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Teaching Undergraduate and Graduate Students Results From Recent Research As Part of a Class

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

L. J. Martínez-Miranda ,
J. Kidder ,
I. Lloyd ,
R. J. Briber ,
O. Wilson ,
M. Al-Sheikly  and
L. G. Salamanca-Riba
L. J. Martínez-Miranda
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., College Park, MD., 20742-2115
J. Kidder
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., College Park, MD., 20742-2115
I. Lloyd
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., College Park, MD., 20742-2115
R. J. Briber
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., College Park, MD., 20742-2115
O. Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., College Park, MD., 20742-2115
M. Al-Sheikly
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., College Park, MD., 20742-2115
L. G. Salamanca-Riba
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., College Park, MD., 20742-2115
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Abstract

We have integrated recent research results in the curriculum of the University of Maryland, while leaving the basics intact. This allows us to teach the fundamental laws and to show the students how these help us to answer questions that are of importance today. This can be done as part of a laboratory and as part of a class. In the laboratory classes, we emphasize what is measured (the main topic), then measure samples recently done in the literature. If available, we measure two samples and have a discussion on what are the differences. These are then related to the manner the samples have been grown. In the classes, we show the basic equation or relation, and introduce how it can answer a question that is pertinent to today's research.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 684: Symposium GG – Impacting Society Through Materials Science and Engineering Education , 2001 , GG1.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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