orthographicprojection in Engineering Design Graphics. Future more, hands-on activities by usingphysical models can improve low visualizers’ spatial visualization skills efficiently. Withas little as ten physical models in two weeks period, low visualizers increased their examscore significantly. There are many challenges in teaching at two-year colleges. Somestudents enroll in courses without a clear track in mind. Because of students' diversebackground, it is tough to reach all low visualizers outside the classroom who lackmotivation. Therefore, future research includes design in-class hands-on activities thatcan fit a two-year college learning environment and reaches more students. The authorplans to design and build physical models by using 3-D printing
isoffered in computer aided design courses7 or other targeted training9. However, which type oftraining provides the most beneficial improvements to spatial ability and whether other means toimprove spatial ability would be more effective, is not known. In this research project, two toolsdeveloped for use in spatial ability training, the Physical Model Rotator (PMR) and theAlternative View Screen (AVS) were used. This study is focused on the ability of a student tocorrectly visualize a three dimensional object when it is represented in two dimensional space. The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of targeted training on thespatial ability and self efficacy of mechanical engineering freshmen in a College of Engineeringand
AC 2009-2253: PAIR PROGRAMMING IN A CAD-BASED ENGINEERINGGRAPHICS COURSERobert Leland, Oral Roberts University ROBERT LELAND received a S.B. in Computer Science from MIT in 1978, a M.S. in System Science from UCLA in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 1988. From 1989-1990 he was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. From 1990-2005 he served on the faculty at the University of Alabama in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since 2005 he has served on the faculty at Oral Roberts University in Engineering and Physics. His research interests include controls, MEMS, and engineering education
AnalysisAbstractIn the Fall semester of 2007, students in introductory engineering graphics courses atNorth Carolina State University (NCSU) were given a survey as well as motivation test toexamine their attitudes and motivation to learn material in an introductory technical graphicscourse. This survey provided the Graphic Communications Program at NCSU with a look at theways in which their classes achieve and fail in their mission to teach graphic concepts,methodology, and an appreciation of the function of graphics in professional and personal day -to-day experiences. The survey of 43 questions was based on the Colorado Learning Attitudesabout Science Survey (CLASS) given by the Department of Physics at the University ofColorado. At the same time, an 81
guidelines for the future. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education.6. Pearson, G., & Young, A. T. (2002). Technically speaking: Why all Americans need to know more about technology. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.7. National Science Resources Center (2004). Motion and Design. Burlington, NC: Carolina Biological Supply Company.8. Lewis, T. (2006). Design and Inquiry: Bases for an Accommodation between Science and Technology Education in the Curriculum? Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43(3), 255–281. Page 14.656.89. National Academy of Engineering. (2005). Educating the
Paper ID #6972Student Perceptions of Tactile and Virtual Learning Approaches: What CanWe Learn from their Viewpoint?Dr. Kathy Schmidt Jackson, The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Dr. Kathy Jackson is a senior research associate at Pennsylvania State University’s Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. In this position, she promotes Penn State’s commitment to enriching teaching and learning. Dr. Jackson works in all aspects of education including faculty development, instructional design, engineering education, learner support, and evaluation.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr
andnatural affinity between U.S. higher education and its ancestral nations overseas. In addition tocountless research projects and other cooperative endeavors, many U.S. schools have maintainedhealthy exchange programs and study-abroad initiatives for the majority of their existence.2These types of programs enjoyed somewhat of a renaissance following World War II, as theexperience of that event brought into light the need for the U.S. and its citizens to adopt a globalmindset. As a result, a variety of sponsored educational initiatives were implemented such as the1946 Fulbright Act, which provided legislation to promote funding for international educationand research through the sale of surplus military equipment.1 The Cold War served to
regards to technology2. Overturn in the subject matter hascreated barriers for technical/engineering graphics educators as instructors are responsible forretooling with relevant emergent technologies3. This responsibility supports the continual searchfor enhanced training methods and new research areas, such as distance education andprofessional development. Stevenson4 wrote “Although no one can predict the future, we have anobligation to identify evolving attitudes and practices and try our best to understand how theymight affect the physical setting we use for learning”.This research focused on professional technical/engineering graphics educators, who were
. Page 11.1369.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Use of graphics in multimedia instructional materials: Research-based design guidelinesAbstractEngineering education, along with other disciplinary areas, uses a wide range of mediaand sensory modalities to communicate ideas and concepts to and between students. Putinto the context of a modern classroom, text and graphic combinations are likely to comein a number of different forms. With the explosion of use of multimedia tools has comean increased interest in learning sciences research into the cognitive basis of multi-representational learning. This paper will explore current cognitive theory and the designheuristics that have been derived from it
teaching certificate for business, and anticipates a master in instructional design and technology in the summer of 2007; both degrees are from Old Dominion University. Page 12.1538.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Basic Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Courses at the Freshman Level to Improve Technology Students Competitiveness in Obtaining Early Academic Career InternshipsAbstract:Many students have the desire to have internships and part-time employment during theiracademic careers. Often students in their freshman and sophomore years in four yearengineering and
