Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi Thai, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

dualgraphics displays allowing the student to use one display for his or her personal workspace,while the second display could be used to view/share information with the instructor’s desktop,or to share into other students work during collaborative sessions. This project was started inmid-August 2007 and assessment results are presented in this article for Fall 07 and the early partof Spring 08.IntroductionOne of the thrusts for our Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department curriculum is topromote the active learning aspects for our engineering students during classroom lectures aswell as during laboratory experiments needed for the course1. Based on student technology fees,departmental and collegial funds, two collaborative classrooms were

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Johnstone, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Public Speaking Self-Efficacy of Engineering UndergraduatesAbstract This paper reports on how tailoring a speech communication course at The PennsylvaniaState University specifically for engineering undergraduates affected the public speaking self-efficacy of those students—a project partially funded by the Engineering InformationFoundation. This paper focuses on the following research question: Did engineering studentswho completed an engineering section feel more confident in their ability to communicateeffectively than engineering students who completed a regular section? Overall, students in the engineering sections increased their public speaking self-efficacyslightly more than students in the regular sections; this

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

monitoringgroup processes, whereas TBL depends on difficult tasks to stimulate group processes.Applying TBL to the Design ClassTBL was applied in the following way to the class in this study: 1. Learning phases were one week long to fit chapter length in the design text, Engineering Design by Eggert.8 2. In-class quizzes and exercises followed the TBL model. 3. A team design project spanning several weeks was the homework. Weekly assignments on the project were required. 4. Grading of the weekly assignments and a midterm formed the assessment.The class met in two-hour blocks, twice weekly for 15 weeks. The class of 24 students, 21 menand 3 women, was pseudo-randomly divided into six teams of four by the instructor. Althoughteams were

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

feminist pedagogy. The ideal suggeststhat the professor is a partner among students, not one assuming an omniscient authority Page 12.1611.5position. Having an open stance to questioning and critique, however, is difficult to achieve; 4nearly all feminists interviewed for this project acknowledged the challenges embedded inattempting to achieve, on the one hand, a balance between earning the respect of students inorder to guide them and, on the other, negotiating an egalitarian role among students.From this qualitative data (based on the feminist pedagogy participants interviews and theliterature), a

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ledlie Klosky; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

had little or no experience with either prior to the beginning of this project. Some limitedsemester-abroad programs had been undertaken previously on an individual basis, but noengineering students were included in any of these efforts. Further, while distance learning iswell known to the Army at large, with large-scale projects like Army Knowledge On-Line beingfairly common, USMA had not previously offered any courses to students not present oncampus. In that sense, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the offering of CE364, Mechanicsof Materials, was unique. This is strange, especially given the Army’s tradition of embracingdistance learning, but doubly so when one considers that the entire engineering portion of thestudent’s training is

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Hutchinson, Purdue University; Shawn Stevens, University of Michigan; Namsoo Shin Hong, University of Michigan; Molly Yunker, University of Michigan; Cesar Delgado, University of Michigan; George Bodner, Purdue University; William Fornes, Purdue University; Nick Giordano, Purdue University; Joseph Krajcik, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science and engineering and nanotechnology are emerging fields that containconcepts and phenomena that are not usually addressed in traditional science curricula, but inwhich students might be interested. Research efforts in the area of Nanoscale Science andEngineering Education (NSEE) teaching and learning have therefore recently been undertaken ina multi-institutional, collaborative project. This study investigated 7-12th grade students’ interestin various nanoscale science and engineering concepts and phenomena. In particular, weinvestigated whether we can identify activities based on nanoscale phenomena that will motivatediverse learners to explore and learn nanoscale science and engineering topics. We also reporton students’ suggestions for

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Craig Malquist, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

that of “Smart Dust”. The SmartDust Project was run by Pister, Kahn and others at Berkeley and had a goal of creating acomputerized ‘mote’ about 1 mm3 with independent power supply and the capability to collectdata and communicate it to other motes13, 15. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)techniques are used to incorporate sensors and computational capability on the same chip. TheSmart Dust Project produced a number of interesting concepts and derivative projects but did notof itself become a standard. The terminology ‘smart dust’ is now sometimes used in a genericsense to refer to very small computerized motes.Many applications are being proposed to use mesh networking and sensor mesh networks.Firefighting applications have already been

