Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
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Ceramic materials in renewable energy: a module developed for hands-on learning
This document is a lesson plan for a short module describing the sintering of ceramic materials for STEM outreach. Colorado State science standards addressed by the module are included. The module is readily adapted for ... -
Sintering ceramic materials : a module developed for hands-on learning
This document is a lesson plan for a short module describing the sintering of ceramic materials for STEM outreach. Colorado State science standards addressed by the module are included. The module is readily adapted for ... -
Nanotechnology ethics and policy education : learning and sharing across boundaries
This abstract describes the published paper that documents a case study of the emergence and expansive adaptation of the ethics education component of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The case study began with ... -
Nanotechnology, ethics and policy education : research and pedagogy
This panel discussion on the creation of interdisciplinary modules about the social, ethical, environmental, and economic impact of nanotechnology was presented in three parts: the background of federal support for ... -
Workshop and module design part one : nature and human values
This learning module on ethical impacts of nanotechnology was developed for an existing core course with an interdisciplinary teaching team. The module incorporates a set of materials used to develop a faculty training ... -
Workshop and module design part two : human systems
This module on policy for nanotechnology development was created for the sophomore-level course, Human Systems, a history of sociological, religious, political, and economic systems. It was developed as an extension of the ... -
NanoSTEP : nano-science, technology, ethics, and policy
This poster, presented at the NSF EEC Awardees conference in March 2012, explains the funded project called NanoSTEP (Nano-Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy) at the Colorado School of Mines. It highlights the project ...