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Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

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Francis Di Bella

Session No. 2566-3 MECHANICAL ENGINEEING DIVISION: TEACHING ENGINEERING ETHICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS Francis A. Di Bella, PE Assistant Professor, Northeastern University Boston, MA 02131 (617-373-5240; fdibella@coe.neu.edu)ABSTRACTHow and when should engineering ethics be taught in a typical four-year engineeringcurriculum? Should ethics instruction be left to the individual’s own morals educationafter graduation and thus classroom time spent on more tangible subjects? This

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New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robin Adams; Mary Lidstrom; Kjell Nelson; Jeffrey Bonadio; David Stahl; Cynthia Atman

to engineering students who have little or nocollege level biology background. This course, entitled “Biological Frameworks for Engineers”instructs biology concepts from an engineering perspective and emphasizes the functionalaspects of biological systems. It is divided into a series of three to four week modules, eachestablishing a real-world problem as a context for active, problem-based learning. Acombination of instructional methods are used for each module such as lectures, in-class student-centered exercises, discussions, and labs. A matrix of assessment methods are integrated into thecurriculum to triangulate on student learning outcomes and to provide feedback to theinstructional team as part of an iterative course development cycle

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger; Renata Engel

Session 2368 Why Do We Lecture? Marilyn Barger, Renata Engel, Richard Gilbert, Mark Maughmer Hillsborough Community College/ Penn State/ University of South Florida/ Penn StateAbstractGiven the opportunities offered by present-day technology, there is a great deal ofemphasis, if not pressure, on engineering faculty to make use of computers, the web, andtechnology classrooms in the educational process. In this environment, the role of thetraditional lecture is often brought into question. While it is agreed that “technology inthe classroom” is here to stay and even has an

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

Session 3453 PEPS: An Introduction to Engineering Design for Secondary School Teachers Patrick Little and Lori Bassman Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CAAbstractEach summer the Engineering Department at Harvey Mudd College (HMC) conducts Partnersin Engineering Problem Solving (PEPS), a workshop for secondary school math and scienceteachers with the aim of introducing them to the design methodologies used in HMC’s freshmanengineering course. That course, Introduction to Engineering Design, and the workshop usestudio methods to teach design

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Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

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Joseph Sherrard

Session 1451 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN GUATEMALA Joseph H. Sherrard University of Nebraska-LincolnIntroductionDuring the summer of 2001 the author spent 10 weeks in Guatemala as a recipient of aFulbright-Hays Lectureship Award. The award was given to teach undergraduate andgraduate environmental engineering courses at the Universidad del Valle, a privateuniversity in Guatemala City. This paper describes the country of Guatemala in general,the Fulbright program, requirements for the undergraduate degree in civil engineeringand contents of environmental coursework, and environmental

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Loc Vu-quoc; David Mikolaitis; Norman Fitz-Coy; R. Keith Stanfill

context of representative aerospace-orientedprojects.IntroductionIntegrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) is a two-semester education program for seniorsat the University of Florida’s College of Engineering and Warrington School of Business. In thiscourse, qualified students from various disciplines are assigned to 5- or 6-person teams. With anexperienced engineering faculty member as coach and a liaison engineer from an industrialcompany, each team designs, builds, and tests real-life industrial projects. Over an 8-monthperiod, the student engineers are taught a structured design process. The students put the processinto practice solving the customer company’s design problem. IPPD is institutionalized at theUniversity of Florida; 133

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sr., Willyerd Collier; Ken Vickers; Benita Wolff; Greg Salamo

Session 1470 Land Grant Research University Partnerships with HBCUs for Enhanced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Ken Vickers, Willyerd Collier, Benita Douglas Wolff, Greg Salamo University of ArkansasBackgroundThe University of Arkansas (UA) is a Land Grant University with the stated mission of being “anationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world”.Because of this mission, it is imperative that the University provides a nurturing environment forstudents from all portions of our society. Only then will we gain the benefit from the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Gross; David Dinehart

