The Junior Laboratory: A Place to Introduce Basics as Well as New Findings

2002 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz J. Martínez-Miranda ◽  
O. C. Wilson ◽  
L. G Salamanca-Riba

ABSTRACTSince its establishment in 1997, the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland has successfully established laboratories where new findings are introduced and used to teach the basic concepts and basic experimental methods in Materials Science and Engineering. This presents the challenge of changing the materials, keeping in mind that the students are being introduced for the first time to many of the concepts. In the junior laboratory of materials, we have successfully changed three laboratories (optical microscopy, rectifying components and X-ray) and a demonstration (TEM) in order to introduce nanomaterials and biomaterials. These laboratories show that currently used techniques can aid in studying the new developments in materials and that most, if not all, the basic concepts can be applied in studying them. They also help the students look at the effects of the structure – processing – properties relationship that is basic to Materials Science and Engineering. We relate all laboratories to experiments and studies currently happening in materials science, even if we have not had the opportunity or the facilities to change it. The laboratory has been approved by ABET 2000.

2021 ◽  
Vol 1193 (1) ◽  
pp. 011001

As the Chairman of the 9th edition of the Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference (MESIC 2021) held in Gijόn (Spain) from 23 to 25 of June 2021, I have the honour to present the papers discussed at the conference by researchers and professionals from 18 different countries. This ninth edition was organized by the Manufacturing Engineering Area of the University of Oviedo on behalf of the Manufacturing Engineering Society (SIF). The conference was first held in Calatayud (Spain) in 2005, with the main objective of becoming a forum for the exchange of experiences between national and international researchers and professionals in the field of Manufacturing Engineering. The rest of the editions have been celebrated up to now with this same vocation. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) publishes here the 140 papers, organised according to the topics of the Conference, that were finally accepted for presentation at the MESIC 2021 after a rigorous peer review process. List of Committees Organizing Committee, Scientific Committee, Editors, Organizer, Promoter and Sponsors and this titles are available in this pdf.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
D.L. Bourell ◽  
H.L. Marcus

The college-wide interdisciplinary graduate program approach to graduate education is a viable alternative to the departmental structure for areas of study that span two or more traditional disciplines. This article will explore the nature of this organizational style using materials science and engineering as the example discipline. We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the graduate program approach in the light of more than 18 years of experience at the University of Texas at Austin.The primary task of any center for higher learning is the education of students in an environment conducive to the open exchange and dissemination of ideas and knowledge. Traditionally, the university has approached this task by assembling scholars with common foundations of expertise into a collective group, the department. Besides the obvious function of providing a structured setting for the concentration of scholars with similar interests, the department also serves as the front line of faculty governance for matters including tenure, promotion, salary, resource management, and distribution. For example, course content and degree requirements are initiated at the department level. Thus the organizational structure of the college, and hence of the university, is firmly built on the traditional concept of department, a concept that has served education well.However, there are liabilities to the departmental structure since its natural tendency is to compartmentalize knowledge with the concomitant academic provincialism. This mindset poses a particularly serious problem for a number of subject areas that are intrinsically multidisciplinary. Several examples in the field of engineering science are biomedical engineering, manufacturing and industrial engineering, nuclear engineering, environmental engineering and also materials science and engineering.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
I.M. Bernstein

There is considerable excitement and some turmoil in undergraduate and graduate education in the broad field of materials, as well as in its subfields of metallurgy, ceramics, and polymers. While the reasons are many, the underlying driver is the growth in the visibility and diversity of a young field evolving rapidly into a true discipline, much like chemical engineering and biology from their early roots mainly in chemistry.The University Materials Council (UMC), the group representing accredited materials departments has had a longstanding, obvious interest in education and has been actively involved in assessing current and future directions. More recently, a comprehensive study under the auspices of the National Research Council (the Materials Science and Engineering Study), has been undertaken to develop a unified view of recent progress and new directions in materials science and engineering (MSE), and to assess future opportunities and needs. As part of this ambitious endeavor, a panel on education (Panel 5) was established with the following charges:• To investigate and document existing human resources in MSE;• To identify future directions of education in MSE, including education in and out of materials departments;• To identify needs and opportunities for increasing interdisciplinarity in MSE; and• To identify needs and opportunities in lifelong education.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 19-19

Dr. D. Allan Bromley, President Bush's science adviser, is firmly committed to the administration's gaining a better understanding of materials science and engineering and then going forth with a cohesive program from there. The MRS BULLETIN interviewed him on July 17 in his office in the Old Executive Office Building. Following is an excerpt of that interview.BULLETIN: The Department of Commerce recently issued a report that identified advanced materials as by far the leading emerging technology. Is special consideration being previded to spur this critical technology sector?BROMLEY: First of ail, we are preparing so that next year we will work with the Office of Management and Budget to develop a coherent federal program that spans ail the agencies together to get a coherent look for the first time at federal activity in materials science and engineering. I have long thought that was an orphan area, not only in government but in many of the universities, because it doesn't fit into department or agency boundaries.At the same time, the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, chaired by Ralph Gomory, the former chief scientist at IBM and now president of the Sloan Foundation, will be focusing on advanced materials and manufacturing as two very important areas that bear on economie competitiveness.Third, the new National Critical Materials Council will be focusing specifically on advanced materials and will be comparing the program planned for research in that area next fall.


