State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The
career-development activities to bolster their readiness for post- graduation. 3. Be exposed to a wide variety of career options in STEM. 4. Learn details about graduate school. 5. Broaden their scientific network through multiple means. 6. Demonstrate scientific communication. 7. Acquire and demonstrate scientific knowledge in materials science. 8. Demonstrate competency in scientific ethics. 9. Develop and plan for participation in an outreach/broader impact activity. 10. Develop a sense of belonging in their role as a citizen in the scientific community.Program Structure and BackgroundPenn State University has a long-standing summer research program for undergraduates inmaterials research that has been supported by a
research experience as part ofan undergraduate engineering education. Every engineering curriculum includes a culminatingevent, usually a senior design project. Most curricula include some opportunity for independentor small group research, even if it is only limited to a literature review on a specific topic.Another research opportunity available to most undergraduate engineering students is anindependent study course. Research is also an important experience for undergraduate studentsconsidering going on to graduate school.There is a great deal of literature describing the value of undergraduate research, especially forscience and engineering students. The National Science Foundation (NSF), The NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH), and the
-level background in physics, chemistry, andmath through elementary calculus. The book was also to serve as a resource for those pursuingadvanced graduate studies and research but possessing limited background knowledge inmaterials processing. It was, however, not meant to substitute a good undergraduate textbook,but rather serve as an essential accompaniment to it for in-depth and integrated treatment ofselected materials processing topics. The book was not designed to develop the content in anevolutionary fashion that is normally needed to establish the foundation of an undergraduatecourse. It also did not include collections of solved examples and exercise problems; this was notsomething done on purpose or by designix but because the authors
, we designed asurvey targeting graduating senior students. These senior students have experienced all thecomputational modules throughout their curriculum and, therefore, best represent the studentsaffected by the SIIP project. This survey was distributed in the Materials Design course (MSE395), which is a required course for all senior MSE students. The survey focuses on three majorparts: (1) Computational learning experience; (2) Research and job hunting experience; and (3)Attitude towards computational tools. We received 32 responses out of a class of 103students.5.1 Computational learning experienceTo understand the influence of computational modules on student learning throughout thecurriculum, we asked the following three questions
instructor) and a final report prepared in the form of a journal paper.Student authors were given the opportunity to submit their manuscripts to the Journal ofUndergraduate Materials Research (JUMR) for consideration. The assessment of individualstudent performance was in the form of quizzes, teammate assessment and class participation.In addition to assessing the impacts on student learning and engagement for the re-designedcourse, this paper also reports on future plans to conduct follow-on research to assess the impactsthe re-designed course may have on the senior year capstone design experience.IntroductionThe beginning of the 2006 academic year marked the first semester of a re-design of thecurriculum in the Department of Materials Science and
appointment in Women’s Studies at Purdue University. She holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Alaska Fair- banks, M.S in science education from Connecticut Central State University, and Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research interests include girls’ participation in science and engineering; teacher’s engagement in action research; and science teachers’ integration of the engineering design pro- cess to improve science learning. Page 22.826.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implications for Materials Science and Engineering
postdoctoral appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Her current research explores the interplay between phase or morphological evolution and material functionality in structural materials under extreme conditions. She also maintains interest in engineering education, specifically in outreach and design thinking. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29797Prof. Robert Maass, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Robert Maass received a triple diploma in Materials Science and Engineering from the Institut National Polytechnique
Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Dale R Baker, Arizona State University Dale Baker is a science educator researching issues of equity and teaching and learning in
information management systems, introduction to technology and graphical communica- tion as well as senior design courses. He developed two online graduate courses: rapid prototyping and product design and lean manufacturing principles for MSET program. Dr. Ertekin has over six years of industrial experience related to quality and design engineering mostly in automotive industry. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. His area of expertise is in CAD/CAM, manufacturing processes, machine design with CAE meth- ods, rapid prototyping, CNC machining and quality control. His research interest includes sensor based condition monitoring of machining
balance between directing students to the best research path and letting them take ownership over the project.References 1. G. D. Kuh, High-impact educational practices: what they are, who has access to them, and why they matter. Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, 2008. 2. S. H. Russell, M.P. Hancock, and J. McCullough, “The pipeline: Benefits of undergraduate research experiences,” Science, vol. 316, pp. 548-549, Apr. 2007. 3. R. S. Hathaway, B. A. Nagda, and S. R. Gregerman, “The Relationship of undergraduate research participation to graduate and professional education pursuit: An empirical study,” Journal of College Student Development, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 614–631, 2002. 4
