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Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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AC 2007-1800: SELF-PACED LABORATORY MODULES FOR ENGINEERINGMATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES LABORATORY COURSECarolyn Skurla, Baylor University Carolyn Skurla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received a B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. In addition to the freshman engineering course, Dr. Skurla teaches courses in materials engineering, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering. Her research interests are in biomaterials and total joint replacements. Page

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anastasia Micheals, San Jose State University; Emily Allen, San Jose State University; Jeanne Linsdell, San Jose State University

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AC 2007-1875: WRITING PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS FOR A MATERIALSENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEAnastasia Micheals, San Jose State University Anastasia Micheals, materials researcher and instructor in materials engineering, works with a wide variety of materials, including metals, ceramics, composites, and polymers. She has more than 13 years experience in industry, government and consulting in the areas of materials characterization, analysis, and processing. She holds an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and currently teaches Materials Engineering at San Jose State University. Courses include introductory materials engineering, electrical properties of

Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Bridge, Maine Maritime Academy; Barbara Fleck, Maine Maritime Academy

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can be contacted at john.bridge@mma.eduBarbara Fleck, Maine Maritime Academy Barbara Fleck is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Department at Maine Maritime Academy and a professional engineer. She began teaching at MMA in 1994 after working with several research and development groups, including Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sunpower, Inc. and Stirling Technology, Inc. She can be contacted at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME 04420; 207-326-2103, or bfleck@mma.edu Page 12.648.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering

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Creating 'Materials' Awareness

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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AC 2007-2288: EXPOSING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE ROLE OFENGINEERING AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IN DEVELOPINGALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCESGukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University Gukan Rajaram is a Post-doctoral research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University. His research is in the area of electrode and electrolyte synthesis and characterization for solid oxide fuel cells. He also teaches senior level mechanical engineering laboratory and actively involved in K-12 outreach activities.Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University Devdas M. Pai is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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writer, and device design, modeling and test laboratories. The program enjoys astrong support from the semiconductor industry through the industrial affiliate program.Industry support has been extremely valuable, perhaps one of the most critical factors forsustaining this program. The curriculum combines subjects such as semiconductor devicephysics, circuits and electronics, microlithography, integrated circuit (IC) processing and thinfilm processes2.The program has several courses from second through fifth year that include important materialsscience and engineering content. These are • Solid crystalline structures • Oxidation • Diffusion • Ion Implantation • Physical Vapor Deposition • Chemical Vapor Deposition

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Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University; Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University; Ji Ma, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Jaime Grunlan, Texas A&M University

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-1 -1.5 -2 0 5 10 15 Carbon Black wt%Figure 3. Log Resistivity vs. % Carbon Black concentration- emulsion based Polyvinyl Acetatepolymer. Percolation limit appears to occur at 2% Carbon Black concentration1 www.nano.gov2 T. S. Creasy, J. C. Grunlan, and R. B. Griffin, “An Undergraduate Laboratory: the Effect of NanoparticleMicrostructure on the Electrical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites,” Proceedings of IMECE06, ASME

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Creating 'Materials' Awareness

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University; Scott Chumbley, Iowa State University

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a Scientist at Ames Laboratory, the Department of Energy national laboratory located on the ISU campus. His expertise is in the field of electron microscopy. He has taught the undergraduate Materials Characterization class and graduate level classes on electron microscopy. Page 12.233.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 An Undergraduate Materials Recruitment and Outreach ProgramAbstractAn aggressive recruitment strategy, building on previous efforts, began in the MaterialsScience and Engineering Department at Iowa State University in the late 1990s. Sincethen the population of undergraduate

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Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Oladapo Akinyede, North Carolina A&T State University

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nanotubes and or alumina particles using high energy mixing (usingultrasonication, high shear and pulverization), (b) electrospinning technique to manufacture anddeposit nanofibers (c) X-Y Computer controlled spray technique to deposit single wall carbonnanotubes on the woven fabric. The fabricated nanocomposite materials are then tested bystudents in Strength of Materials Laboratory using conventional tensile testing machine. Thispaper demonstrates limitless bounds of nanomaterials, as well as would eventually help tomodify and strengthen the existing engineering curriculums in materials, manufacturing, andmechanical and engineering technology.Introduction For the past five years, the research involving the fabrication and processing of

