Materials Engineering
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Organizations
Aluminum Association, Inc.
The site describes the aluminum industry and manufacturing technology in
terms of related facts, news, marketing data, and publications.
The site promotes the use of aluminum by providing access to information
about standards and technical data, including design manuals.
A powerful search engine compliments the layout of the site.
American Crystallographic Association
The site lists a wide range of information pertaining
to meetings, databases, career opportunities, publications, etc.
All of the crystallographic database suppliers charge a fee for
their products. The "crystallographic sites" icon lists laboratories
with some connection to the topic. Although it lacks a search
engine, it is a good place to browse to get a grasp of what is available.
ASM International (formerly American Society for Metals)
The site features a search engine that
searches ASM journal abstracts and short courses; however, the weakness
here is that full-text is not free. The same engine allows use of Boolean
operators. The "Shop ASM" icon gives
a wide range of items, both technical reports and books.
The archives offer items from the 1960s to the present.
The strengths of the site is ease of linking to journal abstracts
on a given topic and the accessibility to ASM products.
European Powder
Metallurgy Association
This is the website for the European Powder
Metallurgy Association, supporting and promoting the powder metallurgy
industry in Europe. One only has to study
the rich technical descriptions in this neatly packed site to gain
a better understanding of P/M technology. This is probably the best site on the web for content on
powder metallurgy. Included, under the
heading "Why Make Parts from Powder", are descriptions of the classes
of powder metallurgy: refractory metals, metal composites, porous
materials, structural parts, special duty alloys. Also, discussed are a number of other topics, including methods
of powder manufacture, production of sintered parts, metal injection
molding and other powder shaping methods. Also included are a number
of animated diagrams that illustrated processes, as well as diagrams
and photos. The site is keyword searchable,
and search results are ranked by relevance. The site also features industry news on standards, quality,
and new products issues.
Materials Research Society (MRS)
The site is authored by
the Materials Research Society, an organization of materials researchers
from universities, industry and government, that promote interdisciplinary
materials research. The website links
to society information, publications, materials-related entities,
marketing, etc. The publications icon features
books and journals. The full-text
of journals and proceedings are only available to members.
The site employs Google and another search engine for results
that are OK, but not great.
Metal Powder Industries Federation
The site offers links to information on powder characterization, synthesis,
consolidation, sintering, testing and modeling. Throughout these links, various processes are listed and
pictures of equipment are shown. Additional
links provide access to a listing of industrial advisors, clients,
staff and theses.
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
The organization itself is involved in the complete
range of metals processing, from removing the ore from the ground
to producing the finished product as well as the associated research
and development issues. The site
is incredibly well done starting with the taxonomy (layout) of the
homepage on down to the substantial and relevant content linked
to the homepage. To navigate, one
can use the site map, which offers excellent lists under each heading,
or one can use the search engine, which seems to do a good job for
the content of this site. The site provides
access to all four TMS journals, the full text of which is available
by subscription in print or online formats. A major strength of the site is access to journal tables
of contents and abstracts for all four of these journals.
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
The site features journals,
abstracts of transactions, and preprints. Most sources lean more towards mining than metallurgy. The site map is particularly useful for illustrating what
is available in these fields, especially career and industry information.
Society of Plastics Engineers
The site links to publications, as well as industry,
education, and career-related services.
The technical journals are searchable, access is limited to abstracts,
and full-text available for a fee.
Search Engines
Google Scholar
Search for scholarly publications online. Use the IIT links in the
search results to see if the library has access to full-text.
Scirus
This site searches scientific literature and information in selected
journals and the Web. Use the "Advanced Search" feature to limit
the results to computer science. Also, by enabling IIT in the Library
Partner links under Search Preferences, you can connect directly
to the library's online full-text journals.
Universities
Department of Mechanical, Materials, and
Aerospace Engineering at IIT
This site describes degree
programs, research areas, department contacts, course schedules,
organizations and more. Although
the site lacks a search engine, it has a straightforward layout,
is easy to use, and suits the needs of IIT faculty and staff and
anyone interested in attending IIT.
A Heat Transfer Textbook, 3rd
Edition. John H Lienhard IV, Professor,
University of Houston. John H. Lienhard
V, Professor, MIT.
The first two editions of this widely used, highly
respected textbook are followed by the third edition, a 600+ page
full-text searchable online pdf file available to download for free
for noncommercial purposes within copyright restrictions.
The full text of equations, figures, tables, etc. specific
to the topic are provided. Source includes
a table of contents and index. The pdf
format allows one to search the text. Suitable for anyone with an interest in heat transfer.
The Powder Metallurgy
Laboratory at IIT
The powder metallurgy lab at IIT offers education and research opportunities
for undergraduate and graduate students. The facility
houses equipment for powder characterization, mechanical
alloying, powder storage, powder compaction and sintering.
Engineering Sites -- General
dlnet: Digital Library Network for Engineering & Technology
DLNET is a project funded by the National Science Digital
Library initiative of the National Science Foundation.
The site provides access to learning tools for engineering
through browse and search functions.
Associations & Organizations -- General
American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
