Conference Session

Materials Education Perspectives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Blicblau, Swinburne University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

learning achievements, as well as their otherscholarly activities including research and community involvement. The reflective process ofportfolio development can promote better understanding, develop fresh thinking about their life,and encourage personal and professional growth17.The benefits associated with an electronic portfolio have longevity way beyond the end of theengineering course or the student’s university studies9. The payoff with utilising eportfoliosincludes11, 20, 21: ‚ the development of skills in electronic/digital technology, so important for today’s graduates; ‚ evidence of learning and competency; improved tracking of student performance for purposes of accreditation and program improvement. ‚ increased

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

. Blanchard on "How to Publish Your Research“• Viewing a video by Prof. L. Grossenbacher on "Citing the Work of Others"• Reading the following short pieces: – “Written Presentations” in At the Bench by K. Barker – “The Basics of Citation” from Doing Honest Work in College by C. Lipson – “Writing Papers and Abstracts” from Building a Successful Career… by P. Dee• Preparing a Reflective Writing Assignment on the topic of: “Research the UW’s policy on plagiarism. In your own words, briefly summarize what is considered to be plagiarism.”In class activities began with a brief discussion of the question "Citation-why do it?" (5-10 min),followed by an activity on the topic of plagiarism (20-30 min). This activity was based

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

important design criteria. In the case of a column, this meansthat they are cognizant of short vs. long column criteria, and can understand critical loads (Pcr).An introduction to the spreadsheet and some of its features is typically needed (depending on theclass response). The spreadsheet has multiple ‘sheets’. Some input cells have limits that reflectreal bounds on the value. Comments are written in the right column. So in-class demos ofvarious input and resulting outputs are used to show the design and optimization process.The spreadsheet is used during class to promote discussion, and is also available onBlackBoardTM for off-line reflection. There is a requirement that a spreadsheet (withpredictions) is to be submitted before testing can occur

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Bok Kim, Div. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chonbuk National University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

ofmechanical properties in two types of the plastic films under controlled tensile testingconditions: petroleum-based compost plastic bag and biodegradable plastic compost bag.Concepts in Biodegradability, Compostability, Renewability and SustainabilityL. Averorus reviewed multiphase biodegradable systems in which the term“biodegradable” means capable of undergoing decomposition into carbon dioxide,methane, water, inorganic compounds, or biomass in which the predominant mechanismis the enzymatic action of micro-organisms that can be measured by standard tests over aspecific time period, reflecting available disposal conditions (ASTM standard D-5488).1The term “compostablity” is the biodegradability of material using compost medium.Biodegradation is

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science Course

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Materials

SAT quantitative Course gradeMCI pre-test ------ .43* .35* .17†MCI post-test .33* .37* .39* .37†*Pearson’s correlation coefficient.† Spearman’s rho.Table 3: MCI results by sex. Numbers in parentheses are number of students (N) followed bythe standard deviations. The values of N reflect those students for whom data was available.MCI gain may not equal the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores due to round-offerror. MCI pre-test* MCI post-test* MCI gainMale 11.9 (87, 3.6) 15.7 (89, 4.0) 3.8 (82, 3.4)Female 10.3 (25, 2.7

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science Course

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

2007 team-baseddiscussions and, occasionally, concept sketching31-34 was used to supplement lectures. In the2007 course concept sketching was used for the topic of metal deformation but not for the topicof annealing of work hardened material. On the MCI there was one question that reflected eachof the two topics. The questions and results for each of the two topics are presented belowThere are many types of macroscale-property/atomic-scale-structure material misconceptionsthat exist. One is the inappropriate attribution of a macroscale property to an atomic-scalefeature. For example if a softer, lower strength, annealed metal is cold worked by die drawing,extrusion or cold rolling, dislocation multiplication and pinning occurs which will