This course aims to provide the basic concepts and principles in qualitative and quantitative analysis of physical, mechanical, and thermal properties of products made of metals, ceramics, polymers or composites. The students will receive training and guidance on some fundamental methods to test the reliability and safety of raw materials, components and products, and therefore they should be able to identify and specify appropriate analytic techniques required in given quality engineering problems, particularly in the manufacturing process, quality control, and product testing, and apply them to solve the problems.

For a student to pass the course, at least 30% of the maximum mark for both coursework and examination should be obtained.