MatDL.org: The Materials Digital Library and the National Science Digital Library Program

AbstractThe National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Program is a premier collective portal of authoritative scientific resources supporting education and research. With funding from NSF, the Materials Digital Library (MatDL) is a collaborative project being developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (NIST/MSEL), the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan (U-M), with Kent State University and University of Colorado at Boulder providing the materials science informatics and workflow technology backbone. As part of the NSDL program, MatDL aims to supports the interface of materials science information and its cognate disciplines, with an emphasis on soft matter. Initial content of MatDL begins with resources selected from NIST/MSEL. Students and faculty in three types of materials science and engineering (MSE) courses at MIT and U-M are taking part in a pilot to use and contribute to MatDL utilizing domain-specific authoring tools. Given the central and interdisciplinary role of materials science in science and engineering, two goals of MatDL are to: 1.) expand its founding partnership with additional participants from the MSE community; and 2.) facilitate the flow of digital materials related knowledge from laboratories where the most recent research discoveries are taking place to the classrooms where new scientists are being trained.

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NSF NSDL Materials Digital Library & MSE Education

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-0909-pp02-01 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 909 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laura M. Bartolo ◽

Sharon C. Glotzer ◽

Cathy S Lowe ◽

Adam C. Powell ◽

Krishna Rajan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Materials Science ◽

Scientific Data ◽

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽

State University ◽

Science And Engineering ◽

National Science ◽

Institute Of Technology ◽

Research And Education

AbstractThe National Science Foundation created the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) in order to establish a technical, communal, and organizational framework for access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. As part of the NSDL, the Materials Digital Library (MatDL) Pathway focuses specifically on serving the materials science (MS) community with a target audience that includes MS undergraduate and graduate students, educators, and researchers. MatDL is a collaborative effort involving the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Kent State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, Iowa State University, and Purdue University. Our network of collaborations also includes a Nanoscience Interdisciplinary Research Team, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, and International Materials Institute. A primary goal of MatDL is to bring materials science research and education closer together. MatDL provides innovative uses of digital libraries and the web as educational media in the MS community with particular emphasis on providing: 1) tools to describe, manage, exchange, archive, and disseminate scientific data 2) workspace for open access development of modeling and simulation tools 3) services and content for virtual labs in large undergraduate introductory science courses, and 4) workspace for collaborative development of core undergraduate MS teaching resources for emerging areas. This paper will provide an overview of the NSDL MatDL Pathway, details about specific aspects of the project, as well as interactions between research and education.

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

MRS Advances ◽

10.1557/adv.2017.165 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (31-32) ◽

pp. 1687-1692 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yakov E. Cherner ◽

Maija M. Kuklja ◽

Michael J. Cima ◽

Alexander I. Rusakov ◽

Alexander S. Sigov ◽

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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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Up Close: Northwestern University Materials Research Center

MRS Bulletin ◽

10.1557/s088376940005449x ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 36-36

Author(s):

Stephen H. Carr

Keyword(s):

Federal Government ◽

National Science Foundation ◽

Chemical Engineering ◽

Materials Science ◽

Advanced Materials ◽

Research Center ◽

Northwestern University ◽

National Science ◽

Materials Research ◽

Materials Science And Engineering

The Materials Research Center at Northwestern University is an interdisciplinary center that supports theoretical and applied research on experimental advanced materials. Conceived during the post-Sputnik era, it is now in its 26th year.The Center, housed in the university's Technological Institute, was one of the first three centers funded at selected universities by the federal government in 1960. The federal government, through the National Science Foundation, now supplies $2.4 million annually toward the Center's budget, and Northwestern University supplements this amount. Approximately one third of the money is used for a central pool of essential equipment, and the other two thirds is granted to professors for direct support of their research. Large amounts of time on supercomputers are also awarded to the Materials Research Center from the National Science Foundation and other sources.The Center's role enables it to provide partial support for Northwestern University faculty working at the frontiers of materials research and to purchase expensive, sophisticated equipment. All members of the Center are Northwestern University investigators in the departments of materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, or physics. The Materials Research Center is a major agent in fostering cross-departmental research efforts, thereby assuring that materials research at Northwestern University includes carefully chosen groups of faculty in physics, chemistry, and various engineering departments.

