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Rethinking Culture and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Mehalik

customer used so that therecould be risk projections at different parts of the supply chain. That way, if a problem did occur,the likely source of the problem could be tracked down in a matter of a few hours and could bestopped quickly.In this case, no problems were found in other customers’ products, no serious damage to thereputation of Rohner Textil AG, Climatex Lifecycle, or the EPEA occurred, and the reportingcustomer remained loyal throughout the process. The network continued to win awards for newenvironmental innovations, and Climatex Lifecycle continued to do well, in spite of verydifficult economic conditions with the global manufacturing slowdown that lasted through thelast quarter of 2001.III. Discussion

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The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Russum; Donald Visco

work has its roots in a special projects course taken by DPVJ under theadvisement of Professor David A. Kofke. Helpful suggestions by Dr. Paul Mathias areacknowledged.Bibliography1 Elliott, J. R., and C. T. Lira, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.Prentice Hall PTR UpperSaddle River, NJ, (1999).2 Sandler, S.I., Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics. 3rd ed,John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (1999).3 Smith, J. M., H. C. Van Ness, and M. M. Abbott, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. 5thed,McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. New York, (1996).4 Russum, J. R., and D. P. Visco. "The Use of an Integration Technique to Trace Phase Equilibria Curves

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alice Agogino; Ann McKenna

, more concrete, representation ofthe lever and pulley. Since students may have individual learning styles, the use of multiplerepresentations increases the repertoire of models for students. According to Resnick and Ocko11the learning environment should offer multiple paths to learning that allow students the freedomto approach projects from different perspectives. Providing multiple representations also relatesto Koschmann’s principle of multiplicity. Since knowledge is complex, dynamic, and contextsensitive, this principle suggests that multiple representations, perspectives and strategies shouldbe provided and revisited as knowledge matures6.The application of the term ‘generative’ to SIMALE is consistent with the basic definition of theword

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Thompson

participating in theEngineering Center are more likely to graduate from the university and much more likely tograduate in engineering than students who do not participate in the engineering center.Many, but not all previous experiments with residential learning units have reported improvedretention rates. 5,9,10 Another residential learning community project called FIT at OklahomaState University had much less favorable results. The FIT program had objectives of improvedacademic achievement, persistence, and psychosocial development. The housing for thesestudents did not encourage interaction with students from other disciplines. The programrequired group participation in 54 events (cultural, social, community service, sports, studentclubs, tutoring

Conference Session

Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bill Tollner

degree in engineering. Many are from other countries and may not have competed a senior design project or other requirements typical of engineering programs in the USA. We also expect to attract increasing numbers of non-traditional students who wish to work outside the university full or part time. Distance learning is likely to have increased demand both for students away from Athens and for benefiting from instructors at outlying campuses, other universities and industry. The need for certificates and professional degrees may also cause a shift in the experience of our students and their expectations from faculty. Specific recommendations included: 1. Develop a Graduate

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sukhvarsh Jerath

, Chicago, Illinois, 1961. Page 7.499.6 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”2. “Restructuring Engineering Education: A Focus on Change,” Report of an NSF Workshop on Engineering Education, NSF, Washington DC 1995.3. Penitz, Beth, “ Evolving Paths,” ASEE Prism, October 1996, pp. 23-28.4. Penitz, Beth, “ Opening New Doors,” ASEE Prism, November 1998, pp. 20-25.5. “Engineering Education for a Changing World,” ASEE Project Report, ASEE Prism, December 1994, pp. 21-27.6. Engineering

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Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gerald Heydt; Khaled Nigim

0.12 0.24 0.36 0.48 0.6 Load Current - PUFigure (4) Experimental results for an 11 kWinduction generator indicating successful generationof voltage as the chopper angle is varied resulting invariable resistance effect across the slip rings Students in a general undergraduate electrical engineering program will benefit from thedesign of a closed loop controller for the voltage regulation of the variable frequency powersource: in this application, a voltage sensor is used in a feedback control for the PWM inverterin the power source. A typical design is shown in Figure (6). This makes an interesting semester project infeedback control and power electronic switching

