Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

for increasedstudent success. The enhanced methodology includes three steps. The first is Pre-Test: thePSVT-R test to assess students’ spatial visualization skills created by Purdue University, apartner school in the ENGAGE project, was given to all engineering and science freshmanstudents at Kettering University. The second step is Remediation: based on the results, allstudents who scored lower than 60% were required to take a spatial visualization course whichwas developed as one of the deliverables in the NSF-ENGAGE grant. The third step is Post-Test:by testing students’ spatial visualization skills after the spatial visualization training, all thestudents who participated the training passed the post test. Further enhancements to the

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonya Bond Overstreet, EMH&T

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

profitable is contingent on their ability tomaster the available technology to produce reliable engineering solutions for clients. In 2007,EMH&T began working on a strategy to implement the latest engineering design software,AutoCAD® Civil 3D®. The primary goal of the implementation was to use AutoCAD® Civil3D® to increase efficiency by producing a more accurate and consistent set of engineering plansthroughout the organization. A secondary goal was to have a more flexible workforce thatallows project managers to share personnel due to project needs. With these goals, EMH&Tdeveloped a comprehensive set of corporate CAD standards, developed custom AutoCAD®Civil 3D® training material to train members of their technical staff and developed a

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Modris Dobelis, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

(2002-2008); involvement in Epsilon Pi Tau, international honor society (2011); and Fulbright Scholar at NCSU, Raleigh, N.C., spring semester 2011. He has worked as CADEengineer on AP600 Project at the Westinghouse subcontractor’s company at Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Ala., (1994-1996). Currently, he is a professor and a Head of Department of Computer-aided Engineering Graphics at the Riga Technical University (Riga, Latvia). His present responsibility is education and teaching of engineering students in graphic communication, and computer-aided drafting and design. Page 25.548.1

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

introductory engineeringgraphics course. The course sections met twice a week for fifteen weeks. Nine weeks ofinstruction proceeded as scheduled with content and associated application includingorthographic projection, isometric drawing, sectioning and auxiliary creation, and a completefocus on three-dimensional static model development in a virtual environment. At thecompletion of the ninth week of instruction, the course instructor administered the MSLQinstrument. The Purdue Spatial Visualization: Visualization of Rotation instrument wasadministered to the students the following class meeting in efforts to prevent participantfatigue. The course instructor collected the completed instruments, data were entered, andsubsequent analyses were conducted

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

about orthographic projection. Studentsurveys and classroom observations were recorded by the teachers.High levels of student motivation were observed during both phases and the studentsevidenced a clear understanding of the picture plane and its relationship with perspectivedrawings. The paper also reports that a number of ergonomic improvements which weremade to the sketching equipment (subsequent to ‘Phase One’) were beneficial and that theseenabled more controlled and reflective exploration of complex geometries. The manner inwhich students completed the activity during both phases of the study varied. Some studentsperformed the exercise in a slow, controlled and reflective manner, resulting in sketcheswhich were precise, with significant

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Burke, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

experienceexclusively in solid geometric modeling. Through the paradigm of Project Based Learning, ascaffolded approach encouraging student exploration and experimentation was employedacross the study. Page 25.26.2 Figure 1 - Parametric surface modeling Figure 2 - Freeform Polygonal modelingThe choice of software for each task was based on marketing material analysed from a rangeof software and claims on what they are designed to do, in addition to the researcher’sexperience having had success with both for similar design tasks. The parametric surfacemodeling program chosen for the study was SolidWorks 2011. For the

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

the College of Engineering and the former Department Chair of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech. Her research interests include graphics and visualization. She has been the Principal Investigator or Co-principal investigator on more than $7 million in external funding, most from the National Science Foundation for educational projects and is the author of numerous publications and several textbooks.Ms. Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University Page 25.1172.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Spatial Skills Among Minority and International

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

Technologystudent services representatives visit a large number of Indiana high school Project Lead the Wayclasses. The representatives promote the college programs, network with the teachers, anddiscuss the need for high school mathematics and science.2Print The college has a variety of print publications; however, the major print recruiting piece isthe College of Technology magazine. This annual publication is targeted towards high schoolstudents and their parents. It includes information about all of the technology programs as well asinformation about scholarships, student organizations, and vignettes of current students.Programs are grouped into four key areas rather than by individual majors: 1) computing,2) engineering technology, 3) technology

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

regular polyhedra. Three of the regular polyhedra theCube, Tetrahedron and Octahedron, were the focus of a core topic within a Design andCommunication Graphics module at the University of Limerick.The regular polyhedra form a significant element of projection systems and therefore a clearknowledge of the topic is essential for future technology teachers. The regular polyhedra area logical progression from students' previous knowledge of plane geometry such as regularpolygons, the key progression being a move to three-dimensional geometry. Studying thegeometry of the regular polyhedra provides a clear insight into students' ability to manipulateregular geometry.The teaching of the subject content was not merely focused on the mechanical drawing