Abstract submission date for talks has passed
Abstract submission date for posters has been extended to July 28th, 2024
Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended to: June 30th, 2024



The North American Materials Education Symposium Scientific Committee and Ansys Academic Development Team are bringing 13th North American Materials Education Symposium (NAMES 2024) to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan, USA, from
Wednesday August 7th to Thursday August 8th, with workshops on Friday August 9th. This event is a unique opportunity for the Materials Education community to come together for two days of talks, networking, and interactive sessions. Come and share in the latest best practice, ideas, and tools relating to the teaching of materials.

Confirmed speakers include:
Susan P. Gentry and Yayoi Takamura, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Davis
"Leveraging Learning Assistants in Introductory and Upper-Division Courses"

Ronald Kander and Gabriella Fioravanti, Kanbar College, Thomas Jefferson University
"Soft, Natural, Sustainable Materials: A Case Study in Attracting New Students"

William Callister, University of Utah
"Concept-Based Learning and Understanding for Materials Courses"

Conference Overview
The symposia series will keep its spirit fostering an atmosphere of community amongst educators involved in undergraduate and other materials education across disciplines, including engineering, design, science, and sustainability.

  • To share ideas, innovations, experiences, successes and failures
  • To provoke productive discussion around these issues
  • To expand the links that form such a key feature of the Materials Community

NAMES 2024: Call for abstracts
The Symposium website is now open for registrations and submission of abstracts for an oral or a poster presentation. The Scientific Committee would like to invite participants to share their ideas and experiences relating to Materials Education under the following session themes:

  • Beyond teachers camps: how do we attract more Students to Materials?
  • AI and education: best practices
  • Soft materials education: how to we make MSE less metals centric
  • Curricular development and other best practices
  • Teaching materials engineering and design

Please submit your poster abstracts for review here.

NAMES 2024 Scientific Committee
Steve Yalisove, University of Michigan (Chair)
Danielle Cote, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Claudia Loebel, University of Michigan (USA)
Robert Heard, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
Bosco Yu, University of Victoria (Canada)
Tim Chambers, University of Michigan (USA)
Claes Fredriksson, Ansys Academic Program (Secretary)

Submission deadline:
1. For talks: deadline has passed
2.
For posters: Sunday July 28th, 2024

We are looking forward to meeting you in Ann Arbor in 2024, thank you!

Steve Yalisove,
NAMES 2024 Scientific Committee Chair
smy@umich.edu

Materials Education Symposium:
https://www.materialseducation.com

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