EU Materials and society 1 - 4PUMMSO1

Goal(s)

Part 1

• To include materials in the major societal challenges: use of natural resources, energy transition, recycling, etc.
• Make the link between the different courses on applications
• Through a project, deepen this theme on an application subject and work on the skill of bibliographic research
• Make the link with the other Phelma classes via the supervision of projects by the 3rd year students
  Part 2
  Help students understand the reality of the work of an engineer through meeting with engineers from the industry, that occupy a variety of different functions.

Content(s)

Part 1

• 6h of lectures on climate change and resource management issues for the materials industry
• 4 hours of lecture on life cycle analysis
• 2 hours of conference & debate on the role of materials engineers for the transitions
• 4h on computers on materials and process selection / LCA
• 18 hours of group projects to deepen these notions on a family of materials
  Part 2
  Meeting with engineers having 2 to 10 years experience. These meetings are designed to be interactive.

Materials introductory course