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The Changing Paradigm for Business Success in Advanced Materials and Components Manufacturing

MRS Bulletin ◽

10.1557/s088376940004104x ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 35-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

B. Barnett ◽

H.K. Bowen ◽

K. Clark

Keyword(s):

Materials Science ◽

Electronic Materials ◽

Dielectric Materials ◽

Time Frame ◽

Molecular Engineering ◽

Advanced Materials ◽

Business Success ◽

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽

Science And Engineering ◽

Institute Of Technology

The use of manmade materials progressed rather slowly until the science and technology of metals, refractories, and glass burst forth in the mid-1800s and continued its infancy through the first decades of the 20th century. In fact, much of the scientific wherewithal in industrial nations focused on the development of manmade materials from the standpoint of properties and fabrication processes. From the discipline of metal physics, which emerged in the 1930s, and from the scientific activities in ceramics, polymers, and electronic materials that blossomed in the 1940s and 1950s, a science and engineering base was established, enabling advanced materials and components to be fabricated, often for specific end-user applications. The molecular engineering of crystals, for example, has its roots in von Hippel's studies of dielectric materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which began in the 1930s. In this time frame, society, which had primarily used such materials as wood, gypsum, clay, copper, zinc, lead, and iron, turned to a broader set of materials to meet new uses. These new applications required an understanding not only of the composition of matter, but of novel and difficult processes as well. Research specialties broadened.From the late 1950s to the present, the knowledge base for materials and components has exploded. In this period, the scientific and technological field of endeavor—materials science and engineering (MS&E) — evolved from a collection of discrete, disparate arts and crafts with varied amounts of science and practitioners who generally did not stray from their own specialties to a more diffuse field where researchers take a broader approach to materials research and practice.

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Curricula For A Sustainable Future: A proposal for integrating environmental concepts into our curricula

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-827-bb4.5 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 827 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Linda Vanasupa ◽

Frank G. Splitt

Keyword(s):

Environmental Science ◽

Materials Science ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Environmental Research ◽

Science And Engineering ◽

Research Education ◽

National Science ◽

Materials Science And Engineering ◽

Manufacturing Techniques ◽

Environmental Concepts

AbstractThe global scientific community recognizes the critical need for industries to develop and practice manufacturing techniques that minimize harm to our environment. In the National Science Board's report Environmental Science and Engineering for the 21st Century, the National Science Foundation was urged to promote “Environmental research, education, and scientific assessment [as] one of NSF's higher priorities.” Although there are a number of independent efforts to fold environmental issues in existing undergraduate curricula, no dominant method has emerged as a means of including these concepts. One of the difficulties in adjusting our materials science and engineering (MSE) curricula is the problem of how and what to include in an already full curriculum. In this paper, we propose a path for integrating environmental and sustainability concepts within the framework of existing curricula. We will suggest learning outcomes for each year of the MSE curriculum and offer examples.

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

Impact ◽

10.21820/23987073.2020.9.80 ◽

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.

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Preface

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/1192/1/011001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1192 (1) ◽

pp. 011001

Keyword(s):

Chemical Engineering ◽

Materials Science ◽

Advisory Board ◽

Science And Engineering ◽

International Conference ◽

Publication Committee ◽

The World ◽

Materials Science And Engineering ◽

Scientific Platform ◽

International Advisory

Published by IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. The International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering held its 6th Edition on the 22nd and 23rd June 2021. With the theme ‘Nurturing Innovation for Sustainable Future’, the conference revolved around scientifically rigor findings that emphasize the elements of sustainability and innovation. ICBioE 2021 serves as a scientific platform for academic and industry researchers, entrepreneurs, and technologists to convene from around the world, and exchange their latest scientific findings in the field of Materials and Chemical Engineering. In addition, three keynote speeches by distinguished Professors from Malaysia and Singapore, as well as from a successful university spin-off entrepreneur, were delivered during this event. List of Proceedings Editors, Publication Committee, International Advisory Board, National Advisory Board, Organizing Committee are available in this pdf.

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