Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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Materials

AC 2007-1800: SELF-PACED LABORATORY MODULES FOR ENGINEERINGMATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES LABORATORY COURSECarolyn Skurla, Baylor University Carolyn Skurla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received a B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. In addition to the freshman engineering course, Dr. Skurla teaches courses in materials engineering, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering. Her research interests are in biomaterials and total joint replacements. Page

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

laboratory reports using spreadsheet and word processing softwareC8. to interpret and evaluate experimental resultsC9. to become familiar with the ASTM standards for materials testing and characterization.These course objectives were mapped to each primary and secondary MEPO assigned to thegroup of core courses identified as Experiential Learning. The parsing of each MEPO and itsmapping to the course objectives is shown in Table 2. Table 2: Mapping Course Objectives to assigned Mechanical Engineering Program Outcomes Course Objectives ° C#1 C#2 C#3 C#4 C#5 C#6 C#7 C#8 C#9Primary MEPO #6 ±6a: Design Experiments6b: Conduct Experiments ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬6c: Analyze Data

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Materials

Paper ID #17818Development of a Laboratory Module in 3D PrintingDr. Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Dr. Spencer Kim is an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department (MMET) at RIT, and serves as Associate Director of American Packaging Corporation Cen- ter for Packaging Innovation at RIT. He previously worked in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Kim, as a PI or Co-PI, received grants and sponsorship from NSF, SME, SPE, universities, and industries. In 2009 and 2013, he was nominated for the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching, RIT’s premiere teach

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rika Wright Carlsen, Robert Morris University

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Materials

mechanics, biomedical engineer- ing principles, and biomaterials. Her research interests lie in the areas of injury biomechanics, tissue mechanics, finite element modeling, and bio-hybrid systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Effectiveness of Incorporating Inquiry-Based Learning into Pre-Laboratory ExercisesAbstractTo incorporate a greater level of inquiry-based learning into our Introduction to Biomaterialscourse, we have designed several pre-laboratory exercises that not only serve the purpose offamiliarizing students with the concepts, equipment, and methods that will be introduced in thelaboratory, but also actively engages students in the learning

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Materials

Paper ID #16174Designing a Sophomore Materials Science Laboratory Course Centered onSustainabilityDr. Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida Dr. Nancy Ruzycki, is the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories and Faculty Lecturer within the De- partment of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida Herbert Wetheim College of Engineering. Her focus is on developing curriculum based on best practices for students in engineering and physics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Design of a Sophomore Materials Sciences Laboratory Centered on

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Materials

Outstanding Teaching, RIT’s premiere teach- ing award at RIT. Dr. Kim has directed numerous undergraduate research projects and several students won the first place in the undergraduate and graduate research competitions at the 2012 and 2013 GPEC (Global Plastics Environment Conference; Division of Society of Plastics Engineers). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 m-POGIL (modified-Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) based Plastics LaboratoryIntroductionThe higher education has strived towards reforming the undergraduate STEM education, so thattraditional lecture-based instructions and laboratory exercises shift to more student-centered,active learning methods

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia Micheals, San Jose State University; Emily Allen, San Jose State University; Jeanne Linsdell, San Jose State University

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Materials

AC 2007-1875: WRITING PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS FOR A MATERIALSENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEAnastasia Micheals, San Jose State University Anastasia Micheals, materials researcher and instructor in materials engineering, works with a wide variety of materials, including metals, ceramics, composites, and polymers. She has more than 13 years experience in industry, government and consulting in the areas of materials characterization, analysis, and processing. She holds an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and currently teaches Materials Engineering at San Jose State University. Courses include introductory materials engineering, electrical properties of

Conference Session

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

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2011-447: DEVELOPMENT OF A LABORATORY MODULE IN HY-BRID BIODEGRADABLE CORNSTARCH MATERIALSSpencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dr. Spencer Seung-hyun Kim is Associate Professor in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology/Packaging Science (MMETPS) Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He works as Associate Director in American Packaging Corp. (APC) Center for Packaging Innovation at RIT. Dr. Kim’s research interests are in advanced materials synthesis and characterization. His research area fo- cuses on packaging science and technology. Dr. S. Kim graduated with B.S. in Ceramics Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (1979) and obtained M.S. (1989) and

