Program IMES 2023
12th International Materials Education Symposium

Materials Education Symposia

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
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
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
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
2:30 pm Itai Vutabwarova, The University of Sheffield
Teaching sustainability for manufacturing apprenticeships
2:50 pm Mauricio Dwek, Ansys Academic Field Team
Driving ecodesign forward: the new challenge of SAE Brasil
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
4:10 pm Fred Veer, Delft University of Technology
Designing a course in eco-friendly materials selection for design student
4:30 pm Ana Urbieta and Paloma Fernández Sánchez, University Complutense Madrid
Building the house of our dreams with Advanced Materials
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
9.45 am John Robertson-Begg, University of Derby
Introducing Data Science concepts into Materials Teaching
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:50 am Steffen Ritter, Reutlingen University
SCHOOLTOOL- thrive their drive; Education and training rethought
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
1:00 pm SESSION 4 - Specialist topics and educational practices Chair: Paloma Fernández Sánchez, University Complutense Madrid
1:05 pm Ana Maria Gonzalvez-Pons, Colegio el Armelar,
From Roman coins to multidisciplinary metallurgy
1:25 pm Emilio Castro, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Engaging bioengineering students in materials science and engineering through active learning and interactive classroom activities
1:45 pm Li Wang, Queen Mary University of London
Implementing industrial practice of engineering quality management into classroom to increase students’ ownership
2.05 pm Coffee break
2:50 pm Susan Gentry, University of California, Davis
Creating a Learning Assistant Program to Support Project Mentorship
3:10 pm Jessica Sandland, MIT
MICRO -- The Materials Initiative for Comprehensive Opportunity
3.20 pm Laurent Gautron, Université Gustave Eiffel, France
New ways for teaching materials science at University Gustave Eiffel
3:40 pm Session Discussion – Chair
4:00 pm End of Day 2