BSc Materials Engineering
Program Description
This program will produce professionals in the field of Materials Science and Engineering which is the profession of knowledge, innovation, and research excellence. The program contains flavor of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fields, having one of the broadest spectra among engineering disciplines. The graduates of this program will deal with the application of physics, chemistry, nanotechnology, and mathematics in metallurgical operations, processes, and manufacturing. This program will keep pace with the continuous evolution, and latest developments in the emerging research areas such as biomaterials, solar materials, energy storage materials, nanotechnology, high-temperature materials, artificial intelligence in materials engineering. This program will nurture and enhance the essential technical skills of the students, enabling them to work for the betterment of the community. Our state-of-the-art laboratories will help the students to carry out research activities in several fields, including but not limited to the design of products, prototype manufacturing, materials characterization, and energy systems, to address the challenges of modern industries and help better evolution of our society.
Vision
To be recognized as a hub for education/ professional training and research in the domain of material’s extraction and processing using conventional and advanced tools. Our faculty, graduates and trained professionals will attain prominence in industry and academia through knowledge, ingenuity and entrepreneurial skills. Our faculty will be recognized for scholarships in both instruction and discovery.
Mission
To promote the extraction and processing of materials by developing an understanding of structure-property-processing-performance relationship for these materials and to utilize them for advanced engineering applications.
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
Our Program Educational Objectives are aligned with the vision and mission of AUST.
- To instill engineering knowledge, critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills with integrity to help them for starting a professional career.
- To train them for continuous intellectual development through further education, professional development courses, self-directed investigation, and/or industrial training, research and development and experience.
- To nurture characteristics of innovation, entrepreneurship and collaborative working to create leaders of future.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
We highly endorse and follow STEM curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications. Following this approach we will be able to give professional to our society with required competence helping them lead the process of innovation and creativity.
Outcome Based Education (OBE)
We believe in Outcome Based Education i.e. we focus on setting SMART educational objectives and corresponding KPIs to ensure that the knowledge, training and skill set is well received and understood by our students in a way that they can perform outstandingly in their professional careers.
Scheme of Study
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Semester – 1 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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PHYS-11x |
Engineering Physics |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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PHYS-11xL |
Engineering Physics Lab |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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CHEM-11x |
Engineering Chemistry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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ENGR-11xL |
Engineering Drawing & Graphics Lab |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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MAT-11x |
Calculus |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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CSC-11x |
Computer systems and programming |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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CSC-11xL |
Computer systems and programming Lab |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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MGT-11x |
Business Communication Skills |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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IRS-xxx |
Islamic Studies |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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TOTAL |
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18 |
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26 |
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Semester – 2 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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MATE-121 |
Engineering Materials |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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ENGR-121 |
Engineering Mechanics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Geol-121 |
Mineral Processing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Geol-121L |
Mineral Processing Lab |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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MGT-xxx |
Occupational Health & Safety |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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PAKS-121 |
Pakistan Studies |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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MAT-12x |
Linear Algebra & Differential Equations |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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ENGR-12x |
Workshop Practice |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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TOTAL |
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18 |
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24 |
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Semester – 3 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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MAT-23x |
Probability & Statistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-231 |
Mechanics of Materials |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENGR-121 |
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MATE-231L |
Mechanics of Materials Lab |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
ENGR-121 |
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MATE-232 |
Thermodynamics of Materials |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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ECON-23x |
Engineering Economics |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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MATE-233 |
X-ray Diffraction and Crystallography |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-239L |
Materials Lab I (related to XRD, Introductory Experiments) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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MGT-23x |
Professional Ethics |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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TOTAL |
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18 |
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22 |
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Semester – 4 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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MATE-241 |
Inspection and Testing of Engineering Materials |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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MAT-24x |
Numerical Analysis |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
MAT-11x |
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MAT-24xL |
Numerical Analysis Lab |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
MAT-11x |
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MATE-242 |
Phase Equilibria & Microstructures |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-243 |
Polymeric Materials |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-244 |
Foundry Engineering |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-245 |
Joining of Materials |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-249L |
Materials Lab II (Foundry + Welding 50:50) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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TOTAL |
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18 |
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22 |
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Semester – 5 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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MATE-351 |
Deformation & Fracture of Engineering Materials |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENGR-241 |
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MATE-352 |
Heat Treatment |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATE-232 |
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MATE-353 |
Engineering Ceramics and Glasses |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-356 |
Alloy Production |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATE-242 |
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MATE-359L |
Materials Lab III (Heat Treatment + Ceramics i.e. 67:33) |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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ENG-351 |
Technical Report Writing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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TOTAL |
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17 |
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21 |
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Semester – 6 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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MSCI-36x |
Entrepreneurship & Marketing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MGT-36x |
Management Elective I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-36x |
Research Methodology |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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MATE-361 |
Technical Elective I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-362 |
Technical Elective II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-36xL |
Materials Lab IV (Elective I + Elective II) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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MATE-363 |
Mechanical Metallurgy of Manufacturing Processes |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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TOTAL |
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17 |
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19 |
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Semester – 7 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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MATE-471 |
Computational Materials Science |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
MATE-351 & ENGR-211 |
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MATE-472 |
Materials Characterization |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATE-241 |
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MATE-479L |
Materials Lab V (Characterization + Computational) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
MATE-351 & ENGR-211 |
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MATE-47×1 |
Technical Elective III |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-47×2 |
Technical Elective IV |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-47x |
Project (Phase-I) |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
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TOTAL |
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15 |
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23 |
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Semester – 8 |
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Course Code |
Title |
Credit Hrs |
Contact Hrs |
Pre-requisites |
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Th |
Lab |
Total |
Th |
Lab |
Total |
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MGT-48x |
Management Elective II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-481 |
Technical Elective V |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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MATE-482 |
Technical Elective VI |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-489L |
Materials Lab VI (Elective V+ Elective VI) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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MATE-48x |
Composite Materials |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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MATE-48x |
Project (Phase-II) |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
MATE-47x |
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TOTAL |
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15 |
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23 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
136 |
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189 |
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Non-Engineering Domain Credit Hrs |
39 |
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Engineering Domain Credit Hrs |
97 |
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Non-Engineering Domain Credit Hrs (%) |
28.7 |
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Engineering Domain Credit Hrs (%) |
71.3 |
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Grading
4 point grading system.
Teaching Methodologies
Interactive Lectures
Class activities
Semester projects
Problem based learning
Group and individual assignments
Assessment Methods
Random and surprise short quizzes
Presentations
Mid and End term exams
During class competitions