AC 2012-4630: INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES INTO ANUNDERGRADUATE CORROSION COURSEDr. Harovel G. Wheat, University of Texas, Austin Harovel G. Wheat has a B.A. in Chemistry from University of Colorado, a M.S. in metallurgy from the University of Denver, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. Wheat is a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Austin, since 1986. Page 25.763.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Incorporating Sustainability Issues into an Undergraduate Corrosion
important and how the strength was produced.Areas for improvement identify the changes that can be made in the future to improveperformance. Improvements should include the issues that caused any problems and mentionhow those changes can be implemented most effectively. Insights identify new and significantdiscoveries that were gained concerning the performance area.4.2 Student Course Assessment QuestionsWhen the course is actually taught, pre and post course surveys will be given electronicallythrough Blackboard. Following are the questions for quantitative assessment (such as forABET.) 1) Please rate your level of understanding of the fundamental properties of composite materials; 2) Please rate your ability to apply the
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
AC 2009-1382: LEVERAGING SCREEN CASTS TO STRATEGICALLY CLARIFYUNCLEAR MATERIAL-SCIENCE CONCEPTSTershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan Tershia Pinder-Grover is the Assistant Director at the Center for Research on Learning in Teaching (CRLT) at the University of Michigan (U-M). In this role, she is responsible for teacher training for new engineering graduate student instructors (GSIs), consultations with faculty and GSIs on pedagogy, workshops on teaching and learning, and preparing future faculty programs. Prior to joining CRLT, she earned her B.S. degree in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the
management systems development, life cycleassessment, design for the environment, ethical issues, environmentally responsiblemanufacturing, as well as the implications of product take back.1,2,15 In some countries thisstandard is being used to embrace a broader realm than originally intended to include new areassuch as the work environment in life cycle assessment.4 Continuous improvement is anotherinherent aspect of this standard. “It fosters self organization and self regulation, which representsthe groundwork from which it is hoped that continuous improvement of environmentalperformance can be sustained. ISO 14000, in particular, tries to encourage a different and moreeffective environmental ethic to the design of product and processes from the
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessing Challenges and Affordances of a Traditional Instructor’s Pedagogical Change During Guided Implementation of Innovative PedagogyAbstractIn order to improve the understanding of issues that arise during implementation of innovativematerials and practice, progressive pedagogical materials (developed using research basedprinciples) were integrated into an introductory materials engineering course taught by anengineering instructor who had teaching with traditional classroom practice. To do this, agraduate research associate worked with the faculty member to support implementation ofstudent engagement modules for four topics in the
contextualize the introductorymaterials courses through modifying and creating new contextualized content, creatingcontextualized activities, and promoting metacognition by linking concepts, context and skillsfor more effective learning. However, to better implement these principles within the frameworkof the introductory materials courses, issues and challenges of teaching and learning in thecourse were described and contrasted with traditional lecture-based approaches to teaching.Specifically, for instructors to be more effective in introductory materials courses they mustaddress the following Introductory Materials Course Issues (IMCIs): Connecting a real-world item's macro-properties and its micro-structure relationships at different length scales
, 23In the JTF project, the student responses in the two-way formative feedback allow an instructorto remodel, reconstruct, and redeliver course content through instruction and creation ofclassroom engagement activities that address student misconceptions and learning issues.12 Thethird principle, promoting metacognition, is effective for improving self-reflective learning andmotivation24 and has been implemented by JTF faculty through class-end Muddiest Pointreflections in which students identify and describe their own learning issues.3, 7 Such issues arequickly addressed in next class by JTF instructors in the two-way formative feedback process.12Thus, two-way formative feedback challenges students to define their own learning issues
to earn Honors credit for this course. Also indicate the timetable agreed upon, including the final due date. The Honors student must obtain the instructor’s signature on the front page and, then, bring the signed form to the Office of the Honors Program in 117 New Academic Classroom Building.Prior to the start each semester students meet with chosen faculty in their courses to discuss ideas for Page 23.1095.2a curricular opportunity. These have in the past included research papers with presentationsto the class and the current work had the three students working on a consultant
our experience, development of suchworking relationships over the years is essential for global partnerships. Initial collaborationsestablished by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between JSNN and BVDU focusedon faculty exchange and doctoral training. Three BVDUCOE faculty enrolled in Ph.D. programsat NCA&TSU. To ensure their continued contributions to BVDUCOE, these exchange facultymembers were admitted with J1 U.S. exchange visitor visas, which mandate that the facultymember returns to India after completion of their studies at NCA&TSU. The education andexperience gained in U.S. and working relationships established with faculty and administrationat NCA&TSU, and their familiarity with BVDUCOE protocols of new program
, and vocabulary sets in Quizlet. Extra explanationand these resources have helped assuage concern and uncertainty for some students about theirbackground and preparation for an introductory materials course. To inform students thatprocessing methods may be new material and that they will learn it adequately over time also helpsto lower anxiety.Crystal Structures IBSAnother foundational topic area earlier in the course which can have IBS is crystal systemsincluding structures, directions, planes, and defects. It can be that, in initially teaching in this area,an instructor might assume that engineering students have moderately developed spatial-visualskills, which is critical for developing material components, devices and systems. Such skills