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Spencer; Amy Bell

State University, April 1999, http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/admin/ir/vtdata/fact99/.6. Adelman, C., “Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Careers,” U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute for Science Education, Washington, D.C., 1998.7. Seymour, E. and Hewitt, N.M., Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences, Westview Press, 1997.8. Hall, R.M. and Sandler, B.R., “The Classroom Climate: A Chilly One for Women?,” Project on the Status Page 7.1144.6 and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges, Washington, D.C., 1982.Proceedings

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Husson; Richard Rice; James Haile; II, S. Michael Kilbey; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

* * * * Out-of-class surveys * * * * Reflective exercises * * Portfolios * * Recitation Exercises 16% 16% 12.5% N/A Project 10% Tests 44% 44% 50% 36% Quizzes 14% Final Exam 24% 24% 25

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rocio Alba-Flores; Christopher Carroll; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

plot the graph of the capacitor’svoltage discharge, by taking timed samples of the capacitor’s voltageLaboratory VIIISmall Controller Implementation using the timer and parallel portsStudents will implement a main program and a set of subroutines to control a radiocontrolled car. A commercial radio controlled car is modified to be driven by the 68HC11.Experience in the Lab.Our experience with the students using this system is that they like the simplicity of themonitor commands, the completeness of the resources of the system, and the possibility ofstraightforward connections to external devices and signals. Also, they commented aboutthe possibility of using the system to implement their senior projects. The only drawback wedetected, if any

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Drake; Mark Driver; Eric Welch

area. The professors have had industrial experience in these areas and each havefunctioned as members of interdisciplinary teams.This course is designed to introduce students to the conversation that frequently takes placebetween disciplines as part of any engineering project. As such, each lecture and laboratorysection is normally attended by faculty from both the mechanical and electrical engineeringdepartments.Descriptions of Some of the ExperimentsVoltage DivisionIn some semesters, the first experiment performed involves voltage division in a simple series dccircuit consisting of a dc source of voltage and two resistors. The output is taken as the voltageacross one of the resistors using a high-resistance voltmeter. Only a small number

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

facilities for chatting andapplication sharing which can be used in the design of this new way of “doing labs”. In the end,we decided to use both software packages in this project: ATT VNC to perform remoteadministration of the machine vision stations as needed to troubleshoot or reset the computersystems; and NetMeeting to actually share the spectrometry/machine vision application software.The complete laboratory computer cluster consists of 1 Web/FTP server and 2 PCs set up asmachine vision workstations. The Web/FTP server is a Compaq, dual Pentium III @ 866 MHzand 512 MB RAM, running Windows 2000 Server. The workstations have AMD ThunderbirdCPUs clocked at 1.2 GHz and 256 MB RAM. Their motherboards have built-in graphics andmultimedia peripherals

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Pimpida Punnakanta; Craig D. Lewis; Cynthia Atman

their design activities may differ significantly from their actualperformance in solving “messy” open-ended problems. In the Pacific Northwest, multi-university participants in aNational Science Foundation supported project (Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education, TIDEE)have implemented and disseminated a Mid-Program Assessment instrument for assessing engineering studentdesign competency. One part of the instrument requires student teams to document (e.g., self-report) their designdecisions and processes while engaged in a design task. These written self-reports are scored using a rubric thathas demonstrated a high inter-rater reliability. We are interested in comparing the scores derived from these self-reports with measures of

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Siripen Larpkiattaworn; Obinna Muogboh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Alejandro Scalise; Dan Budny; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Harvey Wolfe

Engineer with ALCOA and with the U.S. Army Human EngineeringLaboratory.LARRY J. SHUMAN is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburghand Professor of Industrial Engineering. His areas of interest are improving the engineering educational experienceand the study of the ethical behavior of engineers. Together with Dr. Atman, Dr. Shuman co-chaired the 1997Frontiers in Education Conference held in Pittsburgh. He is a co-author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing CostSchedule and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle (Cambridge University Press, 1997). Dr. Shuman hasbeen principle or co-principle investigator on over twenty sponsored research projects funded from such governmentagencies and foundations as