2000 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Stoebe ◽  
Darcy Clark ◽  
Rustum Roy

ABSTRACTA variety of educational resources are available in the area of materials science and engineering. These resources are widely dispersed and are often hard to find. Several efforts to collect and categorize the wide variety of educational modules, demonstrations, laboratories and texts have been launched in recent years, but none have been able to incorporate the vast majority of resources. The current effort is funded by NSF and has been collecting information from a variety of sources over the past year. It is being integrated with the Materials Education Library project that has been under way at the University of Michigan since 1997. These projects will result in a fully searchable database, published both on the world wide web and in a print catalog, with the first edition being available by summer 2000. The draft web site may be found at http://msewww.engin.umich.edu/MEL/; a permanent web site will be available by the end of 2000.


2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 949-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Bardella ◽  
Andre Montes Rodrigues ◽  
Ricardo Mendes Leal Neto

CrystalWalk is a crystal editor and visualization software designed for teaching materials science and engineering. Based on WebGL/HTML5, it provides an accessible and interactive platform to students and teachers by introducing a simplified crystallographic approach that creates crystal structures by combining a lattice with a motif without the use of its internal symmetry. CrystalWalk is the first software to use solely translational symmetry, aiming to introduce engineering students to the basic concepts of lattice and motif. Although very restrictive from the crystallographic point of view, CrystalWalk makes it simple for students to experiment, reproduce and visualize, in an interactive manner, most of the crystal structures that are commonly introduced in materials science and engineering curricula.


2000 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhard Bruch ◽  
Natalia Afanasyeva ◽  
Leslie Welser ◽  
Satya Gummuluri ◽  
Stan Showers ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Physics Department has a successful history of involving undergraduate students in interdisciplinary research, including the fields of materials science and engineering. The group directed by Prof. Reinhard Bruch has given a number of undergraduates the opportunity to work on professional-level research projects early in their career development. In our Physics Department at UNR, it is common to have a high percentage of undergraduates involved in research projects. Therefore, we suggest that the Materials Science and Engineering Program could explore the potential opportunity for spawning inter-disciplinary research programs involving undergraduates.


2000 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Paul ◽  
Helmut Foell ◽  
Kai Dolgner ◽  
Wolfgang Jaeger

ABSTRACTAn international study course program in Materials Science and Engineering based on innovative concepts in engineering education has been introduced by the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Kiel for students from Germany and especially from abroad. The study program offers advanced materials science education culminating in the internationally recognized degree “Master of Materials Science and Engineering”. It aims at providing students with the necessary skills to meet the challenges of a global job market and the demands of industry and research institutions in modern industrial societies. Some of the main characteristics of the program for which tuition fees are not required comprise theoretical teaching and lab training modules held in English language, internet teaching modules, a broad choice of courses including courses in nontechnical skills, a Master thesis in areas of functional or structural materials, collaboration with research institutes, as well as participation in the European credit point transfer system for international acceptance of the course work. The program has started successfully in 1999 with students coming mainly from the Eastern European countries.


2004 ◽  
Vol 827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Hammer ◽  
Deepa Srikantaiah

AbstractUniversity-based education outreach efforts in the areas of science and engineering are continuing to grow and be refined as their success stories rapidly increase. As we have learned, effective outreach to K-12 schools and the broader community requires an understanding of the K-12 educational system, making a long-term commitment to support and enhance the existing curriculum, training researchers, and meeting our own goals of integrating the excitement of new science and technology into the classroom.The University of Maryland (UMD) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Graduate Teaching Fellows Program (GK-12) is making strides to accomplish these objectives. This paper will be a descriptive overview of the of the UMD GK-12 Program. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of developing viable partnerships, integrating research-based concepts into the curriculum (emphasizing materials science related topics), and training research Fellows to develop the necessary skills to take advantage of their research background and to refine their teaching and communication skills within the scope of informal science and engineering education.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 738
Author(s):  
Hanshan Dong ◽  
Hongbiao Dong ◽  
Zushu Li

Following the past successful four events in Leicester (2010), Wuhan (2012), Oxford (2014) and Chongqing (2016), the 5th UK–China Steel Research Forum, in conjunction with the 16th Conference of Chinese Materials Association in the UK on Materials Science and Engineering, was held at the University of Birmingham, UK on 4–7 July 2018 [...]


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