Conference Session

Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Rosario, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2010-593: BIODEGRADABILITY OF PLASTICS TESTING IN ANUNDERGRADUATE MATERIALS LABORATORY COURSELori Rosario, Rochester Institute of Technology Lori Rosario is a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Mechanical & Manufacturing Systems Integration. She completed her B.S.in Mechanical Engineering Technology. She has completed internships at Johnson and Johnson McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Delphi Automotive Systems and the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS)at the Rochester Institute of Technology as a Fuel Cells Research Engineer.Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth Dell is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing & Mechanical

Conference Session

Hybrid and Online Learning

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Gianmarco Sahragard-Monfared, University of California, Davis; Edward Thomas Conley, University of California, Davis

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Materials

Paper ID #34773Re-inventing a Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory Course forOnline LearningDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is an Associate Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the Uni- versity of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. She is specifically interested in students’ com- putational literacy and life-long learning of computational materials science tools.Gianmarco Sahragard-Monfared, University of California, Davis Gianmarco

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

AC 2009-313: REDESIGNING A JUNIOR-LEVEL MATERIALS PROCESSINGLABORATORY COURSE TO AID STUDENTS IN APPLYING THEORY TOPRACTICEDiane Folz, Virginia Tech Diane Folz is a Senior Research Associate and Laboratory Instructor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. She also is the faculty advisor for the Material Advantage Student Professional Organization and of the Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research (JUMR). In addition to teaching the materials processing laboratories, she mentors at least one team each year in their senior capstone project.Christine Burgoyne, Virginia Tech Christine Bala Burgoyne is the Assistant Director and Instructor of the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Eitel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Joshua Peter Hill; Felix Jun Jie Zhang-Xu; Kathy Shiang Chiou, Kessler Foundation

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Materials

Paper ID #17211Engineering Design in a Materials Processing Laboratory Course through aGuided Case StudyDr. Richard Eitel, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Eitel is teaching associate professor in Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030; reitel@stevens.edu.Mr. Joshua Peter HillMr. Felix Jun Jie Zhang-XuDr. Kathy Shiang Chiou, Kessler Foundation Dr. Kathy Chiou is a research scientist at the Kessler Foundation in West Orange, NJ, where she studies cognitive outcome and recovery in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). She

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

LaboratoryAbstractThis paper describes a construction materials laboratory that interfaces what are often lessdesirable activities for engineering students (i.e., writing, presenting) with physical experimentsand calculations. The paper’s primary objective is to present the recent incorporation of panelevaluations to expose students to presenting and to emphasize competition. Writing exerciseshave been part of the laboratory for years, and are described in some detail. Emphasis is on oralcommunication. As might be expected, student responses to these panels have varied widely,though overall assessments to date seem to indicate value added to the laboratory experience.1.0 Introduction and BackgroundTechnical communication (oral and written) is a formidable

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aisling Coughlan, University of Toledo; Tanya A. Faltens, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David R. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Materials

Paper ID #16551Integrating a Research-Grade Simulation Tool in a Second-Year MaterialsScience Laboratory CourseDr. Aisling Coughlan , University of Toledo Aisling Coughlan obtained her B.Sc in Biomedical and Advanced Materials (2006) at the School of Sci- ence and Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland, followed by a Ph.D (2009) in Biomedical Materials at the Materials and Surface Science Institute, also located at the University of Limerick. Subsequently, she obtained a position at the Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, New York (2009-2013) as an adjunct professor and a postdoctoral researcher in

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Stair, Northwestern University; Buckley Crist, Jr, Jr, Northwestern University

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Materials

2006-2264: USING HANDS-ON LABORATORY EXPERIENCES TOUNDERSCORE CONCEPTS AND TO CREATE EXCITEMENT ABOUTMATERIALSKathleen Stair, Northwestern University Kathleen Stair was awarded a B.S. in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University. She spent seven years as a Research Engineer with the Amoco Technology Company in Naperville, Illinois, where she was responsible for growth of GaAs-based materials using Molecular Beam Epitaxy. She has been a senior lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern since 1996, and is responsible for many of the undergraduate laboratories.Buckley Crist, Jr, Northwestern University Buckley Crist was

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Maija M. Kuklja, University of Maryland College Park; Alexander Rudy, Institute of Physics and Technology of RAS, Yaroslavl Branch

