An educational software, called CalSev 1.0.2 , has been developed for supporting the teaching in materials selection seminars. As a case study, a selection of materials for nuclear reactor pressure vessels has been chosen, because it is a representative example of the relationship between chemical composition, mechanical properties, and in‐service behavior. This software has been developed to improve the students’ understanding of the materials selection tasks, providing an interactive user‐friendly platform that allows to modify—in real time—the content of chemical elements and mechanical requirements to obtain a materials performance evaluation. Due to its versatility, this informatics tool represents a great value for educational purposes, with special impact in blended and distance learning, by simplifying the arduous task of materials selection for a wide range of applications and promoting a collaborative working environment by easing the creation of small groups analyzing different study cases. Finally, to evaluate the functionality, interest, user‐friendliness and the educational characteristics of CalSev 1.0.2 , a survey among 36 undergraduate students has been carried out.
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Rodríguez-Prieto et al. (2017) studied this question.