Jeff Fergus joins Steve and Tim to talk about ABET. Jeff has been the chair of the Engineering Accreditation Commission at ABET, is currently working on the ABET accreditation council and is very involved in evaluator training. He has previously been the chair of the TMS accreditation committee and has been a longtime organizer of the TMS Judson symposium. Jeff is also a professor of Materials Engineering at Auburn University and is currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Prog...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Steve and Tim talk about how we can convince students to become Materials Science and Engineering Students You can find the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/wXJZjWOT838 You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here: https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/ This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu )....
Mar 24, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Steve and Tim talk about how we do our ABET outcomes assessment, analyze the results, and use it as input to our continuous improvement process. Link to the YouTube version: https://youtu.be/VZN5_A3UKys You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here: https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/ This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu )....
Mar 17, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 17
This week we talk with Professor Susan Gentry from UC Davis. Susan is a teaching professor in the Materials Science and Engineering department. She is very active in education and has been a long time contributor to the materials community. She is currently on the TMS education committee and has recently presented her work at the North American Education Symposium. You can find more about Susan at her website: https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/gentry/ You can find out more about the North ...
Mar 10, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 16
A discussion about Materials Science and Engineering education with the Open AI app, Chat GPT - the free voice model. You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here: https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/ The YouTube version (audio and subtitles only) of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/D7ehmjHL4vk?si=jz01-NSWfiKsm_ay This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering departme...
Mar 03, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Today we talk with Alexa Goldstein, the President of the Michigan Materials Society - a student run organization. She explains what it is like to manage the events, speakers, professional development opportunities, and her own experiences in our department. The YouTube version of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/m84q3PuIDPs This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu )....
Feb 25, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Tim and Steve talk about math education at the college level, what engineering students are and are not getting from their math courses, and the math skills MSE students need to have to be successful. We also tease the creation of a new sophomore course at Michigan - Math Methods for MSE! Also a little nerding out about math topics from different levels of infinity to functions as bases of vector spaces. This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering de...
Feb 18, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Willie Rockward has been teaching at HBCUs for many years. He is now the chair of the physics department at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Previously he taught at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Today he gives us advise on how materials programs can best support African American students in primarily white institutions. Links discussed in the podcast: National Society of Black Physicists: https://nsbp.org/ Morgan State Physics: https://www.morgan.edu/physics Optics in the City of Light Phys...
Feb 11, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Tim talks with Dave Choberka, a curator at the University of MIchigan Museum of Art. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Oyt_zzz5SMY This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).
Feb 04, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Tim and Steve talk about their experiences using team based teaching in a laboratory setting and to replace lectures. They talk about how they make their teams, what their teams do, how they monitor the teams, and how the use peer review. Tim uses a tool called Tandem and Steve uses a tool called CATME. They also talk about how others might ease into team based teaching in lecture settings. YouTube link (audio only): https://youtu.be/GDFIjysTMvg This episode is sponsored by the University of Mic...
Jan 28, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Steve talks to Tim about his alloy design module in the undergraduate lab he teaches. He has students use ThermoCal and COMSOL to design an alloy, make the alloy, and then test the mechanical properties to see if they get what they designed. YouTube Link (audio only): https://youtu.be/0TVXCrnXoNA This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu )....
Jan 21, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Kevin Jones is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He has been working on the Impact of Materials on Society (IMOS) project since 2010 when he was the chair of the department and was looking for a way to expose students to Materials Science and Engineering. You can find the YouTube version of this podcast at this link: https://youtu.be/vXCWvJ3tZJg If you or your department is interested in accessing the Canvas shell and resources (slides, videos, homewo...
Jan 14, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Tim and Steve discuss gamification and social media in materials education with Bosco Yu from the University of Victoria. The video version can be watched here: https://youtu.be/rLu_o0kt2rc?si=yqrTlJqfcql3KQ9H Bosco is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, specializing in the mechanics of materials. Currently, he teaches an introduction to materials science for a 2nd-year cohort and a 4th-year elective on materials selection for sustainable development. Viewers can find more informat...
Jan 07, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Tim and Steve talk about demonstrations. Why are they important? How to best use them? They also talk about demos for different audiences including K-6, 6-12, Intro to materials courses, recruiting fairs, and teacher camps. The also talk about some of their favorite demos. The video version of this episode is on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/ozNUCROk3hQ This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu )....
Jan 01, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Steve and Tim talk about grading. YouTube version can be found here: https://youtu.be/_yIxWQSd_tA?si=ttA0hHUo3ip4gUIZ This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).
Dec 24, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Perry joins us and talks about his educational journey and his new company LearningClues ( https://webdisk.learningclues.com/ ). We also have a video version of the podcast on YouTube at this link: https://youtu.be/zg-6JfrNzow Perry does a demo of the Gen AI features of LearningClues at 41 minutes into the podcast. Obviously you won't see it in the podcast, but you will on the YouTube video. This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( ht...
Dec 15, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Tim and Steve went to the University of Michigan's Provost's Seminar on Teaching on Friday. The entire day was focussed on the new UM Generative AI. They have developed their own UM GPT engine as well as a scriptable version called Maizey that can scrape Canvas course sites and provide the GPT model a very curated data set that can be queried by students. We discuss what we learned and talk about some of the capabilities we would like to see. This episode is sponsored by the University of Michig...
Dec 09, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Tim talks about the UM Blacksmithing Club and the Bladesmithing team. This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).
Dec 01, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Steve and Tim talk about what to call our podcast. We also talk about challenges we faced in our classroom this week and how we solved the problems. This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).
Nov 03, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1
An introduction to our podcast. This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).
Oct 28, 2023•1 min
