Introduction of Advanced Engineering Materials

Materials have always played a significant and defining role in human development, from the Stone Age to the material world of today.

Materials are central to our prosperity and new materials hold the key to our future development. Material engineers therefore have an essential role in developing the materials of today and the future and in taking performance to the next level.

The availability of modern materials is today one of the key industries, since without the appropriate materials it will hardly be possible to bring new technologies into practical application.

A driving force in the development of materials is provided by the call for improved functionality along with reduced weight and volume and resource conserving production methods. Hence, tailor-made materials are revolutionising the fields of lightweight engineering and construction, are reducing energy consumption, are biocompatible, recyclable and react intelligently to changing operating conditions.

Modern technology has a wealth of materials at its disposal, of which the key groups are metals, like ferrous and non-ferrous metals, semiconductors, non metallic-inorganic materials, like ceramic materials, glasses and inorganic bonding agents, plus organic materials, like plastics and rubber.

The composite materials which are gaining greatly in significance are made up of a stable mixture of (at least two) of the abovementioned materials groups.

There have been a number of science fields which have helped us in producing new engineering materials.

Some of the fields are the nano engineering and the forensic engineering. Hundreds and hundreds of scientists and inventors are working and experimenting continuously to make this world a better place to live.

These new inventions have gradually changed the course of living of people. These New engineering materials are not a result of single engineering technology but these are obtained or produced from a blend of different technologies.

Some of the Modern Engineering Materials like Metallic glasses, Shape memory alloys, Nano materials, Non linear Materials and Biomaterials are discussed here.