Workshop on Materials Science and Materials Engineering Education
A conference to discuss the status and future of
education in Material Science, Materials Engineering, and allied fields
education in Material Science, Materials Engineering, and allied fields
This workshop will be held September 18-19th, 2008 at the Holiday Inn, Ballston in Arlington, Virginia. The steering committee is seeking support from the National Science Foundation to present this workshop. The goal of the conference is to bring together scientists from materials science and allied fields such as chemistry and physics to discuss the future of education in materials science, broadly construed.
The workshop will consist of keynote speakers and breakout sessions. A report summarizing the findings of the workshop will be produced.
More information will be posted as it is available
Keynote and Invited Speakers
- Keynote Speaker, Dr. Cherry Murray of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Bio)
- Undergraduate speaker Diran Apelian, Howmet Professor of Engineering and Director of the Metal Processing Institute at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (Abstract) (Bio)
- Undergraduate speaker Professor Kevin S. Jones of the University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering (Abstract & Bio)
- Public/Outreach Speaker Dr. Shenda Baker of Harvey Mudd College Department of Chemistry (Abstract) (Bio)
- Public/Outreach speaker Professor Dietram Scheufele of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication (Abstract)
- Q&A from Grow Magazine which outlines points to be raised in his presentation
- Graduate speaker Dr. Wendy R. Cieslak of Sandia National Laboratories (Abstract and Bio)
- Graduate speaker Professor Susan B. Sinnott of the University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering (Abstract & Bio)
- K-12 speaker Professor Philip Sadler of Harvard University's Department of Astronomy and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Abstract & Bio)