faculty to do a better job of integrating science, math and communication in the engineering curricula.17,18,19 In 1995, the National Research Council’s (NRC) Board on Engineering Education called upon all engineering colleges to provide more exposure to interdisciplinary/cross-disciplinary aspects of teamwork, hands-on experience, creative design, and exposure to “real” engineering and industrial practices, identifying integration of key fundamental concepts in science and engineering as the number-one principle for new engineering curricula and culture.20 Ideally, entire curricula would comprehensively integrate these subjects. However, integrating these subject domains into engineering is most critical at the freshman level
sustainability needs to be part of the wholeengineering problem solving process, and not an afterthought or even an optional thought.Various activities have been attempted, from freshmen to graduate level courses, and can bemodified to be made appropriate for different classes. Assessment plans of our efforts arecurrently underway, and will not be discussed in this paper.AWARENESS: presenting the challenges, responsibilitiesIn order to lay the foundation for presenting sustainability principles, students must first be madeaware of current global challenges. Videos, news articles, seminars, and class discussions areused to highlight issues such as climate change, rising gas prices, poverty, etc. The role of anengineer is also discussed, and the National
report and how it is to be structured.To address these issues, a two-semester research program was developed with the objective ofensuring that the time needed to write and grade these writing assignments was well spent. Theprimary goals of the program were to develop a new formulation for the writing assignments thatwas more reflective of and appropriate for real-life engineering situations, to clarify the iterativecommunication loop between student and teacher regarding the effectiveness of the writing, andto create an evaluation process that would promote consistency among multiple instructors.The writing assignments were reformulated in the form of contextual assignments, modeled onreal-world settings in industry, and covering a range of
students’ metacognitive skills.19,20Many believe that significant faculty guidance through lectures is necessary to drive effectivestudent decision making.Student attitudes pose an additional barrier to high levels of self-direction. Many students, whenplaced in control of content acquisition, cite high frustration levels, a lower perception ofacquired knowledge, and concerns that they are not learning the “right stuff.”14,21,22 The studentdiscomfort is understandable. In transitioning from a traditional learning mode to a self-directedmode, students need to embrace unfamiliar roles, responsibilities, and behaviors. Althoughfrustration and dissatisfaction tend to decrease with time,14 these responses are not easy to
involved. • Help expand our networking capability. Whether it’s suggesting speakers for our meetings, interesting companies to visit, letting us know about any new and exciting discoveries in their research, etc.ConclusionsThe active Material Advantage Chapter has had significant benefits for the Materials Science andEngineering Department at Iowa State. Some of the benefits have included a marked increase inenrollment due to the active recruiting and demonstrations to high school students and undecidedengineering students that the Material Advantage members facilitated.6 The active studentchapter has also been helpful in recruiting faculty, both by their large presence and visibility atthe annual MS&T Conference and by meeting
and RET programs.Placing summer research participants in larger research groups can also assist with the mentoringneeds of all participants, and provide graduate students and postdoctoral scholars the opportunityto develop experience as supervisors and mentors. Lack of sufficient access to faculty memberswas a common issue identified by several of the participants. Developing clear expectations offaculty supervisors on the amount of time they need to spend with their undergraduate andteacher researchers, and clear expectations among participants in how often they should expect tomeet with their supervisors can also help to alleviate these kinds of problems.Another challenge associated with REU/RET program concerned identifying
for ensuring that core competencies are not lost through the project-based mode oflearning. To better equip students to be successful global engineers, we recently initiated a large-scale transformation of our undergraduate materials engineering curriculum. The redesignincludes a major change in the junior year from traditional subject-based courses to project-basedcourses facilitated by faculty teams. In the new approach, the learning of fundamental materialsengineering content is driven by a series of authentic, hands-on projects. In this paper, wedescribe a collaborative faculty process for the systematic design of project-based courses fordisciplinary core competencies. It involves developing a shared understanding of the vision andgoals
Final Straw” that wasfocused on accessibility of straw materials within the disability community. For this module,groups of students considered the unique design needs of a marginalized stakeholder who relieson the material properties of single-used plastic straws (e.g., individuals with strength andmobility issues) to recommend an alternative material for the straw (e.g., paper, metal, silicone).In doing so, they must consider the larger economic, environmental, and social impacts of theirmaterial recommendation, and also consider how engineering design and public policy canunintentionally exclude vulnerable populations. Curricular content (e.g., homework, midtermquestions) as well as researcher reflections were used to assess this module
24.177.2This paper presents an undergraduate research project that involves a sophomore biomedicalengineering student and a faculty member in the School of Dental Medicine at the sameuniversity. The engineering department at that university is relatively new and started about 10years ago and has no graduate programs. One of the educational goals of the project is toimprove the students' learning by adopting the concept of “learning by doing”. The studentbecame involved in the research project during freshmen year of college, upon completingrelated engineering courses such as statics, materials and solid mechanics. The student started theproject out by making the dental composite samples with actual dental materials and tools,followed by conducting the
