Publisher's Synopsis
These proceedings include manuscripts associated with presentations on design education in metallurgical/materials curricula, along with transcribed summaries of discussion periods following each of the four sessions of the symposium.;The forces driving the development of design education in the materials disciplines are the focus of this volume, as are the opportunities and approaches available to those teaching design and design-related coursework. The authors of the 17 papers are recognized leaders in design education who were invited to share their experience and insight. Their contributions form a collective response to the questions - what is engineering design, and what is engineering design in metallugical/materials education?