Program IMES 2023
12th International Materials Education Symposium

Symposium Day One: Tuesday April 4, 2023
8:45 am | WELCOME ADDRESSES | ||
8:45 am | Graham McShane, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge Claes Fredriksson, Ansys Academic Development | ||
8:55 am | Dipankar Choudhury, Office of the CTO, Vice President, Research at ANSYS, Inc. | ||
9:00 am | SESSION 1 - Innovative Teaching Chair: Noel Rutter, Cambridge University | ||
9:05 am |
William D. Callister, University of Utah
A New Paradigm for Learning the Fundamentals of Materials Science & Engineering | ||
9:25 am | Bosco Yu, University of
Victoria Gamified Design-led Materials Science Education | ||
9:45 am | Andrew Rodda, Monash University
Noel Rutter, University of Cambridge, Thales Ferreira, University of Oxford Student Engagement and Skills Development via Extracurricular Student Teams | ||
10:05 am | Poster Session Teaser | ||
10:25 am | Coffee Break & Poster Session | ||
11:10 am | Ulrike G. K. Wegst, Northeastern University, The Discover Materials! Project: From Materials Speed Dating to Research and Materials Thinking for Sustainability |
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11:30 am | Pischedda Vittoria, Institut
Universitaire de Technologie Innovative pedagogical practices for teaching material science at the Mechanical and Production Engineering Department of the University of Lyon 1 |
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11:50 am | Núria Salán, Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya Myths and lies of metallurgy in cinema | ||
12:10 pm | Session Discussion – Chair
12:30 pm |
Lunch Break &
Symposium Photograph
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1:45 pm | SESSION 2 – Sustainability and Energy Chair: Darshil Shah, University of Cambridge | ||
1:50 pm | Darshil Shah, University of Cambridge Teaching materials impact assessment as a design tool for tomorrow's built environment designers | ||
2:10 pm | Ronald Kander, Thomas Jefferson University
Life Cycle Assessment and the Circular Economy: A Teaching Case Study |
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2:30 pm | Itai
Vutabwarova, The University of Sheffield Teaching sustainability for manufacturing apprenticeships |
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2:50 pm | Mauricio Dwek, Ansys Academic Field Team Driving ecodesign forward: the new challenge of SAE Brasil |
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3:10 pm | Coffee Break & Poster Session | ||
3:50 pm | Tim Huber, Luxembourg Institute of
Science and Technology Teaching material recycling through a Dragons' Den project |
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4:10 pm | Fred Veer, Delft University of Technology Designing a course in eco-friendly materials selection for design student |
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4:30 pm | Ana Urbieta and Paloma
Fernández Sánchez, University Complutense Madrid Building the house of our dreams with Advanced Materials |
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4:50 pm | Session Discussion – Chair | ||
5:20 pm | End of Day 1 |
Symposium Day Two: Wednesday April 5, 2023
9:00 am |
SESSION 3 - Design and Simulation Chair: Bosco Yu, University of
Victoria | ||
9:05 am | David Mercier, Ansys CR&D Team
Data management courses implementation in a master degree simulation projects | ||
9:25 pm | Li Wang, Queen Mary University of London
Flexible data-led approach for fostering concepts on synergy of different properties in materials teaching and projects |
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9.45 am | John Robertson-Begg, University of Derby
Introducing Data Science concepts into Materials Teaching |
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10:05 am | Coffee Break | ||
10:50 am | Steffen Ritter, Reutlingen University
SCHOOLTOOL- thrive their drive; Education and training rethought |
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11:10 am |
Flavia Papile, Politecnico di Milano Material Science and Design NEXUS: A Case Study | ||
11:30 am | Session Discussion – Chair
11:50 am |
Lunch Break |
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1:00 pm |
SESSION 4 - Specialist topics and educational practices Chair: Paloma Fernández Sánchez,
University Complutense Madrid
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1:05 pm | Ana Maria Gonzalvez-Pons,
Colegio el Armelar, From Roman coins to multidisciplinary metallurgy |
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1:25 pm | Emilio Castro, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Engaging bioengineering students in materials science and engineering through active learning and interactive classroom activities |
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1:45 pm | Li Wang, Queen Mary University of London
Implementing industrial practice of engineering quality management into classroom to increase students’ ownership |
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2.05 pm | Coffee break | ||
2:50 pm | Susan Gentry, University of California, Davis
Creating a Learning Assistant Program to Support Project Mentorship |
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3:10 pm | Jessica Sandland, MIT
MICRO -- The Materials Initiative for Comprehensive Opportunity |
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3.20 pm | Laurent Gautron, Université Gustave Eiffel, France
New ways for teaching materials science at University Gustave Eiffel |
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3:40 pm | Session Discussion – Chair
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4:00 pm | End of Day 2 |