"The Second Edition of this innovative textbook provides a solid foundation in materials engineering and science. Written for engineering students who benefit from a structuring of topics more related to their core courses (thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport processes), the book delves right into the principles underlying the structural, mechanical, and physical properties of materials. This integrated approach to material properties remains a hallmark of this distinctive resource. Streamlined and revised throughout, the text is packed with pedagogical tools: instructional objectives, active-learning principles, design-oriented problems, and web-based information and visualization to provide a unique educational experience for the student. The book is intended for introductory courses in materials science as taught to engineering students at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level"