Materials Classification
This material is often categorized by its excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. Generally described to be malleable and ductile.
Used to characterize bond structures in polymers, this technique measures the absorption / transmittance of infrared wavelengths in a sample.
This British engineer is famous for his work in the field of materials selection.
Who is Michael Ashby?
Famous for its height, this building holds many world records such as the highest outdoor observation deck in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa?
This category of polymers becomes irreversibly hardened after the application of heat.
What is a thermoset?
Commonly used to characterize metallic crystal structures and/or compositions.
What is X-ray diffraction (XRD)?
This aeronautical engineer was the first person to step foot on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Almost a football field in length, this structure supports crew members and their experiments (mostly around the effects of gravity) in an extreme environment.
What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
This inorganic material contains both metallic and non-metallic elements and is dominated by ionic bonding.
What is a ceramic?
This technique allows for the characterization of polymer samples under varying load and heating conditions.
What is Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)?
This professor has a commemorative plaque displayed in the MATE metallography prep room.
Who is Dr. Bill Forgeng?
On the border of Arizona and Nevada, this structure produces more than four billion kilowatt-hours of energy each year.
What is the Hoover Dam?
This category of semiconductors often has a strong thermal dependence and is chemically pure.
In order to image a material with this technique, its thickness must be on the order of 10 nm, in order to take advantage of quantum tunneling.
What is Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)?
Who is Sally Ride?
The most expensive U.S. engineering project of its time, this engineered waterway created a new commerce route.
What is the Panama Canal?
This material can generate an electric charge when subjected to mechanical stress, and vise versa. It is commonly used in high fidelity sensors and actuators.
What is a piezoelectric material?
This technique measures magnetic flux through induced currents in superconducting loops.
What is Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID)?
This engineering marvel is famously always being painted in order to combat the corrosion experienced in its location over salt water.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?