Learn about the metallurgy of gray and ductile cast iron, including the effects of alloy composition and casting process.

Learn about metallurgical changes that occur during cold working and annealing, the effects on metal strength and ductility, and the impact of annealing temperature and time and amount of cold working on annealed metal grain size.

Learn about design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA) principles that involve consideration of component form and materials. Applying these principles is critical if you want to reduce time-to-market, reduce total production costs, and meet shipment targets.

Learn how to identify the conditions that cause degradation of materials and lead to component failure. You’ll also learn how the effects of stressors can be evaluated without having to build the entire product.

Learn about aluminum, magnesium, and zinc die casting alloys and factors that influence die cast component quality.

Learn how to perform a failure analysis for quality problems and product failures involving metal. Learn about failure analysis analysis techniques, how to work with metallurgists, failure analysis cost, and how failure analysis data is used to help determine root cause. Make lingering quality problems and unresolved product failures a thing of the past.

Learn the five key metallurgy concepts that are critical to understanding and applying metallurgy to improve your manufacturing processes and products. These concepts apply to all metals.

Learn the key components of a galvanic cell, the driving force behind the corrosion, and the factors that influence corrosion rate. Learn considerations for selecting compatible metals and design methods to prevent galvanic corrosion.

Learn the metallurgical fundamentals of heat treating and the basics of three common heat treatments. Learn how heat treating process conditions influence metal microstructure changes and resulting properties.

Learn the steps to quickly solve manufacturing and supplier quality problems that involve metal. Learn about failure analysis analysis techniques, how to work with metallurgists, how failure analysis data is used to determine root cause, and failure analysis cost. Make lingering and costly problems a thing of the past.

Learn about the materials engineering approach to reduce product costs. It's a powerful approach that's easier and less expensive to implement than other approaches. It often results in large ROI and sometimes can be transformative.

learn where the tensile properties numbers on certs come from, what they mean, and how they are used to assess chances for forming success. An approach that provides insight on where problems are likely to occur during sheet metal forming is also covered.

Learn the considerations for materials selection for components to meet performance and reliability requirements at low cost. This includes identifying component requirements that influence the materials selection criteria, design for manufacturing, and approaches for assessing the suitability of materials.

Learn about the following mechanical properties: yield strength, tensile strength, elongation, reduction of area, elastic modulus, fracture toughness, impact toughness, and fatigue strength. This includes learning what each property means, how each property is measured, and how the properties are influenced by metallurgical factors.

Learn how alloying and mechanical and thermal processing can be used to tailor the microstructure of metals to obtain the desired properties for any specific application. Topics covered include: What is metal microstructure, how microstructure is observed, relationship between metal microstructure and properties, and factors that influence microstructure.

In this course you’ll learn about the physics of the fatigue mechanism, design factors that influence component fatigue life, and practical ways to improve fatigue resistance.

Learn how to prevent product delays that are a result of product failures during testing, incapable suppliers, and problematic production processes. Learn how to avoid these problems including materials engineering expertise during product development decisions.

Learn about the metallurgical aspects of each family of stainless steel alloys, the metallurgical differences between the families of alloys, and the metallurgical aspects of their strength and corrosion resistance.

Learn about stainless steel metallurgy with respect to stainless steel strength and corrosion resistance.

Learn how to identify alloys and mill conditions for an application. Case studies will be used for demonstration.

Learn the physics of hydrogen embrittlement, how hydrogen embrittlement failures occur, and measures to prevent hydrogen embrittlement.