Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-hsiang Chang, Purdue University; Craig Miller, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

cognitive building. Today, the graduates from manywell-known undergraduate engineering and technology programs are trained to concentrate onmachines rather than the human user’s well-being. Thus, one critical component in our teachingof ergonomics is to always bring students to the user, as other courses they have had in the pastmainly emphasize the issues of product functionality and product manufacturability. Theconsequences of missing the human element in engineering and technology education could bethe creation of mad scientists or evil engineers instead of a human-being with a balanced worldview and the ability to respect life.With the human-first idea in mind, the subjects covered in this module included both physical andcognitive ergonomics

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Birchman; Mary Sadowski, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

ideation in which design ideas are generated in one’s mind andexpressed through the process of sketching. Sketching is a part of most engineering graphicsprograms and has been identified as a valuable asset in the Engineering Design Graphicscurriculum (Barr, et. al. 1999, Branoff, et. al. 2001, Myers 2000, Sorby 2003).Teamwork has also been identified as an important aspect of the Engineering Graphicscurriculum (Barr (1999), Myers (2000), Smith (2003). Being able to communicate with teammembers in your own discipline is important, being able to communicate with team membersfrom other disciplines may be much more important. Page 11.711.2Most of us

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Design Graphics

Technology (CGT). The CGT program atPUC was created in 2000 and has grown from 18 students to approximately 200 in 2005. Whilemanaging such growth has presented challenging issues for CGT faculty, the faculty have alwaysperformed program development with an eye towards future Technology AccreditationCommission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (TAC/ABET) accreditationin mind. Hence, in creating the associates and bachelor’s degrees, and the various programoptions, the faculty at PUC have planned for future accreditation and job success of the graduatesby including technical courses along with many courses in the degrees which emphasize the “softskills” of engineering technology, such as communication, teamwork, and appreciation

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

2006-1728: ISSUES IN TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF COURSES INRAPIDLY CHANGING AREASJana Whittington, Purdue University-CalumetKim Nankivell, Purdue University-CalumetJoy Colwell, Purdue University-CalumetJames Higley, Purdue University-Calumet Page 11.848.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Issues in Teaching and Assessment of Courses in Rapidly Changing AreasAbstractThe past decade has shown an exponential growth in technology in all areas of the academiccurriculum, and especially in the technology based fields. This growth has put great pressure onthe academic community to preserve learning objectives and outcomes while still maintainingassessment criteria

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 11.1369.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Use of graphics in multimedia instructional materials: Research-based design guidelinesAbstractEngineering education, along with other disciplinary areas, uses a wide range of mediaand sensory modalities to communicate ideas and concepts to and between students. Putinto the context of a modern classroom, text and graphic combinations are likely to comein a number of different forms. With the explosion of use of multimedia tools has comean increased interest in learning sciences research into the cognitive basis of multi-representational learning. This paper will explore current cognitive theory and the designheuristics that have been derived from it

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Hartman, Purdue University; Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; Jeffrey Gilger, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

2006-190: DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED SPATIALVISUALIZATION ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTNathan Hartman, Purdue University Nathan Hartman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University, and he has been an ASEE member since 1997. He currently teaches or has taught courses in introductory engineering graphics, 3D solid modeling, 3D surface modeling, and engineering design graphics standards and documentation. Nathan also teaches graduate courses in the foundations of graphics in technology and instrumentation and measurement in research design. He also serves as Graduate Coordinator for the Computer Graphics Technology Department. He has worked