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MIT OpenCourseWare
Economic & Environmental Issues in Materials Selection
Art: Georg Agricola, De re metallica - gold panning (125711726), 1556 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Randolph Kirchain
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 30 other files · 5 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 3.080 Economic & Environmental Issues in Materials Selection, Fall 2005, Prof. Randolph Kirchain — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
18 files
- Introduction Download
- Introduction, Time Value of Money, Single Payment Discounting Download
- Value, Multi-payment Discounting, Non-uniform Cash Flows Download
- Effective Interest Rates Evaluating Alternatives, MARR, PW, AW, IRR Download
- Comparing Alternatives Download
- Dealing with Changing Prices Download
- Combining Concepts Download
- Class Examples Download
- Concepts of Materials Indices, Software Introduction (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory) Download
- Material and Shape Selection (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory) Download
- Process Selection, In-class Examples (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory) Download
- Using Cost Models: Concepts and Principles Download
- Tackling Variable Costs Download
- Pizza Model Download
- Introduction: What is the Cost of Materials Usage? Download
- An Overview of Life Cycle Assessment Download
- Analysis Goal and Scope; Inventory Methods Download
- Impact Assessment Download
Assignments
- Homework EE1 Download
- Homework EE2 Download
- Homework EE3 Download
- Homework CM1 Download
- CM Injection Molding Tool Download
- Homework LC1 Download
Projects
- Engineering Economics Project Download
- Materials Selection Project Download
- Cost Modeling Project Download
- Life Cycle Assessment Project Download
Exams
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Introduction, Time Value of Money, Single Payment Discounting
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Lecture 3: Value, Multi-payment Discounting, Non-uniform Cash Flows
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Lecture 4: Effective Interest Rates Evaluating Alternatives, MARR, PW, AW, IRR
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Lecture 5: Uncertainty
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Lecture 6: Comparing Alternatives
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Lecture 7: Dealing with Changing Prices
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Lecture 8: Combining Concepts
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Lecture 9: Presentations and Review
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Lecture 10: Exam 1
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Lecture 11: Concepts of Materials Indices, Software Introduction (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory)
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Lecture 12: Material and Shape Selection (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory)
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Lecture 13: Process Selection, In-class Examples (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory)
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Lecture 14: Presentations and Review
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Lecture 15: Using Cost Models: Concepts and Principles
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Lecture 16: Tackling Variable Costs
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Lecture 17: Modeling Fixed Costs
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Lecture 18: Presentations and Review
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Lecture 19: Exam 2
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Lecture 20: Introduction: What is the Cost of Materials Usage?
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Lecture 21: An Overview of Life Cycle Assessment
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Lecture 22: Analysis Goal and Scope; Inventory Methods
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Lecture 23: Impact Assessment
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Lecture 24: Presentations and Wrap-up
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Randolph Kirchain, 3.080 Economic & Environmental Issues in Materials Selection, Fall 2005.
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