Advanced Materials and Processes for Manufacturing Lightweight Structures

Location:

Online

Schedule:

Self-paced

Course Summary

Instruction Time Completion Time CEUs
Advanced Materials and Processes for Manufacturing Lightweight Structures ~ 4-6 hours 60 days after start date 1

Reducing the weight of the machines that move people and goods is a key enabler for improving fuel economy and payload. Advanced Materials and Processes for Manufacturing Lightweight Structures reviews the development of new materials and the associated means of manufacturing them into structural components.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand current structural lightweighting trends and associated challenges
  • Gain essential knowledge for critically evaluating emerging dissimilar materials joining techniques for their own applications
  • Apply basic joint design principles for improved manufacturability and joint performance
  • Implement effective joint performance evaluation techniques for supporting design and manufacture of multi-materials structures

Course Overview

  • Historical Perspective on Introducing New Materials and Manufacturing Processes in Automotive Industry (39 min)
  • Selecting the Best Material and Manufacturing Process (22 min)
  • Modeling of Material Changes during Manufacturing and Integrating those Models to Optimize Design (22 min)
  • Advanced Metallic Sheet Materials (18 min)
  • Advanced Polymer Composites (38 min)
  • Advanced Cast Materials (24 min)
  • Summary: What We Have Learned (34 min)
  • Longer Term Lightweighting Opportunities (41 min)
  • You will have access to this course for 60 days.
  • This course contains 6-7 hours of required recorded material and an associated testing assessment.

Successful completion requires you to receive an 80% passing grade on the course assessment.

 

There are no prerequisites for this course. A bachelor’s degree in a science, engineering, or technical field is recommended, but not required.

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Administrative/Online Technical Support
Support staff are available via phone and email to help with administrative and technical issues during our normal business hours (Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). 

Content Questions/Certification Project Support
Candidates are welcome to contact the course instructors for content questions and project support. The instructors will provide support via email, phone consultation, and/or online videoconferencing.

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Instructional Team

Alan Taub, PhD

  • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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