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List of Contents of Volume 28, Nrs. 1-2, 2006
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Preparing the Materials Researchers of the
Future: Who, What, How
Rosemary R. Haggett
West Virginia University and
National Science Foundation.................................................................
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Implementing an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Concentration in
Nanomaterials Science and Engineering
Lisa C. Klein
Rutgers
University..................................................................................................................................
7
Trans-disciplinary Graduate and Refresher
Programs for Education, Research and Training in the Fields of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology
Tadashi Itoh, Hisazumi Akai, Hisahito
Ogawa, Wilson Agerico Diño, Satoshi Ichikawa
Osaka University, Japan.......................................................................................................................
15
NSF NSDL Materials Digital Library & MSE Education
Laura M. Bartolo1, Sharon C. Glotzer2,
Cathy S. Lowe1, Adam C. Powell IV3, Donald R.
Sadoway3 , James A. Warren4, Vinod K. Tewary4
and Krishna Rajan5
1Kent
State University; 2University of Michigan; 3Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; 4National
Institute of Standards and Technology; 5Iowa
State University.........................................................
21
Museum
Exhibits: Bringing Informal Education into the Classroom
O.M. Castellini1, C.E. Holladay1,
G.K. Walejko1,
T.J. Theim1,
G.M. Zenner1,
P. Krajniak2 and W.C.
Crone1
1University
of Wisconsin-Madison; 2Discovery
World Museum of Science, Economics
and
Technology. .................................................................................................................................
27
An On-Line,
Open-Book Quizzing Environment for an Introductory Materials Science Course:
How Measurement is Informing the Process
R. H. Locklin and P. R. Howell
Pennsylvania State University.............................................................................................................
35
Materials
Engineering Education in Two New Engineering Degree Programs at the Centre
for Photovoltaic
Engineering
R. Corkish, S.R. Wenham, J. Cotter, A.B. Sproul,
A.G. Aberle, A. Bruce and M.A. Green
University of New South Wales..........................................................................................................
57
The
Molecule, the Monomer and Materials Science Education
P. R. Howell
Pennsylvania State University............................................................................................................
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Crystal structure visualizations in three
dimensions with support from the open access Nano-Crystallography Database
P. Moeck1, O. Čertík1,2,
G. Upreti1, B. Seipel1,
M. Harvey3,
W. Garrick1 and P. Fraundorf3
1Portland
State University; 2Charles
University of Prague, The Czech Republic; 3University of
Missouri at St. Louis..........................................................................................................................
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The Transport
Phenomena Archive on the NSDL Materials Digital Library Pathway
Adam Powell1 and Laura Bartolo2
1Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; 2Kent State University.....................................................
91
An
Exploration of Microscopy for Educational Applications in the High School
Physics Classroom
R. Fitzsimmons, R. Koekkoek, C.
Caragianis-Broadbridge, A. Lehman and K. Cummings
Southern Connecticut State University............................................................................................
99
The future of
materials undergraduate programs: Can we avoid extinction?
Linda Vanasupa
California Polytechnic State University..........................................................................................
105
Design and Accreditation for Materials Programs
G. S. Cargill III1 and I. M.
Robertson2
1Lehigh
University, Bethlehem; 2University of Illinois.................................................................
113
Non-Traditional
Assessments for New Learning Approaches: Competency Evaluation in
Project-Based Introductory Materials Science
Jonathan Stolk, Steven Krumholz
and Mark Somerville
Franklin W. Olin College of
Engineering........................................................................................
121
The Effectiveness of Active Undergraduate Research in Materials Science and
Engineering
David F. Bahr and M. Grant Norton
Washington State University..........................................................................................................
127
The
Assessment of the Influence of Summer Research Experiences on Student
Academic Performance
Wm. C. Hughes, B. H.
Augustine and Gerald R. Taylor
James Madison University...........................................................................................................
137
An
Internship Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Polymer-Based
Nanocomposites
Peggy Cebe1, Daniel Cherdack1,
Robert Guertin1, Terry Haas1, B. Seyhan Ince1
and Regina Valluzzi2
1Tufts
University; 2Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc.
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