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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Greg Murray; Tim Thomas

CHOOSING THE RIGHT PARAMETRIC MODELING SOFTWARE FOR YOUR ET PROGRAM Greg Murray, Tim Thomas Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KSAbstractKeeping up with technology has always been a challenge, and parametric modeling software is aprime example. This paper presents findings from a project that deals primarily with answeringa few key questions that every Engineering Technology program should ask when incorporating3D graphics software into its program: What software is being used in industry? Whichsoftware packages should we use? Is it beneficial for students to be familiar with more than onetype of software? How important are

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramesh K. Agarwal

Transport Intercity Travel (U.S) Air Travel Forecast• 1% of world passenger traffic in 1950, 10% in 2005 , projected to be 36- 40% by 2050 (assuming 3% growth in GDP, 5.2% growth in passenger traffic and 6.2% increase in Cargo) Source: Schafer et al. (2009) Projected Growth in World Travel Demand/Capita with Passenger-Kilometers Traveled (PKT) Increase in GDP/Capita Boeing Market Forecast for New Airplanes• Total market value of new airplanes is estimated to be $2.6 trillions.• Maximum need would be for single-aisles plane. http://www.boeing.com/randy/archives/2006/07/in_the_year_202.html Environmental Impact of Aviation (Current Scenario

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dave Sly; Daniel Bumblauskas; Frank Peters

advisory board which would assist in developing the curriculum for the course. The industry advisory board, selected by the committee, included representatives from the following companies: • ABB (Industrial Automation) • JB Hunt (Transportation & • Caterpillar (Industrial Equipment) Logistics) • Genesys Systems (Systems • JS Kruger Consulting (Construction) Integrator) • Lincoln Electric (Industrial • Hercules (Industrial Chemicals) Equipment) • IBM -retired (IT Services) • Trane (HVAC)Literature Review of Sales Engineering ProgramsA preliminary literature review was