Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Materials

Research Project: Planning and AssessmentAbstractThis paper describes the planning and assessment of a summer transitional program as part of amulti-year undergraduate research project. The summer program is a focused, project-basedlearning experience for undergraduate students in engineering at two universities withsignificantly different demographics – one, a top-tier research university and the other, a smallerprivate university focusing on undergraduate education. The two universities are workingclosely with an industry partner who is providing materials and expertise and who mayeventually incorporate into their manufacturing process the technology being developed in thisproject. The students are juniors and seniors involved in independent

Conference Session

Advances in Materials Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Materials

woodmodels, the model of a dam, and the DaVinci bridge to name a few. The students used theirown background, strengths, and interests to develop a personalized learning module which isevident from the student abstract that accompanied the model. This paper illustrates thelesson plan, the timeline, cost, and planning for the models, the lessons to be learned fromeach model, and the appropriate method for assessment of such topics.Introduction This was a one-week module in an advanced materials class to teach the concept oftheory to practice. Essentially, the goal was to teach the students the concept that theexperiment might look very different than the original but still be able to get the desired result.Lesson Plan The students were

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Johnson-Glauch, California Polytechnic State University; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Materials

students and 2) does incorporating a mental wellbeing assignmentimprove students’ generalized self-efficacy beliefs? Our results indicate that participants’ mentalhealth goals centered around eight areas and focused on aspects of physical health such as sleepand exercise. While we did not observe a statistically significant increase in self-efficacy withthe mental health action plan assignment, students with lower initial self-efficacy scores showedbigger increases compared to students with higher initial self-efficacy scores. This resultsuggests that these types of assignments may preferentially benefit students with low self-efficacy.BackgroundThere is a growing concern about the mental wellness of undergraduate engineering students. Arecent

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

outline and the results fromthe summative and formative assessment will follow. Page 14.1018.3Course Design and AssessmentThis is an introductory material science course which requires some "lower level" learning, i.e.,remembering basic information and concepts. Expanded outcomes also help impart confidenceand some higher level learning including problem solving, critical thinking, and creativethinking. The Castle Top course design created by Dee fink was utilized to plan the course. Theuniversity is a Blackboard campus so the tools from that website are used in the plan. Theseinclude online quizzes before class and a large library of external

Conference Session

Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David S. Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1995. He is a reg- istered Professional Engineer with the Commonwealth of Virginia. With more than 13 years professorial experience, he has taught a large variety of courses including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Chung-Suk Cho is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. His teaching and research focus on project scope definition, pre-project planning, sustainable construction, project administration, construction safety, construction

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

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Materials

safetyconcerns.An idea was developed to create videos that addressed these needed skills, concepts and issues.The videos would be used in the CWU Foundry, to supplement the introductory course (andother courses as needed). There was obviously no such material evident at CWU, but subsequentsearches did turn up some similar material such as those from Georgia Tech (Jonathon Colton)on NDSL – National Direct Science Library (2). There appeared to be limited use of externalmaterial due to the differences in equipment and procedures.It is also noted that there was no substantive way to determine the ‘effectiveness’ of using video,in an education pedagogy sense. To address this a metric was created and planned for use in

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilan Grave, Elizabethtown College; Nat Hager III, Elizabethtown College

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Materials

Page 12.934.2liberal arts setting.The integrated project we describe here is at its infancy, with main components still underdevelopment or in the planning stage. However, it is based on recent accomplished research andhas already recorded some initial meaningful interactions and achievements in thecomplementary educational components, reinforcing the general ideas and goals of the projectand forming the basis for publication of this report.The research component, which is central to the project, involves the use of Time-Domain-Reflectometry to study hydrating portland cement. The project provides opportunities forinterdisciplinary research for students in Physics and Engineering, Biology and Chemistry. Anadditional important part is the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith J. Bowman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University

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Materials

in engineering careers, but it is also strongly focused on a particularfive step design sequence, “Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve.”8 Although aspects of what isput forward as design are included in each of the curricula, the interpretations and approacheswere found to be quite different. Clearly, a universal concept of engineering design may not beforthcoming, but the breadth of interpretations for just this aspect of the curricula demonstratesthe disparate status of K-12 engineering education and curricula that include engineering design.In their findings and recommendations, the NAE/NRC Committee described the development ofsystematic linkages between engineering design and scientific inquiry and furthermore, positedthese connections