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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D. Joseph Mook

was done in6 different disciplines in 5 countries. The detailed results are presented in the FIPSE report citedin the bibliography, as Project # P116J60061. Current Status of the Program – Institutions and StudentsIIE maintains an extensive program web site (http://www.iie.org/pgms/global-e3/) that describesthe program in great detail. The website provides members and interested potential new memberinstitutions information about the program. Students access the site for program information, aswell as to submit on-line applications. Password protected areas allow advisors access to contactinformation, updates, and student on-line applications which they can view and approve.As of early 2002, the Global E 3 Program includes 84

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

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J. Shawn Addington

probability and statistics, including applications appropriate to electrical engineering"Program Outcome #13 : "A knowledge of advanced mathematics, typically including differential equations, linear algebra, complex variables and discrete math"Program Outcome #14 : "An ability to acquire new information, assimilate that information into a body of knowledge and apply that knowledge to the solution of problems"Program Outcome #15 : "An ability to function as a member of a team in project design and laboratory experiment

Conference Session

Technology for Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

period of abulia becomes more extensive) as students wait longer tobegin studying for the next unit and the effect of cramming becomes steeper in each subsequentinterval. Technically we are controlling student behavior by an external clock. If we teachstudents to complete projects in this way, we should not be surprised to learn that students exhibitthis behavior we have taught them as young engineers after they leave our classrooms. Page 7.26.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Expositio n Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education4.1

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Patrick Devens

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Wild; Michael Ryan

engineeringprofession that can serve to enhance motivation for their studies in courses within andoutside of engineering. This perspective should also serve to inform career decision- Page 7.984.10making among the various engineering disciplines. Since freshmen are exposed to only Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationone introductory engineering course during their first year, we have redesigned thiscourse to present case studies that are intended to present real engineering projects insome depth and breadth. This

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Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nilufer Gozacan; Reza Ziarati

benchmarking techniques.• A system for measuring costs and identifying the cost of conformance and the cost of non-conformance.Reference 6, while clearly states that TQM is a philosophy and hence not a defined system,nevertheless provides a systematic TQM model for consideration. A summary of the maincomponents of the model is presented below:1. Create and nurture TQM and cultural environment based on the above.2. Identify the objectives of each component of the organisation.3. Define jobs and, staff responsibilities and tasks4. Establish action plans for implementation and improvement projects.5. Identify deficiencies and supplement by providing support.6. Measure and compare with stated standards and chosen benchmarks.7

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New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan

benefits underthe following topics: what is behind the move to agile manufacturing; why agility is essential tosurvival in the 21st Century; how lean manufacturing and the virtual enterprise support agility;the pros and cons of partnering (virtual enterprises); creating a new transportation infrastructure;developing a network of global communication; how to assess your company identify obstacles,find solutions and create Agile Manufacturing goals; how to identify Agile Manufacturingproject candidates; how to measure Agile Manufacturing project success etc.Goldman et al. 3 in their book on “Agile Competitors and Virtual Organization: Strategies forEnriching the Customer” addressed how to confront and thrive on change and uncertainty. Theypresented

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. San Yip; Michael Hough; Eric Wood; Thomas Marlin

Page 7.130.14instructor could select an application with which the students are familiar from projects inthis or another course. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education The instructor can ask student teams to formulate questions for a designatednumber and set of learning goals; the students should prepare their solutions on separatepapers. Then, students can exchange the questions during a tutorial; each team canprovide answers and critique the learning value of their classmates’ questions. Theseexercises will assist the students’ learning skills while building process controlknowledge.7. Student

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Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Dixon

LloydWright, Raymond Loewy, Enzo Ferrari and Burt Rutan. Other topics include Bauhausdesign, beauty in concrete bridge design, and the history of industrial design.This assignment addresses course objective I.Trip report. Industrial design topics are explored in some detail. Many students enteringthe course have not been exposed to the intention of industrial design. Industrialdesigners are invited to speak to the class, outlining the intentions of industrial design,and the potential ramifications of using industrial design to advantage. The students arethen treated to a full evening in one of the excellent industrial design houses in the TwinCities. Lively discussion about projects undertaken by the company and the theory about Proceedings

