Spring 2027

Advanced Materials Selection

Advanced materials selection course developing a structured approach to handle complex design problems with multiple constraints and conflicting objectives.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Michael DeCicco

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.39 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.40 GPA, 53.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify designs at risk of brittle fracture

  • Apply a basic fracture mechanics approach to minimize chance of part failure

  • Apply corrosion mitigation techniques to material selection and design problems

  • Apply a systematic process to materials selection

  • Interpret microstructure of metallic alloys and predict material property development

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(M S & E 350 and M E 310), M E 313,M S & E 332, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.39 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.40 GPA, 53.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MICHAEL DECICCO is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 350

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.39 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.40 GPA, 53.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Fracture mechanics, corrosion, manufacturing processes, property development, and material analysis techniques.

Skills

  • Fracture mechanics application for brittle fracture identification and failure minimization.
  • Corrosion mitigation techniques for material selection and design.
  • Systematic process for materials selection.
  • Microstructure interpretation and prediction of material property development.

Grades

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ME 437 · Spring 2027

Advanced Materials Selection

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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