, synthesis and applications of different materials;while the manufacturing courses are focused on the applications and principles of differenttechnologies, machines, processes and their control procedures in producing a product. The lowenrollment and retention of students in these disciplines raises concerns about the impact of thecurriculum and teaching methods being practiced in these courses. Some of the recent efforts toattract a larger student pool to these disciplines are (a) creating an awareness of the impact ofmaterials science and manufacturing in our lives, to kindergarten through K-12 students (b)inviting students to attend Open Houses where the prospective students learn more about thesecourses, the student’s involvement in the research
Paper ID #16174Designing a Sophomore Materials Science Laboratory Course Centered onSustainabilityDr. Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida Dr. Nancy Ruzycki, is the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories and Faculty Lecturer within the De- partment of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida Herbert Wetheim College of Engineering. Her focus is on developing curriculum based on best practices for students in engineering and physics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Design of a Sophomore Materials Sciences Laboratory Centered on
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
international standards and best practices. On September 2011 the UANLpublished a new General Regulation for Evaluations (Reglamento General de Evaluaciones),which considers the development of competencies through the different courses of each programand requires the use of modern methods and practices, indicating that the evaluation for eachcourse cannot be specified using only a single method or score and has to be both formative andsummative through a series of specific and properly designed activities and their evidences. Tocomply with this regulation and at the same time satisfying ABET criterion 1 (relative to studentsand that specifies that “student progress must be monitored to foster success in attaining studentoutcomes..”) a new informatics
, and a new student research group was formed.This paper describes the exercises and demonstrations that have been used in our IntroductoryMaterials Engineering course that have stimulated enthusiasm for materials engineering and havecontributed to measurable enhancements to the course. The paper also describes those activitiesthat might be transferred to other types of institutions to accomplish materials awareness andexcitement. Specific materials science properties as they relate to stringed instrument design aregiven so that others adapt them for their own use. In addition, this paper contains acomprehensive literature search of the materials science aspect of musical instrument design tomake it easier for others to adapt the ideas
his appoint- ment at UIUC in August 2012. His research interests lie in materials science, molecular simulation, and machine learning, with particular directions in accelerated sampling using deep and manifold learning, and the design of antiviral vaccines, antimicrobial peptides, and self-assembling colloids and peptides. He is the recipient of a 2017 UIUC College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, 2016 AIChE CoMSEF Young Investigator Award for Modeling & Simulation, 2015 ACS OpenEye Out- standing Junior Faculty Award, 2014 NSF CAREER Award, 2014 ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator, and was named the Institution of Chemical Engineers North America 2013 Young Chemical Engineer of the
module to introduce the nanoscale to students, targeting high schooljuniors/seniors and their teachers. We mention teachers explicitly because in almost all cases, wesuspect that these materials must be educative for them. This is the responsibility of anymaterials that introduce new content.Our primary mission is to engage all students in the classroom with materials consisting of asound selection of content and best-practices. Reflecting the reasons stated above for introducingnanoscale learning, we want to motivate interest in science, and we want to contribute to theachievement of several learning goals.The module is designed to take about 2 weeks. This is a significant chunk of curriculum time,but the learning goals and tasks are not add-on
and has recently become interested in the areas of sustainability, industrial design, and the intersection of engineering and the performing arts.Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University RICHARD N. SAVAGE is an Associate Professor in the Materials Engineering Department at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. He joined Cal Poly in 2002 after 20+ years in industry. He received a bachelor in science degree from Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa. and a Ph.D. in Analytical/Physical Chemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington, In. He is the graduate coordinator for the MATE department and director of the Micro Systems Technology Group
intellectually challenging. Suggestionfrom the teacher participants for improvement mostly involved requests for more guidance onhow to incorporate what they were learning in their research into lessons for their classrooms.By describing this program and the successes and challenges encountered by the participants andorganizers, we intend to help others considering implementing REU/RET programs or othersummer research experiences to design and implement successful programs.IntroductionNumerous studies have shown that research experiences can have a strong influence onundergraduate students’ decisions to pursue graduate education in a science, technology,engineering, or mathematics (STEM) discipline.1–3 These programs can help students developvaluable
and therefore is potentially very useful in careers of the students post graduation. Specific lab activities were developed to help students learn the program. In the firstthree years of the curriculum development (2013 - 2015), an introductory SW lab utilizedtutorials native to SW. Students completed the tutorials in a computer lab with help from theinstructors and teaching assistants (TAs), and then they practiced their new skills by creating apart according to the information provided in an ASTM standard. In 2016, a new SWIntroductory Lab was developed specially to teach the student the key tools and features that theyneed for labs and the design project. The students were also instructed to learn on their own withresources such as
and high school teachers • Development of a multi-tiered advanced manufacturing program • Implementation of a program designed to promote increased awareness among underrepresented community college students regarding applying to medical and graduate school • Collaboration with federal labs and universities to prepare HCC students for summer research projects as part of a Homeland Security award • Development of specialized topic seminars in high-performance computing and programming • Numerous student and faculty research experiences at regional universities and federal agencies, and • Development and
becomes imperative that research is done to documentopportunities, issues, and effectiveness of the implementation of theoretically based pedagogicaltools in real classrooms settings with typical instructors.BackgroundIn order to observe, quantify, and research these relationships, an instrument for measuringclassroom and instructor dynamic must be used. The Reformed Teaching ObservationProtocol1,2 (RTOP) is a tool that assesses to what extent a given instructor's classroom behaviorsalign with research-based best-practice principles of classroom practice that promote studentengagement and effective teaching and learning. It gives researchers a valid and reliablequantifiable insight as to how “reformed” the instructor’s actions are based on best
participantsfelt that they were better prepared for future studies or employment, they did not feel like thesummer research experience had a significant impact on their future career or degree plans.Finally, while almost all of the participants described their summer research experience aspositive, areas for improvement included better planning and access to mentors, as well as morestructured activities for the teachers to adapt their research activities for the classroomIntroductionResearch experiences for undergraduate students have long been identified as a powerful tool tosupport and prepare participants to pursue graduate education in a science, technology,engineering or mathematics discipline1–3. Initiatives to promote these experiences such as
education was focused on the performance based engineering for structural systems under hazard loading, and application of innovative construction materials (fiber reinforced concrete) for underground construction. Her Ph.D. dissertation was focused on developing generalized performance-based seismic design procedures for residential buildings with a simplified format to be implemented by practice engineers. Her M.S. research was focused on performance of underground tunnel lining made from steel fiber reinforced shotcrete material. Dr. Liu is experienced in teaching structural engineering related courses and has held multiple positions as instructor at a number of engineering programs.Dr. Puttagounder Dhanasekaran
material science and its application to the i)characterization of polymers for meniscus replacement, ii) the design of magneticnanobiomaterials for hyperthermia cancer treatment. Page 26.670.22. PROJECT GOALSThe goals and objectives of this project are outlined below. • To develop multidisciplinary curricula on biomaterials that enhances student knowledge of fundamental concepts in core STEM disciplines. • To generate detailed experimental designs that can be disseminated and adapted by other faculty at 4-year universities on a national level. • To increase student interest in pursuing undergraduate and graduate study
implications for futureextension of the program to include a greater number of teachers, across a wider range ofgeographical areas.Methodology & MeasurementsThe first three years of the program (Autumn 2012 – Spring 2015) tested different tools todetermine a program with components best equipped to educate the participating teachers, createa professional learning community, and impact teacher practice. Based on established researchand the program’s theoretical model, this would empower the participants to teach materialsscience concepts effectively to their students. Twenty to thirty teachers have participatedannually. Additionally, treatment teachers can participate in the program for multiple years. The2016-2017 iteration of the program has been
Nanoengineering featurecoursework involving engineering at the nanoscale. It is designed for students with a strongbackground in engineering who seek additional, specialized training in order to find industrial orgovernment positions in fields that utilize nanotechnology. The graduate program has four focusareas: Nanocomposites, Nanoelectronics, Nanobiology and Computational Nano. Further detailsabout JSNN can be found at http://jsnn.ncat.uncg.edu In 2010 North Carolina A&T State University and The University of North Carolina atGreensboro signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of JSNN with BharatiVidyapeeth Deemed University in Pune, India (BVDU) which involves student and facultyexchanges. As a part of this program, two faculty
understanding how active learning methods are usedacross the world in materials science courses. For over 25 years, we have been supportingmaterials education globally through our software GRANTA EduPack. During that time, wehave seen how teaching has evolved and the impact active learning techniques have had formaterials education. In this paper, we will be sharing how materials teaching with active learningvaries around the world and how GRANTA EduPack and its associated resources can supportthese efforts. We hope this insight gained over many years can aid those looking to adjust theirmaterials courses to include more active learning techniques.IntroductionWe as a community of educators now have an increased understanding of how people learn, andare
. Candace K Chan, Arizona State University Candace K. Chan is an assistant professor in Materials Science and Engineering in the School for Engi- neering of Matter, Transport and Energy at Arizona State University. She teaches introductory materials science to undergraduate engineering majors and is exploring the role of frequent, formative feedback and web-based teaching and learning on student engagement and understanding of materials concepts. Dr. Chan also teaches an advanced course on electrochemical energy conversion and storage and leads a group of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers focused on the design and characterization of novel materials for batteries and photoelectrochemical applications