Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Materials Division (MATS)

projectwas something new and different. I learned a lot from researching more into origami and howEngineers are planning on using the concept. China had created the paper, Japan started theorigami and todays Engineers are origami to be able to produce a light weight, fast assemblingstructures. The technology improves by the day and in the future origami designs will be morecommon.”“The attempt took me about two tries as I am not very arts and crafty with paper especially. Theproject was overall satisfying, setting out to do something I am not good at and seeing theprocess as I made the object come into fruition with its result. I can see why engineers use thismethod to hand create their project to have a visual of what the result might be and go

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Perry, University of Michigan; Timothy Chambers, University of Michigan

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Materials Division (MATS)

(0.26 ≤ p ≤ 0.79).Despite having a lower perceived competence in these areas, freshmen were more confident in theircapacity to manage their time and plan for computational assignments. Our initial hypothesis was thatlower self-efficacy would lead to a lower perceived ability to plan and execute programming andsimulation tasks, especially considering many NCS freshmen indicated having little-to-no experienceworking with these tools. However, we believe that the freshmen students ranked their confidencehigher due to a belief that their abilities to strategize and efficiently manage their time for otherdisciplines would transfer to computational tasks, even though they didn’t have high confidence in theirabilities to complete them.Additionally, we

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)

were fun, 2) your attention was kept for theduration of the lab, and 3) the session was interactive. This positively reinforces the learningconcepts which inspired the incorporation of gamified means in our laboratories involving makinglearning more fun, keeping learners engaged, and interacting with learners. Moreover, it supportsthe idea that the favorite laboratories as chosen by learners were directly related to theirinterpretation of how much fun the presented activities were, followed by how well the activitieskept their attention and interactions with learners throughout. This is informative for educators onwhat should be prioritized in laboratory lesson planning to enable learners to have an improvedand memorable educational

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sofia Ahmed, University of Florida; Matthew J. Traum

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Materials Division (MATS)

-based research methods class. They were mentored byan B.S. student (and past URSP participant) who took the day-to-day lead on managing theproject. The URSP freshman, the B.S. student, and their faculty advisor met once per week todiscuss project progress and develop forward-looking activities. Figure 2 shows the Gantt chartdeveloped by the team, which evolved throughout their two semesters of interaction. The Ganttchart included both project-related experimental work as well as a section to plan the authorshipassignments and progression toward completion of this ASEE Conference paper. Action itemswere planned in week-long time intervals with milestones coming due the week a deliverablewas needed to meet an internal or external deadline. One or

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enze Chen, University of California, Berkeley; Mark Asta, University of California, Berkeley; Andrew Minor, University of California, Berkeley and Larwrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Materials Division (MATS)

%Supported learning MSE concepts 56 % Adapted to MATLAB 11 %Improve Python skills 56 % Would distract from MSE 11 %Already planned to use Python 33 % Too difficult to understand 11 %Improve DS skills 33 % Not helpful for the reports 6% (a) Used the modules, nused = 18. (b) Did not use the modules, nnot = 11.Table S4: Top reasons for (a) using and (b) not using the Python-based online modules.Percentage is given out of the number of students who identified with each group.Multiple selections were allowed and thus percentages may not sum to 100 %. Question Topic

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William D. Callister Jr., University of Utah; David G. Rethwisch, The University of Iowa

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Materials Division (MATS)

“QBU”) as an apt title for thisapproach of teaching. Regarding sources of questions, the authors plan on preparing one workbook for studentsand another for instructors; both will contain an exhaustive list of concept questions for all topicsin the textbook.The Paradigm of Materials Science and Engineering Another compelling problem in many introductory materials courses is that manyseemingly disparate concepts are discussed with virtually no rationale of how they are related to1 With regard to Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive skills [5], memorization of equations fits intothe lowest category (remembering), whereas developing concept understanding corresponds tothe second hierarchical level (understanding). Practicing engineers

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Olubiyi Obada, Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria; Adrian Oshioname Eberemu; Kazeem A. Salami, Ahmadu Bello University; Ayodeji Nathaniel Oyedeji, Ahmadu Bello University; Akinlolu Akande; Fatai Olukayode Anafi, Ahmadu Bello University; Abdulkarim Salawu Ahmed

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Materials Division (MATS)

participatoryactions, it was recommended that some modifications be made to the jigsaw classroommethod to fit into the peculiarities. This recommendation was because the typical jigsawclassroom method may be a bit tricky to apply if the subtopics should be divided into thenumber of members of the home groups. Therefore, the jigsaw classroom was modified asfollows: 1. Activities and lesson contents were planned to give the students tasks to lead the home groups initially formed (with a greater number of students n=70) through their work. The teaching materials included videos and slide deck. 2. The jigsaw classes were then divided into 7 home groups as per their participation in a pre-lecture test (n=39). The seven home groups were as

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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Materials Division (MATS)

concerns over potential plagiarism. A range oftopic options allowed students autonomy in their choice and ownership over their project, whileat the same time keeping assessment manageable.The project was highly scaffolded by design. This served multiple purposes. First, completingand submitting regular deliverables kept students on track and allowed for regular instructorfeedback on low-stakes assignments. Second, the organization of deliverables served as a modelof expert thinking. The role of undergraduate education is not simply to teach facts, but to trainexperts. One skill experts possess is the ability to plan a task and develop an effective approachto solving a complex problem [1]. A project is simply a series of tasks that are undertaken