MATERIALS ENGINEERING The undergraduate engineering educational experience can be enhanced when students get to see and do things that compliment traditional class room lecture. To accomplish this, the Gateway Materials Group has developed education modules that demonstrate materials science and engineering concepts at introductory and intermediate levels. These modules contain hands-on laboratory and instrumentation procedures, multi-media instruction modules, and video demonstrations. Educators can pick and choose these tools, view or download them, according to the requirements of their university�s curricula.

There are 4 projects in this section. 1. Multimedia Teaching Modules for Materials 2. Quantum Structure of Materials 3. Solid State Materials(1994) 4. Strengthening Materials Education 1. Multimedia Teaching Modules for Materials Contact Name: Jed Lyons Organization: University of South Carolina The Gateway Materials Group has developed education modules that demonstrate materials science and engineering concepts at introductory and intermediate levels. These modules contain hands-on laboratory and instrumentation procedures, multi-media instruction modules, and video demonstrations. Educators can pick and choose these tools according to the requirements of their university's curricula. Click Here To Visit Web Page [Back to Index/Top] 2. Quantum Structure of Materials Contact Name: John DiNardo Organization: Drexel University This material was presented at the Frontiers in Education Conference held November 4-7, 1998 in Tempe, Arizona. The quantum mechanical concepts of physics are key elements to modern materials science and engineering. This paper describes a multi-institution project entitled Quantum Structure of Materials directed at developing new undergraduate course materials, state-of-the-art laboratory experiences, computer-based tutorials, and computational exercises in the field of advanced solid state materials. File Type: MS PPT File Size: 266 Kb Click Here To Download [Back to Index/Top] 3. Solid State Materials(1994) Contact Name: Fred Fontaine Organization: The Cooper Union This is a senior level course on electromagnetics for electrical engineers. About six weeks out of fifteen are devoted to materials and material properties. Specifically, (portions) of modules 3, 4, 5 are covered with the class, with some topics from the first two modules on an as-needed basis. The course as a junior level engineering electromagnetics course as a prerequisite, which covers time-varying electromagnetics fields, and specifically plane waves and transmission lines. The first half of the second course covers guided and radiated waves, and modeling and measurement of circuits at high frequencies. The second half of the course introduces microwave and optical systems and devices with applications; materials and material properties are produced. Thus, ferrites are described with the intention of presenting isolators and circulators; nonlinear and anisotropic optics are discussed to present electro-optic applications; and optical fibers, lasers and photodiodes are discussed to present optical fiber communication systems. This course is intended as a first course in materials science, but from the perspective of electrical and optical properties of materials rather than mechanical properties. It can be offered as an elective to all engineering students, electrical as well as mechanical, civil, or chemical engineering. Click here to View Document [Back to Index/Top] 4. Strengthening Materials Education Contact Name: Jim Jacobs Organization: Other New Update '98 will mark the 13th annual workshop/conference aimed at improving the teaching of materials science, engineering and technology. Click Here To Visit Web Page [Back to Index/Top]