Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonya Bond Overstreet, EMH&T

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

in June 2009. 1During this 18 month economic slowdown, the leadership at EMH&T decided to position thecompany for future success. Responding to industry and technology pressures, EMH&T woulduse the recession as an opportunity to improve their engineering design process and upgrade theirengineering design software from AutoCAD® Land Desktop 2004 to AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.President Sandra C. Doyle-Ahern, MEn said that it was important to advance with Civil 3D togive EMH&T a competitive edge.2EMH&T founded in 1926, has 85 years of experience offering, “…an extensive array of servicesincluding civil engineering, land surveying, environmental management, landscape architectureand land planning.”3 EMH&T’s ability to remain

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

comparison of spatial ability within the groups group and toprovide a basis for exploring whether the students relied on their spatial skills during the task. Page 25.854.5 Problem Statement Problem ImageThe plan of a square abcd is inclined at 40degrees to the HP.The edge ab rests on the horizontal plane.The square is the base of a cube. Draw the plan and elevation of the solid.The plan of the base of a tetrahedron isshown.Edge ab rests on the horizontal plane.Draw the plan and elevation of the solid

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Judith A. Birchman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brandon Xavier Karcher, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Page 25.1341.4questions. The survey took approximately ten minutes to complete and was e-mailed directly tothe first-year students in the college. The initial survey was developed by Computer Graphics Technology graduate student,Brandon Karcher, as part of his thesis. The survey was modeled on the Theory of PlannedBehavior that was proposed and developed by Icek Ajzen3 in his paper, From Intentions toActions: A Theory of Planned Behavior. According to the theory, decisions are guided by threeconsiderations: behavioral, control, and normative beliefs. When these three beliefs combine, anintention is formed. The intention is then linked to a behavior, and depending on the perceivedbehavioral control an individual has, the behavior will be

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

existingEngineering Graphics course have been made as lessons learned.1. IntroductionAs part of the professional development portion of the NSF – ENGAGE grant, the KetteringUniversity ENGAGE team attended the ENGAGE conference in February 2010. A Plan ofAttack in spatial visualization was developed. It includes five phases starting from Springsemester 2010. Currently at Kettering University, “Technical Graphical Communications(MECH-100)” is a core course for Mechanical Engineering (ME) students at freshman level. It isan elective course for students in other programs such as Industrial and ManufacturingEngineering (IME), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECS), etc.According to the studies by Sorby [1, 2], well-developed spatial skills have been shown to

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

predetermined thing. It is characterized by rigidplanning and explicit methods of recording or quantifying the student activity. On the otherhand divergent assessment emphasizes student understanding rather than the agenda of theassessor. The critical aspect of this approach is to establish what a student knows,understands or is able to do at the end of a learning task. It is characterized by more flexibleforms of planning with open forms of recording or presentation of student work/learning, Page 25.29.4analyzing the interaction of the student and the curriculum from the point of view of thestudent.The focus of assessment must develop an internal capacity

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

. Incontrast, ‘Enquiry’ was implemented at Michigan Tech as a means of developing spatialvisualization skills and to help students understand conventional methods of representingobjects.The collaboration across two international universities proved very beneficial in terms ofmodifying and improving the apparatus used in the activity but it also provided a means ofcritiquing and refining the courses in which they were implemented. The recommendationsfrom ‘Phase 2’ indicate that careful consideration should be given to the timing andapplication of ‘Enquiry’ within modules of study. This planning should take learningoutcomes and students’ prerequisite knowledge into account. For example, it may bebeneficial to facilitate experiential learning of various