methods
   o Environmentally assisted cracking

• Plastics & Statistics
   o Polymers and strengthening mechanisms for polymers & reinforced polymers
   o Plastics and polymer processing, standards, and specifications
   o Statistical quality control methods
   o Industrial safety practice

• Joining Processes/Coatings
   o Welding, soldering, brazing, bonding processes
   o Coatings (corrosion & wear resist, cosmetic)
   o Application Method (diffusion, dipping, spray, flow, chemical conversion)