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The National Student Survey and Materials 2010' 2-day Workshop 2011
Teaching Engineering

Teaching Engineering by Peter Goodhew

A number of key modules from MATTER have been converted for use in online distance learning or in a Virtual Learning Environment, including:

  • Introduction to Crystallography
  • Introduction to Electrons in Crystals
  • Introduction to Point Defects
  • Introduction to Phase Diagrams
  • Introduction to Electron Microscopes

Click here to see the avalible modules

Click here to go to the MATTER website

The 'Guides for Lecturers' have been reworked into a single book.

To download the book click the link below:

Teaching Materials Engineering

This book updates the relevant information from the guides as well as new information relevent to teaching materials engineering. Use this instead of the files below, which are here only as legacy material.