Mike Ashby is one of the world’s foremost authorities on materials selection. He is sole or lead author of several of Elsevier’s top selling engineering textbooks, including Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials and the Environment, Materials and Sustainable Development, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also co-author of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.

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• 1. Introduction: Materials and Design2. Engineering Materials and Their Properties3. Materials Property Charts4. Materials Selection – The Basics5. Materials Selection – Case Studies6. Processes and Their Effect on Properties7. Processes Selection and Cost8. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives9. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives – Case Studies10. Selection of Material and Shape11. Material and Shape: Case Studies12. Designing Hybrid Materials13. Hybrids: Case Studies14. Materials and the Environment15. Materials and Industrial Design16. Sustainable Response to Forces for Change