Shechtman, Prof. Daniel, (born 24 Jan. 1941), Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science, since 1989, and Distinguished Professor, since 1998, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, since 2004; Senior Chemist, Materials Chemistry and Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory, Iowa, since 2004

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
State University ◽  
Materials Chemistry ◽  
Iowa State University ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Israel Institute ◽  
Ames Laboratory ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Technion Israel Institute

Outreach Opportunities Using the Instructional SEM at Iowa State University

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 412-413
Author(s):  
L. S. Chumbley ◽  
M. Meyer ◽  
K. Fredrickson ◽  
F.C. Laabs
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
State University ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Audio Signals ◽  
Iowa State University ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Sem Image ◽  
Local Schools ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Video And Audio

The development of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) suitable for instructional purposes has created a large number of outreach opportunities for the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Department at Iowa State University. Several collaborative efforts are presently underway with local schools and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) at ISU to bring SEM technology into the classroom in a near live-time, interactive manner. The SEM laboratory is shown in Figure 1.Interactions between the laboratory and the classroom use inexpensive digital cameras and shareware called CU-SeeMe, Figure 2. Developed by Cornell University and available over the internet, CUSeeMe provides inexpensive video conferencing capabilities. The software allows video and audio signals from Quikcam™ cameras to be sent and received between computers. A reflector site has been established in the MSE department that allows eight different computers to be interconnected simultaneously. This arrangement allows us to demonstrate SEM principles in the classroom. An Apple Macintosh has been configured to allow the SEM image to be seen using CU-SeeMe.

“Materials” Education: The Second Time Around

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Rustum Roy
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Atomic Energy Commission ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
School Committee ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Synthesis And Processing ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Robert Sproull, the director of AREA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) in the Pentagon, recorded that Pennsylvania State University and Carnegie Institute of Technology first made proposals in 1957 for “interdisciplinary block funding” in what would essentially become “materials” research. But it was the industrial push (by W.O. Baker of AT&T Bell Laboratories and C.G. Suits of General Electric) that helped ARPA start the funding of 12 interdisciplinary materials research laboratories (IDMRLs) between 1960 and 1963. Pennsylvania State University was added in 1963 as a special modest grant limited to materials preparation (synthesis and processing). NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission added six more within two years. The first interdisciplinary degree program in “materials” (then called solid-state technology), administered directly by a graduate school committee drawn from 10 departments, was started under my chairmanship, at Penn State in 1959-60. Probably the first departmental degree program in which a metallurgy department expanded its scope (and changed its name) to include other materials was started at nearly the same time at North western University by Prof. M.E. Fine. It is noteworthy that at least in these two cases the intellectual and curricular argument for integration of degree work preceded the research grants and organization. These two separate patterns have both now permeated the entire national system, and we should clearly distinguish between them. By 1969 the first national colloquy on materials, held at Penn State and published under the title Materials Science and Engineering in the U.S., took an evaluative look at materials education.

scholarly journals Construction of omni-directional elastic modulus evaluation system using lamb wave for fabric

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
pp. 80-82
Author(s):  
Shuichi Akasaka
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Tokyo Institute ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Engineers and materials scientists are constantly working to improve the quality of our built environments and vehicles, including noise levels and vibration. The researchers pursuing the duel goals of safety and comfort are increasingly being challenged as the projects they work on advance technologically, in size and are constructed with new materials. Buildings grow taller and must compensate for greater movement and vibrations from wind or shifting foundations. Cars especially are undergoing drastic changes that require a rethinking of the material and designs of their frames, panels, doors and windows. The advent of electric motors for example, has reduced overall noise but shifted the frequency of sound higher, making them more uncomfortable. Assistant Professor Shuichi Akasaka, who is based in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, is carrying out research to design new materials that reduce vibration and noise, and create the quiet, safe automobiles and living spaces of the future.

Microscopy and Microanalysis: An International Journal for the Biological and Physical Sciences

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (I1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
San Antonio ◽  
Biological Applications ◽  
State University ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Analysis Society ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Microscopical Society ◽  
Microbeam Analysis Society

