Undergraduate Materials Education Initiative: An Innovative Undergraduate Materials Curriculum

在过去的几年里，普渡大学引入了一个新的本科生材料教育核心项目。这一核心计划是基于跨材料类别的结构、性能、加工和性能的集成。在整个课程中的一个主要需要是强调通过合成和加工来发展微观结构。为了满足这一需求，普渡大学将开发六门新的高级课程。无机材料领域的四门课程将涉及沉积加工、凝固加工、粉末加工和变形加工。有机材料的两门课程将包括合成和制造以及物理化学和微结构，以及一个新的综合聚合物工程实验室。一个由具有加工业务的行业代表组成的咨询委员会将在拟议方案的所有阶段提供协助。将利用该委员会的评价和学生在所有阶段的投入来保持重点，并为编写教学材料提供方向。信息的传播将通过在各种专业学会座谈会上的发言和出版专著来进行。这一努力的高潮将是在普渡大学举行的关于材料合成和加工教育的特别研讨会。

During the past few years, a new core undergraduate materials educations program has been introduced at Purdue. This core program is based upon an integration of structure, properties, processing, and performance across the classes of materials. A major need in the full curriculum is to emphasize the development of microstructure through synthesis and processing. To meet this need, Purdue will develop six new senior level courses. Four courses in the inorganic materials area will involve deposition processing, solidification processing, powder processing, and deformation processing. Two courses on organic materials will include synthesis and manufacturing and physical chemistry and microstructures, together with a new comprehensive polymer engineering laboratory. An Advisory Committee involving representatives from industries with processing operations will assist in all stages of the proposed program. Evaluations by this Committee and input from students at all phases will be utilized to maintain a focus and provide direction for the development of instructional materials. Dissemination of information will be made by presentations at various professional society symposia and by monographs. Culmination of this effort will be a special symposium on Materials Synthesis and Processing Education at Purdue.