The pack provides background information on the Ashby design-led approach and practical details of its implementation, as well as general advice and information on teaching engineering materials in a variety of subject areas. (For further discussion of the design-led and other approaches, see here). The pack includes papers written by Mike Ashby and not available elsewhere on Granta's website.
| Essential background reading |
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'Teaching Engineering Materials', M.F. Ashby, D. Cebon, White Paper, May 2007 |
(PDF, 5Mb) |
| EduPack for introductory materials and process courses |
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'Teaching Materials and Processes to First and Second Year Students',
M.F. Ashby, Sep 2007 |
(PDF, 397Kb) |
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CES EduPack in introductory, first, and second year courses—user reports and comments |
(PDF, 40Kb) |
| New and updated white papers for 2012 |
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'Materials for Energy Storage Systems--A White Paper'
Mike F Ashby and James Polyblank, Jan 2012 |
(PDF, 2.5Mb) |
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'The CES EduPack Eco Audit Tool—A White Paper',
M.F. Ashby, N. Ball, C. Bream, Jan 2012 |
(PDF, 2.6Mb) |
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'CES EduPack for Eco Design —A White Paper '
M.F. Ashby, A. Miller, F. Rutter, U.G.K. Wegst, Jan 2012 |
(PDF, 2.5Mb) |
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'Materials for Low-Carbon Powe--A White Paper',
Mike Ashby, Julia Attwood, and Fred Lord, Jan 2012 |
(PDF, 1.6Mb) |
| Other papers |
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'The Hybrid Synthesizer',
M Ashby, C. Bream, C. Cesaretto, and N. Ball, Jan 2011 |
(PDF, 500Kb) |
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'The Treatment of Durability in CES EduPack',
M.F. Ashby, Mar 2009 |
(PDF, 760Kb) |
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'The CES EduPack Database of Natural and Man-Made Materials',
M.F. Ashby, 2008 |
(PDF, 1.7Mb) |
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'The CES EduPack Database for Architecture and the Built Environment',
M.F. Ashby, J. Fernandez, A. Gray., first published 2006 |
(PDF, 601Kb) |
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'Materials and Product Design',
M.F. Ashby, first published 2004 |
(PDF, 1.1Mb) |
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'Materials for Nuclear Power Systems',
M.F. Ashby, M. Smidman, 2009 |
(PDF, 880Kb) |
| sample resources |
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Sample Powerpoint lecture:
'The materials of engineering'
one of 77 lectures, in four languages, available to CES EduPack users |
ZIP file containing Powerpoint, 7Mb |
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Sample materials selection chart:
'Modulus—Strength'
one of over 25 available to CES EduPack users |
PDF, 211Kb |
| product information |
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CES EduPack 2011 product overview |
PDF, 2Mb |
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CES EduPack 2011 latest developments |
PDF, 1Mb |
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CES EduPack Getting Started Guides |
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