The official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada / Société de, Microscopie du Canada, Mexican Microscopy Society, Brazilian Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis, Venezuelan Society of Electron Microscopy, European Microbeam Analysis Society, Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society.Published in affiliation with Royal Microscopical Society, German Society for Electron Microscopy, Belgian Society for Microscopy, Microscopy Society of Southern Africa.Editor in Chief, Editor, Microanalysis: Charles E. Lyman, Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 5 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3195, Phone: (610) 758-4249, Fax: (610) 758-4244, e-mail: [email protected], Biological Applications: Ralph Albrecht, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1581, Phone: (608) 263-3952, Fax: (608) 262-5157, e-mail: [email protected], Materials Applications: David J. Smith, Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1704, Phone: (480) 965-4540, Fax: (480) 965-9004, e-mail: [email protected], Materials Applications: Elizabeth Dickey, Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 223 MRL Building, University Park, PA 16802-7003, Phone: (814) 865-9067, Fax: (814) 863-8561, e-mail: [email protected], Light and Scanning Probe, Microscopies: Brian Herman, Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7762, Phone: (210) 567-3800, Fax: (210) 567-3803, e-mail: [email protected], Biological Applications: Heide Schatten, Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1600 E. Rollins Street, Columbia, Missouri 65211-5030, Phone: (573) 882-2396, Fax: (573) 884-5414, e-mail: [email protected] Editor, Book Review Editor: JoAn Hudson, Advanced Materials Research Labs., Clemson Univ. Research Park, Rm. 105, Anderson, SC 29625, Phone: (864) 656-7535, Fax: (864) 656-2466, e-mail: [email protected] Section Editor: James N. Turner, Phone: (518) 474-2811, Fax: (518) 474-8590, e-mail: [email protected] Editor: William T. Gunning III, Phone: (419) 383-5256, Fax: (419) 383-3066, e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Stuart McKernan, Phone: (612) 624-6009, Fax: (612) 625-5368, e-mail: [email protected].

Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University: Responding to an Industrial Need

2001 ◽  
Vol 684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy J. Moll ◽  
William B. Knowlton ◽  
David E. Bunnell ◽  
Susan L. Burkett
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
State University ◽  
Materials Selection ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Bachelor's Degrees ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
A Minor

ABSTRACTThe College of Engineering at Boise State University (BSU) is a new program in only its fifth year of existence. Bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering (CE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME) are offered with M.S. Degrees in each discipline added this year. The industrial advisory board for the College of Engineering at BSU strongly recommended enhancement of the Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) offerings at BSU. In response to local industry's desire for an increased level of coursework and research in MS&E, BSU has created a minor in MS&E at both the undergraduate and graduate level.The MS&E program is designed to meet the following objectives: provide for local industry's need for engineers with a MS&E competency, add depth of understanding of MS&E for undergraduate and graduate students in ECE, ME and CE, prepare undergraduate students for graduate school in MS&E, improve the professional skills of the students especially in the areas of materials processing and materials selection, provide applied coursework for Chemistry, Physics, and Geophysics students, and offer coursework in a format that is convenient for students currently working in local industry.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING SYSTEMS THINKING SKILLS: A HIGH-SCHOOL COURSE ON ENGINEERING DESIGN

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aharon Gero ◽  
Ofer Danino
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Israel Institute ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Technion Israel Institute

A unique course has recently been developed at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology for 12th grade students majoring in physics and electronics. During the course students are required to complete – on a team basis – various engineering tasks. The aims of the course are to increase its graduates’ motivation to study science and engineering, to develop their systems thinking skills, and to train them in teamwork. The study described in the paper examined to what degree the course’s second goal (developing systems thinking) had been attained. Thirty-two 12th graders participated in the study, which utilized quantitative tools alongside qualitative ones. The students were asked to fill out an anonymous questionnaire at the beginning and the end of the course. The questionnaire was a five-level Likert scale based on the CEST (Capacity for Engineering Systems Thinking) questionnaire. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were held with students at the end of the course. The study indicates an improvement in students’ systems thinking skills – characterized by a large effect size.

The Use of Web-based Virtual X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory for Teaching Materials Science and Engineering

MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (31-32) ◽  
pp. 1687-1692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakov E. Cherner ◽  
Maija M. Kuklja ◽  
Michael J. Cima ◽  
Alexander I. Rusakov ◽  
Alexander S. Sigov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Actual Equipment ◽  
Performance Based Assessment ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Institute Of Technology

ABSTRACTA virtual X-Ray Laboratory for Materials Science and Engineering has been developed and used as a flexible and powerful tool to help undergraduate and graduate students become familiar with the design and operation of the X-ray equipment in visual and interactive ways in order to learn fundamental principles underlying X-ray analytical methods. The virtual equipment and lab assignments have been used for: (i) authentic online experimentation, (ii) homework and control assignments with traditional and blended courses, (iii) preparing students for hands-on work in physical X-ray labs, (iv) lecture demonstrations, and (v) performance-based assessment of students’ ability to apply gained theoretical knowledge for operating actual equipment and solving practical problems. Students have also used the virtual diffractometer linked and synchronized with an actual powder diffractometer for blended experimentation. Using the associated learning and content management system (LCMS) and authoring tools, instructors kept track of students’ performance and designed new virtual experiments and more personalized learning assignments for students. The lab has also been integrated with the MITx course available on the massive open online course edX platform for Massachusetts Institute of Technology for undergraduate students.

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