Conference Session

Building a Community in Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Gray

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Materials

comprehensive single course incomposite materials, methods and applications. Such a course would be especially significantfor all mechanical and manufacturing related disciplines. As previously stated, there exists ashortage of engineers, technologists and technicians that understand how and why compositesare used. Therefore, in order to better expose them, a stand-alone specific course on compositeswould be introduced within their disciplines and degree plans. Graduates with little knowledgeof composites will not be able to assist with advancing the development of products andprocesses. This will ultimately create voids between new creative product designs andassociated manufacturing applications. Students with a broad educational base in

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Materials

sustainability needs to be part of the wholeengineering problem solving process, and not an afterthought or even an optional thought.Various activities have been attempted, from freshmen to graduate level courses, and can bemodified to be made appropriate for different classes. Assessment plans of our efforts arecurrently underway, and will not be discussed in this paper.AWARENESS: presenting the challenges, responsibilitiesIn order to lay the foundation for presenting sustainability principles, students must first be madeaware of current global challenges. Videos, news articles, seminars, and class discussions areused to highlight issues such as climate change, rising gas prices, poverty, etc. The role of anengineer is also discussed, and the National

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Vollaro, Western New England College

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Materials

schematic diagram of the partnership illustrates the groups who have input to “Engineering Exploration” program and play a vital part in its success. The program is developed to give the Junior Girl Scouts the opportunity to learn about engineering and role play as an engineer to solve the problem presented in the hands-on engineering design project. As shown in Table 2, the activities planned for the day are outlined. Page 11.565.4Table 2. Activities for “Engineering Exploration” program TIME ACTIVITY9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and schedule for the day9:15 – 9:45 a.m. “Engineering : What is it

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard Fasse, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

temperature plasma. He currently studies the characteristics of injection molded medical plastics in various testing conditions.Richard Fasse, Rochester Institute of Technology Richard Fasse, Ed.D., is currently an Instructional Technology Specialist in the Teaching, Learning, Technology group at RIT. He earned a BS in Business and Computer Science at the University of Kansas and an MBA in Information Systems at Pennsylvania State University before beginning his career at Xerox Corporation in Rochester, New York. He was a systems designer and later manager of the Xerox Billing Systems group responsible for planning and implementing changes to large scale administrative systems. He returned

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Materials

sequential slides in a PP show cannot be displayed in a row or column. There is no flexibility in PP for printing five slides on one page, two on the second page, three across the width of a third, with strategically planned whitespace. 6. Homework assignments were limited to what would fit easily on a slide, which made it difficult to assign wordy problems, or problems using graphs or pictures. 7. Supplemental handouts, such as Figure 1, were stapled to the end of the PP handout, not in the order of discussion during the class. The only way to insert this material within a PP printout is to create a new slide within the PP show. The solution to all of these problems was to import figures, tables, graphs, and text

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland; Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Materials

occurand, possibly survive. The problem with these numbers is the computer execution time requiredto evaluate all of the created circuits. One solution well suited to this problem is the use ofparallel processing to reduce computation time. An effort to adapt this software to a parallel-processor system is currently underway by the co-author as a two semester Senior DesignProject.Instructor’s Notes: This project is suitable for student research in a 10 week, 40 hours/weektimeframe. Approximately three weeks should be planned for the design of the user interfacethat establishes the habitat and fauna, sets initial conditions and performance parameters, reportsintermediate results and displays final circuitry and analyses. Three to four weeks should

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Materials

teachers and fromother students. This improved social comfort aids group effectiveness, but also increases studentintegration, provides social incentives for attendance, improves self-esteem, and adds tostudents’ sense of belonging.28All project work in the materials science course is collaborative. From the first day of class,teams work together to set goals, plan experiments, acquire and interpret information, anddevelop skills and understandings. In addition, the instructor encourages collaboration on allhomework assignments. The emphasis on team engagement with problems creates a communitylearning environment in the materials laboratory, and an awareness of team support appears todecrease the students’ cognitive load.Teacher’s Approaches and

