ME 235Materials Science and Engineering
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Mechanical Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
The microstructure of crystalline and amorphous materials including metals, polymers and ceramics. Elastic and plastic deformation in metals, viscoelastic deformation of polymers and viscous deformation of ceramic glasses. Fracture of brittle and ductile solids. Phase equilibria, non-equilibrium behaviour, heat treatment of metals, diffusion, strengthening processes.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
- CHE102 - Chemistry for Engineers (0.50)
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Management Engineering
- Must have completed the following:
Antirequisites
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Reviewed on UW Flow
63% liked it79% easy45% useful
From 24 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Boring course made interesting by Prof. Biro. Even if you hate the sciences, you'll find yourself immersed in parts of this course (until it starts to get really hard during the phase diagram units). You'll also leave the course with lasting knowledge of how materials work, unlike other courses where you immediately forget content right after the final exam. This is in part because of the rigor of the actual content and amplified by the brutal assessment structure designed to have students resort to guesswork based on what they learned to solve a question. By the end of the course, you'll ascend your ability to arrive at conclusions from virtually nothing - a crucial skill for the aspiring…
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It's an alright course, goes over the basics of materials sciences, grains, properties of metals, how to make metals stronger etc. The content itself is the fundamentals which are good to know.
Nov 2020 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention ME 235, August 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2024
Management Eng students, it you had the opportunity to go to UTSG CS instead, would you do it? 10 points, 55 comments
“Please explain why you would or would not. UTSG CS = University of Toronto St. George campus, Computer Science”
u/1000Ditto: “I am too unknowledgeable about it, but would highly consider it - my nature better fits eng courses in general simply, if you want cs background then take cs, if you want engineering background, look …”
u/ConsequenceNo3618: “They made it much easier by giving new MGTE students 3 natural science electives (formerly ME 219/235/250) so those physical/life science options are now feasible too I think the stats and computing are the easiest to get, but all the options should be possible for MGTE …”
Spring 2023
Math vs Management Eng 7 points, 13 comments
“Basically title, What should I take for a career at tech? Not any specific role, im currently open to anything (pm, swe, data sci, etc)”
u/I_Beat_My_Kids_: “Management engineering has pretty poor courses in second year due to some curriculum changes and certain profs, older students will probably paint you a better picture of it than your experience will …”
u/Feeling-Onion-4409: “… No longer take ME 235 and instead take a natural science elective of choice. MSCI 211 moved to 3A. 2B: Used to have 6 courses, now has 5 courses. No longer take ME 219 and 250, and instead take a natural science elective of choice. …”
Winter 2021
Management Engineering 10 points, 14 comments
u/1000Ditto: “1. ok depending on you as a person, one of the easiest, be wary of 3b esp msci332, me 235, msci 261, msci 263 2. pm/data/general business/basic mech stuff/ programming 3. …”
u/original-random: “ME 235 is no longer part of the program (neither are ME 219 and ME 250): http://ugradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/ENG-Management-Engineering Lots of changes that the current 4th years did not have, including natural science electives, MSCI 251 and 253, MSCI 302, MSCI 546, MSCI …”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… MATH 692 MATH 97 ME 100 ME 200A ME 200B ME 201 ME 202 ME 203 ME 212 ME 219 ME 220 ME 230 ME 235 ME 250 ME 262 ME 269 ME 300B ME 322 ME 351 ME 353 ME 360 ME 362 ME 380 ME 400A ME 401 ME 423 ME 435 ME 436 ME 456 ME 459 ME 481 ME 482 ME 548 ME 559 ME 561 ME 566 ME 599 ME 620 ME 627 …”
Spring 2012
Tips/Advice for these courses? 1 point, 2 comments
u/TheFriendAttack: “So I'm going into 2nd year eng and I'd like to hear what you guys have to say about ME 235 (material science), ME250 (thermo) and 2nd year calc in general, what would be useful for me to brush up on? Did materials build heavily on first year Chem? How was the workload?”
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