Contents: Data on around 100 common materials and processes plus inspiring images and application information. Tools to explore properties, visualize data, select materials, and investigate environmental impact.

Applicable to: Introductory-level teaching in Design or Engineering.

• Understand classes of materials, their properties, and the underlying reasons for those properties.
• Understand the interaction between materials and manufacturing processes and how this affects selection and design.
• Understand systematic selection of materials and processes using constraints and objectives.
• Awareness of the impact of products on the environment and how to design in a way that reduces this impact.

More information on: Data | Tools.

Example resources:

• Simplified case study
• Lecture unit
• Exercises