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Na Lu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert Swan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

of Virginia. With more than 13 years professorial experience, he has taught a large variety of courses including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte DR. CHUNG-SUK CHO is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. His teaching and research focus on project scope definition, pre-project planning, sustainable construction, project administration, construction safety, construction simulation, and project management. He has prior teaching experience at

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Materials

advantages of pursuing an independent study with the interested students were: • More faculty involved with different expertise (especially valuable at an institution with fewer faculty and less specialization) • The fall semester after the Materials Science course permitted planning to begin the project in the spring and give the project more time with a two-semester option • Less time required for course design • Increase our department’s research experiencesThere were four students who expressed the strongest desire to learn more about materials afterthe junior course. Faculty thought that this was a good number for an independent study project;Friend and Beneat [5] note that undergraduate research teams should be reasonably

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

. Page 12.36.2Throughout their undergraduate education students are immersed in the scientific methodbut often they are not exposed to the design method until their capstone senior project. AtCal Poly, we have developed a seven-step design method that guides students throughtheir project-based learning activities and enables them to achieve the skills that areessential to their success as global engineers.Design is a Key Element in the PBL Tool KitThe dictionary defines design as “a process to create, fashion, execute, or constructaccording to a plan.” The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)defines it as “a process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds.” Practically, design is an iterative

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

plan to offer, this short course in the Fall 2009 and depending upon the student performance,the course will be modified. If the assessment indicates that students are performing below theexpectation in certain parts of the examination, the modification may involve more emphasis onsome of the topics with less emphasis on other topics. In addition we plan to get regular feedbackfrom the students to get feel about how much reengineering principles they understood.ConclusionsThis paper presented a development of a new short course which introduces students with basicprinciples of reengineering design and manufacturing procedures for aging metal components.Special emphasis is placed on the use of lightweight high strength fiberglass and

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Rick Ubic, Boise State University

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Materials

in established lab groups at the university.Using the Qualtrics online survey software, we conducted pre-experience and post-experiencesurveys of the participants to assess the effects of participating in this summer research program.At the beginning of the summer, all participants provided their definition of technical researchand described what they hoped to get out of their research experience, and the undergraduatestudents described their future career and educational plans. At the conclusion of the summer, apost-experience survey presented participants’ with their answers from the beginning of thesummer and asked them to reflect on how their understanding of research and future plansinvolving research changed over the course of the

Conference Session

Materials Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University; Charles Pringle, Central Washington University

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Materials

(if any) inspections is required.Part three was titled, “Defining Aspects of the Cost of Part Maintenance/Inspection/Regulation”.First, a classic Life Cycle Analysis is done on the part and material. Then all related‘stakeholders’ (e.g. owners, regulators) of this part/material are identified. Thirdly, students areasked to find out how the various stakeholders interact when a failure occurs (e.g. legal, fiscal).Finally, students are asked to discuss the real ‘costs’ related to the part/material/system failure.The last part concentrates on failure prevention and is titled, “Prevention of System andStructures Failures, and Related Costs”. Students are asked to create a sustainable maintenanceand inspection plan for their system or structure

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard P.E., Mississippi State University; Braden T. Smith, Mississippi State University

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Materials

Page 26.832.2designation. An eight year period (2007 through 2014) is considered, where the lead authortaught CE 3313 seven times with a total enrollment of 439 (some applicable information is alsoprovided about 2015 planned panel activities). The course is taught once per year in the spring.It should be understood that the need to emphasize writing and presentation skills to engineeringstudents is not a new concept, though it is very important as expressed in the references thatfollow. It should also be noted that, as discussed in these references, providing exposure towriting and presenting without sacrificing technical content is challenging. The panels conceptspresented herein provide presentation skills without decreasing technical

