AE 1231 - Building Construction Materials

• Understand the unique origins, chemistry, properties, standards, construction industry applications and trade organizations specific to the materials used in the construction industry. Materials include aggregates, cement, concrete, masonry, wood, steel, aluminum, asphalt, polymers, plastics and composites
• Design and execute laboratory experiments that test the physical properties of construction materials as they relate to performance within industry
• Develop research and communication skills that will enable them to access technical information on materials, evaluate that information for quality, summarize findings concisely, and communicate those findings both in writing and orally
• Assemble a portfolio of information that has the potential to be a useful resource on materials throughout their academic career at MSOE and beyond

• One year of high school chemistry

• Course introduction (1 hour)
• Materials engineering concepts (2 hours)
• Nature of materials (3 hours)
• Aggregates (1 hour)
• Portland cement (2 hours)
• Concrete (3 hours)
• Masonry (1 hour)
• Wood (2 hours)
• Steel (1 hour)
• Aluminum (1 hour)
• Asphalt (1 hour)
• Polymers and plastics
• Composites (1 hour)
• Research paper requirements (3 hours)
• Final paper presentations (3 hours)
• Assessment (5 hours)

• Safety (1/2 hour)
• Density of materials (1.5 hours)
• Tensile testing (1.5 hours)
• Creep testing (1/2 hour)
• Aggregate testing (2 hours)
• Sieve analysis (2 hours)
• Concrete proportioning (2 hours)
• Concrete mixing (2 hours)
• Concrete compression testing (5 hours)
• Wood lab design and testing (3 hours)