(2025, June), BOARD # 7 : MAKER: Integrating additive manufacturing into engineering education through hands-on learning  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . https://peer.asee.org/55885

\bibitem{asee_peer_55885}
   (2025, June), \emph{BOARD \# 7 : MAKER: Integrating additive manufacturing into engineering education through hands-on learning}
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada .
  https://peer.asee.org/55885

.  "BOARD # 7 : MAKER: Integrating additive manufacturing into engineering education through hands-on learning".  2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada , 2025, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/55885 Internet.  19 Aug, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_55885}
  .
  "BOARD \# 7 : MAKER: Integrating additive manufacturing into engineering education through hands-on learning".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada , 2025, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/55885 Internet.  19 Aug, 2025

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AB  - Hands-on learning is crucial in materials education because it provides students with an opportunity to enhance their theoretical knowledge with practical experience. One tool that can be used in improving the hands-on experience for materials science undergraduate students is additive manufacturing (AM). By using AM as a tool, the Materials Science and Engineering (MSEN) department at a Texas A&M University has developed a facility for its MSEN undergraduate students to have a hands-on-learning experience with different AM technologies. The facility is designed to create a classroom friendly environment where students shall reinforce the four paradigms (Processing, Structure, Properties, Performance) of materials science. Dependent on the material type (metals, polymers and ceramics), educators will be guiding students in exploring AM technologies relevant to the specific material being studied. Through this innovative approach, we aim to demonstrate that AM can be used as a hands-on learning tool for undergraduate students, which can be used by educators to develop the technical proficiency of students. Working within the facility will benefit students by allowing them to gain expertise in skills with AM technologies. First, students will be able to improve their understanding of the influence of different AM processes on material performance. By learning about the different processes, students will be able to determine the appropriate AM process that can be used for printing a specific material. Second, students will be proficient in the different facets of AM such as fabrication, post-processing and characterization. Students will be taught on the operation of different AM equipment for fabricating materials as well as utilizing characterization techniques such as microscopy and mechanical testing to evaluate the performance of the material. Finally, students will be able to correlate their AM knowledge to real-world problems pertinent to the field of MSEN thereby improving their critical thinking skills.
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