IMPROVING STUDENT INTEREST IN ENGINEERING THROUGH QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS: MECHANICAL TESTING OF BIOMATERIALS

Valdosta State University (VSU) has developed a Quality Enhancement Program (QEP) that focuses on creating an environment to support active learning in classroom through discipline-based inquiry projects, undergraduate research, and project-based learning. Through a grant from the QEP, the VSU engineering students enrolled in the Directed Study course (ENGR 4950) have performed various designs and experiments to develop suitable mechanical tests and computational techniques for determination of the strength of dental porcelains.