Undercooled: A Materials Education Podcast

Steve and Tim talk about projects they have students do instead of exams. You can find the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/Lrp4zelzJ1c?si=2fYK-W9y8ZJWq1zb 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 Engineeri...

Peg and Tim talk about the ASM Foundation teacher camps. You can find out more about the teacher camps at this link: https://www.asmfoundation.org/teachers/materials-camps If you are interested in attending a camp in 2024 use this link: https://www.asmfoundation.org/teachers/camp-schedule/ You can find the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/rPdIOcQkiEQ?si=eyl4JG-aHSHqyvRa You can find out more a...

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...

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/-TNEW7Ni-Bo?si=S7Iary-xsy22ZeAj 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 Michiga...

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/00PvDd-TK_E?si=9ungm6N7R_dyGLwn 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 sponsore...

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 Susa...

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/troom2aJ2_A?si=yWaUmoBYJtis1-...

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/M0nHslqkbxA?si=2KqdzxWm67LiDagy This episode is sponsored by the Un...

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 vecto...

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: ...

Tim talks with Dave Choberka, a curator at the University of MIchigan Museum of Art.  YouTube link:  https://youtu.be/InXwN-zoAtE?si=MmNxRpzeJfjEidjd This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).

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. You...

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/__sfWeJ4ZFM?si=PjmH4-DbLYthEbai This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and En...

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/AUsfURmqb3U?si=A9...

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/ukEqJoB6E4s?si=L2eMVPc66Pf4Lce6 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...

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/ACxK1E7x-qM?si=9H6jRqIAP_GqOPHF This episode...

Steve and Tim talk about grading.  YouTube version can be found here: https://youtu.be/osIQOYJDfEg?si=i_OX4TDlk9OXvG9I This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).

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/04-hcQpThOo?si=otI17XVCZUpRHzDA 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...

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 abo...

Tim talks about the UM Blacksmithing Club and the Bladesmithing team. You can find the YouTube video (audio only) here: https://youtu.be/dFfI7zxr-sk?si=V9lt5OG8oKjGw7lT This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).

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.  You can find the YouTube video (audio only) here: https://youtu.be/U0h4bsqaTy8?si=vCJUWfFsilk6yUsK This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).

An introduction to our podcast. You can find the YouTube video (audio only) here: https://youtu.be/t1N5VuqbPJs?si=1XW7MDXQspejcOZT This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department ( https://mse.engin.umich.edu ).