scholarly journals Renewables—disruptors? or Disrupted?

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (12) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garry Golden
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Energy Information Administration ◽  
Renewable Electricity ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
The Future ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Real Market ◽  
Renewable Electricity Generation

This article analyzes the future of renewable energy. Looking to the future, renewables are expected to be the fastest growing category of energy through 2035 as global efforts gain momentum. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, in its Annual Energy Outlook 2011, renewable electricity generation is expected to grow by 72%, raising its share of total power generation from 11% in 2009 to 14% in 2035. The strongest sources of growth will be wind and biomass, while solar remains the perennial dark horse with tremendous but unproven potential. Renewables could also see breakthroughs ahead based on advances in nanotechnology and its impact on materials science and engineering. To overcome the challenges to gaining real market share from legacy hydrocarbons, renewables must catch the wave of other trends shaping the global energy landscape, including materials engineering and business models that help to lower barriers and speed adoption.

Castaing’s Electron Microprobe and Its Impact on Materials Science

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale E. Newbury
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microprobe ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Basic Infrastructure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

Abstract The development of the electron microprobe by Raymond Castaing provided a great stimulus to materials science at a critical time in its history. For the first time, accurate elemental analysis could be performed with a spatial resolution of 1 µm, well within the dimensions of many microstructural features. The impact of the microprobe occurred across the entire spectrum of materials science and engineering. Contributions to the basic infrastructure of materials science included more accurate and efficient determination of phase diagrams and diffusion coefficients. The study of the microstructure of alloys was greatly enhanced by electron microprobe characterization of major, minor, and trace phases, including contamination. Finally, the electron microprobe has proven to be a critical tool for materials engineering, particularly to study failures, which often begin on a micro-scale and then propagate to the macro-scale with catastrophic results.

Adventures with a Flipped Classroom and a Materials Science and Engineering MOOC : “Fools Go Where Angels Fear to Tread”

2013 ◽  
Vol 1583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce M. Clemens ◽  
Chinmay Nivargi ◽  
Antony Jan ◽  
Yuxiang Lu ◽  
Emily Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Energy Solution ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The Future ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering

ABSTRACTIn the fall of 2012 the Stanford University materials science course Solar Cells, Fuel Cells and Batteries: Materials for the Energy Solution was offered as a flipped class and a massively open online course (MOOC). To the best of our knowledge, this was the first materials science MOOC. Here we describe how the course was implemented, and present results on performance, demographics and other observations that were made. Finally, we provide some perspectives for the future of the implementation of these engineering MOOCs.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence to Power the Future of Materials Science and Engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1900143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wuxin Sha ◽  
Yaqing Guo ◽  
Qing Yuan ◽  
Shun Tang ◽  
Xinfang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The Future ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering

Links of science & Technology

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry J. Leamy ◽  
Jack H. Wernick
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
New Era ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Blank Slate ◽  
Performance Gains ◽  
And Control

We humans have employed and improved materials for millennia, but it required the Industrial Revolution of the last century to birth the systematic, science-based development of materials. During this time, effort expended in understanding the process-microstructure-properties relationships of materials conferred great economic and military advantage upon the successful. The introduction of machine power in this era created great leverage for improvements in the strength, ductility, corrosion resistance, formability, and similar properties of materials. Response to this opportunity led to the emergence of the materials profession. Stimulated by opportunity, materials scientists and engineers of the day met many of the challenges by first understanding and then controlling the composition and microstructure of materials. In the process, they defined the materials-engineering profession and left their names as a part of its vocabulary: Martens(ite), Bain(ite), Austen(ite), Schmid, Bessemer, Charpy, and Jomminy, to name a few. In fact the understanding and control of microstructure is the hallmark of materials science and engineering. Of course the ancient art of finding, mining, concentrating, and refining materials from the earth's crust does not apply to this definition since we wish to focus on the engineering of materials.Five decades ago, a new chapter in the evolution of this profession began by the invention of the transistor. This invention and the development of integrated circuitry that followed from it spawned a new era of materials achievement, again stimulated by the enormous economic and performance gains available. In this arena however, the object of the game was to completely eliminate microstructure while doing away with impurities, save for a desired few, to levels previously unimagined. Today a material thus prepared is a blank slate upon which we can write the microstructure of an integrated circuit.

Integrating Industry Research in Pedagogical Practice

2015 ◽  
pp. 254-272
Author(s):  
Krishnan Kannoorpatti ◽  
Daria Surovtseva
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Microbial Corrosion ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Microstructural Effect

This chapter discusses how the issue of microbial corrosion can be incorporated in the Materials Engineering curriculum. Research in this field contributes to knowledge building in microstructural effect of corrosion, and development of advanced corrosion protection techniques, which aligns with the essence of Materials Science and Engineering. This chapter suggests an instructional approach where students undertake a project in which they produce a database summarizing the relationship between corrosion rate and factors as types of bacteria, functional genes, types of alloys, and welding procedures. The benefit of such approach is two-fold. First, discussion of this topic in the curriculum provides an opportunity to introduce approaches for efficient management of the current issues encountered in industry. Second, there is currently no comprehensive database on the microbial corrosion conditions. Additionally, this chapter provides some insights into the best instructional strategies for the efficient management of an online engineering course in higher education.

