- •English for Materials Science and Engineering
- •Introduction
- •Acknowledgements
- •Table of contents
- •Chapter 1 Introduction
- •1.1 Historical Background
- •1.2 Grammar: Simple Past versus Present Perfect
- •1.3 Materials Science versus Materials Engineering
- •1.4 Selection of Materials
- •1.5 Some Phrases for Academic Presentations
- •1.6 Case Study: The Turbofan Aero Engine
- •1.7 Some Abbreviations for Academic Purposes
- •Chapter 2 Characteristics of Materials
- •2.1 Structure
- •2.2 Some Phrases for Academic Writing
- •2.3 Case Study: The Gecko
- •2.4 Property
- •2.5 Some Phrases for Describing Figures, Diagrams and for Reading Formulas
- •2.6 Grammar: Comparison
- •2.7 Processing and Performance
- •2.8 Classification of Materials
- •2.9 Grammar: Verbs, Adjectives, and Nouns followed by Prepositions
- •Chapter 3 Metals
- •3.1 Introduction
- •3.2 Mechanical Properties of Metals
- •3.3 Important Properties for Manufacturing
- •3.4 Metal Alloys
- •3.5 Case Study: Euro Coins
- •3.6 Grammar: Adverbs I
- •3.7 Case Study: The Titanic
- •3.8 Grammar: The Passive Voice
- •3.9 Case Study: The Steel-Making Process
- •Chapter 4 Ceramics
- •4.1 Introduction
- •4.2 Structure of Ceramics
- •4.3 Word Formation: Suffixes in Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives
- •4.4 Properties of Ceramics
- •4.5 Case Study: Optical Fibers versus Copper Cables
- •4.6 Grammar: Adverbs II
- •4.7 Case Study: Pyrocerams
- •4.8 Case Study: Spheres Transporting Vaccines
- •4.9 Useful Expressions for Shapes and Solids
- •Chapter 5 Polymers
- •5.1 Introduction
- •5.2 Word Formation: The Suffix -able/-ible
- •5.3 Properties of Polymers
- •5.4 Case Study: Common Objects Made of Polymers
- •5.5 Case Study: Ubiquitous Plastics
- •5.6 Grammar: Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
- •5.7 Polymer Processing
- •5.8 Case Study: Different Containers for Carbonated Beverages
- •Chapter 6 Composites
- •6.1 Introduction
- •6.2 Case Study: Snow Ski
- •6.3 Grammar: Gerund (-ing Form)
- •6.4 Case Study: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)
- •6.5 Word Formation: Prefixes
- •Chapter 7 Advanced Materials
- •7.1 Introduction
- •7.2 Semiconductors
- •7.3 Case Study: Integrated Circuits
- •7.4 Grammar: Subordinate Clauses
- •7.5 Smart Materials
- •7.6 Nanotechnology
- •7.7 Case Study: Carbon Nanotubes
- •7.8 Grammar: Modal Auxiliaries
- •Credits
- •Selected Reference List
- •Glossary
Iris Eisenbach
English for Materials Science and Engineering
Iris Eisenbach
English for Materials Science and Engineering
Exercises, Grammar, Case Studies
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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. The author graduated in English and French from the University of Mainz and from the Teacher Training College (Studienseminar) in Wiesbaden, (both Germany) with the Second State Examination. After teaching foreign languages to students at different levels for some years, she got tenure as a civil servant (Oberstudienrätin). Iris Eisenbach has spent the past 20 years concentrating on teaching English to students in university settings. 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.
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