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ME 435Industrial Metallurgy

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Mechanical Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course is intended for those students interested in acquiring a working knowledge of metallurgy. It covers: metals and alloy systems, iron-carbon alloys, heat treatment and the function of alloying elements in steel, corrosion and scale resistant alloys, copper and nickel base alloys, light metals and their alloys; casting, hot and cold working of metals; soldering, brazing and welding; corrosion and oxidation; metal failure analysis.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • ME230 - Control of Properties of Materials (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 4A or higher
    • Enrolled in H-Mechanical Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001497022 / 45TTh 10:00–11:20
PRJ 101534822 / 45Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

67% liked it70% easy95% useful

From 12 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • A bit of a retread of previous materials courses focusing on aluminum and steel alloys. Similar to ME 340 but with a bit more focus on the materials used. The Midterm was easy but the project was a bit confusing on the layout. Also the final was way to hard but probably done to lower the grades after the easy midterm. If you enjoy materials or are doing a specialization then its a good choice. Otherwise not easy enough to be a bird or interesting enough to take on its own.

    Dec 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The focus is mostly on aluminum alloys and steels. Very useful course if you are planning to go into the industry. The course project has a series of labs to identify an unknown material's composition and heat treatment based on its composition and hardness. The course content covers a lot so it was a little overwhelming but most of it centers around similar topics. The quizzes were very concept focused and came directly from the slides (no trick questions).

    Dec 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • It’s a good course, and especially useful if you’re going into the industry! The course had a focus on aluminum alloys and different kinds of steel, covering compositions, heat treatment methods, and various strengthening strategies. There are also brief mentions of other metals and their specialities. Overall, I would recommend the course for learning more practical and industrial knowledge about metals!

    Jul 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • It was a very interesting course. You learn a lot of new things about material science that you don't learn in your previous courses. Also, it was more applicable to work-related things than previous material science courses. The layout of the course was also well designed and organized.

    Jun 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

11 posts and comments in 9 threads mention ME 435, June 2015 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.

Fall 2021

[deleted by user] 0 points, 3 comments

u/1000Ditto: “lmfao let's start with what major are you in and what are you interested in? if you're in ee and someone recommends you ME435 industrial metallurgy that's not helpful to you”

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Fall 2019

Spring 2018

MTE 322 vs ME 322 AND Fav Mech courses 3 points, 4 comments

“I am a 4th year SYDE student and I want to land a Product/mechanical design full-time position. I am trying to use the remainder of my technical electives to build more mechanical design …”

u/eagle23_7: “4th year who has worked 5 mechanical design coops. The best way to learn design would be through coop placements by far. It’s a lot more real world design of metal and plastic injection parts. …”

u/anon_student1: “… I am considering courses like ME 548 (CNC), ME 561 (hydraulics/pneumatics0), ME 436 (welding - I am already taking ME 435 - metallurgy). …”

u/anon_student1: “… I think I will take Non-Metals and Composites in 4B, and we took one materials course already in SYDE, so I'm hoping pairing that with ME 435 will give me a good depth of knowledge in terms of materials. …”

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Winter 2018

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: “… 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 ME 632 ME 651 ME 659 ME 662 ME 673 ME 680 ME 682 ME 720 ME 738 ME 753 ME 760 ME 765 ME 770 ME 780 …”

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Fall 2015

What are some of the courses that everyone should absolutely avoid? 27 points, 75 comments

“ECON 101 for one.”

u/Nakji: “ME435. The material is so boring that the professor even apologized.”

u/Nakji: “I didn't do the welding specialization, I just ended up in ME435 because of scheduling constraints. That said, I did take ME436, which was very enjoyable (David Weckman is hilarious if you enjoy dry engineering humour). I have no idea what the rest of the courses are like.”

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Hi, I am a bot. 75 points, 98 comments

“Hey everyone! After some discussion with mods, I think I am ready to be pushed live. I am a bot designed to provide relevant course information upon request. …”

u/Pamela-Handerson: “[[ME435]] [ME401]]”

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Spring 2015

Any mech eng doing/done the tron option? 1 point, 6 comments

“I just wanna know if there are any mech eng that are doing/done the tron option. I wanna know what courses you took to complete the option (ECE or MTE courses?) and if doing the option itself was …”

u/annihilatron: “https://uwaterloo.ca/mechanical-mechatronics-engineering/future-undergraduate-students/mechanical-engineering/specializations-and-options bottom of the page; link to …”

u/annihilatron: “Only two of these are part of the option, and they only fulfill two of the requirements; you'd still have to take ECE484 and RTOS or a similarly difficult programming course. - ME 555 is a bird course about CAD and some additional mathematics related to CAD. …”

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