The Status and Future of Ceramic Engineering Education
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Ceramic Engineering |
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Teaching - Curriculum |
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| Author(s): |
Kevin Trumble |
| Description: | Description of poster session at conference titled: Ceramics at the Edge: Science in Emerging Technologies. The session description begins: "For over a century, US institutions have granted B.S. degrees in Ceramic Engineering (CerE). An evolutionary change has been taking place over the past couple of decades during which the market for disciplinary specific degrees (B.S. CerE and B.S. MetE) has declined. For example, the number of accredited B.S. CerE degree programs has fallen below the effective critical mass necessary for accreditation as a separate discipline and these programs are currently producing less than 200 B.S.CerE graduates per year. Based on the most recent ABET listing, only 5 programs currently have or will continue seeking accreditation under CerE (Alfred, Clemson, MST, Penn State, and Rutgers). Most of the programs no longer offering CerE degrees now have or will seek accreditation under Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), with varying degrees of specialization in ceramics. Notable examples include two of the founding CerE programs: Ohio State University and University of Illinois. Others such as Alfred University, the leading producer of CerE graduates, recently have added an MSE program. Understandably, the trend toward MSE has been viewed negatively by many in the CerE community but open discussion has been limited, especially of the role CerE is playing in the MSE programs. In recognition of the integration across the whole field of materials, momentum is building for a proposed Materials Disciplines Accreditation Coordinating Council. Such a council would coordinate and operate accreditation activities for the entire field through NICE which has responsibility for ceramics and TMS which has responsibility for materials and metallurgical. Besides the overlapping interests of the two societies, such an alliance would also provide a better platform from which to promote the interests of CerE throughout the field. Regardless of the outcome of this proposal, fundamental changes in the organization of ceramics education in the US have taken place. The purpose of this special poster session is to provide a forum for a long-overdue, focused discussion of these changes. " |
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Conference Chair was W. Craig Carter from MIT. |
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| Publication Date: | August 1999 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://pruffle.mit.edu/~ccarter/GRC99/CerE_debate.html |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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