Linking Materials Science and Engineering Curriculum to Design and Manufacturing Challenges of the Automotive Industry

2015 ◽  
pp. 46-66
Author(s):  
Fugen Daver ◽  
Roger Hadgraft
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Interdisciplinary Cooperation ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
The Right

Materials engineering applications are becoming more widespread, varied and sophisticated due to advances in science and increasing interdisciplinary cooperation. To be able to impart engineering graduates with the required technical background, educators need to update the course syllabus and the program curriculum continuously. Most importantly, in a world of constant change, educators need to develop the right graduate capabilities in engineering students. This calls for new, innovative teaching approaches to materials education. This chapter demonstrates the authors' teaching approach through the design and development of an Automotive Materials course at postgraduate level in an ‘International Automotive Engineering' program at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. To elucidate this teaching approach to materials education, the authors discuss in detail the need to impart an up-to-date understanding of new, alternative materials, the development of graduate capabilities, interdisciplinary systems thinking towards materials education, and the environmental sustainability of engineering materials.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence to Power the Future of Materials Science and Engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 2070042
Author(s):  
Wuxin Sha ◽  
Yaqing Guo ◽  
Qing Yuan ◽  
Shun Tang ◽  
Xinfang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The Future ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering

scholarly journals The Challenges and Opportunities of Energy-Flexible Factories: A Holistic Case Study of the Model Region Augsburg in Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 360
Author(s):  
Stefan Roth ◽  
Paul Schott ◽  
Katharina Ebinger ◽  
Stephanie Halbrügge ◽  
Britta Kleinertz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Local Network ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Energy Balancing ◽  
Renewable Electricity ◽  
Renewable Electricity Generation ◽  
Model Region

Economic solutions for the integration of volatile renewable electricity generation are decisive for a socially supported energy transition. So-called energy-flexible factories can adapt their electricity consumption process efficiently to power generation. These adaptions can support the system balance and counteract local network bottlenecks. Within part of the model region Augsburg, a research and demonstration area of a federal research project, the potential, obstacles, effects, and opportunities of the energy-flexible factory were considered holistically. Exemplary flexibilization measures of industrial companies were identified and modeled. Simulations were performed to analyze these measures in supply scenarios with advanced expansion of fluctuating renewable electricity generation. The simulations demonstrate that industrial energy flexibility can make a positive contribution to regional energy balancing, thus enabling the integration of more volatile renewable electricity generation. Based on these fundamentals, profiles for regional market mechanisms for energy flexibility were investigated and elaborated. The associated environmental additional expenses of the companies for the implementation of the flexibility measures were identified in a life-cycle assessment, with the result that the negative effects are mitigated by the increased share of renewable energy. Therefore, from a technical perspective, energy-flexible factories can make a significant contribution to a sustainable energy system without greater environmental impact. In terms of a holistic approach, a network of actors from science, industry, associations, and civil society organizations was established and actively collaborated in a transdisciplinary work process. Using design-thinking methods, profiles of stakeholders in the region, as well as their mutual interactions and interests, were created. This resulted in requirements for the development of suitable business models and reduced regulatory barriers.

Specific Materials Science and Engineering Education

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.W. Readey
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Material Structure ◽  
Structure And Properties ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Metallurgical Engineering ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Common Interests

Forty years ago there were essentially no academic departments with titles of “Materials Science” or “Materials Engineering.” There were, of course, many materials departments. They were called “Metallurgy,” “Metallurgical Engineering,” “Mining and Metallurgy,” and other permutations and combinations. There were also a small number of “Ceramic” or “Ceramic Engineering” departments. Essentially none included “polymers.” Over the years titles have evolved via a route that frequently followed “Mining and Metallurgy,” to “Metallurgical Engineering,” to “Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering,” and finally to “Materials Science and Engineering.” The evolution was driven by recognition of the commonality of material structure-property correlations and the concomitant broadening of faculty interests to include other materials. However, the issue is not department titles but whether a single degree option in materials science and engineering best serves the needs of students.Few proponents of materials science and engineering dispute the necessity for understanding the relationships between processing (including synthesis), structure, and properties (including performance) of materials. However, can a single BS degree in materials science and engineering provide the background in these relationships for all materials and satisfy the entire market now served by several different materials degrees?The issue is not whether “Materials Science and Engineering” departments or some other academic grouping of individuals with common interests should or should not exist.

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