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

Tagged Divisions

Materials

is built on a prerequisite laboratory in which characterization methods wereintroduced through the evaluation of metals in a semester-long evaluation project. In the courseunder discussion, various processing methods were taught in the first few weeks, after which aseven-week design project based on one or more of these techniques was developed by teamsconsisting of three to five students. The problem presented to the students was to develop aproject that illustrated the impact of processing on the properties of the materials. Teams wererequired to design both the technical and managerial aspects of the project. The teams wereevaluated through the use of two written reports, periodic class presentations (evaluated by boththe students and the

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

control facilitate engagement, self-motivation, and creative approaches to learning. The course design leverages existingeducational research that suggests strong correlations between self-determination and creativity.By providing students with increasing levels of autonomy – and corresponding increases increative opportunity – throughout the semester, the project-based learning experiences enablestudents to connect materials science topics to personal interests and contexts. Students reportthat the course contributes positively to their creative thinking, and they emphasize the benefitsof freedom in choosing topics and learning strategies.IntroductionImagine yourself as a first-semester sophomore, entering the classroom on the first day of

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bahr, Washington State University

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Materials

visiting high schools topresent a one hour seminar about MSE to building a small impact tester for the local sciencecenter (the “Breakinator”) for children in grades 3-5 to explore the difference between brittle andductile materials. After carrying out activities for high school and grade school students, theWSU MA chapter decided to focus on developing an outreach program to middle schools inWashington; the choice of focusing on middle school has been shown to be an effective point inoutreach4. It should be noted that these were not mandatory service learning projects, butvoluntary activities driven by undergraduate and graduate student interest

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, strength etc. Furthermore, it is also stressed that the cost ofmaterials and manufacturing, is comparable to the parts that are being reengineered.Session 3: Reengineering of an actual engineering component made out of AluminumIn the lectures 1 and 2 of Session 3, a replacement for a typical aerospace part made out ofAluminum 2024- T3 is considered as a reengineering project. First students are provided withphysical properties of the aluminum and fiberglass/carbon composites. In general students followthe following procedure for reengineering the component using composite materials.Reengineering procedure≠ Tape properties are calculated using classical micro-mechanical theory for S-Glass fibers and Carbon fibers with Epoxy resin system

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

N 52 100 (A) the surface area of the indentation A 38 73 (B) the projected area of the indentation B 13 25 (C) the depth of the indentation C 1 2L3/Q5 In a K-alpha doublet diffraction peak of a metallic phase, the K-alpha-2 line N 52 100 (A) is always at a higher angle than the K-alpha-1 line A 33 63 (B) is always at a lower angle than the K-alpha-1 line B 14 27 (C) may be at a higher or lower angle than the K-alpha-1 line C 5 10L4/Q8 In plain carbon steels

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Magda, Weber State University

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Materials

AC 2009-1685: HANDS-ON LAB DEMONSTRATION TO TEACH HOWMECHANICAL PROPERTIES CHANGE DUE TO COLD WORKING ANDRECRYSTALLIZATIONDaniel Magda, Weber State University Page 14.663.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Hands on Lab Demonstration to Teach how Mechanical Properties Change Due to Cold Working and RecrystallizationAbstractLaboratories that employ hands-on demonstration to change material properties play animportant role in understanding why materials are selected for different design specifications.Engineering students take courses in mechanics of material, machine design, finite elementanalysis and capstone senior projects. These courses require

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

of Mines and Technology. She is also Director of the Apex Gallery which is located on campus. She received a South Dakota Arts Council Fellowship in 2007. In addition to being an active professional artist she also has been conference chair for the Third Annual Conference on Art Culture Nature, an Arts Consultant for the state of Washington under the Western Sates Arts Federation, and a project director for Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Arts International. In addition she has written exhibition catalogs for artists such as Heidi Oberheide and Jane Catlin. She is a member of the College Art Association and FATE: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education.Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kalan Kucera, University of Kentucky; John Balk

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Materials

that the instructor hasa much larger scope for instruction than was suspected at the onset of this project and theevaluation system will change accordingly. The questions for these surveys mainlyfocused on students’ prior knowledge of iron and steel science and industry, as well astheir interest in them. Two questions given in the first survey were: Do you know of any steel plants in the area or in the U.S., and can you describe any of the products that they make? In 1-2 sentences, describe your impressions of the steel industry.Two questions from the second survey were: Did the presentation pique your interest in any particular area of ferrous materials engineering, e.g. processing, property testing, or

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

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Materials

at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K-12 engineering outreach. He has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes.Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Crisca Bierwert, University of Michigan; Lindsay Shuller, University of Michigan

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Materials

Page 14.847.5in general, and whether the resource was helpful. For Fall 2007 and Fall 2008, 144 and 211students, respectively, were directed to an online survey developed in SurveyMonkey via e-mail.Prior to this research project, 10 students from Fall 2007 and 8 students from Fall 2008 hadpreviously indicated that they did not want to receive surveys from SurveyMonkey. Because ofthis limitation, we were unable to send an email to all students enrolled in the class to direct themto the survey for this research. The response rates for the surveys were 53% (76 out of 144) and68% (143 out of 211) for Fall 2007 and Fall 2008, respectively. The quantitative analysis of ourdata was the primary objective. We report descriptive statistics and provide

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

) Biomaterials Science: AnIntroduction to Materials in Medicine and Dowling’s Mechanics of Materials books wereespecially useful references 28,29. Callister’s Fundamentals of Materials Science andEngineering text also contains a web based supplemental chapter 30 that is helpful as is theUniversity of Cambridge’s on-line Teaching and Learning Package (TLP) on the structure ofbone and implant materials 31. In fact, having the students complete this well-developed andinteractive TLP as a homework assignment or in-class project (if computers are available) is anexcellent way to introduce your students to biomedical materials and design. Dr. Pruitt’s Page