Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

(grade level) of the student and any disabilities students may have that would impact theircapacity to participate fully or meaningfully in the flipped classroom environment. Student maturity and motivation is also a consistent topic in the responses regardingappropriateness for all learners. Some of the concern was specifically directed at middle and highschool students. However, others were more general and were related to students having the self-discipline to properly engage with the out-of-class work. This is addressed by many whoresponded yes, but qualified their response by stating that proper planning and supports shouldbe in place for the flipped classroom model to be effective. The preference of students was stated several

Conference Session

CAD Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Arnold D. Phillips Jr., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

simplifies the designprocess, so pre-planning a modeling strategy is not necessary as compared to history-basedmodeling. Users working on existing models do not need to understand the modelingstrategy used to create the model, and do not need to search through the feature tree toidentify specific feature parameters in order to make a change to the geometry. The directmodeling approach facilitates quickness and responsiveness-to-change, making it an idealapproach where speed and flexibility are important3. Due to the absence of the history tree, models created using the direct modelingapproach exhibit greater interoperability. Files can be saved in standard formats such asSTEP, Parasolid, or ACIS, and imported into other CAD packages without loss

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

is honored with Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award in 2015 and Undergraduate Educator Award in 2012 from the Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), Georgia Tech.Dr. Tristan T Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Tris Utschig is Assistant Director for the Office of Assessment at Georgia Tech. Formerly, he was Assistant Director for Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning in the Center for the En- hancement of Teaching and Learning. He has extensive experience consulting with faculty for research, planning, implementation, and assessment of educational innovations and programs. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Lewis-Clark State College. Dr

Conference Session

Assessment Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Nozaki, Ohio State University; Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Heidi M Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Design Graphics

modeling course at one of the participatinguniversities were asked to review the items, give feedback on clarity of the questions,and note any possible typos or mistakes in the graphics. These students did notprovide responses to the questions. Because it was late in the semester and courseinstruction had already been planned at each participating institution, not all 60items could be tested on every student participant due to classroom time constraints.The items were compiled into different sized packets based on the time available fortesting at each participating institution. A testing protocol was established by thegroup so all packets in the pilot study were administered in a uniform fashion.Pilot responses from all institutions were collected

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murad Musa Mahmoud, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

-engineering oriented assignment on the left side (GuideBase) and the replacement assignment on the right side (support bracket for a solar water heater),an environmental engineering assignment. In both assignments, the students are to draw threeorthographic views of the part and add dimensions. According to the survey, 79% of the studentspreferred the environmental engineering assignment. Guide Base            Solar Water Heater  Figure 2: Guide base and support bracket assignments.Figure 3 shows one of the last assignments in the 2D portion of the course. The problem on theleft is a plan-view of a building and the layout of structural steel columns with details. Thisproblem is

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luz Adriana Amaya-Bower, Central Connecticut State University; Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

structure: Firstly, class time is insufficientto cover all the material and for the students to complete assignments with the assistance of theinstructor. Secondly, the tutorials are written in a format which may be confusing and difficult tofollow. In addition, these tutorials provide an emphasis on the tools to construct the CAD models,while dismissing the model planning stage, which is critical for an engineering design. Theauthors have attempted to address these drawbacks. Tutorial videos were created to clearly showthe model construction process from start to finish. One instructor taught the course in the usualmanner but made the tutorial videos available to the students. The second instructor converted theclass to a “flipped” or inverted

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karthik Sukumar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Zheng Zhou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James L. Mohler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Design Graphics

flexibility of their visualization ability. The same cannot be said about the lowspatial ability individuals, as their strategies are usually one-dimensional.Future plan would be to focus on recruiting more participants from both high and low spatialability group to consolidate the findings in this paper as well as to explore the potentialdrawbacks in the PSVT. It would also be interesting to investigate the process of visualization byeliminating sketching as a means to elicit information, as there is an indication that sketchinghelps in visualizing the object better.   References1.   Eliot, J. (1987). Models of psychological space. New York: Spriger-Verlag.2.   Eliot, J., & Smith, I. M. (1983

Conference Session

CAD Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Engineering Design Graphics

substantially defines our senior class one year in advance,allowing for planning of technical electives and recruitment of senior capstone design projects.The educational setting is 2/3 flipped classroom environment where students prepare by readingand working problems outside of class and then work on problems during class and 1/3 lecturefor introduction of new subjects and delving into more difficult topics. Class is held twice weekly(M-W 1 hour 15 minutes) with a homework assignment due on Friday.Sometime ago when class sizes began increasing, we began to assign students, alphabetically,numbers starting at 1 to the number of students in the class. This number is placed in the upperleft hand corner of all assignments. This facilitates ordering of

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

, theystrongly manifest their appreciation of the freedom of thought that open-ended designproblems provide. Thus the successful completion of a series of challenging projects hasserved as mastery experiences for the students, which is a primary building block of self-efficacy 44.Due to the single data point collected in this work-in-progress, it is not possible yet toascertain specific reasons for the ineffectiveness of the interventions in this form towardsdeveloping SV skills, however the insights gained during this first iteration will be usedto refine the implementation, and continue the assessment with the help of a controlgroup. Specific planned actions include: • Increasing the number and reducing the scope of geometric design exercises