Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olshefsky, ASTM International

Tagged Divisions

Materials

important.Educators can show how a specific standard relates to a practical outcome through hands-onactivities in the laboratory. The steps may include calibration and set-up of a testing apparatus,preparation of test specimens, recording the results of the test, performing any necessarycalculations, writing a test report, and interpreting the results. A student who is being introducedto the language of standards for the first time may find interpreting the actual language ofstandards difficult to follow. Therefore, it may be necessary to prepare a simplified outline ofthe necessary steps to perform a complete test. Any simplification of a method should remainconsistent with the original technical standard. In addition, some testing standards may take too

Conference Session

Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kessler, Iowa State University; Prashanth Badrinarayanan, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

polymer processing.Lab ImplementationEach lab took approximately two hours for the students to complete. For many of the labs, therewas only one instrument available, so the six lab sections had to meet at different times duringthe week. A graduate teaching assistant along with graduate and postdoctoral research associatesfrom the instructor’s research group assisted with running the multiple sections of the same labthroughout the week. There were 12 lab reports written by each four member lab section (Lab12 and Lab 13 required a joint report). Four of the reports required a “Formal Lab Report”format, four required a “Memo Lab Report” format, two were in the form of a PowerPointpresentation, and two were to be webpage reports.The write-up

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Cooperative Writing and Oral Presentation as Peer Teaching – Evaluating the Effectivenessof Element of Inductive Teaching and Social Constructivism on Student Outcomes”, Proc. ASEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, 2009, Session T4D.4. Kitto, K. L., “Developing and Assessing Conceptual Information in Materials Engineering, Using WrittenResearch Papers and Oral Poster Presentations, “Proc. ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008, SessionF4A.5. Kitto, K. L., “The Sound of Materials: Creating Excitement for Materials Engineering and Science InEngineering Technology Programs, June 2007, Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, AC 2007-297.6. Kitto, K. L., “Analyzing What Students Write About Materials – Another Strategy for Developing ConceptualLearning in a