MSE3612 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Principles of Materials Processing

A bilingual course site for seeing microstructural evolution, understanding processing routes, and learning from a traceable course knowledge base.

Enter Topic Learning Knowledge Base Course Overview

Research Cases: 9
Process Videos: 4
Learning Mode: Topics + Knowledge Base
Contact Hours: 80

Topic Learning

Solid-State Transformations and Heat Treatment

Nine research cases from Nature-family papers use in-situ videos to make nucleation, interface migration, diffusion, precipitation, grain growth, and high-temperature oxidation visible as dynamic processes.

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01 · Nucleation and Interface Migration

Martensitic nucleation near dislocations: diffusive and diffusionless pathways are not always separate

Model solid-solid transformation system · Martensitic nucleation / solid-solid phase transition

02 · Nucleation and Interface Migration

Temperature-driven ferroelastic domains: reversible martensitic transitions as actuation

1D hybrid perovskite molecular crystal · Temperature-driven martensitic / thermoelastic transition

03 · Nucleation and Interface Migration

α-to-ω transformation in zirconium: grain enlargement under room-temperature compression

Zr · ω-phase grain nucleation and enlargement

04 · Diffusion, Precipitation, and Grain Growth

Cubic-to-hexagonal transformation in GST films: abnormal grain growth driven by surface energy

GST thin film · Grain takeover / grain growth

05 · Diffusion, Precipitation, and Grain Growth

In-situ heating induced TiC monolayer growth: diffusion and 2D carbide formation

Ti3C2 / h-TiC · In-situ heating / carbide growth dynamics

06 · Diffusion, Precipitation, and Grain Growth

Ni nanoparticle exsolution and coarsening: migration, coalescence, and redissolution during annealing

Ni-doped SrTiO3 / exsolved Ni nanoparticles · High-temperature annealing / exsolution / coarsening / redissolution

Topic Learning · Process Videos

Processing Video Guide

Four teacher-provided videos extend the course site from in-situ research cases to industrial process understanding: rolling, steel property control, quenching, and semiconductor manufacturing.

Open process video guide

V1 · Thermomechanical Processing

Hot rolling and cold rolling: how temperature changes deformation, force, and final microstructure

02:59 · Steel strip and sheet · Hot rolling / cold rolling

V2 · Property Control in Steels

Softness, hardness, and toughness in steel: heat treatment as microstructure design

04:02 · Carbon steels and alloy steels · Heat treatment and microstructure-property control

V3 · Property Control in Steels

Quenching steel: cooling rate, martensite formation, and property adjustment

03:05 · Steel components · Austenitizing, quenching, and tempering

V4 · Manufacturing Frontiers

Chip manufacturing: process integration from wafer to patterned functional structure

32:33 · Silicon wafers and thin films · Lithography, deposition, etching, and packaging

Course Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base

The course knowledge base supports questions over uploaded slides and teaching materials. Answers cite the original source so students can trace concepts back to files and locations. Access is available after jAccount login.

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Learning Workspace

Traceable learning from course materials

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Course Overview

This compulsory foundational course introduces the core principles behind solidification and casting, plastic processing and forming, solid-state phase transformations, and heat treatment of metals. It links microstructural evolution, shape formation, processing conditions, and industrial practice.

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Processing Routes

Liquid Route Solidification and Casting

Plastic Route Plastic Processing and Forming

Thermal Route Solid-State Transformations and Heat Treatment

Learning Objectives

Understand microstructural evolution in solidification processing, plastic forming, and solid-state transformations.
Explain the basic relationships among processing conditions, microstructure, and material properties.
Understand the mechanics, stress-strain relations, and shape-formation mechanisms involved in plastic processing.

Assessment

Assignments 20%

Quizzes 20%

Final exam 60%