Advance in material science & engineering

1. Your essay must describe a major advance in material science & engineering
   announce by researchers or manufacturers since the beginning of 2018. The major
   advance can be either:
   (i) A completely new material, or
   (ii) A significant improvement in the processing or properties of an existing martial,
   or
   (iii) A novel use for (or adaptation of) a material made by a plant or an animal.
   Note that, subject to the above constraint, the topic of your essay is completely up
   to you; there is no need to get the topic pre-approved by your instructor.
2. Your essay must be between 1500 and 2000 words in length, and it may, in addition,
   contain up to 2 graphics.
3. Your essay must be your own work and in your own words.
4. Your essay must be structured logically.
5. Your essay must have a title that includes the name of the chosen material.
6. Your essay must
   (i) Justify your choice of the subject of your essay as a major advance in
   materials science & engineering, and
   (ii) Identify the properties of the material that made it suitable for the intended
   applications, and
   (iii) Describe how the composition and structure of the material cause it to exhibit
   these properties, and
   (iv) Describe how the processing strategy achieves the necessary chemical and
   physical microstructures, and
   (v) Suggest what researchers’ or manufacturers’ next steps should be.
   Points (iii) and (iv) in the list above might require you to make educated (i.e. well-justified)
   suggestions of your own if you cannot find appropriate published material to cite.

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