Session 2793 Teaching Constructability Using Third-World Constraints By David W. Dinehart and Shawn P. Gross Assistant Professors, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085AbstractGiven the ever-expanding technical requirements for producing a proficient bachelor of civilengineering, departments need to develop innovative courses that incorporate aspects of manycivil disciplines not otherwise covered within the curriculum. Students are not often asked toconsider design, construction, architectural, material, and economic

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Denise Hayman

institutions.Many of these challenges mirror issues of society-at-large but are sometimes overlooked byprofessionals who deal with these students. To facilitate a student’s personal journey toward enhanced development andtransformation, engineering professionals must keep in mind that many of the experiencesencountered by students create some cognitive dissonance and challenge thought patterns,behaviors, and self-identity. To respond more effectively to their needs, the professional focusmust support a student’s need for a sound identity and awareness of issues that might impacttheir academic performance. Some of their issues might include academic, economic,motivational, family background, societal, diversity, and values challenges. Although

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; David Zietlow

Session # 2002-1907 AN INTEGRATED DESIGN COMPETITION USING MODEL ROCKETS Martin Morris and David Zietlow Department of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering and Technology Bradley University Peoria, IL 61625AbstractThe principle objective of this design competition is to provide upper-level students with anopportunity to integrate the use of engineering measurements and analytical modeling techniquesto accurately predict a priori the performance of a miniature rocket system. A

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

withthese tools in their studies. This paper describes the integration of computational tools in anEngineering Thermodynamics course at Lamar University in order to emphasize the design andanalysis phases of the curriculum. The computational tools employed for the course includeCyclePad, a virtual laboratory software for analyzing thermodynamic power and refrigerationcycles, PsyCalc, a psychrometric calculator to determine the properties of air-vapor mixtures,and Gaseq, a chemical equilibrium program to solve equilibrium properties of gases involvingchemical reaction. The reactions of students to the use of these computational tools in theircoursework have been very positive. The main benefits for the students are improvedunderstanding and insight

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Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nariman Sepehri

Session 2258 “Lab@Home”: An Internet-Based Real Laboratory for Distance Control Education N. Sepehri , S. Onyshko, W. Lehn, R. Song , Z. Zheng The University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T-5V6 The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba completed the development of software drivers and interfacing programs to establish a prototype remote control laboratory station. The station, which can be operated from a distance, is called “Lab@Home” and is becoming a part of core control

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ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; Behbood Zoghi; Joseph Morgan

Session 2648 Integrating Project Management into the Capstone Senior Design Course Jay R. Porter, Joseph A. Morgan, and Behbood Zoghi Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe public and private sectors are demanding entry-level technical personnel that are well schooled inthe fundamental principles of their respective engineering and technology disciplines. Both of thesegroups are placing a premium on graduates who have had significant design experiences and haveparticipated in a team environment. Finally, these potential employers are

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bradley Kramer

2463 MANUFACTURING SYSTEM DESIGN EXPERIENCES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: MEANS TO ADDRESS COMPETENCY GAPS Bradley A. Kramer, Farhad Azadivar, Jeff Tucker, Richard Windholz Kansas State University/University of Massachusetts @ Dartmouth/KSU/KSUAbstract – Engineering students are employed to design and improve manufacturing systems atthe Advanced Manufacturing Institute at Kansas State University (KSU). AMI created theManufacturing Learning Center (MLC) to accomplish a two-fold mission: to enhance theeducation of engineering students and to promote economic development in the state

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Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

Session 2208 Interactive Classroom for Experiential and Collaborative Learning Bruce L. Upchurch, Chi N. Thai University of Georgia, Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department Athens, GA 30602-4435Introduction. A major task to develop a new teaching laboratory for the Electrical andElectronic Systems (EES) was undertaken during Spring 2000. This laboratory is used by fourcourses in the Electrical and Electronic Systems area: Circuit Analysis, Electronics, Sensors andTransducers and Motors and Power Distribution. Each of these courses has a laboratorycomponent. The

