How do you select and design a material?

This advanced module provides technical knowledge in materials science, and inorganic, organic and process materials engineering. In concrete terms, the teaching in this module focuses on the selection and design of materials capable of meeting a given set of specifications/properties and targeted applications. This module provides skills in the design of materials, from their shaping to their characterization (chemical, physical, structural and through the study of property-structure relationships).
This module is compulsory to follow the MPI4.0 specialization.

Materials selection (S. Gorsse) 5 TD integrated machines (20h)
- Translate the specifications of an application into constraints that the material must meet and into objectives used as merit criteria.
- Establish appropriate performance indices by considering mechanical, economic and environmental criteria.
- Use a database (Granta) to screen, classify and select materials.
- Understand the links between performance, material properties and sustainable development. Understand the links between performance, material properties and sustainable development.

Design of composite materials (J. Roger, F. Rebillat, CANOE) 12 CM + 2 TP (23.7h),
- Chemical structure of a composite material,
- Structure-physical properties relationship,
- Thermosetting polymers, thermoplastic polymers, functional additives,
- Thermoplastic impregnation,
- Processing of composite materials, relationship between materials and forming processes.

Ceramic materials (J. M. Heintz) 6 CM (8h)
Elaboration of traditional and technical ceramics: from raw materials to finished products.

Definition of a ceramic, Characteristics and properties of ceramics, Design and applications of ceramics
Ceramic processing: Sintering, Modeling sintering, Controlling a sintering cycle
Applications of ceramic materials and ceramic processes (Bioceramics, Nuclear ceramics, Transparent ceramics, Nanostructured ceramics, Refractory ceramics, Ceramic pigments, Microwave sintering, Additive manufacturing of ceramics)


Students will be acquiring in S7:

either skills in materials properties, characterization of structures and chemical formulas (thanks to MICTE, S7)
or skills in the macroscopic physical aspects of fluids and electrical components (PHYAP, S7)

They will be able to obtain parallel skills in materials selection, design and characterization methods thanks to COMAT.