By the end of the course the successful students are expected to:
- to compare building materials with each other in terms of their performance properties, selection criteria, weaknesses and fields of use in constructions;
- to discuss the performance of building materials in terms of some basic measureable parameters;
- to discover the relationships among the materials failures, the origins and manufacturing techniques of materials and weathering factors.
- to report their observations on raw materials characteristics of some building materials, their manufacturing processes and performance tests during the field trips to the factories of a manufacturing companies;
- to make use of the knowledge on materials technology for the proper materials selection to build up building elements/components/systems.