This course is closed linked with the following five courses: Introduction to Polymer Material, Crystallography, Materials Chemistry, Materials Processing Technology, and Mechanics of Materials. It is the supplement of these theoretical courses. The main purpose of this course is to train students to master the basic skills of materials synthesis, processing and characterization. Through doing a series of comprehensive experiments, students can better understand the relationship between materials and the structures, and can grasp the basic idea of material research. This course will give students a chance to experience the whole process of material research, namely, the "synthesis-characterization-performance test".