Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Stair, Northwestern University; Buckley Crist, Jr, Jr, Northwestern University

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Materials

2006-2264: USING HANDS-ON LABORATORY EXPERIENCES TOUNDERSCORE CONCEPTS AND TO CREATE EXCITEMENT ABOUTMATERIALSKathleen Stair, Northwestern University Kathleen Stair was awarded a B.S. in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University. She spent seven years as a Research Engineer with the Amoco Technology Company in Naperville, Illinois, where she was responsible for growth of GaAs-based materials using Molecular Beam Epitaxy. She has been a senior lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern since 1996, and is responsible for many of the undergraduate laboratories.Buckley Crist, Jr, Northwestern University Buckley Crist was

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert LeMaster, University of Tennessee-Martin; Ray Witmer, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Materials

Page 11.739.2deferring it until their last semester. Second, it was determined that only the laboratory portionof the course contained only a few experiments and it was decided that the laboratory portion ofthe course needed to be strengthened. The strengthening of the laboratory portion of the courseis the emphasis of this paper.Experiment EnhancementA review of experiments used at other universities in conjunction with a first course in materialswas performed. As part of this review, lab report requirements were also examined. Informationwas obtained from: 1) a visit to another campus (University of Tennessee – Knoxville) toobserve laboratory sessions and equipments, 2) discussions with colleagues from otheruniversities, and 3) experiments

Conference Session

Building a Community in Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Johnson, Central Washington University; Joe Fuerte, Central Washington University; James Protzeller, Central Washington University

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Materials

. Lab reports (the most relevant evidence)had greater scope as measured by a created metric. An added benefit was an increased use of thefoundry and interaction between the programs.IntroductionMotivations for developing alternative resources fall into two categories. First, there is neverenough money to satisfy typical requests for support. Second, there may be resources next doorthat can be used with improved awareness and cooperation. As a subject of interest, the METProgram has a Heat Transfer course that has various associated laboratories. As discussed byFeisel and Rosa, engineering laboratories support education ‘of nature that goes beyond meretheory”1. Our Heat Transfer laboratory concerns a comparison of analytical prediction of

Conference Session

Building a Community in Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Stair, Northwestern University; Jefferson Z. Liu, Northwestern University; Mark Asta, Northwestern University

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Materials

Science and Engineering, Northwestern University. He received his B.E. and M.E. in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University, P.R. China. His research interests are in application of atomistic and first-principle methods for simulating thermodynamic, mechanical, and kinetic properties of complex multiphase bulk materials and nano-structures.Mark Asta, Northwestern University Prof. Asta received his Ph. D. degree in an interdisciplinary Materials Physics program from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993, and subsequently joined Sandia National Laboratories at Livermore, CA. He joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie Becknell, Garver Engineers; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Seamus Freyne, University of Oklahoma; Stephan Durham, University of Arkansas; Anthony Lamanna, Tulane University

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Materials

of theclass. The remaining 40 percent is divided between steel and wood. The laboratory exercisesalso focus on mixing and testing concrete.Project RequirementsDepending on the size of the class, groups of 4 to 5 students are formed (typically the same astheir laboratory groups). The groups are allowed to use any material in the civil engineeringlaboratory for their Greencrete mixture. The available materials, costs, and properties are shownbelow in Table 2. Table 2. Available Materials and Properties. Absorption Material Cost/ton Specific Gravity

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Melissa Zaczek, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cory Hoffman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

Masters focus is project management with a concentration in business. Her undergraduate focus is bioengineering with an American Politics minor.Cory Hoffman, Rochester Institute of Technology CORY A. HOFFMAN, JR. is a fifth year mechanical engineering student enrolled in the BS/MEng program with a concentration in systems engineering. He has worked several years both grading for the Materials Science course and teaching laboratories. Page 11.637.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Failure Analysis Projects as Teaching Tools in Materials ScienceAbstractMechanical Engineering students at

Conference Session

Building a Community in Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Gray

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Materials

upon constituent materials 2. Perform mechanics and/or structural analysis 3. Concurrently design and manufacture engineered components or structures 4. Determine performance of materials and structuresWithin the overall course inventory of the CME program the following specific compositerelated courses include: ‚ Introduction to Composite Materials ‚ Topics in Composite Materials Engineering ‚ Composites Manufacturing ‚ Topics in Composite Materials Engineering ‚ Polymer Processing ‚ Mechanics of Composites ‚ Page 11.163.5 Mechanical Characterization Laboratory ‚ Composite Characterization

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

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Materials

2006-260: TAKING MATERIALS LECTURES BEYOND POWERPOINTBarry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET) Dr. Dupen earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Metallurgy, all at the University of Connecticut. After working for nine years in the automotive industry as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials laboratory manager, he joined Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. His primary interests lie in materials engineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

skills.Course Design and GoalsOlin’s introductory materials science is a project-based course that combines new pedagogicalpractices with modern laboratory facilities. The introductory materials science course employs aproject-based approach and emphasizes hands-on experimentation. The course’s strong linkagesto everyday stuff – products such as sporting goods, tools, and toys – as well as cutting edgematerials and processes are highly appealing to Olin’s undergraduate engineering students.The course is designed to provide significant opportunities for student self-direction.Several key elements of the course give students practice in controlling their own learningprocess. The course features open-ended projects with self-designed experiments, self

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

year-long design course. This courseplays the critical role of keeping students engaged in engineering while giving them experiencesthat have been shown to promote retention (see discussion below under “Utilization of BestPractices”).Each year of the curriculum has themes that we plan to emphasize. These are shown in Figure 2.In the first two years, we emphasize engineering basics and systems thinking. Two courses inthe sophomore year have been added to promote these themes and two existing laboratories wereadjusted. The two sophomore-level courses are Materials Selection for the Life Cycle, andNanotechnology, Biology, Ethics and Society. Both courses emphasize systems thinking, thefirst in the design process, the second through articulating

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Mitchell, Tulane University

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Materials

Science Foundation; and Mentor for the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation. Material and Energy Balances, Heat Transfer, Materials Science, Unit Operations Laboratory, and Statistics and Probability are some of the courses he has taught. He is also a Senator from Engineering to Tulane’s University Senate. In addition to his current teaching and research duties, his research experiences include an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University Karlsruhe, a German Academic Exchange Fellowship at the University of Freiberg/Sachsen and the German Federal Materials Laboratory, and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship at the German Aerospace Agency. He has

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno (Eng)

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Materials

Bridge Decks”, Intl. SAMPE Technical Conf., p. 2903 (2004).10. K. C. Chen, B. London, L. Vanasupa, T.T Orling, and L. Christensen, “Travelogue from the Materials World: A First Week Laboratory Activity”, ASEE Annual Conf. Proc., 3664 (2004).11. W. D. Callister, Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering: 6th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, (2001).12. PRIME website: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/sgleixner/PRIME/13. M. Alley, M. Schreiber, and J. Muffo, “Pilot Testing of a New Design for Presentation Slides to Teach Science and Engineering,” 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conf., T1A-1 (2005).14. S. Krause, J.L. Decker, J.L. Niska, T.L. Alford, and R. Griffin, “Identifying Student