Paper ID #21754Development of a Materials Science Educational Program at Houston Com-munity College: University Partnerships and Assessment DynamicsMr. Bartlett Michael Sheinberg, Houston Community Collelge Mr. Sheinberg serves as Director, West Houston Center for Science and Engineering, Houston Com- munity College Northwest. He has held senior administrative positions at HCC including Director of Governmental Relations, Assistant to the Chancellor and has served as a physics and engineering faculty member. His research interests include materials science education and related policy issues in lower division science and
of students in introductory materials engineering classes. Most recently, he has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for a courses on Connecting Mathematics with Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design.Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Materials at ASU and has been teaching and developing new content for materials science and engineering classes and laboratories. She has developed new content and contextual teaching methods from here experience as a researcher and a manager at Honeywell Inc. She is currently working to develop
creative graduates who areequipped to tackle complex 21st century challenges. Today’s engineering educators expressincreasing concern for students’ development of creative capacities, but many of these sameeducators continue to adopt controlling classroom approaches that provide little opportunity fordivergent thinking.One problem engineering educators face is the traditional thinking about course design andstudent-faculty interactions that pervades technical programs. Carl Rogers argues in Freedom toLearn that many college educators implicitly assume that “The student cannot be trusted topursue his own scientific and professional learning” and “Creative scientists develop frompassive learners”.5 Despite a desperate need for increased creative
AC 2008-1455: WRITING A BOOK ON THE ROLE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE INMANUFACTURING FOR INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH: LESSONS LEARNEDRajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Stout RAJIV ASTHANA, Ph.D. (1991, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, materials engineering), is a professor of Engineering and Technology and author or coauthor of three books, Materials Science in Manufacturing (Elsevier, 2006), Solidification Processing of Reinforced Metals (Trans Tech, 1998), and Atlas of Cast Metal-Matrix Composite Structures (Motor Transport Institute, Warsaw, 2007). He is the co-editor of special issues of Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science and Materials Science and Engineering A, associate
information electronically, and have a complete copy of all their subject materialThe students are also able to download and store the information for later referral and retrieval..Although the eportfolio is used for assessment by faculty, it is finally employed by students as astorage and data bank for information retrieval in MSE.At the end of first year, the contents of the MSE subject disappear, and often are not accessiblefor future implementation. During the second and later stages of the engineering course manyother subjects are taken by the students which have both large and small references to applicationand implementations of MSE.Examples of Implementation of eportfolios in Later Year Engineering StudiesMechanical engineering (ME) and
likely for students to retain misconceptionsthan correct concepts. To further investigate the resilience of student bonding misconceptions,the Covalent Bonding and Structure test was used by Birk and Kurtz to look at the strength of themisconceptions within students' conceptual frameworks9. The test was given to six groups ofpeople: high school chemistry students, first semester general chemistry students, secondsemester general chemistry students, advanced undergraduates, new graduate students, advancedgraduate students and faculty. Results suggested that misconceptions were in fact resilient overtime, with misconceptions existing in all groups9.In 2006, Ünal, Çalik, Ayas, and Coll2, conducted an extensive survey of all research on
they can deal withinevitable changes in the fields of science, engineering and technology. Some concerns reflectedon the development of a laboratory module are to enhance knowledge in advancements ofengineering materials and manufacturing, to develop laboratory skills by the ASTM/ISOstandards, and to synthesize the course goals utilizing the POGIL approaches. The purpose of thestudent survey was to investigate how students felt about their experiences (e.g. IntendedLearning Outcomes) after the completion of an undergradute materials laboratory course work infall 2016. However, the survey results of ILOs did not indicate the impact of the new lab moduleof Extrusion Materials (EM) technique developed on the current materials laboratory course
AC 2012-3285: ”GREEN PROJECTS TO PAVEMENTS”: A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING APPROACH TO INTRODUCING SUSTAINABILITYTO CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTSMr. Adam J. Kardos, University of Colorado, DenverDr. Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver Stephan A. Durham is an Associate Professor in the faculty of engineering in the area of civil engineering at the University of Georgia. Durham teaches and performs research in the area of civil engineering materials, concrete materials and structures, and sustainability. Durham obtained his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Arkansas. He was an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, prior to joining the University of Georgia in 2012
coursecontent more conducive to engage the students in their learning based on pre and post-testresults. Overall this study is meaningful and provided positive results in achieving betterstudent learning through modifications of the classroom teaching techniques. However,this paper reports initial results of this effort and to assess its impact fully, further studyneeds to be continued for a longer time to realize its influence on student-centeredlearning pedagogy.References 1. Robert Barr and John Tagg, From Teaching to Learning-A New Paradigm for Page 22.388.10 Undergraduate Education, Change 27, (November/December issue)12-25, (1995). 2. Frank A
, and PhD), founder of The Design & Entrepreneurship Network (DEN), and Division I rower. In her spare time, Bre teaches design thinking workshops for higher education faculty/administrators at the Stanford d.School as a University Innovation Fellow, coaches a global community of learners through IDEO U, and fails miserably at cooking.Dr. Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford Univer- sity. She is currently Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include inclusive pedagogies, electronics, optoelectronics, materials sci- ence, first year engineering