Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

technology has become in professions, education, and society ingeneral.The current model for implementing visualization techniques has taken on the form of adedicated, geographically and administratively removed entity. It is interesting that this approachfollows how new (and often expensive) technologies have been implemented in the past inhigher education. Some may remember when even electronic calculators were housed indedicated “computing laboratories.”It is general practice to implement visualization technologies in a centralized and dedicated“center,” a facility separated physically, intellectually, and pedagogically from academicenterprises that might use it best. This is not because visualization is a new, recently discoveredtechnique

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Tech University

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Engineering Design Graphics

collected throughmodeling and simulation is entered in an MS Excel spreadsheet, MS Project is used totrack the tasks assigned in the project, MS Word is used to create a report, and MSPowerPoint is used to create a presentation of the project to the class. This course thenserves as the foundation for laboratory courses utilizing CAD and MS Office softwaretools. Figure 1 – Bottle Opener Assembly Practical Applications in Parametric ModelingThe parametric modeling course integrates geometric dimensioning and tolerances, anddescriptive geometry while creating 3D parametric models, assemblies and associativedrawings. The theme of embedding design solutions in the computer graphics courses iscontinued in this course

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Moustafa Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Julie Moustafa, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Design Graphics

3 COMM 101R, Public Speaking 3 Gen Ed, Soc ial Sc ience Perspective (S) 3 Page 12.1538.3Figure 1Three course in the first two years are dedicated to drafting and design. Those coursesare:MET 100 – Engineering GraphicsCourse (Catalog) DescriptionLecture 2 hours; laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. A modern treatment of the basic principlesof engineering drawing, including graphing, orthographic projection, sectional views,multiview drawings, pictorial

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Frederick Meyers, The Ohio State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

introduced for descriptive geometry. Thisapplication was replaced on the market with KeyCreator.ixThe 1950's: A leader emerges in academia Page 12.792.4Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory was a leader in the academicworld. They developed the first graphic system in the mid-1950's for the United States Air Forcefor SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) air defense system. Computer-processed radardata were displayed on a cathode-ray tube (CRT) display.In 1957 PRONTO, the first commercial computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software system,was developed by Dr. Patrick J. Hanratty. This Arizona State University graduate is

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Dorribo-Camba, East Tennessee State University; Marty Fitzgerald, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

, November 1990.Lily Lee. Gait Analysis for Classification. AI Technical Report 2003-014. Massachusetts Institute of Technology —Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. 2003.Yam, C. Y., Nixon, M. S. and Carter, J. N. (2001) Extended Model-Based Automatic Gait Recognition of Walkingand Running (Speech). In Proceedings of Proceedings of 3rd Int. Conf. on Audio- and Video-Based BiometricPerson Authentication, AVBPA 2001, pp. 278-283. Page 12.57.9

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

with certificates in web design and electronic publishing.Due to the tremendous growth in the CGT program over the last six years, the program hasbegun to explore the Distance Education (DE) and hybrid course option to address the growingneeds for classroom and laboratory space. PUC currently uses WebCT Vista as its coursemanagement software. The CGT program has already been using Vista for supplemental supportfor its traditional classes.DiscussionBecause of its rapid growth, the CGT program has embraced online and hybrid coursedevelopment to alleviate some of the resource restrictions caused by this growth. The offering ofonline courses will assist in the freeing up the classroom space, which is currently at a criticalshortage.For purposes of

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Onyancha, University of New Hampshire; Erick Towle, University of New Hampshire; Brad Kinsey, University of New Hampshire

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Engineering Design Graphics

) test, which was developed to assess the selfconfidence of students related to spatial tasks, see Kinsey et al11 for details. These web-basedtests consisted of three dimensional representations of different objects in both solid and nohidden line representations. The web-based software recorded the radio button the studentselected for each of the test questions. To ensure anonymity, an encrypted universityidentification code was used as opposed to the student’s name for data analysis purposes. The tests were administered to 86 freshmen mechanical engineering students in CEPSwho were enrolled in ME 441 Engineering Graphics during the fall semester of 2006. Thiscourse consisted of three 1-hour lectures and a one 2-hour laboratory meeting

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2007-2791: A REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE USING LINKAGES TO TEACHDESIGN, ANALYSIS, CAD AND TECHNICAL WRITINGJames Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Dr. Sherwood joined the University in 1993. He worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and BF Goodrich as a structural engineer before entering academia. He is currently Director of the Baseball Research Center and Co-Director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textiles Laboratory. His scholarly interests include constitutive modeling, mechanical behavior of materials with emphasis on composites, finite element methods with emphasis on high speed impact, sports engineering with emphasis on baseball and innovative teaching methods in