Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2011-1894: HOW TO DESIGN A DESIGN PROJECT: GUIDANCE FORNEW INSTRUCTORS IN FIRST AND SECOND YEAR ENGINEERINGCOURSESAndrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward IslandProf. Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island Current chair of the UPEI Engineering Department and facilitator of Project Based Design courses at the University of Prince Edward Island. Page 22.787.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 How To Design a Design Project: Guidance for New Instructors in First and Second Year Engineering CoursesIntroductionThis paper is not an attempt to

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Marygrove College

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Engineering Design Graphics

’ spatial visualization skills for increased studentsuccess. The proposed methodology includes two steps: identifying students who should receiveremediation in spatial visualization and improving the existing Engineering Graphics courseofferings. An online test to assess students’ spatial visualization skills created by PurdueUniversity, a partner school in the ENGAGE project, was given to all engineering and sciencefreshman students at Kettering University. Based on the results, all students who scored lowerthan 60% will be recommended to take a spatial visualization course which will be developed asone of the deliverables in the NSF-ENGAGE grant. In addition, by testing students’ spatialvisualization skills before and after the existing initial

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2011-2025: THE INSIDE STORY: REVEALING THE CONTENTS OFCAD’S BLACK BOXHolly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Holly K. Ault received her BS, MSME and Ph.D. degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1974, 1983 and 1988 respectively. She has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for the Norton Company and Product Development Engineer for the Olin Corporation. She is currently Associate Professor of Me- chanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, co-director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center, and director of the Melbourne Global Project Center. In the fall of 2001, she was invited as the Lise Meitner Visiting Professor, Department of Design Sciences, Lund Technical University, Lund

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

) concepts. Cur- rently, Dr. DeLuca is the Principle Investigator of the GRIDc: Green Research for Incorporating Data in the Classroom project (Phase 1, 0737180; Phase 2, 0920268). The purpose of this NSF CCLI project is to develop curricula to teach STEM concepts associated with renewable energy technologies by provid- ing a living laboratory of performance data from numerous renewable energy systems. The overarching goal of the project is to develop undergraduate students’ higher-order thinking skills in the context of a data-rich learning environment. In addition, he is Co-PI of the NSF ITEST funded project GRADUATE: Games Requiring Advanced Developmental Understanding and Achievement in Technological Endeavors

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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Engineering Design Graphics

prototyping equipment (e.g.Stratasys FDM technology) or use of a service bureau, custom blocks can also be included inthese prototypes. This introduces students to Design for Manufacture and Assembly concepts asthese custom blocks must be designed with appropriate wall thicknesses and stiffening, and withappropriate clearances and fits to assemble to standard blocks. The ability to do this adds to theappeal that LEGO® has for many students who are well familiar with their use. Experiencesfrom implementing a LEGO® based CAD project in a freshman course that teaches EngineeringDesign and Graphics will be used to underscore the benefits of using this approach.IntroductionCAD instruction is a required part of the curriculums of many engineering and

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Engineering Design Graphics

body shell of their choosing from which a CATIA surface model is manuallyconstructed. This paper will highlight the approach used. Examples of student project work willbe presented. These projects are designed to include both a group and individual component.Teams work collaboratively to construct a surface model of an automotive body. Individually,each student must then add ancillaries such as wheels, mirrors, scoops or spoilers to completetheir own design. While the group component emphasizes collecting data and applying surfacemodeling techniques to this data, the individual component allows students to creatively use thesurface modeling techniques to style the ancillaries they choose. Feedback from students showthat there is strong

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seokyoung Ahn, University of Texas - Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Gregory Allen Potter, The University of Texas - Pan American

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Engineering Design Graphics

Graphics Course is designed to teach Engineering Students (Mechanical,Manufacturing, Civil) the basics of Engineering Drawings. This includes the use of CADsoftware as well as hand sketching. The use of CBI during this course is intended to enhance theEngineering Graphics Course and data taken from grades on homework assignments, quizzesand projects as well as attendance and participation will indicate if this is the case. The use ofCBI in STEM fields has proven to be effective in previous studies and will be the focus of thisdiscussion1-3.The lessons to be discussed are those in creating orthogonal multi-view sketches and drawings,isometric and oblique pictorial sketches, and two lessons in the creation of sub-assemblies usingCAD software. For

Conference Session

Assessment in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Varricchio, Daniel Webster College; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Melissa Kelly, Daniel Webster College; James O'Donnell; Joseph A. Donovan, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

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Engineering Design Graphics

with the analysis and fabrication of their projectphysical prototypes, their final project reports were usually of much poorer quality. This wasespecially true with regard to working drawings. In order to address this problem, all members ofthe freshmen design teams are now required to watch a review module and pass an onlineassessment before turning in their final design reports.Project reports from both before and after the review module implementation were evaluatedusing a working drawing assessment rubric. The results indicated a significant improvement inmost of the areas considered.Due to the success of this module, the members of the team who worked on this project wouldlike to consider the potential usefulness of collaborating with