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

2006-1631: REDEFINING ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ATWRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYNathan Klingbeil, Wright State University NATHAN W. KLINGBEIL is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at Wright State University, and holds the title of Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998. Professor Klingbeil leads NSF supported research projects in the areas of manufacturing science and engineering curriculum reform. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work in engineering education, including the CASE Ohio Professor of the Year Award (2005), the

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Slater, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

programs, validated pre- andpost-assessment instruments were used. These were produced by the Assessing Women inEngineering (AWE) Project developed by the Pennsylvania State University and University ofMissouri funded by The National Science Foundation (HRD 0120642). To view the surveyinstruments, visit the AWE web site at www.aweonline.org and register as a user. Onceregistered, the user may login to view all of the instruments available for use in assessingundergraduate engineering mentoring programs.After the CEED office secured approval through the Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board,the AWE Undergraduate Engineering Mentee and Mentor Pre-Participation Surveys were sent toall participants who were 18-years of age and older by the date of

Conference Session

ChE: Computers and Simulation in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Faith Morrison, Michigan Technological University; Julia King, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

hasused EXCEL spreadsheets to study two-dimensional heat conduction in solid materials.Zheng and Keith9-10 have developed JAVA applets for unsteady and steady state transportproblems.As such, we present a handful of problems developed with the Comsol Multiphysics(formerly known as FEMLAB) finite element method modeling software1. We also usethe “Chemical Engineering Module” which allows for quick access to the typicalgoverning equations of momentum, heat, and mass transport. Additional modules are alsoavailable.As the authors are working on a National Science Foundation project to develop newmaterials for fuel cell bipolar plates, many of the modules developed here focus solving avariety of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

probably a really good experience.” 2. Joining extracurricular activities. One participant described it as follows: “And then completely not engineering related, there’s a dance club that I’m doing which is nice to keep up with. So I’m not just focusing everything on engineering but be able to balance it out…I keep all my interests in mind.” 3. Having good and enjoyable classes. For example: “I just love that [engineering design] class. My teacher has been great. I’ve learned a lot, really…I really like the fact that we’re working on real projects, not just some made up. But it’s a real company that’s come in and asked us to design this new process for them, so I think that’s really cool.” 4. Meeting

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Ann Layton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Thomas Reed Willemain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

, and do not collaborate. Step 5. Save your Minitab file as a project file (not a worksheet!) with your name on it, e.g., TomWillemain.MPJ. Step 6. Save your answers as a Word file with your name on it, e.g., TomWillemain.doc. Step 7. Email both your MPJ project file and Word file to willet@rpi.edu. Step 8. Turn this paper with the signed consent form back to Prof. Willemain. Thank you for your participation in this research project. We hope your data will help evolve our courses to better educate engineers in the art of data analysis. Page 23.572.14B. Prompt for Web Visitors exercise

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Laut, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

and robotics.Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Dr. Vikram Kapila is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF- funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and linear/nonlinear control for diverse engineering ap- plications. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

course) and do not examine the longer-termimpacts such as GTAs confidence and ability beliefs with regard to actually using such training.This study begins closing this gap by examining GTAs views on their own teaching practice orpedagogy competence.Scope of This WorkThis work is part of a larger study aimed at understanding the motivation and identitydevelopment of GTAs involved in FYEPs. The larger research study is a multi-phased mixedmethods research project that has employed reoccurring journal entry surveys over an academicterm, semi-structured interviews, and a nationwide survey. This portion of the project focuses ona subset of the interviews from the larger work and concentrates on the topic of teaching practiceor pedagogy competence

Conference Session

Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Beth A. Powell, Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

not beconfused with an instructor who accidentally creates an exam that is too hard.We became interested in left-of-center grading through an unrelated project on gender andcommunication in engineering. During the course of our interviews, we frequently heardcomplaints about tests with medians as low as 20. Curious, we began systematically asking ourinterview subjects about the pros and cons of this grading practice.Since adding this question to our protocol, we have interviewed a total of 83 engineeringundergraduates, professional engineers and faculty. Our study adds to research examiningcompetitive grading practices in engineering in that we focus our insight on a very specificgrading practice (e.g., left-of-center grading) and we include

