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Development of a Laboratory Module in 3D Printing

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)
Tagged Divisions: 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

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Effectiveness of Incorporating Inquiry-Based Learning into Pre-Laboratory Exercises

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rika Wright Carlsen, Robert Morris University
Tagged Divisions: 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

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Course Modules Designed for Creativity Training in Materials Engineering Education

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
Tagged Divisions: 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

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Successes and Lessons Learned in an Undergraduate Computational Lab Sequence for Materials Science and Engineering

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alison K. Polasik, Ohio State University
Tagged Divisions: Materials

assignments and/or courses into therequired MSE curriculum, but not to the extent of 3 semester-long required lab courses. Bydeveloping new courses specifically designed to tie computational assignments to concurrent andpreceding courses in the undergraduate curriculum, OSU made use of significant facultyexpertise in modeling and simulation to develop and teach this curriculum. By operating thesecourses as weekly labs with significant instructor and TA oversight during extended hands-oncourse sections, the courses focused on the need for students to learn to use computational toolsby doing.This paper introduces the curriculum of this 3-semester computational laboratory sequence,discusses the largely qualitative analyses done to measure its efficacy

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Material Testing as an Opportunity for International Collaboration and Undergraduate Research

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: James B. Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy; Anthony Barrett, U.S. Air Force Academy
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Materials

opportunity with aU.S. academic institution for the limited testing of a variety of wood species. Through anacademic contact, EMI partnered with a faculty member knowledgeable in materials testing atthe U.S. Air Force Academy’s (USAFA) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringwho was able to identify an undergraduate student interested in a conducting an independentstudy. Like most U.S. academic institutions with civil and/or mechanical engineering programs,USAFA has a laboratory that includes frames capable of basic material testing to support theirprograms, such as a course in construction materials. Not only was EMI grateful for anopportunity to have some of these species tested at virtually no cost, they were able to avoid thecost of

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Development and Assessment of a Combined REU/RET Program in Materials Science

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Rick Ubic, Boise State University
Tagged Divisions: Materials

theNational Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program,initially established in 1987, increase access to research opportunities to underrepresentedminority students and students coming from non research-focused undergraduate institutions4.Research on and evaluations of undergraduate research programs have demonstrated numerouspositive outcomes for participants in these experiences. These outcomes include clarifying orreinforcing students’ decisions to pursue graduate studies involving technical research, andincreasing participants’ confidence in their ability to be successful in these programs5,6. Workingin a laboratory alongside graduate students can help undergraduate see themselves as futuregraduate students, and

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Computational Curriculum for MatSE Undergraduates

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alina Kononov, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Pascal Bellon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andrew L. Ferguson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kristopher Alan Kilian, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jessica A. Krogstad, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Cecilia Leal, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Robert Maass, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Andre Schleife, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Jian Ku Shang, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dallas R. Trinkle , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Divisions: Materials

Stanford University. Subsequently, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, also at Stanford University. He has been with the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Illinois since 2006, where he now serves as Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs. He holds an affiliate appointment in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, where he leads a research group that works on a diverse set of projects (http://bretl.csl.illinois.edu/). Dr. Bretl received the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award in 2010. He has also received numerous awards for undergraduate teaching in the area of dynamics and control, including all three teaching awards given by the College of Engineering at

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A Computer-Based Interactive Activity for Visualizing Crystal Structures in Introductory Materials Science Courses

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University (Network for Computational Nanotechnology)
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Materials

2 students indicated that simulations should not be used at all.Furthermore, although this activity occurred in a large-lecture setting, the majority of studentsperceived the activity to be comparable or superior to laboratory exercises in terms of connectionto the course (89% of students) and enhancing learning (91%). This possibly suggests that thevisualization activity provides a venue for active authentic engagement with course material,similar to that of a laboratory class.When designing simulation activities for a lecture, it is preferable to design them as interactive.This serves a dual purpose of accommodating students who are unable to install the software aswell as enhancing the learning of all students. Students perceived

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Observations on Student Performance and Learning Outcomes in a Class Project for Materials and Manufacturing Course

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University
Tagged Divisions: Materials

consisted of a set ofhands-on laboratory experiments on material testing while for spring 2016 a non-hands-onproject was assigned. For spring 2016 the students were required to simulate a material propertyor a basic manufacturing process using any finite element analysis software, or write a shortreview article on a topic closely related to the subject of materials and manufacturing. It was 3intended to add enrichment to the learning experience beyond the confines of the traditionalclassroom and positively impact a students’ academic performance. This would also lead todevelopment of better pedagogical practices by the engineering faculty, help the college to bettermeet the ABET objectives by

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Group Projects to Induce Active Learning in Introductory Material Science Courses for Chemical and Mechanical Engineering Students

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

ASEE Annual Conference, Paper ID #13545. 2. Sohail Anwar, Todd Batzel, and Ed Sell, “Integration of Project Based Learning into A Freshman Engineering Design Course”, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 23625. 3. Sven K. Esche, and Hamid A. Hadim, “Introduction of Project-based Learning into Mechanical Engineering Courses”. Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2366. 4. Eric Constans, Jennifer Kadlowec, “Using a Project-Based Learning Approach to Teach Mechanical Design to First-Year Engineering Students”, Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference, AC 2011-511. 5. Narendra Sharma , “Project-Based Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical Engineering”, Systemics

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Using Undergraduate Research to Teach Advanced Materials

Conference Session: Materials Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William M. Jordan, Baylor University
Tagged Divisions: Materials

., Prince, M., and Harding, T., Special Session: Innovate Pedagogies forTeaching Introductory Materials Courses, ASEE Annual Conference, 2010. In Electronic Proceedings10 Stair, K., and Crist, B., Using Hands-On Laboratory Experiences to Underscore Concepts and to CreateExcitement about Materials, ASEE Annual Conference, 2006.11 Gregg, Colin, Schroer, Hunter, Weed, Joshua, and Jordan, William, Banana Plants: Using Waste to Clean Water,presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, July 2014.12 Jordan, William, Ortega, Eric, Metcalf-Doetsch, Carlton, Hoglund, Robert, and Holden, Joseph, Using NaturalFiber Reinforcement for Adobe Brick Making, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

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An Origami Microfluidic Battery: A Low-cost Activity

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
Tagged Divisions: Materials

laboratory. This paper will discuss a novel design of a folded, paper microfluidicbattery based on the work of N. Thom et al. that can power a surface-mounted light-emittingdiode. This origami design, named for the Japanese art of folding paper called origami, allowsone to print and assemble postage-stamp sized paper batteries for an initial equipment investmentof under $1000 (a wax printer and micropipettes). Although the start-up cost of supplies is a fewhundred dollars, the approximate cost per postage-stamp sized battery is on the order of $0.10.The design presented here has a folded footprint of 1 cm2 and outputs an open circuit voltage of2.5 V for over 15 minutes. Once printed, the dosing of electrolytes and the salt bridge, assemblyand