Modern High-Performance Materials

In this course you will learn about modern materials, what the definition of this is. As well as this you'll be able to identify the properties of a range of high performance materials, and you will be able to give examples of potential uses for these high performance materials.

Introduction

Most products are only as good as the materials they are made from. Because of this, companies often have large research and development budgets and departments who are tasked with refining existing construction materials or even inventing completely new materials from which products can be made.

A modern material is defined as one that has been engineered to have improved properties in some way. This includes more traditional modern materials, such as concrete and steel, and newer materials such as graphene, titanium and metallic foams.

In this session we will look particularly at high performance materials that have useful and exciting applications in engineering.

You will learn 

1. Know the definition of a modern material
2. Identify the properties of a range of high-performance materials
3. Give examples of potential uses for some high-performance materials.