Paper ID #11856Enhanced Teaching Techniques Applied to an Upper Division Composite Ma-terials Engineering Course with an Emphasis on Aerospace ApplicationsProf. William Joseph Stuart P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Professor Joe Stuart PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION B.Sc., Metallurgical/Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada at Reno (1969) M.Sc., Physical Sci- ence, University of Southampton, UK (1972) APPOINTMENTS 2006 to Present Program Director Manufacturing Engineering Technology, OIT 2011 to Present Associate Professor, MMET Department, Oregon Institute of Technology 2004 to 2011
research primarily focuses on the design of hierarchically structured polymeric materials for biomedical and environmental applications, with an emphasis on the design and property optimization of these polymer-based materials. Dr. Li has also been actively involved in macromolecular science and engineering education. She served as a research advisor for the summer interns at MSU St. Andrews during summer 2019. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Promoting Materials Science and Engineering Education through 3D Printing TechnologyAbstractIn 2015, the Michigan State Board of Education voted to adopt new Michigan Science Standardsthat heavily draw
thatthey were able to link their materials knowledge to solid mechanics knowledge and implement therelation of the two fields into their projects.References1. S. Gómez Puente, M. van Eijck, and W. Jochems, Towards characterising design-based learning in engineering education: a review of the literature. European Journal of Engineering Education, 2011. 36(2): p. 137-149.2. A.A. Deshpande and S.H. Huang, Simulation games in engineering education: A state‐of‐ the‐art review. Computer applications in engineering education, 2011. 19(3): p. 399-410.3. L.C. Benson, K. Becker, M.M. Cooper, O. Hayden Griffin, and K.A. Smith, Engineering education: Departments, degrees and directions. International Journal of Engineering
temperature profile output. Figure 3Left: Photo of a 3D printed dogbone undergoing a tensile test. Right: Result from SWsimulation, which shows a range of stress levels in color with the faint color variations in thecenter of the specimen due to the internal structure of the 3DP part. In Materials Performance, 3D printing is first and foremost a means for students to createunique design projects. Prior to the current era of affordable 3D printers in academiclaboratories, design was an exercise on paper with predictions of performance for selectedmaterials and geometries with little hope of the satisfaction of making and testing actual parts.Now
service learning, introductory materials engineering, biomedical materials design, and tribology. Dr. Harding has published numerous manuscripts in the area of ethical development of engineering undergraduates through application of psycho-social models of moral expertise. He also conducts research in student motivation, service learning, and project-based learning. His technical research is focused on degradation of biomedical materials in vitro. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the online journal Advances in Engineering Education, is Chair of the ASEE Materials Division, and ERM Program Chair for the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference. Dr. Harding was invited to deliver a workshop on
programs is another reason to encourage undergraduate researchopportunities, especially those with international content. In its criteria for evaluatingundergraduate engineering programs for accreditation, ABET includes Criterion 3, StudentOutcomes. Undergraduate participation in research directly supports at least three of the elevenoutcomes (a-k): (b) design and conduct experiments (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) engage in life-long learningAdditionally, ABET’s Criterion 6, Faculty, states that one of the factors for evaluating facultycompetence is “level of scholarship” (ABET, 2017).In designing research experiences for
and is currently the coordinator of the Topical Group: Evaluation of Learning and Instruction of the International Group for Research and Teaching of Physics (GIREP by its French acronym). Dr. Zavala is a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) where he was vice president candidate, a member of the Committee on Research in Physics Education (RIPE) a member and chair of the International Education Committee and elected member of Leadership Organizing Physics Education Research Council (PERLOC) in the period 2015-2018. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engineering Students' Comprehension of Phase Diagram Concepts: an
for future iterations of this module and adaption to otherinstructors’ classrooms.INTRODUCTIONAs defined by Merriam-Webster, engineering is “the application of science and mathematics bywhich the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people” (1).The technical nature of this definition continues into the canon shaping the engineeringcurriculum. While engineering education has traditionally focused solely on the technicalskillset, there is a growing industry and academic demand for engineers who possess social andglobal values to better align with the changing industry (2) (3) (4) (5). Terminology such as‘socio-technical’ engineering is becoming more common, as is the blending of the social with
Materials Course at Purdue University Northwest (PNW). The three methods wereused for the same experimentation in every lab session. The effects of adding pre-labassignments, which includes pre-developed simulations or VR experimentation, and itscombination with live, physical laboratories, and computer software, on student learning arediscussed. The implementation of several learning methods for each laboratory experimentsuggested that this three-prong combination has improved student understanding of AppliedStrength of Materials Course at PNW.1. IntroductionAcross many Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Engineering Technologycurriculums, Applied Strength of Materials is a core technical course required of all students tograduate. Not
using hand calculations, computational methods and finiteelement analysis through CATIA Composites Workbench. Along with the analysis anddiscussion of results, students are required to discuss and compare the optimization techniquesthat they used, in the lab report. This project may be used to evaluate student outcome (k) ofABET General Criterion 3.Project DetailsThe course in which this project is carried out by the students is taught at the undergraduate leveland focuses on design and processing of advanced composites. While taking this course, studentsgain knowledge about; how the constituent materials affect the chemical and mechanicalproperties of the composite; design and optimization of design of composites for advancedmanufacturing