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Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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that a significant portion of students are visual, sensing, and active learnerswho are at a disadvantage when taking traditional engineering lecture courses that do not allowthem to experience the technology and concepts being taught in class1,2,3. It is necessary forthem to touch, feel, and see examples before they can fully understand and process the course Page 12.525.2concepts. To assist in the teaching of smart materials and to expose SMA to a wider, STEMbased student body, a series of demonstrations and experiments have been developed eitherdirectly or with the support of The Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory in theDepartment of

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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class: hands-on experienceAs a part of this course, each student was required to complete a project (Table 3). Depending onthe number of students enrolled in the course, the project work involved working individually orin groups on an experiment and then writing an individual or a group report. At the end of theproject, each individual/group was required to make an oral presentation on his/her/their workcontribution and findings. The individual/group report was 10-15 pages in length with adequatetechnical content and literature survey.Guest Lectures and Laboratory Tours: The special feature of this course was lectures by a limitednumber of guest speakers (maximum two). In Spring 2005, one of the guest speakers (from ourDepartment of Electrical

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Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yaomin Dong, Kettering University; Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kettering University

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aspects of fiber-reinforced composite materials, design and simulation based upon CLT and FEA of typical composite structures are emphasized. Topics include: constituents and interfacial bonding, microstructure and micromechanics, theory of anisotropy, classical laminate theory, material characterization, failure and damage, manufacturing techniques, composite structure design, and introduction of nanocomposite.The Mechanical Engineering Department of Kettering University has an enrollment of 1300students, one of the largest in the country. For the past 75 years, Kettering University has strivedto provide its students with top quality classroom instruction, state-of-the-art laboratory facilitiesand career

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Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Simoneau, Keene State University

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College in Lynnwood Washington. Theintent of this center is to locate, peer review, and post materials science curricula as well assupport faculty members who wish to develop their own materials. In addition, MatEd’s staffwill provide workshops to help faculty development curriculum. The initial work for theMatED’s team involved the identification, categorization, and prioritization of materials sciencecore competencies needed by technologists. These core competencies will guide faculty in thedevelopment of classroom and laboratory exercises as well as assist in the development ofcurriculum that addresses ISO 14000. This standard is an attempt to influence how raw materialsare handled during extraction, refining, processing, recycling and reuse

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University

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. The inspiration to structure a course around the designing andbuilding of educational museum displays was inspired by similar innovative classactivities by Crone4 and Pruitt5. MATE X424 was offered in the Fall of 2006, and was a2-unit activity (i.e., cross between a lecture and laboratory type class). The class met for4 hours a week, and much of the class time was devoted to actually working on thedisplays. The small class size of 6 students allowed us to truly work together as a team.Due to the service learning component of the course, the students were now working fortheir client, Chick Fidel and the school children. The instructor functioned more as theproject manager, rather than the judge that determines their grades (although that task

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Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

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school teachers connecting math, science and engineering.Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Materials at ASU and has been teaching and developing new content for materials science and engineering classes and laboratories. She has developed new content and contextual teaching methods from here experience as a researcher and a manager at Honeywell Inc. She is currently working to develop new assessments to to reveal and address student misconceptions in introductory materials engineering classes. Page 12.540.1© American Society

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Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

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, pp. 917-924.7. Muryanto, S., “Concept Mapping: An Interesting and Useful Learning Tool forChemical Engineering Laboratories,” Int. J. Engng. Ed., Vol. 22, No. 5, 2006, pp. 979-985.8. Evans, D. L., McNeill, B. W. and Beakley, G. C., “Design in Engineering Education:Past views and future directions,” Engineering Education, July/August, 1990, pp. 517-522.9. Dym, C. L., Engineering Design: A Synthesis of Views, Cambridge University Press,New York, 1994.10. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook I: Cognitive Domain, Longman, NewYork, 1956.11. Safoutin, M. J., Atman, C. J., Adams, R., Rutar, T., Kramlich, J. C. and Fridley, J. L.,“A Design Attribute Framework for Course Planning and Learning Assessment,” IEEETransactions on Education, Vol

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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learning. In this report, we will share the methodologies that we havedeveloped and adopted for implementing PBL throughout our entire undergraduate curriculum.A Project-based Learning CurriculumAt Cal Poly, we have had a long tradition of utilizing active-learning techniques; about one-half(53-percent) of the hours in materials engineering courses are spent in a laboratory setting.However, over the past two years we have initiated a large-scale transformation of ourundergraduate materials engineering curriculum from a lecture/lab based format to a formatwhere approximately 80% of our courses are based on active-learning pedagogy2-9. This redesigninvolves a major change from traditional subject-based courses to project-based and problem-based