Metal Manufacturing Through the Ages: The Science Behind Metal and Impact of Metal in Society
IDEA 212
Spring 2025
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Metal manufacturing has been key to societal change ever since humans first started using it, from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution to today. In this course, we will explore the science behind why metal is so important, from the molecular level on up. We will study heating and cooling of metals, learn how the structure of metals affects their material properties, and get hands-on experience shaping metal with a variety of processes. We will follow the lifecycle of metal from ore to raw material to finished parts, as well as how it gets recycled. Students will build engineering skills in reading phase diagrams, analyzing heat transfer setups, and understanding the material properties of a wide range of metals. Students will build machining skills both in shaping metal by hand and with modern metal shaping methods. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM IDEA |
| Course Format: Studio | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: IDEA170 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Prerequisites:
High-school level chemistry
MATH122 (Calculus - integral and derivative)
IDEAS-170 or equivalent training in the IDEAS lab
MATH122
Recommended prerequisites:
General Chemistry (freshman-level)
Electricity and Magnetism (specifically circuit analysis)
Differential Equations
For your POI request application to be considered:
1. Submit your POI request(s) through WesPortal for IDEA212
2. Submit a new/updated entry for the upcoming semester to the IDEA212 POI Response Form found at the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/Tzjir15A2V
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| Instructor(s): Chang-Davidson,Elizabeth Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:40PM; Location: SCIE40; |
Permission of Instructor Required
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