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

incorporation improved significantly. These statistical results indicatethe group project was effective in improving the students’ learning outcomes.Figure 2. Comparison of mean evaluation rating of question5 (a) and question 6 (b).Figure 3. Comparison of average grades between the classes with and without group projectincorporationFor the ChE class administered with staggered deadlines coordinated with the lectures, webelieve this format offers less tangible improvements to student learning. First, the staggereddeadlines provide accountability for students to work on the research project throughout thesemester. Second, peer editing of reports among group members require students to assesscritically others’ writing. Third, students improve their

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

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Jordan, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Develop a set of experiments that can be used to answer the research question. Write up a formal report and make a group presentation about their project. Since this was a Mechanical Engineering class they were required to write a report in the format required by ASME for journal publications.Approach to classWith this limit to how many materials courses the program can offer each year, the authorsearched out ways to increase this number. One approach is to offer additional materials contentthrough small group research courses. This would help accomplish several different goals asdescribed in the previous section.It is important to see how this approach fits in with how other universities use undergraduatestudent research. One university

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

summer experience.Many participants evolved a new understanding of research as a result of participating in thesummer experience. In particular, they better recognized the collaborative nature of research andthe challenges that can arise as part of the process of doing research. Participants acquired bothtechnical and professional skills that they found useful, such as learning new programminglanguages, becoming proficient at using new pieces of equipment, reviewing technical literature,and improving presentation and communication skills. Undergraduates benefited fromdeveloping new relationships with their peers, while the teacher participants benefited fromdeveloping relationships with faculty and staff at the university. While most of the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison K. Polasik, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

individuallyout of class, followed by a reading quiz and pen-and-pencil activity during lecture. In labs,students are given short warm-up activities introducing them to the use of a new programfunction or computational method. The rest of the lab period was devoted to in-class exercisesthat covered a computational application or concept similar to the homework assigned for theweek. In this way, most of the deep learning occurred in the presence of peers and with thesupport of frequent help the instructors. In completing assignments that required writing scriptsfrom scratch, students are encouraged to write out pseudo-code or “map” their programmingplan.As with any new course, minor modifications to pedagogy, structure, and assignments weremade in each

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rika Wright Carlsen, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

 your   method   o All  sources  must  be  peer-­‐reviewed  scientific  publications.    In-­‐text  citations  and  a  list  of   references  must  be  included  in  your  write-­‐up  (any  standard  reference  citation  style  may  be   used).   • Next  lab:  You  will  synthesize  PVA  hydrogels  using  your  proposed  methodology  and  measure  the   mechanical  properties  of  the  hydrogels.      

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cavalli, University of North Dakota

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Materials

and testing results along withshort write-ups on recent peer-reviewed research related to composite materials. Projects werecompleted in groups of 3-4 students for both on-campus and distance groups.Pre- and posttests were administered during the course. Students were asked to complete thepretest within the first week of the semester and the posttest no earlier than the start of the lastweek of the term. Content questions on the tests were multiple choice or true/false. Thequestions are shown in Table 2. Three additional questions were included regarding studentconfidence related to the course material. These are shown in Table 3. While the pre- andposttests were not graded, completion of each was required and given the equivalent of 50% of