English for Materials Science and Engineering: Exercises, Grammar, Case Studies

✍ Scribed by Iris Eisenbach (auth.)

• Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: German
• Leaves: 116
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This textbook is intended for students of materials science, of different branches of engineering and of related disciplines who need to re-activate their English language skills. Using authentic materials and figures selected from scientific texts, students will improve their reading, writing and speaking skills in a context relevant to their specialist studies.

Contents
Introduction - Characteristics of Materials - Metals - Ceramics - Polymers - Composites - Advanced Materials - Environmental Issues

Target Group
students of natural sciences, materials science and of different branches of engineering
students of technical subjects at Berufsakademien
professionals in industry

About the Author
Iris Eisenbach has extensive experience in teaching all levels of English to speakers of other languages and for a wide range of educational and professional purposes. Presently she is working as a university language instructor at the English and German Departments of the Language Center of the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Characteristics of Materials....Pages 12-24
Metals....Pages 25-39
Ceramics....Pages 40-50
Polymers....Pages 51-62
Composites....Pages 63-72
Advanced Materials....Pages 73-83
Back Matter....Pages 84-109

✦ Subjects

Mechanical Engineering