intended to interface with a biological system to evaluate,augment, or replace any tissue organ or function in the body 1, 2. Therefore, the field ofbiomaterials encompasses the study of materials science, medicine, and biology. Biomaterialsare a large portion of the healthcare market and represent a 9 billion dollar per year industry 3. Itis estimated that over 11 million people have implants utilizing engineered biomaterials 4. This clinical need for biomaterials will require educational institutions to providespecialized instruction in these areas 5. In fact, biomaterials is one of the twenty-three coretopics within bioengineering identified by the Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Texas, and Harvard-MIT (VaNTH) Engineering Research Center (ERC
. The other is that courses have in general becomenarrower in their technical focus as the depth of knowledge has developed. In addition, thecross‐disciplinary content is often quite limited. To be a material engineer, one should notonly focus on the science research in materials but also in application of traditional andadvanced materials in a wide spectrum of areas. We all know that training Materialengineers for the next generation requires more than teaching them knowledge of materialscience. Learning to apply the design process as reported can be the key for students tounderstand the blending of Materials Science with humanity needs [1-3]. There are manyways to define “design” in different fields. Here we would like to use the
education.Introduction 3-D printing has witnessed significant improvements since its inception. The terms “3Dprinting” and “additive manufacturing (AM)” are sometimes used interchangeably, as thisprocess enables economical and rapid prototyping of various product designs within a very shorttime period. 3D printing is a process of producing three dimensional (3D) objects from digitalmodels in which the solid objects are made by laying down successive layers of various types ofmaterials: such as polymers, metals, ceramics, and composites.1,2,3 In contrast, traditionalmachining techniques are considered to be a “subtractive process” technique, which the productsor parts are mostly machined out from stock materials.3 The recent technical advancement
often necessitatesthe use of a traditional lecture-style class, typically coupled with a problem solving (orrecitation) session. In our course, both lecture and recitation make use of demonstrations, as wellas problem solving, to ensure that students are learning the appropriate technical skills toimplement in future courses. The size of the lecture course ranges from 120 – 220 students,depending upon the semester. Recitation sizes are generally 30-40 students. Traditionally, therecitation sections have been used to cover numerous example problems from the textbook [7];however, we still find that students exit the course with a limited appreciation for how materialsscience can impact future engineering challenges, especially in design courses
thinking.Analysis GuidanceThe errors in planar projections were coded for quantitative analysis. We focused on the fivetypes of common misconceptions identified by Krause and Waters: missing atoms, extra atoms,displaced atoms, atoms not touching where they should (“should touch”), and atoms touchingwhere they should not (“should not touch”) [9]. An analysis instruction sheet was created toconsistently categorize student work among researchers and institutions. The instructions containexamples of correct answers, examples of the misconceptions, and guidelines for consistentlycoding borderline or ambiguous cases. For example, the 9 locations where atoms should touch onthe FCC (111) plane can be divided into 6 “external adjacencies” and 3 “internal
accessibility and not convenience. Associated homework HW#9 (Q4) and midterm content MT#3 (Q7)“The Final Straw” ModuleThis module focused on the issue of single-use plastic straws, a currently salient topic withinmedia, policy initiatives such as the passage of plastic-straw bans in major cities like Seattle, andcompany initiatives to phase out plastic straws (e.g., Starbucks, American Airlines). Theoverarching goal of the Final Straw Module was: To enhance students’ concept of engineering complexity to encompass non-technical (e.g., social, environmental, political) considerations, multiple stakeholders, multi-faceted problems, and the social and environmental implications of
is a professor and associate head in Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Follow- ing his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral researcher at the Air Force Research Labo- ratory, he joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He was a TMS Young Leader International Scholar in 2008, received the NSF/CAREER award in 2009, the Xerox Award for Faculty Research at Illinois in 2011, the AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award in 2014, co-chaired the 2011 Physical Metallurgy Gordon Research confer- ence, and became a Willett Faculty Scholar at
folding circumvents the alignment challenges of the pioneeringmicrofluidic battery design by Thom et al. (2012, 2013). This origami battery provides sufficientpower to light a small, surface-mounted light emitting diode. This activity can be completed inunder three hours from an existing origami layout file.The learning objectives of such an activity are to: 1. Explore the connection between molecular structure of paraffin and cellulose paper and their properties of hydrophobicity and capillarity; 2. Use the difference in the chemical potential of metals in galvanic cells to produce electric power; 3. Learn how ionic conduction through electrolytes and a salt bridge can produce an electric current; 4. Discover how wax
Academy of Engineering (NAE) for ”For innovations in nanomanufacturing with impact in multiple industry sectors”; Society of Manufactur- ing (SME)’s David Dornfeld Blue Sky Manufacturing Idea Award for ”Factories-In-Space”; SME-S.M. Wu Research Implementation Award; three Edison Awards for Innovation; Tibbett Award by the US Small Business Association sponsored by EPA for successful technology transfer; R&D 100 Award, (the ”Os- car” of innovation); Fellowships to the International 1. Academy of Production Engineering (CIRP), 2. the American Society of Materials (ASM), 3. the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), and 4. the Institute of Physics (IoP), London, England; multiple best paper awards