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Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jacques; Mark Shields; John O'Connell; Matthew Mehalik

engineering projects and solving contemporary andfuture engineering problems. The complexity of modern technology and the sophistication ofcurrent knowledge and procedures makes it impossible for any single individual to know and doeverything; assistance from others is essential in virtually every engineering endeavor. Page 7.909.1It is vital that engineering graduates both understand the nature of, and be able to function in,team situations. As a result, engineering education must include a significant number ofexperiences that impact students in ways that build awareness and skills in teaming. There aremany formats in which this can be done. Teams

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Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kara Bliley; Emily Mowry; Amy Gray; Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson; Sean Brophy

. Sargent, J. (1997) Miss Ever’s Boys. [Movie] Time Warner Entertainment.2. Belmont Report.(1979) Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of HumanSubjects of Research http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm3. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.) (2000) How people learn:Brain, mind, experience, and school, Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: NationalAcademy Press. http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ .4. Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt. 1997 The Jasper Project: Lessons inCurriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development. Mahwah, NJ:Erlbaum..5. Wachowski, A. (1999). The Matrix.[Movie] Warner Brothers.6. Spottiswoode (1993). The Band Played On. [Movie] Home Box Office

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Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Willis; Duane Dunlap

. Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 18, 179-184 (1998).16. U of A-IPD. Engineering management program (EMP) needs assessment project report. Edmonton: University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension, Institute for Professional Development. (1999).17. Babcock, D.L., & Sachet, D.R. Continuing education for Engineering Management. In, L.P. Grayson & J.M Biedenbach, (eds.), 1986 World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education (pp. 228 - 232). May 7-9, 1986, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. New York: IEEE Education Society (1986).18. Ferguson, C. The continuous professional development of engineers and flexible learning strategies. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 17 (3), 173-183 (1998).19. National

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

M. P. Sharma; Matthew Hayes; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

information is useful to curriculum developers in theongoing refinement and improvement of instruction.A Case Study Involving Texas Tech University and the University of WyomingThe research described here is part of an ongoing project to develop computer-based materials Page 7.874.1and to identify effective teaching and learning methods for engineering students in introductory Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Educationthermodynamics. The data presented here were collected from students at two universities

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Corinne Darvennes; Sally Pardue

written down on theboard by the professor. The effort expended in preparing lecture notes in electronic form prior toclass is necessary in the authors’ view. Being able to converse with the students, to see what thestudent reaction is and to adjust lecture timing and emphasis are crucial for successful education.Three possible delivery options for lectures using PowerPoint are 1) The student must writedown onto paper what is projected on the board, 2) the instructor provides the day’s lecture(either complete or incomplete) on paper as handouts for the students to follow along, 3) thestudents must print out their own notes prior to class (available on-line) to make additional noteson during class.By having the notes on the web in an easily

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Gaughran

Lateralization and Spatial Ability. Behaviour Genetics, T, No. 2, 171-188William Gaughran is a Course Director in Technology Education and Lecturer in Engineering Design atthe University of Limerick. He is Research Project Manager for inclusive design for facilities andtooling. He is a consultant and researcher to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment(Ireland) and is the Author of several textbooks in technology education. His research interests include, Page 7.297.13inclusive/universal design, design for sustainability and human factors and cognitive strategies in design.Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

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Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alain Desrochers

computational and simulation engineering software. Because of that, the proper knowledge ofCAD software use is therefore, nevertheless, essential.Additionally, CAD systems constantly evolve, continuously requiring increasingly powerfulcomputers to run. Typically, a CAD laboratory will be dedicated to them with costly computersfeaturing huge amounts of RAM memory, high performance graphical adapters and largescreens. These high performance machines are moreover in great demand by students who areusing them in an increasing variety of course and projects requiring work on the digital mock up.Therefore, time spent by students in front of these computers must be as productive as possiblesuch as to maximize their availability to other students.Clearly