Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Words: Composites, Column Design, Spreadsheet OptimizationTarget Grade Level(s): This activity is oriented to Grades 13-16 (undergraduate college).Mode of Presentation (lab, demo, in-class activity, etc.): This activity includes in-class, demoand lab aspects.Prerequisite Knowledge: Students should be able to 1. use spreadsheets, 2. have basic knowledge of both structures (beam bending and columns) composites and composites structures, and 3. have the logic and math skills necessary to plan and quantify the composite design and optimization process.Objectives: • Students should be able to design an appropriate composite column structure, model the composite structure, optimize the composite structure design, and

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science Course

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Materials

construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management. Page 13.193.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Intr oductor y Mater ials Cour se: Making Concr ete Stand Up to the TaskIntr oductionIn recent years, much has been written about the many potential benefits resulting from afreshman-ngxgn"ÐKpvtqfwevkqp"vq"GpikpggtkpiÑ qt"ÐKpvtqfwevkqp"vq"OaterialsÑ"courses. Despitethese benefits, however, many institutions have been unable to add such a course to theirengineering curricula, for a variety of legitimate reasons. At the University of North Carolinaat Charlotte, the creation of a

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Graduate Study • Research Career PathsWe plan to make the short videos and discussion activities, as well as an annotated compilationof readings and other resources, publicly available in the summer of 2008 via the website of theInterdisciplinary Education Group of the MRSEC at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.23Although the initial creation and compilation of videos, activities and readings for both the EP468 course and the MRSEC Undergraduate seminar series was quite time-consuming, we plan toutilize these resources repeatedly in the future. It is also our intention that by publishing theseresources on the internet, others who may wish to implement similar courses, seminars orindividual modules within a course will be

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schubert, Packer Engineering; Kara Cunzeman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Fellowship, and his undergraduate degree is a BA in Physics from Washington U. in St. Louis. Dr. Schubert has directly supervised over 60 students while in industry.Kara Cunzeman, Purdue University Ms. Cunzeman is a senior in Multidisciplinary Engineering, a new BSE major at Purdue University. Through summer intern work and undergraduate research, she been involved with nanotechnology (including a published journal article), advanced materials and database creation. She plans to continue her studies in graduate school. Page 13.1302.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Ultra

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kessler, Iowa State University; Emily Merrick, Iowa State University; Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

13.867.3Meetings are scheduled each month of the academic year and feature speakers, free dinners, andice breaker activities. Guest speakers at these meetings include faculty, industry representatives,and alumni that typically present a technical materials engineering seminar. In addition, thesemeetings are also used to present updates on past and planned activities and discuss chapterbusiness. The executive council meets the week prior to each monthly meeting for planning andorganization, enabling a smooth operation of upcoming meetings and events.Students have a desire to attend national conferences of their societies as an opportunity tointeract with other students and professionals, network with potential employers, and exchangewith other

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Holt, MSE at VT

Tagged Divisions

Materials

AC 2008-2965: JUMR: JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE MATERIALSRESEARCHSusan Holt, MSE at VT Susan Holt is a graduate research assistant in Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. She was a member of the inaugural editorial board for JUMR and continues her membership on the editorial board as the Communications and Data Manager. She is currently working on her PhD in MSE and plans to teach in academia when she graduates. Page 13.823.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research (JUMR)AbstractThe Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research

Conference Session

Materials Education Perspectives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Materials

semesters I will invite a librarian to class toshow students how to perform more successful internet searches. I also plan to encourage moreinterest and engagement by designing problems requiring group effort, as recommended byLight.viMaterials engineers routinely use the internet as a source of several kinds of information: pricing;materials properties; safety and handling; fractography and failure analysis; microstructures;viisupplier locations; etc. My hope is that carefully designed homework assignments which helpstudents learn these skills will be transferable to the workplace after graduation.Referencesi Kalpakjian & Schmid, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 5th ed., Prentice Hall, 2006.ii McKeachie, W., McKeachie’s Teaching

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Jackson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Thomas Schulte, Rochester Institute of Technology; Nathaniel Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elaine Lewis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Theopportunities in nanoelectronics are considerable. It is predicted that CMOS will besupplemented by novel nano-enabled solutions. Prudent semiconductor manufacturers must planfor nanotech’s impact on their businesses today and prudent educators must plan for educating ahigh tech engineering workforce.The Bachelor of Science program in Microelectronic Engineering at RIT started in 1982 with Page 13.893.2basic PMOS process on 2” wafers. Today, the program supports a complete 4 and 6 inch CMOSline equipped with diffusion, ion implantation, plasma PVD and CVD processes, electro-deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, I-line and deep UV wafer steppers

Conference Session

Materials Education Perspectives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Tagged Divisions

Materials

was to prepare an educational resource to supplementformal instruction that offered deeper, stand-alone coverage of selected processing topics thanelementary textbooks that incorporate broader but shallower surveys arranged in an evolutionarypattern to establish the foundation of a class. The paper describes the author’s own experiencesin writing the book and addresses broader lessons learned.IntroductionThe World Wide Web and public libraries are replete with wonderful resources on how to write abook. The abundance of accumulated wisdom of well-published authors enshrined in suchresources undeniably is a valuable guide for beginners planning to tread an uncharted territory.This paper has a more modest goal: it describes the author’s own