Conference Session

Assessment in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Mark Anthony Shreve, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

4.4 Model Planning 4.5 Feature Definition 4.5.1 Features from Generalized Sweeps 4.5.2 Construction Geometry 4.5.3 Sketching the Profile 4.5.4 Completing the Feature Definition 4.5.5 Feature Planning Strategies 4.6.2 Editing Feature Properties 4.7 Duplicating Part Features 4.8 Viewing the Part Model 4.8.1 View Camera Operation 5.1 Projection Theory 5.2 Multiview Projection Planes

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Anthony Shreve, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V. Ernst, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

between students who watched the video demonstrations and those who didnot. The number of desired modeling concepts present in final projects was higher for studentswho watched more of the videos during the semester.IntroductionFoundations of Engineering Graphics, GC 120, is an introductory engineering graphics course atNorth Carolina State University. A majority of the students enrolled in the course are completingtheir second year of coursework in engineering. The course consists of a hybrid formatcontaining online instruction through video lectures and demonstrations coupled with face-to-face class time with an instructor. The course utilizes the Moodle learning management systemto organize and distribute course resources to the students

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy E. Study, Virginia State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

if they did change their major.IntroductionAs part of ongoing research, data was gathered on the visualization abilities of students enrolledin introductory engineering graphics courses at Virginia State University, an HBCU. The pretestscores of these students on the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test (PSVT) (Guay, 1976) weresignificantly lower than the average expected for incoming engineering and technology students.The visualization abilities of these subjects were improved through a variety of methodsincluding sketching, haptic activities and multimedia exercises. The content of the courses variedslightly throughout the years referenced in this study but consistently covered the topics oforthographic projection, section views, auxiliary

Conference Session

Assessment in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

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Engineering Design Graphics

-chair and chair and as the Instructional Unit’s secretary, vice-chair, and chair. Page 22.1055.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Measuring the Performance of the Engineering Design Graphics JournalIntroductionThe Engineering Design Graphics Journal (EDGJ) recently transitioned from being a print-onlyjournal to being an online-only journal aided by Open Journal Systems (OJS). Developed andadministered by the Public Knowledge Project, OJS is an integrated open source journalmanagement and publishing system that facilitates the

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Patrick Hewerdine; James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; W Brent Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Design Graphics

CAD software. Additional resources used for the project can be found inbibliography. Page 22.1017.4EquipmentThe specific equipment used for this laboratory includes an Immersion MicroScribe G2Xdigitizer or portable CMM, Autodesk Inventor parametric modeling software, a HighRes plug-inpackage from ReverseEngineering.com that is used to link Inventor and the MicroScribe [6], agranite surface plate, precision ground aluminum blocks, and a Stratasys Dimension 1200 three-dimensional printer. The equipment is used to simulate a manufacturing and quality inspectionenvironment, where students perform geometric metrology on various manufactured

Conference Session

Assessment in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 22.691.15  One of the most significant differences observed between the two samples of portfolios was the level and type of reflection. Students in the 3rd quartile for the most part did not demonstrate meaningful reflective practices, where as Quartile 1 students presented clear and objective evidence of the effectiveness of their projects, aligned with „reflection-in-practice‟ described by Kimbell, Stables and Green26. One student presented this design evaluation and reflections under self specified heading of Desirability, Feasibility, and Viability and clearly discussed the merits and failings of the project under these headings. By comparison a student in the 3rd quartile with no

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Design Graphics

participants and their selection.The third section will detail the application of the chosen measurement tool and the researchenvironment that the experiment was carried out within. The final section will provide ananalysis of the gathered data and a discussion of the findings in relation to the associatedliterature.Prior to progressing further, it should be noted that the research presented in this paper is anelement of an ongoing research project (Lane et al., 2009, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c) that is beingcarried out within the confines of Initial Technology Teacher Education (ITTE).2. Measuring Sketching AbilityLiterature concerning the measurement of sketching ability is varied and involves methodssuch as the application of visual mental imagery tasks

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Hartman, Purdue University, Computer Graphics Technology; Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Design Graphics

received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Exec- utive Development from Ball State University. He is certified as both a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Page 22.39.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Distance Learning Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program in TechnologyAbstractThe Department of Computer Graphics Technology (CGT) at Purdue University, in

Conference Session

Assessment in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Engineering Design Graphics

Therefore, engineeringgraphics faculty must be efficient in their delivery of course material while ensuring that studentsare learning and understanding the key concepts to engineering graphics.In order to enable faculty to identify key areas of student misconceptions in graphics, we havedeveloped a concept inventory for engineering graphics encompassing line-types, isometric andorthographic projection, scaling, section views, auxiliary views, and dimensioning. A conceptinventory is a highly structured standardized test designed to reveal concepts of high importancealong with student misconceptions about a specific body of knowledge. In addition to revealingstudent misunderstandings, concept inventories are now accepted as an assessment tool