Development of an Undergraduate Materials Engineering Laboratory

工程-材料科学（57）随着材料在微电子，机电一体化和智能结构等领域的进步，目前的本科材料科学课程福尔斯未能为学生提供一个坚实的跨学科平台，以应对未来的挑战。该项目正在库珀联盟开发一个创新的材料工程实验室，让学生探索这一跨学科领域所有类别材料的科学概念。该项目的一个目标是改善现有的材料工程实验室在库珀联盟与材料科学实验室课程的发展，以满足行业的学士学位水平的工程师与跨学科背景的当前需求。该项目所采用的设备通常在研究机构或研究生水平的实验室中找到;全套设备通常不在本科实验室中找到。在实现本科材料科学教育设计方法的新一步中，新实验室包括样品制造系统和机电性能测试系统，学生可以迭代合成和分析自己的样品。新课程的设计承诺以互动，体验的方式将材料科学研究完全融入本科教育。除了传统的本科材料科学实验室课程，该项目正在适应和实施新的实验，从电子陶瓷研究小组在罗格斯大学陶瓷材料工程系。因此，新实验室将推动建立一个独特的材料科学和工程实验室，促进机械，电气和土木工程课程之间的密切互动。学生能够探索各种材料的基本原理，包括聚合物，金属，陶瓷和智能结构中使用的一些特定材料，如致动器和传感器。项目成果将通过讲习班、会议介绍和期刊出版物传播。

Engineering - Materials Science (57) With advances in materials in fields as diverse as microelectronics, mechatronics and intelligent structures, the current undergraduate materials science curriculum falls short of providing students a solid interdisciplinary platform for coping with challenges to come. The project is developing an innovative Materials Engineering Laboratory at Cooper Union to engage students in exploring scientific concepts for all classes of materials in this interdisciplinary field. An objective of this project is to improve the existing materials engineering laboratory at Cooper Union in conjunction with the development of a materials science laboratory course to meet industry's current needs for bachelor's level engineers with an interdisciplinary background. The equipment being adapted by this project is usually found in research institutions or graduate level labs; the complete set is not normally found in undergraduate labs. In a novel step towards implementing a design approach to undergraduate materials science education, the new lab includes a sample fabrication system and electro-mechanical properties testing system, where students can iteratively synthesize and analyze their own samples. The design of the new course promises to fully integrate research in materials science within undergraduate education in an interactive, experiential way. Adding to the traditional undergraduate materials science laboratory course curricula, the project is adapting and implementing new experiments from the Electroceramics Research Group at the Department of Ceramics & Materials Engineering of Rutgers University. The new laboratory will thus advance efforts to establish a unique materials science and engineering laboratory that fosters a close interaction among mechanical, electrical and civil engineering curricula. Students are able to explore the fundamentals for all types of materials including polymers, metals, ceramics and some specific materials used in intelligent structures such as actuators and sensors. Project results will be disseminated through workshops, presentations at conferences, and journal publications.