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Integrated Computa/onal Materials Engineering in the Materials Science and Engineering Curriculum Gregory S. Rohrer (Former Chair of the University Materials Council) Department of Materials Science and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University PiBsburgh, PA 15213 Richard LeSar Iowa State University Materials Science and Engineering Ames, IA 50011 Special thanks to Katsuyo Thornton, University of Michigan

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Integrated Computa/onal Materials Engineering in the Materials Science and Engineering Curriculum  Gregory S. Rohrer (Former Chair of the University Materials Council) Department of Materials Science and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University PiBsburgh, PA 15213 

Richard LeSar Iowa State University Materials Science and Engineering Ames, IA 50011 

Special thanks to Katsuyo Thornton, University of Michigan 

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Outline 

1. What is (and who are) the UMC? 

2. ICME charge to the UMC 

3. The workshop, findings, and recommenda/ons. 

4. Plans for the future. 

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What is the University Materials Council (UMC) The University Materials Council is composed of Department Heads, Chairpersons, Directors, and group leaders from academic programs in the materials field in U.S. and Canadian universi/es.  (The UMC consists of approximately 100 departments and programs ) 

The Goals of the UMC are to: 

 • To help define and influence new direc/ons for the field  • To promote the field  • To strengthen the educa/onal component of the field  • To foster improvements in the number and quality of      students in MSE 

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What does the UMC do? 

We meet twice annually 

UMC mee/ngs are a forum for department heads/chairs/directors of materials programs to share best prac/ces in areas such as: 

 • student recruitment  • ABET accredita/on  • emerging research areas  • ideas for curricular implica/ons of the latest materials studies,   • special topical workshops • research funding for MSE  • other issues of interest to the academic community. 

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The mee/ng minutes are available to all on our website hYp://www.umatcon.org/files/minutes.shtml 

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Some Recent Ac/vi/es of the UMC 

• Gender equity workshop 

• ICME workshop 

• Discussion of Materials Genome Ini/a/ve with OSTP 

• Memoranda of Understanding with MRS and TMS provides resources and staff assistance for UMC ac/vi/es and a framework for collabora/on 

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Outline 

1.  What is (and who are) the UMC? 

2.  ICME charge to the UMC 

3.  The workshop, findings, and recommenda/ons. 

4.  Plans for the future. 

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Selected conclusions: 

• For ICME to succeed, it must be embraced as a discipline by the materials science and engineering community 

• Industrial acceptance of ICME is hindered by the scarcity of materials engineers trained to use them. 

ICME Study: 2008 

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“The commiYee considers that the UMC is in a unique posi/on to influence curricula and change the culture of MSE academic ins/tu/ons and that it could take an ac/ve role in promo/ng ICME and the curricular changes that support improvements in the computa/onal ability of the students who graduate from their departments.” 

Response so far: At the June 2009 UMC mee/ng in Arlington, VA, we voted to sponsor a workshop ‐ how best to teach computa/onal materials within the undergraduate and graduate curricula •  Richard LeSar was asked to chair that mee/ng  •  The organizing commiYee was made up of Peter Voorhees, Northwestern University,  Susan SinnoY, University of Florida, Alejandro Strachan, Purdue University 

Charge to the UMC 

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Thornton K, Nola S, Garcia RE, Asta, M, Olson, GB, "ComputaUonal Materials Science and Engineering EducaUon: A Survey of Trends and Needs," JOM 61 (2009) 12‐17. 

Status of Computa/onal MSE Educa/on 

This study suggested that the views of educators are out of step with industry. 

In addi/on, faculty are generally aware of resources, but do not use them and this indicates a barrier. 

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Materials Genome Ini/a/ve 

3. Equipping the Next‐‐GeneraUon Materials Workforce Success of this iniUaUve cannot be measured by the tools alone, but rather by the pervasiveness of their use and the outcomes they enable. Equipping our next‐ genera/on workforce with the tools and approaches necessary to achieve our na/onal goals will require stakeholders in government, academia, and industry to embrace the scope and contents of the materials innova/on infrastructure. This will be achieved with a focus on educa/on, workforce development, and a genera/onal shih toward a new, more integrated approach to materials development. 

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Outline 

1.  What is (and who are) the UMC? 

2.  ICME charge to the UMC 

3.  The workshop, findings, and recommenda/ons. 

4.  Plans for the future. 

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•  to discuss need for increased focus on computa/onal materials science and engineering in the MSE curriculum 

•  to develop sugges/ons for a computa/onal materials curriculum in undergraduate and graduate educa/on 

•  to iden/fy resources that could be shared between departments 

Goals of the UMC Workshop 

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Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western University

Clemson University

Cornell University

Drexel University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

Kent State University

Lehigh University

North Carolina State University

Northwestern University

Ohio State University

Princeton University

Purdue University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Stony Brook

University of Michigan

University Alabama, Birmingham

University of Delaware

University of Cincinnati

University of Florida

University of Illinois

University of Kentucky

University of Maryland

University of Pennsylvania

University of Toronto

Virginia Tech

UMC Workshop on ICME Educa/on 23‐24 June 2010, Northwestern University, 28 par/cipants 

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•  discussion of ICME ‐ LeSar (ISU) and Allison (Michigan) 

•  results of recent survey of CMSE in MSE curricula ‐ Thornton (Michigan) 

•  educaUonal and computaUonal resources ‐ Manual (Florida) and Strachan (Purdue) 

•  vigneBes ‐ Olson (Northwestern), Lundstro (Purdue), and Bartolo (Kent State) 

Agenda of the UMC Workshop 

Thornton K, Nola S, Garcia RE, Asta, M, Olson, GB, "ComputaUonal Materials Science and Engineering EducaUon: A Survey of Trends and Needs," JOM 61 (2009) 12‐17. 

