Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhihua Xu, University of Minesota Duluth; Victor Lai, University of Minnesota - Duluth; Ping Zhao, University of Minnesota Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Materials

material to the classlectures. For example, a group researching on polyethylene will give their presentation duringthe weeks when the lecture material is on polymers.This group project is a mandatory assignment that accounts for 20% of the overall grade for theclass. The project reports are graded by the instructors based on overall quality and completenessof each required sections, while the oral presentations are graded by both the instructors and thestudent audience based on presentation quality, education content, hands-on demonstrations, andgroup performance in the question and answer (Q&A) session.In one of the ChE classes, the group projects are managed slightly differently. Students turn indifferent sections of their report with

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Rishi Kripalani

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Materials

) <=where R is the gas constant (8.314 J/mol K), T is the temperature in Kelvin, n is the net numberof electrons involved per mole of Aluminum oxidized, and Q is a ratio of electrolyteconcentrations produced by the net oxidation-reduction reaction,For 𝐴𝑙 + 3𝐴𝑔' → 𝐴𝑙 &' + 3𝐴𝑔 (3) [@A BC ] 𝑄= (4) [@EC ]Band [Al3+] indicates the molar concentration of the Al3+ electrolyte solution in contact with theelectrode.The origami battery design provides an opportunity for the student designers to apply theseequations to change the open circuit voltage, E. In