Steve and Tim talk with Dr. Ray Decker today. Ray earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the U. of Michigan. He spent most of his career at International Nickel Corporation and has since started several companies as an entrepreneur. Thixomat and Nanomag are his two most recent companies. He has been very active in ASM and especially the ASM Foundation. Ray is especially interested in Materials Education and has worked tirelessly for the ASM Foundation in recent years on the teachers camp and he is on the external advisory board for the U. Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department.

ASM:
https://www.asminternational.org

ASM Foundation:
https://www.asmfoundation.org

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/c-6jRPQ7A3Q

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

You can find the YouTube version of the Podcast here:
https://youtu.be/7uRI_rE7Nn4

We also have a condensed video version that can be found here:
https://youtu.be/b--Ddpq6w8Y

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Tim and Steve talk with Aeriel about her experience being a student and transitioning to an assistant professor at the Ohio State University

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/sYEPBGyi610

You can read about the Aeriel Views project here:
https://aerielviews.blog/

You can read more about her work with SWE Liberia here:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11837-020-04312-3.pdf

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Tim and Steve talk with Chip Keough, the former CEO of Applied Process, Inc and the past chair of the ASM Foundation. Chip is a UM Alum and currently and adjunct faculty member of the UM MSE department. Chip explains the difference between ASM and ASM Foundation and why the materials community benefits from both. He has been very involved with the ASM Foundation teachers camps and talks about it in the podcast.

ASM:
https://www.asminternational.org

ASM Foundation:
https://www.asmfoundation.org

You can find out more about the teacher camps at this link:
https://www.asmfoundation.org/teachers/materials-camps

If you are interested in attending a camp in 2024 use this link:
https://www.asmfoundation.org/teachers/camp-schedule/

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/TkmrGDUfTHA

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Steve and Tim talk about projects they have students do instead of exams.

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/XTRHz2kirbs

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Peg and Tim talk about the ASM Foundation teacher camps.
You can find out more about the teacher camps at this link:
https://www.asmfoundation.org/teachers/materials-camps

If you are interested in attending a camp in 2024 use this link:
https://www.asmfoundation.org/teachers/camp-schedule/

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/zkG58quir8U

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Jeff Fergus joins Steve and Tim to talk about ABET. Jeff has been the chair of the Engineering Accreditation Commission at ABET, is currently working on the ABET accreditation council and is very involved in evaluator training. He has previously been the chair of the TMS accreditation committee and has been a longtime organizer of the TMS Judson symposium. Jeff is also a professor of Materials Engineering at Auburn University and is currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Program Assessment in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. You can find out more about Jeff here:
https://eng.auburn.edu/dei/jeff-fergus

This episode can help your program succeed in its next accreditation visit!

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/HDEtL9MyDOc

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Steve and Tim talk about how we can convince students to become Materials Science and Engineering Students

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/wXJZjWOT838

You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:
https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/

This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).