THE METAL HOUR: WE DON'T JUST PLAY HEAVY METAL MUSIC - WE ALSO TALK ABOUT METALLURGY

摘要

A weekly radio program is broadcast from a campus studio with the purposes of providing materials engineering instruction and entertainment to the local community. Faculty and students that organize and create each weekly show are students and fans of both materials topics and music. The format of the show includes music that ranges up to the extreme metal genre. Discussions are held between blocks of songs, and include a variety of topics. Past discussion topics include the environment, manufacturing, atomic level processes in materials and extraterrestial visitors. A project exercise in a Materials Engineering course allows students to create a music CD that incorporates a discussion of a materials related topic. Learning evaluation criteria are being developed.