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Folz, Virginia Tech; Christine Burgoyne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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Materials

instructor) and a final report prepared in the form of a journal paper.Student authors were given the opportunity to submit their manuscripts to the Journal ofUndergraduate Materials Research (JUMR) for consideration. The assessment of individualstudent performance was in the form of quizzes, teammate assessment and class participation.In addition to assessing the impacts on student learning and engagement for the re-designedcourse, this paper also reports on future plans to conduct follow-on research to assess the impactsthe re-designed course may have on the senior year capstone design experience.IntroductionThe beginning of the 2006 academic year marked the first semester of a re-design of thecurriculum in the Department of Materials Science and

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A Heard, Carnegie Mellon University; Christiaan Job Nieman, Universidad de los Andes

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Materials

used to establish the practice [9]: 1. Situating: Establish the exploratory experimental tasks within the context of the course and discipline, so that students see the relationship to other core concepts and practices 2. Modeling: The instructor models expert practice while describing and explaining each step of the process from planning (selecting materials/tools, organizing work space) through execution 3. Scaffolding: The instructor provides guidelines, steps, and parameters to structure student exploration. The student begins to conceptualize the task and begins planning. 4. Coaching: The instructor provides coaching and feedback while students engage in the exercise themselves. The student engages in the

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

place,where the learning is not necessarily at the forefront for the students and is effectivelycovert. Chick’s great enthusiasm for the wonders of science spreads to the kids and theirparents by means of the museum. The school science teachers may also use the place toillustrate science principles as part of their lesson plans. The SciTechatorium alsoseemed like a wonderful place to highlight Materials Science & Engineering (MS&E) toyoung people.The student coordinator of our outreach program was persuaded to write a proposal to theASM Foundation Student Chapter Grants program3 “to excite young people in materials,science, and engineering careers.” Our grant was funded to purchase demos and builddisplays that highlighted MS&E for

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Materials

science that students’ at Texas A&MUniversity would be able to earn. The current plan is for the students to take five courses in nanorelated areas and then do a two semester research project that is nano related. Since the programis joint between the Colleges of Engineering and Science, an introductory course has beendeveloped and was taught for the first time during spring 2007. The course is intended to be opento both engineering and science students, so there will be basic mechanics for the sciencestudents and basic quantum mechanics and kinetics for the engineering students. This builds on aprior NSF grant that was concerned with issues in nanoscale manufacturing.4As an additional part of the project, we are developing an experiment that

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

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Materials

Words: Composites, Column Design, Spreadsheet OptimizationTarget Grade Level(s): This activity is oriented to Grades 13-16 (undergraduate college).Mode of Presentation (lab, demo, in-class activity, etc.): This activity includes in-class, demoand lab aspects.Prerequisite Knowledge: Students should be able to 1. use spreadsheets, 2. have basic knowledge of both structures (beam bending and columns) composites and composites structures, and 3. have the logic and math skills necessary to plan and quantify the composite design and optimization process.Objectives: • Students should be able to design an appropriate composite column structure, model the composite structure, optimize the composite structure design, and

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lessa Grunenfelder, University of Southern California

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Materials

course, but to enable in-class activitiesvarious examples and specific details were often omitted from lecture in favor of focusing timeon underlying concepts. With two class meetings per week, all or some of one class wasdedicated to an in-class lab, while the remaining class was largely a traditional lecture format. Tokeep the direct instruction portion of the class engaging various demonstrations and visuals werepresented, discussion was encouraged, and think-pair-share opportunities were provided. Think-pair-share discussion was utilized on the first day of class and the first lab was completed in thesecond week of the semester. This was planned intentionally, to set the tone that MASC 310would be an active learning experience and provide

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Materials

Materials Engineering at Cal Poly is to preparestudents to be successful as global engineers. Our vision is to equip engineers to solve technicalchallenges in the context of a complex global society. Our strategy is to redesign our entireMaterials Engineering undergraduate curriculum and promote self-directed learning (SDL),systems-level thinking and sustainable engineering practices. Moreover, we plan to develop apedagogy that challenges students to balance economic, societal and environmental issues whenstriving to achieve design solutions based on the fundamental principles of material processing, Page 12.367.2structure and properties. We refer

