Student opportunities in materials design and manufacture: Introducing a new manufacturing with composites course Hall, W. and Palmer, S. 2015, Student opportunities in materials design and manufacture: Introducing a new manufacturing with composites course, Journal of materials education, vol. 37, no. 3-4, pp. 155-168. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads palmer-studentopportuntiesin-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.14MB 158 Title Student opportunities in materials design and manufacture: Introducing a new manufacturing with composites course Author(s) Hall, W. Palmer, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-0597 Journal name Journal of materials education Volume number 37 Issue number 3-4 Start page 155 End page 168 Total pages 14 Publisher International Council on Materials Education Place of publication University Park, Penn. Publication date 2015-09-01 ISSN 0738-7989 Keyword(s) composite materials engineering education evaluation Summary The shift towards strong and lightweight fibre reinforced polymer-matrix composites for many high performance applications has resulted in an increasing need to expose students to composite design and manufacture courses in the undergraduate curriculum. In contrast, student exposure to composite materials is often still limited to a topic within a materials or manufacturing related course (unit). This paper presents the initial offering of a composite materials elective at Griffith University in Australia. The course also addresses environmental concerns through the inclusion of natural fibre composites. An evaluation of student perceptions is considered from Griffith’s Student Experience of Course (SEC) and separate Student Experience of Teaching (SET) surveys. These evaluations demonstrate the high level of student engagement with the course, but also highlighted areas for improvement, including the need to incorporate even more hands-on practical work. Interestingly, the inclusion of natural fibre composites and the related discussion surrounding environmental and societal issues are not focused on in student feedback. Language eng Field of Research 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials 091503 Engineering Practice 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation Socio Economic Objective 930502 Management of Education and Training Systems HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, International Council on Materials Education Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30078401 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 23 Sep 2015, 12:54:24 EST Wed, 23 Sep 2015, 12:55:02 EST Thu, 24 Sep 2015, 05:00:14 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 15:33:22 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 15:34:11 EST Tue, 29 Sep 2015, 09:37:26 EST Wed, 30 Sep 2015, 12:23:03 EST Wed, 30 Sep 2015, 15:25:25 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 14:33:56 EST Fri, 04 Dec 2015, 07:43:39 EST Tue, 19 Jan 2016, 11:57:47 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 10:27:14 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:16:39 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:38:43 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1231 Abstract Views, 173 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 23 Sep 2015, 12:55:02 EST