Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

well as for the K-12 Outreach Division. He has also served in various leadership roles in disciplines related to Career and Technical Education. Dr. Clark is recognized as a Distinguished Technology Educator by the International Technology Engineering Education Association. He currently consults to a variety of businesses, educational agencies and organizations. Page 24.982.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Pictorial Visual Rotation Ability of Engineering Design Graphics StudentsAbstractThe ability to rotate visual mental

Conference Session

Innovative Graphics Instruction

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Engineering Design Graphics

skills, and toteach the fundamentals of a computer aided design. The students meet the instructor twice aweek in the laboratory during this three-credit-hour semester-long course with each class lastingtwo hours. The course is taught using traditional teaching methods with the introduction tographics concepts and examples in the first hour, and tutoring the homework in the second hour.Students passively absorb the information and work individually to solve the problems. Thelimited class time means that not all students get the immediate help they need. In addition,many of them do not follow up during office or tutoring hours for additional assistance. Since itis early in their university career, they often are not mature enough to admit they are

Conference Session

Advances in CAD with Emphasis on Dimensioning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

two components of the spring scale.In order to assess if the change in the project did improve students’ dimensioning skills, studentswere asked to complete a survey regarding the project. Responses to the survey and examquestions on dimensioning were compared. This paper will discuss the findings from theseanalyses.BackgroundMost engineers will create a drawing at some point in their career. For the object to be created,the material, structure and size need to be documented. Traditionally, students have learned howto do this in a “drawing” course. In these courses, students learn how to construct a multi-viewdrawing, a schematic or a diagram to illustrate the components of their design. Additionally, theyadd notes and dimensions to describe

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark E. Snyder, Illinois Institute of Technology; Matthew Spenko, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

the course, especially transfer students. Students take thesecond course in the series, which focuses on machine elements, in their junior year. The thirdand final design course is the capstone mechanical design course which students take their senioryear.The mechanical engineering department has taught Design for Innovation for three years,beginning in the fall of 2011. The course has three main objectives: 1) introduce design thinkingand open-ended problem solving earlier in a student’s career, 2) teach technical writing, and 3)improve student use of three-dimensional CAD software.Students begin the class with two-weeks of lecture on isometric hand-drawings, engineeringdrawings, and the basics of CAD software. Students use Autodesk Inventor

Conference Session

Innovative Graphics Instruction

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

?The primary focus of the teacher education program at UL is on developing high schooltechnology teachers. The focus of the teacher education program at NC State is ondeveloping teachers and leaders for schools, industry, business or community. What are themerits of streamlining the development of teachers solely for high schools? Is there any riskof diluting the teacher as a professional if the focus reaches further than the high schoolsystem? Is it disadvantageous to solely develop students as high school teachers? What ifthey would like to broaden their career outside of the high school system during life? Is thefour year program appropriate? Should teachers have a general degree and take a teachingqualification at post graduate level

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, eGrove Education

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Engineering Design Graphics

Visualization involves perception of 2 Dimensional (2D) and 3 Dimensional (3D) shapes. Improving your 3D spatial skills has been shown to lead to higher grades in math, science and engineering courses, and is linked to success in 84 careers. This program is designed to improve your Spatial Visualization skills. The program consists of an Assignment Window and Sketching Window, with an orange starting dot in each as shown below: Assignment! Starting!dot! Window:! ! Sketching! Window

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter F. Kelly Jr., North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

in various leadership roles in disciplines related to Career and Technical Education. Dr. Clark is recognized as a Distinguished Technology Educator by the International Technology Engineering Education Association. He currently consults to a variety of businesses, educational agencies and organizations. Page 24.1095.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Spatial Ability Measurement in an Introductory Graphic Communications CourseAbstractResearch on spatial ability indicates that many spatial test(s) have been used in research

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chen Guo, Purdue University; Yingjie Victor Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Craig L. Miller, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan W. Hartman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy B. Mueller, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrick E. Connolly, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Design Graphics

years in industry and her career parallels the progression of CAD/CAM to PDM to PLM. She has held industry positions with Owens-Illinois, Parametric Technology, Cummins, Faurecia and Toyota Industrial Equipment as well as a VAR and a consulting firm. She has held previous adjunct teaching positions with the University of Toledo and Ivy Tech Community College. Ms. Mueller also worked as the Director of Minds on Math for the Bartholomew County School Corporation which is an after school math enrichment program for fourth graders. She is a member of ASEE, ACM and SWE.Dr. Patrick E. Connolly, Purdue University, West Lafayette Patrick Connolly is a Professor and Interim Head of the Department of Computer Graphics Technology