Materials informatics: A new pedagogical framework for materials chemistry

CHED 64

Krishna Rajan, krajan@iastate.edu, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
Materials Informatics permits one to survey complex, multiscale information in a high throughput, statistically robust, and yet physically meaningful manner. The application of such approaches can have a significant impact in materials design and discovery. In this presentation will show how by including infomatics as a tool in education, we can significantly aid and change the pedagogical approaches to the teaching of materials chemistry. The talk will provide examples built around the educational outreach and development activities of the NSF International Materials Institute: Combinatorial Sciences and Materials Informatics Collaboratory (CoSMIC-IMI)