Goal(s)

• To include materials in the major societal challenges: use of natural resources, energy transition, recycling, etc.
• Learn tools for modelling the future need for materials in different applications
• 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, and the presentation of projects to the 1st year students in semester 2

Content(s)

• 6h of lectures on climate change and resource management issues for the materials industry
• 2 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 software for modelling resource requirements
• 14 hours of group projects to deepen these notions on a family of materials

Materials introductory course