Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

) anddamage tolerant (all materials have flaws, propagation based). The total life philosophy is,perhaps, best at finding the bounds for acceptable levels of stress in fatigue design, but thedamage tolerant approach is better at finding the critical flaw size and in predicting the life of thecomponent 33. Tables 1 and 2 provide the information necessary (with the design informationdescribed later) to produce a wide range of challenging and active materials design experiencefor students.Medical Device Recalls - Example Case StudiesRecall case studies create specific (and interesting) opportunities to integrate materialsengineering and ethics into a basic course. [Note: during the past several years, our departmenthas made significant progress in

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Materials

itis one of growing significance in engineering educational discourse.1,2,3 In 1965, Maslow arguedthat creative people are a “necessity for any viable political, social, economic system” thatwishes to avoid obsolescence. Maslow targeted engineering education in 1971, noting that “wemust teach and train engineers not in the old and standard sense,” but in a manner that enablesthem to confront novelty, to improvise, and to gain comfort with change.4 The NationalAcademies recently echoed these decades-old sentiments and included creativity as a necessaryattribute of the “technically proficient engineers who are broadly educated, see themselves asglobal citizens, can be leaders in business and public service, and who are ethically grounded.”3The