When you were in college you likely took a class call Strength of Materials, or Engineering Materials, or something along those lines. For me it was a four class series all Eng undergrads took no matter what discipline they were in: Statics, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Strength of Materials. The Comp Sci guys were bored out of their minds!
Nah I skipped that and took Engineering Biology. Pretty boring but at least I spent a class with all the ladies in Engineering (this was before we got deep into our disciplines). Just was wondering what a fancy term for that was, like "enthalpic elasticity curve" or some such jargon.