Conference Session

Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

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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 Selection & Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olshefsky, ASTM International

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Materials

in the laboratory or in the field.Additionally, students must know enough about the details of technical standards to specifytesting for a project and potentially supervise testing in a laboratory management situation.Key Examples from Accredited UniversitiesFollowing are summaries of how professors have successfully used technical standards in theclassroom. The overviews and syllabi of selected courses are available in their entirety on the“Peer-to-Peer Resources” page of the ASTM International Students and Professors website.10Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s “Properties of Engineering Materials II”11 is offered as a thirdyear second semester course within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Thiscourse teaches the

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

, University of North Carolina, Charlotte MR. ROBERT H. SWAN, JR., is a Faculty Associate and the Director of Laboratories at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. Though Mr. Swan is relatively new to teaching, he has brought to the university over 25 years of work experience involving geotechnical and materials testing and engineering. He has owned and managed various testing laboratories with an emphases on performance testing of geosynthetics and soil-geosynthetic interaction. He is a proponent of test method and equipment development and Quality System implantation

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

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. Her research is primarily in the area of microwave processing of materials. Page 15.99.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Summer Transitional Program for an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

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Materials

AC 2010-210: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO IN CASTING EDUCATIONCraig Johnson, Central Washington University Page 15.444.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Effectiveness of Video in Casting Education Craig Johnson, Ph.D., P.E. Central Washington University (CWU)AbstractOur traditional casting course features both lecture and laboratory venues. However it is notedthat many students have never interacted with foundry equipment, and there is a significantlearning curve associated with the ability of a student to execute basic green sand foundryoperations. Education methods were sought to reduce