Director:
Dr. Nouari Saheb
Lab Technician:
Mr. Al Ghanim
Location: 75- Rooms-001,4,6,7
Tel: 013-(860) 2528/2469
Introduction to the Lab
Materials Science Lab is actively contributing in teaching and research activities in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Its main mission is to provide the latest educational/research facilities in materials characterization and testing for both students and researchers. It provides educational and research facilities at different levels to undergraduate, MS, and PhD students. Research capabilities include:
Microstructure characterization: metallography, scanning electron microscopy with x-ray energy dispersive spectrometer, x-ray diffraction, TGA, and DSC;
Metal analyzer for most elements required in the metal industry including traces of carbon, phosphorous, sulfur and nitrogen;
Mechanical testing including hardness, tensile, creep, fatigue, and impact testing;
Other capabilities: steel heat treatment furnaces, hardenability Jominy test, and various NDT methods.
Courses supported are:
Required course: ME 217/205; electives: ME474 and ME 478; graduate courses: ME 574, ME579
Design/Research Activities
Activities of the lab involve the tests required by teaching of courses ME 205/215, senior design project students, MS and PhD students, faculty and funded research.
EQUIPMENT for teaching and research:
Fatigue Machine
TQ fatigues machines model SM-1090.
Creep machine
TQ creep machines model SM-1006.
Impact machine
TQ impact machines model TQ-TE15.
Tensile Machine
Instron tensile machines model 3367.
Hardness testers
INNOVA hardness testers model 783-D.
Scanning Slectron Microscope (SEM):
JEOL SEM model JSM-6460 with EDS facility and JEOL Gold Sputter model JFC-1100.
Optical Microscope:
Differential Scanning Calorimetry machine (DSC)
METTLER Toledo DSC machine model DSC-822E.
Summary of Machines at Materials Science Lab