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Isabella M. Quagliato, Yale University: School of Engineering & Applied Science

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Wilczynski was named the 2001 Baccalaureate College Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation, the only national award which recognizes outstanding college teaching.Ms. Isabella M Quagliato, Yale University: School of Engineering & Applied Science Isabella Quagliato joined Yale University in January 2013 as the Program Manager Analyst for the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). After obtaining her B.S. with high honors in Civil Engineering & Structural Design from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, she worked for two years as a structural engineering designer at Dewberry Good-kind, then worked for three years as a structural de- signer and project manager at Spiegel Zamecnik & Shah

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. It does, however, give indications about a set of information that cannot beconsidered a model of assessment.The model that we have designed and used for three semesters has two methods of assessingcourse learning objectives: direct and indirect.The direct assessment is conducted by the instructor where he or she will set up the level ofachievement that is designed for each objective. Then the instructor will get feedback on thelevel of achievement based on the tests, assignments and projects results meant to assess thelevel of achievement of the particular objective. This process will be an ongoing processthroughout the semester where the final actual level of achievements will be compared with thedesired level set by the instructor at the

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

lack. Further, Page 23.365.4they may imply a certain ideology of engineering design, or may be intended for specificpurposes, such as defining accreditation requirements, and may not be the most useful to studentstrying to understand the complicated range of activities encompassed by engineering design. Thedefinitions also tend to imply a rational, idealized, vision of engineering design practice, distinctfrom that which is actually used by practicing engineering designers.In this project, we explore and experiment with how freshman engineering students in the firstyear design sequence in the Engineering Science program at the University of

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, College of Engineering Pune; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, College of Engineering, Pune

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

consulting and verification and validation. He has headed the corporate product and technology innovations and quality and delivery innovation departments. He has designed and delivered workshops in the areas of problem solving, project management and innovation management that were received very well by the participants. Pradeep was on the apex senior management group before proceeding on to pursue his academic, research and social interests. Before Patni, he has worked at IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, SGGS College of Engineering and Crompton Greaves R & D Electronics in different research and academic positions. Pradeep Waychal has also published papers in peer reviewed journals, presented keynote invited talks in many

Conference Session

Materials Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter R Hondred, Iowa State University; Denise Crawford, Iowa State University; Debbie Ann Victor, Des Moines Independent Schools; Michael R. Kessler, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

understand? STUDENT 7: Well, [the resident engineer] has a lot of hands-on projects that we do. Experiments. And lately we have been doing a lot of labs too. MODERATOR: What makes science interesting to you? STUDENT 4: Well [the resident engineer], well sometime he makes it interesting with experiments. It was fun … and he helps put you into groups so you learn what you Page 23.67.7 don’t learn. STUDENT 1: [the resident engineer] makes it easier to learn. STUDENT 3: [the resident engineer] makes it fun and like you get to experiment with

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University; Bruce W. Weide, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

main components: a) thestudent’s computing-related major program; b) the entrepreneurship minor; and c) the culminatingentrepreneurship practicum. The requirements of the student’s major program, of course, varydepending on the particular major. For example, the CSE major consists of required and electivecourses in a range of topics from software design principles and practices to algorithms, fromcomputer systems and architectures to computer networking, from AI to computer graphics andvideo game design; and a culminating capstone project course which may, for example, consist ofdesigning and implementing a set of web services to meet the requirements of a real client.The entrepreneurship minor, offered in the business school, specialized for

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University; Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Sciences at Western Carolina University from 1999- 2002. During his days in the classroom, Dr. Depew won or was nominated for numerous teaching awards, including the James G. Dwyer Award presented to the Outstanding Teacher in the College of Technology. He has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator for over $2 million dollars in external grants to support academic programs and applied research projects in his department and college and serves as a reviewer for programs funded by the National Science Foundation. He is the author of more than 60 technical publications and papers and has served as a technical consultant for Fortune 500 companies on the subject of quality and productivity improvement

