ME303 Corrosion & Non-destructive Testing

ME303 -Corrosion

Genral Information about ME303
Study Guide
On-line Lectures
On-line Tutorials
Classic Corrosion Illustrated (On-line Case Studies)
Frequently Asked Questions
Corrosion Terminology (over 600 terms defined)
Link to Dr Qiu's WebCorr (for Working Professionals)
Corrosion Related Jobs (for ME graduates)

Page created in July 1995 last updated December 2000.Send your comment to Dr Qiu at [email protected]

General Information

ME303 -Corrosion and Non-Destructive Testing consists of 36 lectures and 12 tutorials.The CORROSION part of this course is tought by Dr Qiu Jianhai (and the NDT part of the course is tought by Mr Heng Keng Wah). Most of the Tutorial Questions and Reading Assignments are from the following prescribed textbook which is available from the University Bookshop:

Corrosion for Science and Engineering
by K. R. Trethewey and J. Chamberlain, 2nd ed., Longman, 1995

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[Study Guide]

You are about to begin what could be one of the most exciting courses that you will undertake in Materials Engineering - the study of the interaction of a material, be it a metal, electronic material, semiconductor, composite or even ceramics, with its environment. You will be able to appreciate why steels rust in air and engineered components fail. You will also be able to know what can be done to achieve low-cost reliability, improved safety, increased efficiency and enhanced product quality. This knowledge, however, will not come without some effort, and this course has been carefully designed with an awareness of the kind of difficulties you may face. For example, each lecture always begins with an outline (so that you know what to expect from the lecture) and ends with a summary and reading assignments (so that you know what is covered and what to follow up afterwards). To enhance your analytical and problem-solving skills, there is a collection of Frequently Asked Questions (the FAQ). The FAQs are real-life questions that are collected over the years not only from your fellow students during lectures and tutorials but also from the working professionals in the various industries. You are well advised to browse the dynamic FAQs and are encouraged to contribute to it by asking QUESTIONS. The study tools for this on-line course are outlined below. Please take some time now to familarize yourself with them.

Lecture Outline (Each lecture begins with an outline so that you know what to expect from the lecture)
Lecture Summary (In case you have missed the major points while you were sleeping)
Reading Assignments (Each lecture ends with reading assignments so that you know what to follow up. There are two reading assignments for each lecture: one is to reinforce the current lecture and the other is to prepare yourself for the next lecture.)
Hyper-links (Each lecture is hyper-linked to both the PREVIOUS and the NEXT lecture for easy reference and smooth integration of subject matters)
Case Studies (Different forms of corrosion are illustrated in color).
Corrosion: the FAQ (Improve your analytical and problem-solving skills)
Corrosion Terminology (Over 600 corrosion-related terms are defined according to ASTM standard)
Solutions to Tutorial Questions (Something you have been waiting for?)
e-mail Contact with Course Lecturer (help is always available at a mouse click)