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MATE 370 Virtual Lab: Exploring Phase Transformations Through nanoHUB Nanomaterial Mechanics Explorer Tool
Teaching Materials | 24 Sep 2020 | Contributor(s):: Mohsen B Kivy, Crystal Ipong
This lab explores the kinetics of phase transformation using nanoHUB tools.
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MATE 370 Virtual Lab: Exploring Nucleation, Crystallization, and Growth through nanoHUB Virtual Kinetics Tools
Teaching Materials | 24 Sep 2020 | Contributor(s):: Mohsen B Kivy, Crystal Ipong
This lab explores the kinetics of nucleation, crystallization, and growth processes using nanoHUB tools.
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MATE 370 Virtual Lab: Exploring Diffusion through nanoHUB Defect- coupled and Concentration-dependent Diffusion Tools
Teaching Materials | 24 Sep 2020 | Contributor(s):: Mohsen B Kivy, Crystal Ipong
This lab explores the kinetics of solid-state diffusion using nanoHUB tools.
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Balloon Skewer Relay Race
Teaching Materials | 29 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
Do you think you could get a bamboo barbecue skewer through a balloon without popping it? With a little dish soap and some practice, I bet you could! Skewering a balloon is a fun and inexpensive way to demonstrate the structure-dependent properties of polymers. Polymers are made...
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Materials Matching Mixer Activity
Teaching Materials | 29 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
This materials-themed ice breaker activity is great for the first day of a camp program to get students thinking about basic material properties, as well as talking to each other and speaking out loud in front of the group. The name of a common engineering material (steel, rubber, concrete,...
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Pineapple Packaging Design Challenge
Teaching Materials | 29 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
This activity asks students to work in teams to consider the pros and cons of different materials as a container for cut pineapple (metal can plastic jar, glass jar). It reinforces the differences between different categories of material, weighing conflicting factors to reach a design...
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Engineering Communication with Tinker Toys
Teaching Materials | 29 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
This resource describes three variations on an engineering communication activity using Tinker Toys. In the main activity, small groups of students are given a bag of Tinker Toys and instructed to build anything they like. They are then asked to write down building instructions for...
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Demonstrations for the Materials Science Classroom
Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Silas Brown, Jud Ready, NNCI Nano
This is a compendium of demonstrations exploring the properties of materials. Material science is the study of the five classes of material: metals, ceramics/glasses, polymers, semiconductors, and composites, and their applicable properties. It is an exceedingly important subject because...
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Simulating Precipitate Morphology using a Phase Field Model
Teaching Materials | 01 Dec 2019 | Contributor(s):: Susan P Gentry, Stephen DeWitt, Mingwei Zhang
For this activity, students investigate how precipitate morphology is affected by materials parameters such as anisotropic interfacial energy and misfit strain. They vary the materials parameters in a series of simulations utilizing the nanoHUB tool PRISMS-PF...
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Martensitic Transformations with Molecular Dynamics
Teaching Materials | 21 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Sam Reeve, Alejandro Strachan
In this computational lab you will perform online molecular dynamics (MD) simulations through nanoHUB of martensitic transformations and analyze the results in order to: Describe the atomistic process of martensitic, solid-solid phase transitions Compare different martensitic alloys,...
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Melting with Molecular Dynamics
Teaching Materials | 21 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Sam Reeve, Alejandro Strachan
In this computational lab you will perform online molecular dynamics (MD) simulations through nanoHUB to melt nickel samples and analyze the results in order to: Understand the process of melting at atomic scales Identify effects of surfaces and specimen size Describe differences...
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Nanoscale Tensile Testing with Molecular Dynamics
Teaching Materials | 21 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Sam Reeve, Alejandro Strachan
In this computational lab you will perform online molecular dynamics (MD) simulations through nanoHUB of single-crystal copper nanowires under uniaxial tension of varying orientations and analyze the results in order to: Observe how slip planes in single-crystal nanowires are formed and...
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Dislocation Structure and Propagation with Molecular Dynamics
Teaching Materials | 20 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Sam Reeve, Alejandro Strachan
In this computational lab you will learn about dislocations via online molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using nanoHUB. The simulations involve various types of dislocations in FCC and BCC crystals.
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Ductile and Brittle Failure in Metals with Molecular Dynamics
Teaching Materials | 20 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Sam Reeve, Alejandro Strachan
In this computational lab you will perform online molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of nanoscale cracks under uniaxial tension through nanoHUB. Simulations with varying temperature and crystal structure will provide information to: Distinguish the atomistic mechanisms of ductile and...
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Learning Module: Band Structure for Pure and Doped Silicon
Teaching Materials | 10 Dec 2018 | Contributor(s):: Peilin Liao
In this lab, students will learn to perform online density functional theory (DFT) simulations to compute band structures and density of states (DOS) for pure and doped Si using the DFT Material Properties Simulator available on nanoHUB. The students will work with crystalline pure and doped...
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Scaffolding Simulations in a Rate Processes of Materials Course
Teaching Materials | 16 Aug 2018 | Contributor(s):: Susan P Gentry
This learning resource describes a set of programming assignments that are used in a Rate Processes of Materials course. The assignments are designed around the pedagogical principle of scaffolding, in which students are given initial support structures that are gradually removed. The...
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Understanding Fracture Behavior in Materials Using Cheese
Teaching Materials | 19 Jun 2018 | Contributor(s):: Jessica Anne Krogstad, Nicole E Johnson-Glauch, Kaitlin Tyler, Rachael Mansbach, Andrew Ferguson
This is a resource from the Girls Learning About Materials (GLAM) outreach camp run at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The learning objectives for this activity are: Students will compare and contrast different types of fracture behavior (ductile/brittle). Students...
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Using DFT to Predict the Equilibrium Lattice Parameter and Bulk Modulus of Crystalline Materials
Teaching Materials | 23 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s):: André Schleife, Materials Science and Engineering at Illinois
This activity guides users through the use of DFT calculations with Quantum ESPRESSO in nanoHUB to calculate the total energy of a crystal structure. By varying the volume of the structure, and calculating the associated energies, the equilibirum structure can be found. Users are...
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Using DFT to Simulate the Band Structure and Density of States of Crystalline Materials
Teaching Materials | 23 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s):: André Schleife, Materials Science and Engineering at Illinois
In this activity, DFT is used to simulate the band structure and density of states of several crystalline semiconductors. Users are instructed in how to use the Bilbao Crystallographic Server to select a path through the Brillouin zone for each structure. This activity is adapted from an...
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Computer Modeling Module: Chemical Reaction Simulation using SIESTA
Teaching Materials | 23 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s):: Lan Li
This activity guides students through a module using the SIESTA DFT tool that is housed within the MIT Atomic Scale Modeling Toolkit on nanoHUB. Instructional videos, background reading, reminders and the assignment are included. Learning outcomes: Get familiar with SIESTA tool and activation...