Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Ruşen Argun, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andre Schleife; Cecilia Leal; Dallas R. Trinkle, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nicola H. Perry, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Antonia Statt; Marie Agathe Charpagne

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Materials Division (MATS)

research andindustrial applications in recent years. Since 2014, our team has consistently worked onreforming our Materials Science and Engineering curriculum at the University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign by incorporating computational modules into all mandatory undergraduatecourses. Here, we investigate the impact and effectiveness of these computational modules inlight of our recent graduates’ feedback. We surveyed alumni who graduated between 2017 – 2021and asked them about the benefits of the computational curriculum and the significance ofcomputation for their career. “data analysis” was reported to be the most significantcomputational practice, followed by “programming” and “simulation tools”. Python is the mostprevalent programming language

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shayna Earle, McMaster University ; Liza-Anastasia DiCecco, McMaster University; Dakota M Binkley, McMaster University; Muhammad Arshad, McMaster University ; Andrew Lucentini, McMaster University ; Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University, Mount Saint Vincent University; Bosco Yu PhD, P.Eng, McMaster University, University of Victoria

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Materials Division (MATS)

University of British Columbia. He served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada and teaching and researching on the integration of learning technologies to improve hands-on science, scientific argumentation skills, and examination of the complicated impacts of learning technologies and design on K-12 STEM curricu- lum, pedagogy, and institutional policies in the Philippines and Canada. During his PhD program, he completedDr. Bosco Yu PhD, P.Eng, McMaster University, University of Victoria Dr. Yu was an Assistant Professor at McMaster University (from 2020-2022). He was the leading ma

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lessa Kay Grunenfelder, University of Southern California

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required self-directed learning by the students, the true PBLnature of the course came in at the translation stage of the project. In the translation, studentswere tasked with identifying the constraints and design objectives specific to their chosen topic.Determination of appropriate constraints and objectives was highly individualized and requirednot only application of course content but additional research and critical thinking. Each projecttopic required consideration of different property values and process requirements. In a onesemester introductory course it was impossible to cover all attributes a student may need toaddress for any given topic. In completing a translation, therefore, students were required tograpple with ill-defined or