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Course Outlines

Fall 2025 - MSE 220 D100

Engineering Materials (3)

Class Number: 6577

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Surrey

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
    Surrey

  • Prerequisites:

    CHEM 120 or 121.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Materials, their structures, properties and performance; crystal structures and instruments for structure determination; polymers, ceramics, and composites; quality control and reliability. Engineering application of materials. Students with credit for SEE 222, ENSC 231 or ENSC 330 may not take MSE 220 for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

MSE 220 introduces fundamental concepts in Material Engineering & Selection. Students will learn various material structures, how structure dictates properties, and how processing can change structures. This course will help students to select materials properly. Therefore, students can realize new design opportunities with materials.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

At completion of the mse220 course, students in SFU Mechatronics will have:

1. an ability to apply knowledge of Engineering Materials to solve problems related to materials selection and optimization

2. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data on various material problems

3. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability – the design process

4. an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams

5. an ability to identify, formulate and solve material engineering problems

6. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of material engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context

7. the ability to integrate understanding of the scientific and engineering principles underlying the four major elements: structure, properties, processing, and performance related to material systems appropriate to the field

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Textbook:

Materials Science and Engineering:  An Introduction

W.D. Callister, Jr., 10th edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.