Program
North American Materials Education Symposium 2024

August 7 - 8, 2024

NAMES 2024 Session Themes

Symposium Day One: Wednesday 7 August 2024

8:45 am	Registration coffee, and poster setup
8:55 am	Elizabeth Holm, UM MS&E Department chair, Welcome to the conference
9:00 am	SESSION 1: Attracting Students to Materials Session Chairs Session introduction
9:05 am	Bill Callister, University of Utah, USA Concept-Based Learning and Understanding for Materials Courses
9:25 am	Scott Ramsay, University of Toronto, Canada Better than Cats: Engaging Materials Students in a Fast-Paced World
9:45 am	Ronald Kander, Jefferson University, USA Soft, Natural, Sustainable Materials: A Case Study in Attracting New Students
10:05 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am	John Harrold, MIT, USA Empowering Educators through MIT's Open Online Materials Science Courses
11:00 am	Sheldon Hewlett, University of Delaware, USA Benchtop Polymerization and Characterization of Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate in an Undergraduate Materials Science Laboratory Course
11:20 am	Liza-Anastasia DiCecco, Penn State University, USA Using Intuitive Demos to Teach First-Year Learners Mechanical Materials Properties
11:40 am	Peggy Jones, Lisa Ogiemwonyi, Justin Sickles, and Darren Greschuk, ASM Foundation Teacher Camp, USA Bringing MSE to K-12 and Bridging the Interest into University Programs
12:00 pm	Morning discussion led by the session chairs
12:20 pm	Symposium Photograph
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	SESSION 2: Curricular Development and Best Practices Session Chairs Session introduction
2:05 pm	Himani Sharma, Georgia Tech, USA Integrating UN Sustainable Development Goals into the Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum at Georgia Tech
2:25 pm	Susan P. Gentry, UC Davis, USA Leveraging Learning Assistants in Introductory and Upper-Division Courses
2:45 pm	Jacob Kelter, Northwestern University, USA Rethinking Electrical Properties: A Bottom-Up Perspective Using Pauling's Metallic Bond and Computational Models
3:05 pm	Poster Session Teaser
3:25 pm	Posters and Coffee/Afternoon Tea
4:10 pm	Ben Torralva, University of Michigan, USA Discovery Science and Open-ended Modeling Problems in Engineering
4:30 pm	David C. Martin, University of Delaware, USA Creating a New Undergraduate Materials Science Curriculum: The Blue Hen Experience
4:50 pm	Istem Ozen,ArtCenter College of Design, USA Adventures in Materials: perspectives on materials teaching in art and design education
5:10 pm	Afternoon discussion led by the session chairs
5:30 pm	End of Day 1

Symposium Day Two: Thursday 8 August 2024

8:45 am	Registration and coffee
9:00 am	SESSION 3: Curricular Development - New Strategies Session Chairs Session introduction
9:05 am	Amir Saeidi, UC Davis USA Revamping Senior Design: Fostering Practical Skills and Industry Connections
9:25 am	Vincent Sokalski, Carnegie Mellon University, USA New Course Design: "Teaching Materials Science & Engineering”
9:45 am	Ellen Solomon, University of Michigan, USA Application of Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning Models to Materials Engineering Challenges
10:05 am	Coffee Break and Posters
10:40 am	Amy Robinson, Penn State University, USA AI – A Useful Tool, A Challenge for Academic Integrity, or Both?
11:00 am	Dr. Bosco Yu, University of Victoria, Canada Attracting New Engineers to Materials Science through an Interactive Game: Materials Marbles
11:20 am	Claudia Loebel, University of Michigan, USA Strategies to increase the visibility and attractiveness of MSE
11:40 pm	Morning discussion led by the session chairs
12:10 pm	Lunch and Posters
2:00 pm	SESSION 4: Teaching materials engineering - Next Generation Session Chairs Session introduction
2:05 pm	Kaitlin Tyler, Ansys, USA Preparing the Next Generation of Engineers via a Sustainable Product Design Methodology
2:25 pm	Andrew Gryguć, University of Waterloo, Canada Bridging Theory and Practice: Enhancing Engineering Education through a Hybrid Case Study based approach with Ansys Discovery
2:45 pm	Julia Attwood,Bloomberg, UK Creating the next generation of net-zero materials engineers
3:05 pm	Posters and Coffee/Afternoon Tea
3:50 pm	Abdon Pena-Francesch, University of Michigan, USA Sustainable Materials Design in Undergraduate Engineering Education
4:10 pm	Thom Cochell, University of Kentucky, USA Preparing Materials Science Students for AI Integration in Industry
4:30 pm	Afternoon discussion led by the session chairs
4:50 pm	End of Conference Announcements
5:00 pm	End of Day 2

*The order of speakers on both days is subject to change