Unappreciated Materials by Prof. Mike Ashby. Mike's Approach to Materials Engineering and their role in the Environment are Recalled

Mike has again taken a remarkable and provocative approach in his blog series entitled "Unappreciated materials"
1.  Corrugated iron

2.  Asphalt Concrete.

About Prof. Mike Ashby

Mike Ashby is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is a world-renowned authority on engineering materials and the author/co-author of best-selling textbooks, including the recently published Materials and the Environment. Other current texts include Engineering Materials I & II, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials in Design, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing, and Design. He has authored over 200 papers on mechanisms of plasticity and fracture, powder compaction, mechanisms of wear, methodologies for materials selection, and the modeling of material shaping processes, among other topics. He is recipient of numerous awards and honors including Fellow of the Royal Society and Member of the American Academy of Engineering. He has been a professor at Harvard University and held academic positions in Germany and France. He is also co-founder of Granta Design and guides development of Granta’s CES EduPack.

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SELECTED POSTS

1.  Corrugated iron.

2.  Asphalt Concrete.