Course Materials

For the course Non-destructive Testing, I have written an extensive 200-page textbook describing the fundamentals and many applications of NDT in engineering. The textbook follows the organization of the lectures and the exercises with many color illustrations and an extensive reference list. The textbook is being prepared by a well-known publisher. Moodle also provides other reference materials (textbooks, documents and videos). Videos show examples of tests using ultrasound, radar, endoscopy and infrared thermography. These videos are currently limited to NDT applications in construction. Assignments for the exercises are made available in Moodle. In the exercises, a mentor solves the assignments together with groups of student while working with the applicable NDT devices. Depending on the number of students, it may be necessary to split the class into groups of up to ten. I typically do not publish the lecture slides for the NDT courses. The total of 1500 slides from 17 primary topics have been selected based on the previous experience and course objectives. However, slides are not distributed since they do not have a positive effect on teaching because the slides do not contain an extensive explanation and there are too many slides. It is recommended to study the textbook (and possibly the reference literature), which is more efficient.

For the course Materials Science II of the MSE, a printed textbook is available from the MSE student office. Moodle also provides other reference materials (videos, scripts, exercises). Homework assignments to be solved by the students are given for the exercises. For the two exercises, solutions to the assignments are discussed on a rotating two-week basis. In addition to the materials offered, there is also a wide selection of very good textbooks. An overview of suitable textbooks is given in the lectures. Some of these textbooks can be downloaded free of charge or can be obtained under a special license (“Hörerschein”).

Munich, Jan. 09, 2020

Prof. Christian Große