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Carol Mullenax

experience, the author willprovide perspectives on what aspects of teaching are of particular use and value in industry roles.Motivation:It has been made somewhat obvious by the number of now dormant student sections that getting acritical mass of membership is a challenge. Considering that less than 60% of engineering graduatestudents obtain doctoral degrees, and less than 30% of them obtain academic positions, catering toonly the core of those students intending academic careers ignores more than 80% of the overallengineering graduate population which could benefit from the concepts with which ASEE deals.[1-4]The goal of this paper is to point out the many bankable industry skills that ASEE involvementdevelops or affects.Engineering industry

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Mehta

these materials within a pavement system is still not understood very well. Solving complexpavement systems has always been very challenging for researchers and practitioners and evenmore challenging for faculty. The instructors make unrealistic simplifications to explain theconcepts without explaining its implications. The authors present a detailed outline andrecommend a flow of topics so that the students can understand the pavement system better.Before the instructor can begin explaining a pavement system it should spend some classes onreviewing the different materials involved in a pavement system. Then explain the how theindividual layers in the pavement system serve its purpose and then explain the variousinteractions between materials

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Rethinking Culture and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rosanne Simeone

Session 3561 Man, Woman, Puma, Leopard: Technology and the Body Rosanne Simeone University of VirginiaWhat value ought engineers place upon the human body? Do different bodies earn differentvalues? What about animal bodies? How should technological advances affect the human body?This paper will use a new undergraduate course entitled “Technology and the Body” to discusshow one group of second year engineering students in a variety of majors addressed the value ofthe human body and bodily integrity from physical, social, cultural, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Risa Robinson; John Wellin

Session____ Introducing Data Acquisition and Experimental Techniques to Mechanical Engineering Students in the Freshmen Year Risa J. Robinson, John Wellin Rochester Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department1 IntroductionIn a recent survey of 420 engineers and engineering managers from 24 companies, the ability todesign and conduct experiments was rated as one of the highest desirable technical skills they lookfor in engineering graduates. 1 Specifically, the survey stated that employers want engineeringgraduates with a working knowledge of data acquisition, analysis

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yusuf Khan; Wei Sun; Mohamed Attawia; Michele Marcolongo; Frank Ko; Dhirendra Katti; Cato Laurencin

ulcers, diabetes, bone, cartilage, and connective tissue defects anddiseases. The financial cost to care for these patients has been estimated at as much as $400billion annually. Tissue engineering has emerged within the past 10 years as one possiblesolution to the current state of organ and tissue damage seen in Americans. However severallimitations to its success still exist. Toward this issue and the emerging interest of TissueEngineering in general, an undergraduate/graduate curriculum has been developed that embracesthe strengths of relevant disciplines from both the sciences and Engineering to train futureengineers to tackle the interdisciplinary issues surrounding the regeneration and repair of tissues.Centered around a three-year

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Dunning

Session 2333 The Revision of Power Courses into Industrial Automation and Communications Courses Dr. Scott Dunning, P.E. University of MaineAbstract One of the concerns facing educators in electric power programs is the lack of interestexpressed by incoming students in the subject matter. This conflicts with the strong demand forgraduates with knowledge in industrial power systems. A topical survey of industrialmanufacturers in Maine revealed that a strong need exists for graduates with knowledge of three-phase power, electric machines

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Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

examples do not cover the basicconcept of micro-mixing with respect to the reactants. Only in the final chapter of this text is theconcept of micro-mixing introduced using a mathematical theory that is relatively complex forundergraduates. We believe that it is important for undergraduates to have a concept of theimportance of micro-mixing on chemical reactions in industrial reactors. This paper describes aseries of experiments designed to introduce the concept of micro-mixing in an undergraduatechemical reaction engineering course. These experiments will give the basic problemsassociated with this phenomenon and illustrate the limitations of the ideal reactor models.IntroductionIn practice the issue of mixing and chemical reactions is very