the course, especially transfer students. Students take thesecond course in the series, which focuses on machine elements, in their junior year. The thirdand final design course is the capstone mechanical design course which students take their senioryear.The mechanical engineering department has taught Design for Innovation for three years,beginning in the fall of 2011. The course has three main objectives: 1) introduce design thinkingand open-ended problem solving earlier in a student’s career, 2) teach technical writing, and 3)improve student use of three-dimensional CAD software.Students begin the class with two-weeks of lecture on isometric hand-drawings, engineeringdrawings, and the basics of CAD software. Students use Autodesk Inventor
Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas of research include engineering design thinking, adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He has extensive international experience working on technical training and engineering educaton projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and U.S. Department of Labor, USAID. Countries where he has worked include Armenia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China
Page 13.1170.1310. Maloney, D.; 1994. “Research on Problem Solving: Physics.” Handbook of Research inScience Teaching and Learning. Gabel, Dorothy (Ed.). MacMillan Publishing Company.11. Mathewson, J.H. (1999). “Visual-spatial thinking: An aspect of science overlooked byeducators” Science & Education, 83(1), 33-5412. Bertoline G., Wiebe E., Miller C., Mohler J. (1995). “Dibujo en ingeniería y comunicacióngráfica” México. McGraw-Hill13. McLellan, H. (1999). “Congnitive issues in virtual reality”. Journal of Visual Literacy, 18(2), 175-19914. Devon, R., Engle, Foster, Sathianathan, Turner (1994). “The effect of solid modelling softwareon 3D visualizations skills”. EngineeringDesign Graphics Journal, 58(2); 4-11.15. Potter C.S. and Van Der
AC 2007-2791: A REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE USING LINKAGES TO TEACHDESIGN, ANALYSIS, CAD AND TECHNICAL WRITINGJames Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Dr. Sherwood joined the University in 1993. He worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and BF Goodrich as a structural engineer before entering academia. He is currently Director of the Baseball Research Center and Co-Director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textiles Laboratory. His scholarly interests include constitutive modeling, mechanical behavior of materials with emphasis on composites, finite element methods with emphasis on high speed impact, sports engineering with emphasis on baseball and innovative teaching methods in
the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems (formerly General) Engineering in August 1999. His educational background includes an MS in Mechanical Engineering (1993) from the University of Washington, a BS in Ocean Engineering (1980) from Florida Atlantic University, and a BA in Art History (1974) from Indiana University. His current research interests include engineering education, integration of CAD/CAE software in the engineering curriculum, spatial visualization, and reverse engineering. Professor Leake’s publications include the book Autodesk Inventor, published by McGraw-Hill in 2004 and a CD series, Learning to Use AutoCAD 2D & 3D, published by Thompson Delmar Learning in
AC 2011-638: TEACHING DESIGN AND TECHNICAL GRAPHICS IN AGREEN ENVIRONMENTV. William DeLuca, North Carolina State University Dr. DeLuca is an Associate Professor of Technology Education at North Carolina State University. He has been a technology education teacher at the middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate levels for over 30 years, and has extensive teaching, research, and curriculum development experience. His research includes the study of thinking processes, teaching methods, and activities that improve techno- logical problem-solving performance and creativity. He has expertise in developing technology education curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM
AC 2009-60: DESIGN UNDER ALTERNATIVE INCENTIVES: TEACHINGSTUDENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FEATURE SELECTION ANDORGANIZATION IN CADMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and
2006-2151: PADDLING FOR A RECORD—BUILDING A KAYAK TO IMPROVECAD SURFACE MODELING AND COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION SKILLSEric Leonhardt, Western Washington University Eric Leonhardt is the Director of the Vehicle Research Institute at Western Washington University. He teaches courses in powertrain, vehicle design and vehicle construction. Prior to April, 2002, he worked for DaimlerChrysler in the CAx Research and Development Group.Veekit O'Charoen, Boeing Commerical Aircraft Group (Seattle) Veekit O'Charoen currently works on computer aided design and integration issues for Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group. He taught computer aided design techniques including surface modeling and CAD customization
Paper ID #15738Flipped Instruction in Engineering Graphics Courses: Current Landscapeand Preliminary Study Results of Instructors’ PerceptionsMr. Daniel P. Kelly, North Carolina State University Daniel P. Kelly is a doctoral student in the Technology Education Program at North Carolina State Uni- versity. Prior to his current position as a Graduate Research Assistant at NC State, Daniel was a middle and high school technology and engineering teacher in Durham and Wake Forest, North Carolina. Daniel has earned a BA in Physics from SUNY Potsdam and an MS in Technology Education from NC State. His thesis STEM Teacher
Paper ID #9627Impact of Optional Supplemental Course to Enhance Spatial VisualizationSkills in First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University Dr. Grzybowski is a Professor of Practice in the Engineering Education Innovation Center and the Depart- ment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State Uni- versity. Prior to becoming focused on engineering education, her research interests included regulation of intracranial pressure and transport across