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Maynard, Northwestern University; Matthew Hsu, Northwestern University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; R.P.H. Chang, Northwestern University

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Materials

, especially, often look for ways to give math more meaning to students.Unfortunately, in our initial testing of the module, we have encountered numerous roadblocks tosuch collaboration, even when teachers appreciate the benefits. All that we can do is encouragesuch teamwork.DesignThe Sections are guided activities; as such, there are a number of features of inquiry that may notoccur. They include posing questions, examining information sources, planning investigations, Page 11.864.7identifying assumptions, thinking critically, and considering alternative explanations.Engineering design projects provide opportunities to develop these thinking skills

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

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

.12Assessment Plans Page 11.1040.11To date only qualitative assessment of the modules have been carried out. Written feedback onstudent evaluations have indicated that, in general, most students enjoy learning about thetechnologies and working on the projects. Students also recognize and appreciate the fact thatthe fundamental material is repeated in the modules helping them see it from differentperspectives and understand it at a deeper level. Negative comments indicate some students arebothered by not following the textbook order and having to learn extra material outside of thetext. Extensive quantitative assessment is planned for the 2006-2007

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola College in Maryland; robert pond, Loyola College; william karasz, Loyola College; kyle bates, Loyola College; ryan christopher, Loyola College

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Materials

($2.95ea.)and 16 receiver circuits ($2.75ea). We also need at least 16 power transistors ($1.30ea.).If we use the mechanical/optical switch at the user interface dashboard we expect to use60 meters ($1.70/meter) of fiber optic cable. This design would cost us approximately$200. If we use just the electrical/optical switch at the user interface dashboard weexpect to use 30 meters of fiber ($1.70/meter) and 30 meters copper wire ($.24/meter).This design would cost approximately $160. We originally planned on using bothdesigns on our test bed, but ultimately only employed the electrical/optical switch.Therefore to construct the prototype electrical system on the cart only cost usapproximately $160.The second component of cost involves the testing

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, most students learnsome valuable lessons that can be applied in their other courses, such as varying reliability ofinformation available on the internet and cause-effect relationships (e.g., hardened 1040 steel isexpected to have an RC of 50, but an RC of 50 doesn’t necessarily mean it’s hardened 1040 steel).Summary and Future PlansFuture plans for the failure analysis project include group discussions of individual projects andpeer evaluation of presentations. Once lab facilities are upgraded to include projectors andmicroscope-mounted digital cameras, students will be able to present their materials to the classdirectly. This will allow discussion of various fracture surfaces and microstructures during lab.Additionally, students will

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Materials

enrolled in the course. Formative assessment activities, including instructorfeedback, typically occupied at least one-half to two-thirds of each class period, with theremainder typically spent on “mini-lectures.” Students were asked to prepare for class by readingthe textbook and lecture notes and then taking a “preparation assessment” via BlackboardTM. Theopen-ended questions in these assessments were intended to reveal student misconceptions at aformative stage in the learning process. Fifty-minute class periods were then planned to bringthese misconceptions to the forefront. A feedback/voting technology called ClassroomPerformance SystemTM (CPS) was used to pose questions and problems to students and providethem with immediate feedback on

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulo Blikstein, Northwestern University; Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Approaches to Materials Science learning Materials science and engineering has grown considerably from its roots in experimentalmetallurgy and, recently, the main research breakthroughs have been driven by advances incomputational methods32. Thornton and Asta32 recently conducted a comprehensive survey about the state ofcomputational Materials Science in undergraduate and graduate courses at the 20 leadingprograms in the United States. While many universities are creating or planning to createComputational Materials Science courses, one striking conclusion from their work is that theprevailing mindset in most of those institutions is that one should learn modeling after learningthe science. In other words, computer modeling is regarded

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

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