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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1: Spatial Visualization

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, University of California at San Diego; Elizabeth Rose Cowan, eGrove Education

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, especiallyin the area of career and technical education (CTE) or other science, technology, engineering,and mathematics courses such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) that normally have hands-on orlaboratory learning were not simple to convert to a virtual environment [3]. During the initialmove to remote instruction, these courses were challenged with providing access to high-endequipment or computing resources requiring high-speed internet, and they no longer couldbenefit from in-person, close-up demonstrations of proper technique or the opportunity forteachers to ascertain students’ proficiency of the material in real time [4]. There were concernsthat some students might not be receiving quality instruction in these courses, which wouldnegatively

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3 - Spatial Visualization Topics

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; John E. Bell, Michigan State University

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low spatial skills.Keywords: spatial reasoning, apps, augmented reality, engineering educationI Background Spatial visualization is the ability to mentally represent and manipulate two-dimensional(2D) and three-dimensional (3D) figures. Spatial skills are often used in STEM careers, such asthose in engineering and medicine, and have been positively correlated with increased grade pointaverages and retention in STEM-related fields, including math, engineering, computerprogramming, and science [1, 2]. Spatial visualization skills are learnable [1, 3, 4], but moststudents do not receive formal instruction in K-12 or at the university level. In addition, a particularlack of exposure to spatial visualization skills may explain why women

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Dana Corrina Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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the exact number ofbricks that form the structure. To do this the viewer must visualize each brick in its 3-Darrangement and count it only once despite the fact that the same brick may show up in morethan one view. The new method was used for over nine years with demonstrated success forstudents with a wide variety of visualization skills. It is intended as a tool to help Engineering,Architecture, and Art students and faculty who want to increase their 3-D visualization skills andimprove their attention to detail.IntroductionPreparing students for successful STEM careers requires a variety of math, science, andengineering courses. Most of these courses, particularly the engineering ones, consider theability to visualize in a 3-D environment

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Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick E. Connolly, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Esteban Garcia Bravo, Purdue University; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Raymond Patrick Hassan, Purdue University

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structure, instructor roles, and student autonomy.The Polytechnic FoundationAlthough there is no single definition for what constitutes a polytechnic approach or institution,it is generally accepted that key components of a polytechnic entity may include crucialcharacteristics of student mentoring, problem-based instruction, integration and collaboration ofsubject matter, entrepreneurship, and intrinsic student motivation. Sorensen 4 claims that Polytechnics are comprehensive universities offering professional, career-focused programs in the arts, social and related behavioral sciences, engineering, education, and natural sciences and technology that engage students in active learning, theory and research essential to the future of society

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3: Spatial Visualization

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Luis Genaro Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin, Waukesha

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reports are a very small set of the work that has been conducted in the field, thecomplete set of works indicate the interest in having appropriate materials for improvement ofspatial visualization skills, perhaps given the reports that such skills are a significant factorpredicting success in technological programs [Sorby, 2005]. Visualization skills competency isnowadays being used for career advising, identification of potential success or need for additionalacademic preparation, and even as an admission factor.BackgroundIn most engineering and technology degrees students are required to have a course in technicalgraphics. There is variety of contents and approaches being used nowadays, with the most typicaloffering being a first-year course

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3 - Spatial Visualization Topics

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Budinoff, University of California, Berkeley; Audrey Ford, University of California, Berkeley; Sara McMains, University of California, Berkeley

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A.B. from Harvard University in Computer Science, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in Computer Science with a minor in Mechanical Engineering. Her research has been recognized with various best paper awards (Usenix, ASME DETC, ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium, NAMRC), the Audi Production Award, and the NSF CAREER Award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Effects of gender, effort, and spatial visualization abilities in an engineering graphics classAbstractThe objective of this study is to understand the interaction between gender, spatial visualizationability, effort, and course outcomes in an engineering graphics course. Within

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2 - Design & Manufacturing Topics