AC 2007-3093: CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN CAPSTONE DESIGNEdward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University Dr. Edward Lumsdaine is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University and Special Professor of Business, Institute for Enterprise and Innovation, University of Nottingham (England). For many years he was management consultant at Ford Motor Company and in the last few years helped to develop and direct a high-tech education and training program in the use of design and data management tools. In 1994 he received the ASEE Chester F. Carlson award for innovation in engineering education. He has co-authored several books and teaches classes and
undergraduate summer research program," Journal of engineering education-washington-, vol. 97, p. 95, 2008.[7] E. Pappas, O. Pierrakos, and R. Nagel, "Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to teach sustainability in multiple contexts," Journal of Cleaner Production, 2012.[8] K. Blincoe, A. Fuad-Luke, J. H. Spangenberg, M. Thomson, D. Holmgren, K. Jaschke, et al., "DEEDS: a teaching and learning resource to help mainstream sustainability into everyday design teaching and professional practice," International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, vol. 4, pp. 1-23, 2009.[9] M. R. Othman, L. Hady, J. U. Repke, and G. Wozny, "Introducing sustainability assessment and selection (SAS) into chemical engineering
Paper ID #16321Using Peer-Generated Screencasts in Teaching Computer-Aided DesignDr. Dongdong Zhang, Prairie View A&M University Dongdong Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Prairie View A&M University. He graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia with a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include: Micro- and Nano-Fiber Reinforced Compos- ites Processing Simulation, Transport Phenomenon in Polymer Composites Processing; Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational and Numerical Algorithms; Computer-Aided Design and
Michigan Tech. Dr. Sorby has a well-established research program in spatial visualization and is actively involved in the development of various other educational programs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Teaching Spatial Skills Online during a Global PandemicAbstractNumerous studies have shown the importance of spatial skills to engineering success, particularly inengineering graphics courses. Sorby and others developed an intervention consisting of software and aworkbook in the 1990s aimed at improving spatial skills for engineering students. Implementation of theintervention has been shown to improve: spatial skills, grades in introductory STEM
University of Texas - Pan American.This endeavor concentrates on student retention of the materials being studied, as well as thestudents’ ability to practically apply their new skills. Minority science, technology, engineering,and math (STEM) students have been found, in recent studies, to depart from STEMundergraduate fields to some extent because of the lack of real world connections to the subjectmatter being taught in the classroom. Also, the traditional way of teaching theory first and thenassigning a task may actually stifle creative thought and innovation required in later STEMcourses. Using a CBI approach, the target lessons will be, in effect, taught backwards. In otherwords, the students are presented with a challenge, and then, only when
Paths to Learning: Understanding how students utilize online instructional resources in an introductory engineering graphics courseABSTRACT This presentation focuses on an ongoing instructional innovation research and development project centered around an introductory engineering graphics course. Over the past few years, the researchers have looked at ways that pedagogical innovations could be used to both improve instruction and do so more efficiently with fewer resources. These goals has led to the creation of pilot sections of the course that are “hybrid”—meeting one day and week and then having students use an online learning management system (i.e., Moodle) for
2006-1728: ISSUES IN TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF COURSES INRAPIDLY CHANGING AREASJana Whittington, Purdue University-CalumetKim Nankivell, Purdue University-CalumetJoy Colwell, Purdue University-CalumetJames Higley, Purdue University-Calumet Page 11.848.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Issues in Teaching and Assessment of Courses in Rapidly Changing AreasAbstractThe past decade has shown an exponential growth in technology in all areas of the academiccurriculum, and especially in the technology based fields. This growth has put great pressure onthe academic community to preserve learning objectives and outcomes while still maintainingassessment criteria
AC 2011-152: TEACHING CAD MODELING USING LEGODerek M Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University Derek Yip-Hoi has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has broad experience in CAD/CAM and geometric and solid modeling from research and teaching experiences at UM and the University of British Columbia. Currently he coordinates the CAD/CAM instruction in the Engineering Technology Department at Western Washington University.Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University Jeffrey L. Newcomer is a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Washington University. He received B.S. (1988) and M.Eng. (1989) degrees in Aeronautical Engineering, a M.S. in Science and
project involves completing a myriad of activities to engage the students in theprocess of finding solutions for seamless mobility, where the most innovative technologies candeliver uninterrupted, seamless communications, connectivity and entertainment, as described byMotorola. One of the ten finalists and People’s Choice winners of the competition describes hispersonal involvement with the competition, why he became involved and the experiences he hasdrawn from the overall project.IntroductionThe field of engineering technology is constantly evolving and ever-changing. As technologyadvances, so do our curriculums, teaching methods, and typical students. Often our engineeringand technology curricula attempts to cover so much material in such a
Paper ID #10764Considering cognitive load as a key element in instructional design for devel-oping graphical capabilityMr. Thomas Delahunty, University of LimerickDr. Niall Seery, University of LimerickMr. Raymond Lynch, University of LimerickDr. Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick Diarmaid is a Lecturer in Technology Teacher Education at the University of Limerick. His research interests are in the areas of freehand sketching, cognition and spatial visualization. He is currently Director of Membership of the Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD