Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Ruşen Argun, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andre Schleife; Cecilia Leal; Dallas R. Trinkle, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nicola H. Perry, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Antonia Statt; Marie Agathe Charpagne

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research andindustrial applications in recent years. Since 2014, our team has consistently worked onreforming our Materials Science and Engineering curriculum at the University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign by incorporating computational modules into all mandatory undergraduatecourses. Here, we investigate the impact and effectiveness of these computational modules inlight of our recent graduates’ feedback. We surveyed alumni who graduated between 2017 – 2021and asked them about the benefits of the computational curriculum and the significance ofcomputation for their career. “data analysis” was reported to be the most significantcomputational practice, followed by “programming” and “simulation tools”. Python is the mostprevalent programming language

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D Goodman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Nicholas Robert Pozza; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; jean-charles stinville, University of Illionis Urbana-Champaign

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-Champaign I am currently the Associate Director of Assessment and Research team at the Siebel Center for Design (SCD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work with a group of wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Nicholas Robert PozzaDr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University; Langdon A. Feltner, Purdue University; Paul Mort, Purdue University

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Paper ID #41980A Scoping Review of Tools for Teaching Particle Science Engineering & TechnologyAdrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University Adrian Nat Gentry is a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University in Engineering Education. They completed their undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering from Purdue in May 2020. Adrian’s research interests include assessing student supports in cooperative education programs and the experiences and needs of nonbinary scientists. Adrian is involved with Purdue’s Engineering Education Graduate Association and the oSTEM chapter at Purdue.Langdon A. Feltner, Purdue UniversityPaul Mort, Purdue

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah A Goodman, Stevens Institute of Technology; Emily L Atieh, Stevens Institute of Technology

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of a final project in which they worked in groups to design a materials-enabledsolution for a problem they identified on campus. We administered a survey to gauge the sourcesof knowledge students pulled from during the scope of this project (Part I), as well as the impactof the course and project on three different constructs (Part II). Analysis of Part I of the surveysuggested that most students reported relying on knowledge they gained from the course or fromtheir own research for the project to at least a moderate extent. In comparison, just under half feltsimilarly regarding their reliance on their own prior knowledge. In Part II of the survey, wefound that the project and course appeared to positively impact students’ sense of belonging

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nutnicha Nigon, Oregon State University; Julie Tucker, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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graduation, she spent five years as a Principal Scientist at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady, NY researching welding and the thermal stability of structural alloys. In 2013, she joined the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University and was recently promoted to Full Professor. Dr. Tucker served as the Materials Science Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Director for five years and recently became the Director for the Design for Social Impact Program. Her research focuses on degradation of materials in extreme environments using both modeling and experimental approaches to gain fundamental understanding of materials performance.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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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University of British Columbia. He served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada and teaching and researching on the integration of learning technologies to improve hands-on science, scientific argumentation skills, and examination of the complicated impacts of learning technologies and design on K-12 STEM curricu- lum, pedagogy, and institutional policies in the Philippines and Canada. During his PhD program, he completedDr. Bosco Yu PhD, P.Eng, McMaster University, University of Victoria Dr. Yu was an Assistant Professor at McMaster University (from 2020-2022). He was the leading ma

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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required self-directed learning by the students, the true PBLnature of the course came in at the translation stage of the project. In the translation, studentswere tasked with identifying the constraints and design objectives specific to their chosen topic.Determination of appropriate constraints and objectives was highly individualized and requirednot only application of course content but additional research and critical thinking. Each projecttopic required consideration of different property values and process requirements. In a onesemester introductory course it was impossible to cover all attributes a student may need toaddress for any given topic. In completing a translation, therefore, students were required tograpple with ill-defined or

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Kelter, Northwestern University; Jonathan Daniel Emery, Northwestern University

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modelingenvironment designed specifically to have a “low threshold” to make it easy for novices to startmodeling, while still having a “high ceiling” of what is possible [32]. To start, students canengage in inquiry through modifying small amounts of code in existing models. This can eitherbe a form of open-ended “tinkering” with the code to explore what happens, or more directedmodifications to model a new phenomenon [33]. There have been many successful examples ofhigh school and college students learning to use NetLogo and successfully building incisivemodels in subjects such as biology [34] and MSE [35], [36].Prior research has shown increased student understanding of core concepts in MSE through theuse of computational models [36] as well as in related