The quarterly update for educators teaching materials-related courses across science, design, and engineering
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The quarterly update for educators teaching materials-related courses across science, design, and engineering
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Materials topics are taught in many disciplines. CES EduPack is a campus-wide resource across departments, including in interdisciplinary design projects at many leading universities. The new CES EduPack 2018 enhances support for all kinds of ‘Introduction to Materials’ courses and offers data and tools to support the full range of projects, from getting started to advanced materials selection.
The new Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) Package offers an engaging way to introduce students to the relationship between process, structure and properties. More details can be found in our next story below.
Support advanced design projects with the Performance Index Finder – the guidance tool used for materials selection in industry. It’s also easier to explore variations on an existing material by copying an existing record and modifying its properties. And, for sustainability topics, students can understand more about the social factors affecting technology acceptance with updated data in the Nations of the World database.
These are just some of the new features that you can see discussed in a live web seminar on February 14. Users of CES EduPack will receive the 2018 version in March and April.
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Also in this issue…
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| The new Materials Science & Engineering Package |
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| SusCritMat’s first Winter School |
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| Prepare for the Materials Education Symposium |
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Introducing CES EduPack’s Materials Science & Engineering Package
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Experience suggests that learning is better achieved through active discovery than by passive listening. The new CES EduPack Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) Package is a set of resources that allow students to explore for themselves the relationships between Processing, Structure, and Properties.
The Package includes data for the elements, data for structural, functional and biological materials, for processes for shaping, joining and finishing, tools to aid understanding of phase diagrams, and resources that focus explicitly on the process-structure-property relationship. Developed over three years with the help of collaborators around the world, the MS&E Package includes a set of 14 micro-projects, and will support the teaching of MS&E from a science-led or design-led approach.
Find out more by joining our live webinar on teaching introductory courses in materials science and engineering on January 31 (with Prof. Mike Ashby) or on Feb 6. You can download both the free Open Lecture Unit and free whitepaper: ‘The CES EduPack Materials Science and Engineering Package‘. Both resources are available for download here >
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Materials Education Symposia celebrates its 10th anniversary
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The leading forum for materials educators in undergraduate engineering, design, science, and sustainability returns to Cambridge, UK. Taking place April 12-13 at Cambridge University’s Clare College, the 2018 symposium will feature talks from Prof. Roger Hadgraft (UTS, Australia), Prof. Ric Parker (Former Director of Technology at Rolls Royce Group, UK), Prof. Lorna Gibson (MIT, USA), Prof. Yves Bréchet (University Grenoble Alpes, France), Prof. Mike Ashby (University of Cambridge, UK), and Prof. Paloma Fernández Sánchez (Madrid, Spain).
View the full Symposium program here ›
Preceding the main Symposium, engaging short courses and workshops will run on April 11; one of the main highlights of which will be the workshop on the new Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) package. Led by Professor Mike Ashby, this informal and rewarding workshop offers the chance to learn more about the CES EduPack database with an introduction to the new MS&E functionality.
We are also pleased to announce the 2018 North American Materials Education Symposium at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. The symposium will take place August 16-17, 2018, with abstract submission now open. Submit yours by February 28 >
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Granta live web seminars for all Materials Educators
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Join our no-cost webinars and engage with diverse topics, prominent guest speakers, and education innovation
| JAN 31 & FEB 06 |
Introduction to materials science and engineering |
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| FEB 14 & 20 |
Throughout the Engineering Curriculum – CES EduPack 2018 |
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| FEB 27 |
The importance of materials selection in industry
Guest Speaker from Renishaw |
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| MAR 20 |
Enseña materiales en tus cursos con CES EduPack 2018 |
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| MAR 21 |
Türverkleidung des Smart Fortwo |
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| MAR 22 |
Enseignement efficace des matériaux avec CES EduPack 2018 |
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| APR 19 & 24 |
Electric vehicles: magnets and critical materials |
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Strategies for sustainability — the bigger picture
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In Les Diablerets, Switzerland, PhDs, Researchers and Academic Consortium members gathered with representatives from industrial partners Granta Design and Outotec at SusCritMat’s first Winter School. The topic of critical raw materials, and its implications, demands a multidisciplinary approach. One of the highlights of the Winter School was the chance to collaborate within interdisciplinary teams on critical materials topics and debate important issues surrounding those, such as whether the opportunities for recycling are being effectively explored.
Manufacturing using critical materials and their mining affects both the environment and society, and ambitious strategies for “sustainable” technology solutions need to be backed up by an understanding of the available resources, and the reliability of the supply chain. Throughout the event, conversations revolved back to politics and issues of governance – vital considerations when understanding the bigger picture. With that in mind, the data within CES EduPack includes information on critical materials on the EU and the USA lists, eco data, social and economic data,and information on regulations and legislation.
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Iconic products in the Products, Materials, and Processes database
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Twelve new records covering iconic products have been added to the product-centered, visually inspiring, interactive Products, Materials, and Processes database. Knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes are essential for any designer. It can, however, sometimes be hard to inspire students. By engaging with materials and material properties through their role in iconic or interesting products, students can discover why materials are chosen, and how these choices change over the decades as new materials are developed. Aesthetic attributes can be explored, including how we select and substitute materials based on both function and aesthetics.
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Upcoming events highlights
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We’d love to meet you at an event. Make CES EduPack even better by telling us what you think. Or join one of our workshops and share ideas and inspiration with other educators.
March 6-8 – JEC World, Paris, France
March 9 – From introductory materials teaching to advanced materials selection, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
March 11-15 – TMS Annual Meeting, meet at the booth, or join a workshop, Phoenix, AZ, USA
April 11 – CES EduPack Short Course and Workshop, Cambridge, UK
April 12-13 – 10th International Materials Education Symposium, Cambridge, UK
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