Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam J. Kardos, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley E. Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

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Materials

the writing of laboratory reports and in-class presentations. The Green Projects-to-Pavements project was a proposed study funded in-part by theUniversity of Colorado – Presidential Teaching and Learning Collaborative Program. Theindividuals that contributed to this study included the faculty and teaching assistant thatdeveloped and administered the study, a peer-group of collaborators acting as an advisory panel,and the students of the class. The problem-based design project was a semester long projectbeginning with students being given a project objective, followed by students performing theirown literature research, material selection, obtaining materials, experimentation, testing, andpresentation. In regards to the course topic

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven John Kosciol, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2012-3063: USING A PAIR OF IPODS TO MEASURE ANGLE OFTWIST IN A TORSION EXPERIMENTDr. Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology ”Vinnie” Gupta is a professor of mechanical engineering, and a member of the graduate faculty of mate- rials science and engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, N.Y.). He is a recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching. At RIT, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in applied mechanics, computational techniques, and materials science.Mr. Steven John Kosciol, Rochester Institute of Technology Steven John Kosciol is Lab Manager of the Mechanical Engineering Machine Shop. He teaches the lab section of the course ”Manufacturing

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-Hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario H. Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

engineering technology in the United States that educates students to step intocareers in the new Green Plastics Manufacturing Technology field.One of the most important subjects in engineering and technology programs is manufacturing.Manufacturing involves a complex system of materials, machines and people. Most subjects ofthe curriculum in manufacturing focus on teaching the fundamentals of current materials (i.e.,metals, ceramics, composites, and petroleum based plastics) and processes; however, fewprepare students to work with a broad range of new/future materials, particularly green materials(such as, green nano-materials, biodegradable polymers, and ecofriendly-hybrid materials) inadvanced manufacturing technology. The primary goal of the study