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Findings (1)  

There was a uniform consensus that MSE Departments need to include more computa/onal materials science and engineering in both undergraduate and graduate curricula. 

There is no common approach. 

Some programs include modeling within exis/ng classes, some have specialty classes, and some do both. 

Most departments have had recent or ongoing efforts to evaluate and reform curriculum to be consistent with ICME 

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Findings (2)  

there is no consensus on modeling plaiorms (e.g., MATLAB, Mathema/ca, ...), codes, strategies, etc. 

there was some discussion on whether it should it be CMS, CME, CMSE, ICME, but the group is content with ICME 

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•  There is liYle uniformity in current prac/ce 

•  Many different opinions on the best way to include computa/on in the curriculum 

•  Many departments may not have local exper/se to teach the material 

•  We need a central warehouse of computa/onal resources to avoid duplica/on of efforts and to ensure some uniformity 

Challenges  

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WriYen report based on findings from working groups 

S/ll to come  

Two working groups were idenUfied to make concrete recommendaUons about: 

•  how to use computaUon to enhance the materials curriculum  

•  development and sharing of common computaUonal resources, e.g.,  

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Coordina/ng Resources and Efforts in Developing Cyberinfrastructure for Educa/on •  TMS Working Group under the ICME CommiBee is developing specific plans. •  Survey: a list of resources is being collected and specific examples of resources that 

can be easily used to teach computaUon in MSE. •  NanoHUB, MatDL/MatForge  

Suppor/ng the Educa/on of Educators to Increase Resource U/liza/on •  “Summer School for Integrated ComputaUonal Materials EducaUon,” University of 

Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 18‐29, 2011, led by Katsuyo Thornton, is a two‐week program that includes a “crash course” on computaUonal materials science and engineering (CMSE) and focus sessions on educaUonal modules that can be adopted into exisUng core courses. (See Thornton’s poster for details.) 

•  Conference‐based tutorials: One of the modules will be presented in a tutorial form at TMS. 

Coordina/ng and Facilita/ng Forums for Con/nuing Discussion •  Laura Bartolo and Jim McGuffin‐Cawley (Chair of MSE at Case Western Reserve 

University) are co‐chairing the half‐day symposium on ICME & EducaUon at TMS 2012. 

Preliminary Recommenda/ons & Example Ac/ons  

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Outline 

1.  What is (and who are) the UMC? 

2.  ICME charge to the UMC 

3.  The workshop, findings, and recommenda/ons. 

4.  Plans for the future. 

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Plans for the future are framed by the Materials Genome Ini/a/ve 

3. Equipping the Next‐‐GeneraUon Materials Workforce Success of this iniUaUve cannot be measured by the tools alone, but rather by the pervasiveness of their use and the outcomes they enable. Equipping our next‐ genera/on workforce with the tools and approaches necessary to achieve our na/onal goals will require stakeholders in government, academia, and industry to embrace the scope and contents of the materials innova/on infrastructure. This will be achieved with a focus on educa/on, workforce development, and a genera/onal shih toward a new, more integrated approach to materials development. 

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Challenges 1.  There is a need to change the way engineers are educated.  

Materials engineers rarely think about the components that materials are used in.  Applied engineers (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical) consider materials in components as having sta/c, uniform, qualified proper/es.  Synthesis of materials development and component design will require different educa/onal prac/ces.  

2.  The necessary tools must be accessible to ins/tu/ons and students. 

3.  Knowledge of available materials must be archived and widely available. 

4.  The topic of innova/on must be included in the curriculum. 

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Goals for UMC 1.  Engage engineering educa/on administra/on and other 

academic units in this new approach to innova/on.  We must take responsibility for transforming the educa/onal program. 

2.  The next genera/on of leaders and innovators will have to understand the challenges and payoffs of ICME.  We will incorporate modules throughout the curriculum and especially in capstone design classes to achieve this goal. 

3.  The UMC will invest its resources, with the professional socie/es, in promo/ng ICME educa/on.  Interac/ons with TMS links us to tradi/onal industries and interac/ons with MRS links us to emerging industries. 

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4. Many UMC members are from industry and many departments have industrial advisory boards.  We will use these links to engage industry. 

5. We will work with TMS to populate the ICME educa/onal repository. 

6. Seek NSF funding for a major ini/a/ve to transform Engineering educa/on is a way consistent with ICME 

7. Support the summer school in ICME Educa/on 

Goals for UMC 

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Summary and Conclusions Materials Educa/on in North America is carried out by the member departments of UMC 

The group as a whole, and individual departments, are ac/vely engaged in incorpora/ng ICME principles into MSE educa/on 

This is currently being done within MSE departments using a combina/on of individual courses and units throughout the curriculum 

There is need for MSE departments to transform educa/on across engineering colleges by working closely with other departments, par/cularly in courses related to design. 

Promo/ng the incorpora/on of ICME principles into engineering educa/on will be the principal, mul/‐year goal of the UMC.  

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An Opportunity The Department of Materials Science & Engineering in the Carnegie Ins/tute of Technology of Carnegie Mellon University seeks to appoint a faculty member in the area of Computa/onal Materials Science and Engineering. IniUal appointments are anUcipated to be made at the rank of Assistant Professor, but appointments at the ranks of Associate Professor or Full Professor may be available for candidates having commensurate experience.   

Applicants should submit a cover leBer, curriculum vitae, contact informaUon for at least three professional references, and a statement (limited to three pages) that describes research and educaUonal interests.  All applicaUon materials should be sent to: [email protected]  ApplicaUons will be reviewed as they are received unUl the posiUon is filled. Women and members of tradiUonally underrepresented minority groups are parUcularly encouraged to apply. Carnegie Mellon University is an AffirmaUve AcUon/Equal Opportunity Employer.