Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

centers or laboratories wereinterviewed using a standard survey instrument. These centers represented science, medicine,engineering, art, and social science disciplines. Of particular interest were original andcontinuing funding models, the organizational structure of each facility, the profiles ofparticipating faculty, and the relationship of the centers’ research activities with undergraduateand graduate academic programs. This paper develops three models based on the sampledcenters, describes the topology of visualization activities, and draws preliminary conclusionsfrom the survey data.Introduction Data visualization has become an important tool in technical education and practice aswitnessed in technology, the sciences, medicine

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Alice Scales, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

collect similar data. Fourth, an emphasis on using the data outside of the classroom needs tobe expanded and emphasized in future studies. Fifth, students in graphics courses should be Page 13.1203.12surveyed concerning their preferred formats of instruction (traditional lecture/laboratory, hybridstructure, or total distance education as learning environments). Since some students taking thissurvey were in hybrid course (on-line lectures and face-to-face laboratory), but the majority werein traditional lecture/laboratory, all formats of instruction were considered equal on all levelswith student interest. Finally, the survey needs to be conducted

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Nail, University of Tennessee-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

of Toledo. The author explains that, because of trends promoted bystate departments of transportation, his program opted to integrate GEOPAK © into designclasses. Specifically, GEOPAK © was integrated into a synchronized CAD laboratory whichincluded highway geometric design, and site and utility layout. A semester long project was usedas the vehicle with which the software was introduced to the students. The conversion fromquarters to semesters was the original impetus for the expansion of the CAD laboratory courseoffering. The prerequisite is a freshman level course which incorporates Microstation ©instruction. The author refers to the challenge of adequately exposing students to all of thecapabilities of GEOPAK © within the available 33