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
was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Special Interest Section of a Core Mechanical Engineering Course – Biomaterial Emphasis of an Introduction to Materials CourseABSTRACTThe University of Dayton (UD) is part of the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN)which aims to instill the entrepreneurial mindset in
given to the students in the form of a worksheet to be completed during thelaboratory period. The students keep their individual completed worksheets for future referenceand submit a group lab report six days after the lab session. Working in groups to complete themajority of the lab submission encourages students to communicate with their peers and alsoallows them to complete the report in a reasonable amount of time.Figure 2: An example of one of the discussion questions related to Learning Objective 4 that thestudents answer while working in small groups.Figure 3: An example of one of the discussion questions related to Learning Objective 5.Students are also asked to consider the [110] and [111] testing orientations (not shown).To further
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade adopted a set ofprinciples to which an organization engaged in the development of international standards mustcomply. These principles have been captured in document “G/TBT/1/REV. 8. Section IX,” titled“Decision of the Committee on Principles for the Development of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations with Relation to Articles 2, 5 and Annex 3 of the Agreement.”2These principles include transparency, openness, impartiality and consensus, effectiveness andrelevance, coherence and development dimension.Several SDO’s have developed a comprehensive set of electronic tools to assist technicalcommittees in developing new standards or revisions to existing standards. These tools aredesigned to ease
tentative database structure for the Materials Science and Engineeringdatabase (see section 5), initial feed-back was collected from an international group of educators(Canada, US, Sweden, Belgium, UK) of materials-related courses, all experienced users of thesoftware system in relevant courses.3 Outcome of Curriculum/Syllabus Analysis, Focus Groups and SurveyThe Learning outcomes, or in some cases the corresponding content of the syllabus, werecompared and analysed for the five courses mentioned above. These are summarized in Table 2. Page 26.201.5Table 2. Learning outcomes from selected syllabi (from web) projected onto discipline:1 Tampere
of his experience as a researcher/academician, he has been actively involved in research and accredi- tation work related to engineering education. His technical research areas are Applied materials and manufacturing; Applied mechanics and design; Reliability engineering; and Engineering education. As part of the Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Research group (AM2R) at SQU, he has been involved in different applied research funded projects in excess of 4 million dollars. He has around 200 research/technical publications to his credit (2 research monographs/books, 2 edited book volumes, 5 book chapters, 145 publications in refereed international journals and conferences, and 32 technical reports). He is
it is important to present a lot of facts in classes so that students 1 2 3 4 5 know what they have to learn for this subject/course. 3. In this subject/course I concentrate on covering the information that 1 2 3 4 5 might be available from a good textbook. 4. I think an important reason for running teaching sessions in this 1 2 3 4 5 subject/course is to give students a good set of notes. 5. In my class/tutorial for this subject I try to develop a conversation with 1 2 3 4 5 students about the topics we are studying. 6. In this subject/course, I only provide the students with the information 1 2 3 4 5 they will need to pass the formal assessments. 7. I encourage students
stressof a composite. Fresh composite samples are made and tested by applying a simple 3-point bendtest. In addition, three-dimensional (3-D) numerical models were created and analyzed using theSolidWorks software and its analysis package.The project hypothesizes that the old equations ofstress modeling are overestimating the applied stress of dental composite.IntroductionLow learning retention rate of students is a challenging problem in engineering schools. Over thepast years, much research has been done in regards to retention. Research showed that involvingengineering students in undergraduate research will have a positive impact on the learningretention of these students of engineering concepts1-5.When students are exposed to “actualresearch
presented in the pre-class videos. Figure 12(b)shows that the students who have completed CRs almost always have a higher compiled scorefor that lecture than the class average. This is expected, since points are added to the compiledquiz score for completing CRs. These results correlate with the students’ main motivations tocomplete CRs: to better understand or internalize the material (shown by the raw quiz scores),and to pad their quiz scores (shown by the compiled quiz scores.) (a)Deviationfrom ClassAverage:RawQuizScores 35 ClassAverage 3 2 1 30
, composites). connections 2 Apply and integrate materials related knowledge from each of the four elements Materials selection and (structure, properties, processing and performance) to solve materials selection design and design problems for a range of modern engineering applications. 3 Evaluate non-technical, contemporary issues related to environmental and Environmental and societal impacts of materials and materials systems in a global context. societal context 4 Select and utilize diverse and relevant resources (software tools, textbooks, Information literacy internet, library resources) to integrate and apply
Laboratory on a project that aimed at a description of non-adiabatic electron ion dynamics. He received the NSF CAREER award, the ONR YIP award, and the ACS PRF doctoral new investigator award.Prof. Dallas R. Trinkle , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dallas R. Trinkle is a professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Following his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory, he joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He was a TMS Young Leader International Scholar in 2008