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

laboratories have no directly associated lecture course, they dohave pre and co-requisites. In addition, the first 3 labs have general areas of specialization. In thesenior labs, a student may have only one project for 2 semesters. The objectives of the ECElaboratories include the ability to: 1. Identify, formulate, and solve practical electrical engineering problems. This includes the planning, specification, design, implementation, and operation of systems, components, and/or processes that meet performance, cost, time, safety, and quality requirements. 2. Communicate effectively through oral presentations and group discussions. 3. Communicate effectively through written reports and other documents. 4. Design and conduct

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ann McKenna

biotechnology over a one-year period. This paper describes how our assessment of theclasses evolved over the year to build on lessons learned from previous classes.IntroductionAs part of the VaNTH ERC Northwestern faculty have revised various courses to enhance thelearning experience of students. The VaNTH engineering faculty recognize that courses shouldembed the subject matter in a practical context, foster the development of practical skills such asoral and written communication and teamwork, as well as teach the underlying scientificprinciples. The reason for embedding learning in context is based on a theoretical as well aspractical stance. Learning and instructional theories explain that providing real-life contextsincreases students’ interest

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Intra-college Graduate Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

a solid knowledge of discipline-specificterminology and an understanding of connecting concepts. Consequently, experience relating tointerdisciplinary teamwork is a necessary component of engineering education. The Smart Engineering Group at the University of Missouri-Rolla was established toconduct interdisciplinary research and to create interdisciplinary educational resources. Thetopical interest area is smart structures which requires the integration of materials, structures,sensing, signal processing, manufacturing, etc. The interdisciplinary research and educationalactivities of the group, the assessment of those activities, and the experiences of several graduatestudents will be described. The effectiveness of collaborative

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 1526 Integrating Drug Delivery throughout the Chemical Engineering Curriculum Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, Mariano J. Savelski, and C. Stewart Slater Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstract Drug Delivery is a burgeoning field that represents one of the major research anddevelopment focus areas of pharmaceutical industry today, with new drug delivery system salesexceeding 10 billion dollars per year [1]. Chemical Engineers play an

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck

different solutions insoftware. An example of this method is presented where a caller identification signal is capturedfrom the telephone system, and is demodulated using the numeric computation packageMATLAB.IntroductionIt is often necessary to rely on simulations of complex systems in order to demonstrate theirbehavior to a class since access to real systems can be limited due to cost, space, and timeconstraints. While simulations are sometimes the only practical approach, they can be too farremoved from real systems to be convincing to the students or to really capture the imaginationof the students. Furthermore, simulations often produce results that are too good in that theyoften do not include the imperfections associated with real systems

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; Sudhir Mehta

Session 2268 Math-Statics Baseline (MSB) Test: Phase I Sudhir Mehta, Scott Danielson North Dakota State University/Arizona State University EastAbstractAssessing student learning is important to engineering educators for a number of well-knownreasons. While methodologies exist, they are often either time intensive or provide onlyaggregate data at the end of a degree program. While physics instructors have access to severalassessment tools validated for introductory physics, none have been identified for engineeringscience subjects. This paper describes a Math-Statics Baseline Test that

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What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

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Farhad Sharifi

Session 3213 Chemical Engineering: Professionally Ignored? Farhad Sharifi Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 1N4, CanadaAbstract Chemical engineering was founded about a century ago, when the demands of the society forchemical products together with the modern life style enforced major evolutions in chemicalindustry. Educational programs at the universities had to change accordingly. Furthermore, thebroad application and importance of chemical engineering field has resulted in its division

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Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

adopted by the author for hisEngineering Graphics lectures, using some features of Microsoft PowerPoint software.Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities can be used to create simple but effective,animated, multi-media, graphical presentations that enhance students’ visualization skillsand give them the know-how to hand-solve a variety of projection problems, geometricshapes drawings, and Descriptive Geometry concepts, in an easy and affordable way.From hand-drawing geometric shapes such as ellipses, to hand-solving DescriptiveGeometry problems such as piercing points, students’ comprehension of subject matter aswell as their problem solving ability are greatly enhanced through the “show-and-tell-and-let-apply” (SATALA) approach in lecturing