Engineering Education

2016-04-20

John A. Nychka

Materials engineers specialize in knowing which materials to use in different applications, why certain materials should be used, how to make materials, how to test and characterize materials, and how to design and test new materials. Successful application of such knowledge leads to safe,...

2018-01-01

RL Bob Hemmings

This is not a formal history of the Athlone Fellowship, but a work of reflection, collection, and memory recovery. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either extracts of public documents, information gleaned from hours of internet research, and recovery of memories...

2017-03-01

John A. Nychka

This document has the following learning outcomes: be able to 1) define and 2) discern between the terms below; 3) practically identify the terms as used in examples (written and verbal communication); and 4) apply the use of the concepts appropriately in communication: Description, Expression,...

2017-01-01

Gargoum, Suliman; El-Basyouny, Karim

Excessive speeding is a global problem experienced on roads all around the world. The impacts of this behavior on the safety of all road users have led many jurisdictions to adopt more significant sanctions when dealing with such offenders. This paper assesses the impacts of adopting more...

2020-01-01

John A. Nychka

A series of questions to accompany a materials failure analysis case study.

2013-04-05

John A. Nychka

No design is perfect; all designs have a probability of failure and an associated risk. To prevent failure, or at least reduce it dramatically, there are varieties of techniques that may be employed during and after the design stage. Such methods are briefly described herein.

2020-03-27

John A. Nychka

A 1-page list of what to do, and what not to do regarding the process of failure analysis.

2019-01-01

Zhong, L., Yuan J., Fleck B.

2017-01-01

Gargoum, Suliman; ElBasyouny, Karim

Excessive speeding is a safety concern on all Canadian roads, consequently, numerous countermeasures have been considered to mitigate this problem. Whether it is excessive speeding, street racing or stunt driving, these activities subject all road users to extreme risk. To address this problem,...

2022-01-01

Eric R. Chan, Janice Miller-Young

This is the preliminary interview protocol developed by E.R. Chan for a study entitled "Intersectional Identities, Self-Efficacy, and Belonging: the experiences of underrepresented groups in engineering education." (New questions emerged as the study progressed.) The main research questions...