Steve and Tim talked with Professor Diran Apelian from UC Irvine. Diran talks about his journey to Materials Science and Engineering through his days at Drexel, MIT, Bethlehem Steel, back to Drexel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, to Irvine. He explains his foray into project based learning and now his new course on Professional Skills that he is teaching at Irvine.

You can find more about Diran here:
https://engineering.uci.edu/users/diran-apelian
https://www.nae.edu/19579/165897/20676/166043/20685/55293/148200/148206/Dr-Diran-Apelian

You can find the YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/7vtXdbdASl0

This episode is sponsored by the North American Materials Education Symposium, a gift from Prof. Ron Gibala, and the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Please attend the North American Materials Education Symposium next summer, August 5th - 6th at Georgia Tech. Workshops on August 4th:
https://www.names25.mse.gatech.edu

Steve and Tim talk with Prof. Robert Talbert from Grand Valley State University. Robert is a math professor and has been very influential in inverted or flipped teaching and alternative grading in the past 20 years. Recently, he and a colleague, William Clarke, also a math professor at Grand Valley State University, wrote a book called "Grading for Growth". Most of the podcast is focussed on the ideas, implementation, and impact of the book. Robert also let us know that he is in the process of publishing a second edition of this flipped teaching book that should be available soon.

Robert has a very comprehensive document which links to many resources that he has developed over the years. Here is that link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1is0DKmhYMAUrCWN73_1U_GLMj_BXjyAAFZiY17eUq4I/edit?usp=sharing

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

This episode is sponsored by the North American Materials Education Symposium, a gift from Prof. Ron Gibala, and the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Please attend the North American Materials Education Symposium next summer, August 5th - 6th at Georgia Tech. Workshops on August 4th:
https://www.names25.mse.gatech.edu

Tim and Steve talk with 4 of the Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate students who got to fly to Las Vegas to attend the TMS annual meeting in April 2025. They talked about their experiences and the impact that it had on their education and outlook for the future.

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

This episode is sponsored by the North American Materials Education Symposium, a gift from Prof. Ron Gibala, and the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

Please attend the North American Materials Education Symposium next summer, August 5th - 6th at Georgia Tech. Workshops on August 4th:
https://www.names25.mse.gatech.edu