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Greg Luttrell

. Following the recommendation ofprevious mentors and that found in engineering education literature1, this course focused in-classactivities, lectures and assignments on a limited number of core transportation topics.The course met for three 50-minute periods each week. These class periods were used tointroduce topics, cover material through lecture, activities, discussions and homework review.The classroom portion of the class was operated to provide the students with an active/participatory learning environment.The course was loosely structured for 1,000-points possible: 371-points for homework andquizzes, 100-points each for the WebCT discussions, in-class discussions and final exam, 350-points for a semester long research project, 50-point team

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cassel

, Page 8.499.6were it not for them. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationPedagogic ApproachIn the classroom, the course is taught through the use of mini-lectures, case study discussions,and guest speakers. Faculty, including the author, have significant leadership experience inentrepreneurial technology companies. This provides for anecdotal, experiential sidebardiscussions that frequently punctuate class sessions. Homework assignments include readingsand case studies, essays on the case studies, and problem sets. Student teams also complete aterm project evaluating the market viability of an

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Reel; Christine Allard; Deborah Kaminski; Linda McCloskey

, entitled ProfessionalDevelopment I, provides students with background and training in communication,creativity, team dynamics, conflict resolution, leadership, values, risk taking, andpersonality types. The focus is on experiential teaching of practical applications andteaching methods are highly interactive. Professional Development I is part ofIntroduction to Engineering Design with students receiving 25% of their total coursegrade from the Professional Development portion and 75% from the engineering designportion. Within Introduction to Engineering Design, students are placed in teams andassigned a semester-long design/build/test project. A unique feature of the course is that

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh

simulators avaluable teaching aid as well.At Rowan we introduce process simulators starting at freshmen year and use them as apedagogical tool in several courses throughout the curriculum. This process has allowed us todevelop valuable examples and case studies to show students of the importance of reality checksand the immediate consequences of “blindly” trusting the process simulators results. Examplesapplied to system thermodynamics, distillation and reactor design will be shown.IntroductionProcess simulators are becoming a basic tool in chemical engineering programs. Senior leveldesign projects typically involve the use of either a commercial simulator or an academicsimulator such as ASPENPLUS, ChemCAD, ChemShare, FLOWTRAN, HYSYS, and PROIIw

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Igel, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Ronald Leonel Poveda, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

., performing mechanical testing and evaluation of scanners and other mobile devices in Holtsville, N.Y. His largely experimental research is focused on parametric studies of novel lightweight composites and simulations of functionally graded materials under load.Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Vikram Kapila is a professor of mechanical engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experi- ence for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF-funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio. His research interests are in cooper

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Yoon Suk Lee, Virginia Tech; John S Gero, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

curricula. To observe potential effects ofdesign education, students from two curricula at a large research-intensive state university arebeing studied. The control group is a major focused on engineering mechanics, which has atheoretical orientation that focuses on mathematical modeling based on first principles and haslittle formal design education prior to the capstone experience. The experimental group is amechanical engineering major that uses design as a context for its curriculum. In order to providea uniform basis for comparing students across projects and years, the authors use a task-independent protocol analysis method grounded in the Function-Behavior-Structure (FBS)design ontology. This paper presents results from the first-year of the

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Samuel Holton Lee, University of California, San Diego; Jacqueline Linh Le, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

for the ASCE Concrete Canoe competition team. She teaches a two-quarter technical elective course, which integrates not just the technical components of the concrete canoe project, but vital project management skills. Professionally, Van Den Einde is a member of ASCE and is currently the Secretary and Treasurer for the San Diego Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) chapter. Van Den Einde has her heart in the students’ interests.Samuel Holton Lee, University of California, San DiegoMs. Jacqueline Linh Le, University of California, San Diego Page 25.759.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida; David J Therriault, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. National Science Foundation-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. He has also been active in promoting qualitative research methods in engineering education through workshops presented as part of an NSF project. He has received several awards for his work, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Ralph Teetor Education Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, being named a University of Florida Distinguished Teaching Scholar, and being named the University of Florida Teacher of the Year for 2003-04. He is a member of the American Society for Engi- neering Education and the American Educational Research Association and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Polymer Reviews.Dr. Mirka