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Materials

provided two CAD drawings: a plan view with many dimensions in inches and a 3-Drendering of the grip. The student explains the design as follows: Here is a quick explanation on the part that I have created to allow the biology department to tensile test their materials on this new machine. The first interesting thing about my piece is that the two sides are not symmetrical. I did this to keep the overall length of the piece at 4.7" just like the calibration bar included with the machine. In doing so one also should take into account Page 25.1385.6 that one side of the machine has an obstruction that goes

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University; Charles O. Pringle, Central Washington University; Nathan Davis EIT, Central Washington University

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Materials

materials available on site, including Permalloy, Silectron, and relay steel. The contract specifies that any of these three materials, in addition to air, may be used as the core material.Function statement: Propose two designs for a 24 mH inductor. Select your core materials, then use Figure 2.27 on Page 29 of your text book to determine the permeability of the materials you plan to use. Assume that the core of the inductor will not enter saturation.Requirements: • Specify  the  gauge  of  wire  used  in  the  design.   • Specify  the  number  of  turns,  cross  sectional  area,  and  length  of  each  inductor.   • Provide  a  mechanical  drawing  of  each  inductor.   • Submit  a  one-­‐page

Conference Session

Hybrid and Online Learning

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tiffany A Mathews, Penn State University; Kirstin Purdy Drew, Pennsylvania State University; Kristin Ann Dreyer, Center for Nanoscale Science (an NSF funded MRSEC)

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Diversity

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Materials

career-development activities to bolster their readiness for post- graduation. 3. Be exposed to a wide variety of career options in STEM. 4. Learn details about graduate school. 5. Broaden their scientific network through multiple means. 6. Demonstrate scientific communication. 7. Acquire and demonstrate scientific knowledge in materials science. 8. Demonstrate competency in scientific ethics. 9. Develop and plan for participation in an outreach/broader impact activity. 10. Develop a sense of belonging in their role as a citizen in the scientific community.Program Structure and BackgroundPenn State University has a long-standing summer research program for undergraduates inmaterials research that has been supported by a

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Materials

and both the sectionshave recently adopted the second edition of “Materials Science and Engineering: An IntegratedApproach” by Callister1 as opposed to the previously-used “Materials Science and Engineering:An Introduction,” by Callister2 (Sixth Edition). We adopted the current book due to the betterorganization of the chapters in terms of contents.Course Assessment: The course learning objectives, listed in Table 1 and course outcomes, listedin Table 2, were assessed using both indirect and direct assessment. The indirect assessmentinvolved student surveys in groups of four. These tables also list whether remedial action isneeded on the part of instructors to improve the course. We plan to enhance the students’knowledge of contemporary

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kalan Kucera, University of Kentucky; John Balk

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Materials

materials science course, information on ferrous metallurgy would provide afoundation for basic materials science and steel-making concepts and would be beneficialfor both the university and industry1. In order to achieve this goal without completelyrevamping their lesson plans, instructors could instead continue teaching existingfundamental content, and use examples in the area of ferrous metal technology toreinforce the information. For example, when teaching the difference between variouscrystal structures an instructor could use the transition of steel from one crystal structureto another as an example to illustrate this. Using examples that tie into some of the mostessential concepts of materials would help introduce students to important

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

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra A. Erk, Purdue University; Jerome Jamal Nash, Purdue University; Hannah K. Woods, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Materials

Same 5 areas of emphasis as Group A. by external forces 3. The types of bonding in polymericPre-lab Followed by completion of a worksheet by each materials (i.e., strong covalent bondslecture student that involved sketching, developing a within chains and weak van der Waals hypothesis, and proposing a plan to test the forces between chains) hypothesis. (Appendix D) 4. How chain alignment can increase

Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University; Beth Rogers, Yakima Valley Community College; OraLynn Manweller, Smiths Aerospace Corporation

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Materials

MaterialsTechnology Education: the MatEd Program2(MatEd). Most NSF ATE Centers are ‘portals’:websites that redirect inquiries to other hosts (where the education activity information isretained). The principal author is a ‘Technical Partner’ on the MatEd Program and is concernedthat primary education information be stored on and made available at the ATE website. Anexample of a portal is Merlot3, as opposed to primary education information available at the NDE Page 12.1283.2site hosted by Ames Iowa4. Thus, the education activity information for this effort supports themission of MatEd, and is planned to be stored and hosted at the future MatEd ATE