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As expected everybody flamed me on this one.  I should have phrased this
one differently.  Most MS&E Departments have evolved from Metallurgy
Programs.  As such, the general trend has been to take a bandaid
approach in adding in the necessary topics relevent to the polymers and
ceramics that would fall under the same catagories as those taught in
the traditional Physical Metallurgy class.  We have a pair of courses
entitled Science of Materials I & II and they are of this ilk. I am, as
a polymer scientist, trying to assess what should be taught it this sort
of course that crosses the three subdisciplines.  I am in no way
advocating that we drop Phys. Met. from the MS&E curriculum.  I am
looking for a less specific introductory class for the three
subdisciplines that is a a level higher than a general engineering
introduction to materials (al'a van Vlack/Smith/Callister etc.).  

So....  

Topics?
Textbooks?


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Steven K. Pollack               |
University of Cincinnati        |
Department of Materials Science |   I notice that you are still
  & Engineering                 |   using polymers!
498 Rhodes Hall  ML#12          |     - Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012       |       U.S.S. Enterprise
pollack@ester.mse.uc.edu        |
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