Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Hriso, East Tennessee State University; W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

client. Students also learn how tomanage a real world project with deadlines. This paper describes our approach in having studentscome together to enhance their digital media skills by contributing in the development of acommunity-based animation festival. This paper also addresses how students learned to plan andmanage a festival event while working with a community-based organization.IntroductionIn the fall of 2004 we wrote a collaborative grant submitted to the University of Kentucky for aprogram entitled “Appalachian Ideas Network”. This grant was established with funding fromthe Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to enable universities in the Appalachian regionto develop programs in social entrepreneurship. Our intent for this project

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

DP-2 Table of Design Constraints Table 3 Identify user needs DP-3 Survey of User Needs Short written report 4 Identify design specifications DP-4 Table of Design Objectives Table 5 Analyze problem and context DP-5 Design Problem Analysis Short written report 6 Plan the design process DP-6 Design Project Plan Chart DP-6A Design Project Proposal Formal written report DP-6B Executive Summary One-page write-up DP-6C Design Project Proposal Oral presentation 7 Develop concepts and options DP-7 Pugh Evaluation Matrix Matrix

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Centers and Technical Curricula: A Proposal for StudyAbstractThis paper proposes to study how activities of technology-intensive visualization centers have orhave not been integrated into technical undergraduate curricula. The study focuses onvisualization centers applied to urban planning, engineering, construction, medicine, and science.The study is delimited and a set of preliminary research questions are proposed.IntroductionData visualization has become an important tool in science, engineering, and technologyeducation and practice.1 Technologies for interacting with complex multi-dimensional data havebecome economically feasible and functionally practicable as witnessed by the establishment of“Visualization

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

year MET students from each of thefocus areas are required to complete a team-based senior design project. Studentsprogress through a two semester sequence starting with Product Design and Developmentpresenting integrated methodologies that examine marketing, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams including concurrent engineering and projects utilizing CAD systems,and ending with a Senior Project course including evaluation and design optimizationmethods for efficient and cost-effective designs requiring an oral/written report andcomprehensive exam. In the capstone sequence the student teams first generate thedesign, optimize the design and document the design. Then, during the last semester theteams plan for production, manufacture and

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

on projects. It is important that they go beyond the classroom walls to expand theirprofessional, technical and aesthetic expertise. Many of them participate in group projects wherethey work for non-profit organizations. The time required to do this does not fall in the weekly-designated classroom time. A significant part of the course involves researching and planning fora one to two semester senior project. Some students choose to work as a group to create theirsenior project while others contribute to an existing company’s CG needs.The course has been designed as a hybrid course with five classroom meeting times throughoutthe semester, for faculty-student discussions as well as presentations of in-progress and finalprojects. These meeting

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2007-327: GRAPHICS: INTO THE 21ST CENTURYLa Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State UniversityFrederick Meyers, The Ohio State University Page 12.792.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Graphics: Into the 21st CenturyAbstractGraphical plans for construction of machinery and architecture have evolved over the last 6,000years beginning from hieroglyphics to drawings on printable media, from the “Golden Age” ofengineering graphics to the innovation of computer graphics and prototyping. The evolution ofengineering design graphics as a profession has also evolved. Years before we entered the 21stcentury, higher education began to address the changes that technology brought to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin Cook, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

of concepts learned, the curriculum has been revised and improved to provide graphics courses during each of the first three years of the typical four year plan. 1st Year: MET 119 Technical 3rd Year: Graphics Communication- MET 303 CAE Tools in Intro. to Communicating 2nd Year: Mechanical Design - with 2-D and 3-D CAD MET 211 Graphics in Modeling, FEA, CFD, Design – Simulations, CAM, RP Graphical design

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

solidbackground in. In addition, communication and problem-solving skills are important.As many 4- year Engineering Technology graduates plan to take jobs in the design area, Page 12.1538.2many students use the experience gained in the classroom through taking CAD and SolidModeling courses early in their academic careers to obtain entry level drafting position orinternships. Since many employers pay for continuing education drafting has become agate way job for student continuing with their education to become engineeringtechnicians or engineers.CADD systems have become more powerful and easier to use also and has limited thedemand for highly skilled drafters as

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Noorani, Loyola Marymount University; Louis Rodriguez, Loyola Marymount University; Michael Givens, Loyola Marymount University; Drew Christensen, Loyola Marymount University; Joe Foyos, Loyola Marymount University

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Engineering Design Graphics

and submit a preliminary proposal to the instructor. Duringthe selection process, the students went through the brainstorming process, discussed thefeasibility of several projects before selection of a final project. Once the project was approvedby the instructor, the students used their graphics, design and optimization techniques to designthe component or the system. The average of the students’ performance was assessed to be at thelevel of 3.45/4.0; which was recorded in Table 3.An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (Conflict Resolution) (criteria d)In the area of working in multidisciplinary teams, the students were evaluated on theireffectiveness on conflict resolution. During the planning and design portion of the projects

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priti Bhatnagar, Daniel Webster College; Christopher McInnis, Daniel Webster College; Chad Hebert, Daniel Webster College; Sonja Crowder, Daniel Webster College; David Guo, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

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Engineering Design Graphics

-world applications, and communication skills. Theformation of the CDIO Initiative was a response to feedback from industry surveys whichcommunicated that although today’s engineering graduates are technically competent, theygenerally need one to two years of additional training before they are ready to function asengineers. Some of the common weaknesses cited are communication skills, including graphics,the ability to work in teams, and design skills. This paper will present a plan for a five-semesterconcurrent engineering design sequence, as well as an expanded use of design experiences incore engineering courses. Students will present an aerodynamics CDIO project that enhancestheir understanding of the effect of planform shape on finite wing

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

andacts as visual map to reinforce the connection of the course topics to one another. The Ganttchart also is an introduction to how to manage a project by planning tasks that need to becompleted in serial and what tasks can be done in parallel to have a distributed workload over thetime period while finishing the project on time.Tasks #1 and #2 are done as individual technical reports. Students do not necessarily come tothe course knowing any of the students in the class. Thus, the first two weeks is a time for thestudents to begin to meet others during the two-hour lab sessions and to force each student to beinvolved in all aspects of writing a technical memo report. Any weaknesses in technical reportwriting and formatting in MS Word are to be