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

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top-score. The second option is a popular technique that tries to minimize the effect ofraw numbers, percentage improvement, however it might have some bias for the low-scorerssince they might show huge percentage of improvement but not indicating that the new score is atop-score.The third option was defined with basis on the ultimate objective of having improvedvisualization skills in order to have higher possibilities of doing a technical career. Therefore, ittries to capture if the Post- score is good enough to become a top-score. This indicator is thedifference between the ‘tier’ were the Post-score is, compared to the ‘tier’ were the Pre-scorewas. Four tiers were defined in this calculation: Tier 1 – score higher than one

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Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel P. Kelly, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech; Kevin Gregory Sutton, North Carolina State University

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faculty represented the majority (93%) of respondentscovering all degree levels (Baccalaureate – 93%, Masters – 84.5%, and Doctoral – 34.5%).Instructional areas included engineering (5%), technology (19%), engineering technology (10%),engineering and technology teacher education (32%), design (10%), and education (7%).Building construction management, business, sustainability, and career and technical educationare also represented instructional areas in the data set. Tenured or tenure-track professorscomprised 89% of the respondents. Thirty percent of respondents report greater than 30 years ofteaching experience with all other respondents distributed consistently from 4-30 years ofteaching experience. When asked if they have flipped a classroom

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3: Spatial Visualization

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agata K. Dean, Colorado School of Mines

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class.In order to underscore the explicit connections between spatial skills and other undergraduateengineering courses, careers and industries, a team based research project was introduced in Fall2016. The reasoning behind this addition was to encourage students to look more deeply at someclass, field, or hobby they were interested in, and explore the connections between that topic andspatial thinking. The students then report their findings to their classmates in the form of a finalteam project presentation. Less formally, the hope was that students who had this deeperunderstanding of the benefits of spatial skills instruction would then become ambassadors toother students, encouraging them to take the class to better prepare them for

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology

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major of the student. In this study,we aim to address this gap by investigating, and comparing, the spatial ability of both first-yearengineering students and graduating seniors. As our spatial skills program was implemented in2016, a sizeable population of students who were assessed and trained in spatial skills asincoming students are now graduating and the evolution and impacts of their SVS through theircollege career can be studied.MethodologyAll first-year engineering students at Stevens Institute of Technology are enrolled in a graphicsclass in which their spatial skills are initially assessed before students are given the option topartake in voluntary (incentivized), extra-curricular spatial skills training workshops. The spatialability

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Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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peek, the user seesthe solution temporarily highlighted in green, but the solution disappears when the user continuessketching. Each time a user submits a sketch, a file is sent to a server that includes a copy of the Page 26.1595.3sketch, how many attempts were made, and if peeks occurred. The server that stores student Spatial Visualization TrainerSpatial 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 andengineering courses, and is linked to success in 84 careers. This program is

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CAD Within Engineering Design Graphics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dongdong Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Deniz Eseryel, North Carolina State University; Uzair Nadeem, Prairie View A&M University; Atiq Islam, Prairie View A&M University; T Fulya Eyupoglu, North Carolina State University; Tianyun Yuan, Prairie View A&M University

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, students in theexperimental groups completed the screencast exercises more than once.Study Context The project was implemented in a freshman "Mechanical Engineering Drawing" course thatwas offered in Mechanical Engineering Department. The course has been designed to teachstudents CAD modeling skills using Siemens NX and prepare them for their future career indesign and manufacturing. Students and instructors met for three hours every week for thiscourse. The present project was launched in Fall 2014 and it has been implemented since then(i.e., Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015). Students in the control groups received thetraditional instruction where the instructor made the screencast tutorials. Students in theexperimental groups were

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Spatial Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wilhelm Alex Friess, University of Maine; Eric L. Martin, University of Maine; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University

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Paper ID #14596Improvements in Student Spatial Visualization in an Introductory Engineer-ing Graphics Course using Open-ended Design Projects Supported by 3-DPrinted ManipulativesDr. Alex Friess, University of Maine Dr. Friess holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1997), and currently is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with the University of Maine (since 2012). Previously he has spent 5 years in Dubai as inaugural faculty of RIT Dubai and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University. Dr. Friess’ industrial and academic career spans a variety of consulting