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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Vishal R. Mehta, Ohio Northern University

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Paper ID #18279A Comprehensive Term Project for Materials Science CourseDr. Hui Shen, Ohio Northern UniversityDr. Vishal R. Mehta, Ohio Northern University B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India, 1995 M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2002 Ph.D. Materials Science and Engi- neering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2010 1995-1996: Quality Assurance Engineer, Keystone Valves (I) Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara, India. Lead engineer of assembly, functional testing, third party inspection and certification of safety relief valves. 1997-2000: Process

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

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on an engineering education project and pre- senting that work and student chapter activities at annual conference. As a faculty member, she regularly publishes and presents at the ASEE Annual Conference. Her interests are in design education and assess- ment in mechanical and biomedical engineering. She previously served ASEE in leadership roles in the ERM and Mechanics Divisions and as a PIC-III Chair. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Observations on student performance and learning outcomes in a class project for materials and manufacturing course1. AbstractCourse related projects have long been widely regarded as critical component of

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Materials Division Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhihua Xu, University of Minesota Duluth; Victor Lai, University of Minnesota - Duluth; Ping Zhao, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Paper ID #17660Group Projects to Induce Active Learning in Introductory Material ScienceCourses for Chemical and Mechanical Engineering StudentsDr. Zhihua Xu, University of Minesota Duluth Zhihua Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he teaches Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Properties of Engineering Materials, and Chemical Reaction Engineering. His research interest includes organic semiconductors, light harvesting materials, and solution-processed photovoltaic devices. Dr. Xu received his PhD in Ma- terials Science and Engineering at

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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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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Materials Division Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cavalli, University of North Dakota

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Composite Materials CourseAbstractA senior-level elective course focused on composite materials (primarily polymer matrix) wastaught simultaneously to both on-campus and distance cohorts. Distance lessons were deliveredasynchronously. Assessment tools included exams, a term project and weekly homeworkassignments, some of which incorporated the development of a numerical code for simulatingfailure of composite plates. The term project focused on replacing a part in a current design witha part fabricated from composites, including specification of manufacturing processes and testingof the composite part.Pre- and posttests were used, along with an end-of-term survey, to identify growth in studentunderstanding related to composite materials over the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James B. Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy; Anthony Barrett, U.S. Air Force Academy

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, eucalyptus, musizi and pine to the U.S. Air ForceAcademy’s (USAFA) Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering for testing. Althoughthe number of wood samples tested was small, the results provided EMI more confidence aboutthe actual strength of these wood species used in East African construction, and are presented inthis paper. The project also provided opportunities for undergraduate engineering students atUSAFA and an EMI intern from Auburn University to participate in meaningful research. Morecollaboration is possible as Uganda Martyr’s University (UMU) Faculty of the BuiltEnvironment considers involving its facilities and undergraduate students in continued testing.The testing results proved valuable to EMI, and the students involved

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Rick Ubic, Boise State University

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of REU programsin this area include nanotechnology and nanofibers16 and additive manufacturing17, while RETprograms in Materials Science and Engineering have focused on topics such as polymers andpolymers processing18, applications of materials science in pharmaceutical research19, andnanoscale magnetic and electronic structures20.Program OverviewThe inherent interdisciplinary nature of materials science and the broadness of the theme of ourSite (Materials for Energy and Sustainability) lend themselves to a wide spectrum of topics, so inNovember 2015 appropriate student summer projects were solicited from potential facultymentors from across STEM fields at Boise State University. The application process went on-line in December with a

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William M. Jordan, Baylor University

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introducing the topic of natural fiber composite materials.The students then spend several weeks doing literature searches in this area. They then writeproposals of a research project they can complete in the final 12 weeks of the course. Theprofessor’s only restriction on topic has been that it has to use natural fibers in some fashion.While the professor’s personal research interest is in structural composites, the students havecome up with a number of creative applications that are not structural.Student responses to this experience have been very positive. These classes have resulted in twoconference publications, which is not common for purely undergraduate research. A thirdassessment is how many students are now motivated to go graduate school

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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- ing award at RIT. Dr. Kim has directed numerous undergraduate research projects and several students won the first place in the undergraduate and graduate research competitions at the 2012 and 2013 GPEC (Global Plastics Environment Conference; Division of Society of Plastics Engineers). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Development of a Materials Laboratory Module in 3D Printing Abstract The goal of the study was to develop a laboratory module in the mechanical and thermalcharacterizations of the 3D printed specimens by the ASTM standard test-methods in order toimprove an undergraduate materials laboratory course utilizing Extrusion

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Materials Division Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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. Decker, JOM Sept 2006, p. 32-36 • Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artistry, Chemistry, Secrecy, M. Byko, JOM Sept 2007, p. 16-20 • Vocabulary words: cryolyte, electrolysis, bauxite, semiconductor, transistor, polyethylene, crosslinkI would like to add a “Today and Tomorrow” section that covers issues of the 21st century, but Ihave yet to find time in the curriculum to get that far. Potential topics include greenmanufacturing and recycling, sourcing rare earth materials, projected markets and how pricefluctuations could affect design, and materials for space travel.Student AssessmentAssessment was designed to balance making sure students were prepared for class discussionswith allowing them as much time as possible to explore their

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Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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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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Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison K. Polasik, Ohio State University

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expected outcome of introducing the first lab at the start of the MSE curricular sequencewas that students would begin to use these tools in their courses. Discussions with otherinstructors recorded the exclusive use of Microsoft Excel for graphing, laboratory reports, anddata analysis. While MS Excel is more widely used in industry than MATLAB, it is also true thatproficiency with MATLAB could translate to Excel more easily than the reverse. Theassumption was that students would use more reliable sources and effective tools if they wereexposed to them and taught to build competency in these tools. While some students began touse MATLAB and CES for course projects and laboratory reports after their 4 th semester, thiswas nowhere near as widespread

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Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University (Network for Computational Nanotechnology)

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, as the seminal article [18] has been cited over1000 times [19]. OVITO has also begun to be used as an educational tool. For example, theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign uses OVITO in their computational materialsscience curriculum [16]. In the activity reported here, OVITO is utilized to help studentsvisualize crystal structures and manipulate unit cells, producing images such as those shown inFigure 1, of the FCC unit cell sliced on the (110) plane.A BFigure 1. Projection view of the (110) plane in an FCC crystal structure, created and displayedusing OVITO. Atoms are scaled to be space-filling, and the unit cell outline can be displayed orhidden. Figure 1A shows a view of the (110) plane