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Education Exchange: Independent-Study Course Examines Materials in Tennis Rackets and Hockey Sticks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

Edward Mark Lenoe
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For the past seven years I have taught the Engineering Materials course (EM 380) at the United States Military Academy (USMA), Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME). The course has been modified to introduce modern materials technology to the cadets and to provide the opportunity to fabricate, design, test, and evaluate advanced materials in this course, in capstone design projects, and in independent-study projects. Theoretical and experimental studies of sporting equipment have been a sound and compelling basis to develop student ability in applied mechanics and to gain insight into the importance of materials choice. This article describes the methods and results of several of these projects.

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Materials For Sports
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , March 1998 , pp. 47 - 49
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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