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Materials

Paper ID #10563Customizable Virtual X-Ray Laboratory: An Innovative Tool for InteractiveOnline Teaching and LearningDr. Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC Dr. Yakov E. Cherner, a Founder and President of ATEL, LLC, taught science, engineering and technology disciplines to high school, college and university students. He has extensive experience in writing cur- ricula and developing educational software and efficient instructional strategies. Dr. Cherner introduced an innovative concept of multi-layered simulation-based conceptual teaching of science and technology. This instructional approach uses real-world objects, processes and

Conference Session

Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Materials

AC 2010-2182: LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS IN THERMAL ANALYSIS OFPOLYMERS FOR A SENIOR/GRADUATE LEVEL MATERIALS SCIENCECOURSEMichael Kessler, Iowa State University Michael Kessler is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests include the mechanics and processing of polymers and polymer matrix composites, thermal analysis, fracture mechanics, and biologically inspired materials.Prashanth Badrinarayanan, Iowa State University Prashanth Badrinarayanan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests include development and characterization of

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

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Mechanical Testing of Disposable Plastic Cups to Illustrate Processing-Structure-Property Relationships in an Introductory Materials Laboratory CourseA hands-on activity was implemented in a sophomore-level materials engineering laboratory toillustrate how the structure and properties of polymeric materials are directly influenced by themethod of processing. The mechanical properties of specimens cut from the walls ofpoly(ethylene terephthalate) cups, oriented parallel and perpendicular to the thermoformingdirection, were measured in tension. The parallel sample displayed greater elastic moduli, yieldstress, and predominantly ductile deformation

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afshin H. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Materials

industry working with the ”Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat” where he worked on funded projects to compare different structural systems performance when made of steel vs. concrete. He also worked as an intern at Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for two summers. Part of his work at IDOT involved collection and analysis of aggregates from different queries and sending reports to headquarters in Springfield, Illinois. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Enhancing Student Learning Through Pre-Lab Assignments and Virtual Reality / Simulation Components in the Strength of Materials Laboratory ExperimentsAbstractApplied Strength of

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Bok Kim, Div. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chonbuk National University

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Materials

AC 2008-18: A LABORATORY SESSION DEVELOPMENT: STUDY OFMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTIC COMPOSTBAG AND BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC COMPOST BAGSeung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Spencer Seung Kim is Associate Professor in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department and works as Associate Director in American Packaging Corp. Center for Packaging Innovation at RIT. His research areas are in composite materials synthesis and characterization. Dr. S. Kim graduated with M.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1993) from University of Illinois at Chicago.Bok Kim, Div. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chonbuk National University Dr. Bok H. Kim is Professor

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoli Jeune, University of Florida; Henry Hess, University of Florida

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Materials

AC 2008-2024: USING MICROTUBULES TO ILLUSTRATE POLYMERPROPERTIESYoli Jeune, University of Florida Yoli Jeune is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Florida. She has received a Bachelors degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (1999) and a Masters degree in Secondary Science Education with a concentration in Biology (2002) from the University of South Florida. She worked for 3.5 years at the Hillsborough County School District in Florida teaching Biology and Chemistry to High School students. She is a recipient of the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan, and Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Medlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Deborah Mitchell, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Materials

metallurgicalengineering curriculum as a kinesthetic teaching tool will be implemented in several levelsstarting at the sophomore level. The first metallurgical/materials engineering courses availablefor SDSM&T undergraduates are sophomore level courses and they include two concurrentcourses: a 3 credit hour lecture “Properties of Materials” (MET-232) and a 1 credit hourlaboratory “Structure and Properties of Materials Laboratory” (MET-231). The next set ofcourses in the undergraduate curriculum sequence are “Physics of Metals” (MET-330) and the“Physics of Metals Laboratory” (MET-330L), and finally “Mechanical Metallurgy” (MET-440)and the “Mechanical Metallurgy Laboratory” (MET-440L). The curriculum modifications tothese lectures and laboratories are

Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olshefsky, ASTM International

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Materials

, products, systems, and services.Modern day standardization began with the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th centuryand the increased need to efficiently manufacture and transport goods. In the U.S., severalprivate voluntary organizations were formed to develop technical standards in this era: 1880 – American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 1884 - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1894 – Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1898 – American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 1910 – Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)Today there are some 600 private U.S.-based standards developers. The American NationalStandards Institute (ANSI), founded in 1918, is a private, non

Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bridge, Maine Maritime Academy; Barbara Fleck, Maine Maritime Academy

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Materials

can be contacted at john.bridge@mma.eduBarbara Fleck, Maine Maritime Academy Barbara Fleck is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Department at Maine Maritime Academy and a professional engineer. She began teaching at MMA in 1994 after working with several research and development groups, including Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sunpower, Inc. and Stirling Technology, Inc. She can be contacted at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME 04420; 207-326-2103, or bfleck@mma.edu Page 12.648.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow; Robert H. Hadfield, University of Glasgow; Andrew Phillips

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Materials

for First Year Undergraduates that Connects the Electrical and Thermal Properties of MetalsAbstractThe undergraduate engineering programmes at the University of Glasgow were recently revisedto include a common core of classes in Year 1 and Year 2. Materials I, an introductory materialsscience course, is now taken by all Year 1 engineering students. The lectures in the course weremodified to include topics that are of interest to electronic and electrical engineering students,electrical and optical properties of materials. A hands-on laboratory experience has been developedto support student learning on electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity. The hands-onexperiment about optical reflectivity will be added to the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Hu P.E., Tatung University; Amy Shumin Chen, Tatung University, Center for General Education; Yung-Yu Chen; Chao Yang Yang, Tatung University; Ching-Long Yeh

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Materials

teach students the aesthetics and critical thinking with creativity. In thisstudy, we merged two design-based courses modules into the original course curriculum topromote the creativity of students in the field of material engineering. The course module (I)“User-Centered Design-Problem Definition” was offered based on the product and useroriented design aspects. The other course module “Experiential Manufacturing and MaterialAesthetics” was proceeded through project-based learning activities. The two course modules were combined into relevant course, Project Laboratory (1) &(2), on the spring semester (2016) as an elective course to undergraduate students. Studentsshould submit their research portfolios and final report of the program

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Materials

leads to understanding of materials engineeringand economic concepts. For example, the shape of the liquidus curve on the iron-carbon phasediagram helps explain why cast steels are more expensive to manufacture than cast irons.In this course, students develop graphical skills from lectures, handouts, and assignments. Forexample, students plot their own hardness readings together with an empirically-derived ASTMcurve, then they evaluate how well their data matches the curve. They create phase diagramsfrom alloy data. They create stress-strain diagrams from their own laboratory readings, andcalculate mechanical properties from the results. They learn how to deal with outliers on ahomework assignment. They learn that Excel’s built-in curve-fitting

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert LeMaster, University of Tennessee-Martin; Ray Witmer, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Materials

Page 11.739.2deferring it until their last semester. Second, it was determined that only the laboratory portionof the course contained only a few experiments and it was decided that the laboratory portion ofthe course needed to be strengthened. The strengthening of the laboratory portion of the courseis the emphasis of this paper.Experiment EnhancementA review of experiments used at other universities in conjunction with a first course in materialswas performed. As part of this review, lab report requirements were also examined. Informationwas obtained from: 1) a visit to another campus (University of Tennessee – Knoxville) toobserve laboratory sessions and equipments, 2) discussions with colleagues from otheruniversities, and 3) experiments

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Materials

laboratory experiments are typical examples of active learning.Depending on the course objectives, the laboratory experiments are either of a cookbook typewhere students follow a set of instructions and all produce similar results, an organized projecttype where the instructions are not precise and allow for some creativity, an open-ended projecttype where the course instructor has a reasonable knowledge of the final outcome, or researchwhere neither the students nor the instructor know the final outcome of the experiments. Thedescribed experiment falls in the organized project type category since the given instructions arenot precise. In addition, the steps whereby students analyze the obtained results, compare themwith the results obtained by

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Reza Rowshan, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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Materials

’ have designed, rapid prototyped, cast, and tested alink in the laboratory portion of a materials and manufacturing course. A portion of this activitywas described originally in a 2005 ASEE Conference paper. The activity has been used forseveral years in the laboratory portion of the course and it has been very successful. However,one question that comes to mind is May we compare cast mechanical properties with those ofwrought properties for similar alloys. During lecture, comparisons of wrought and cast propertiesare frequently made, and it is shown that ratio of wrought to cast properties is frequently greaterthan one. To date, the direct comparison has not been done in this course. Using the studentdesigned solid models, it is possible to