Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering Design Graphics

material is discussed in the lecture portion of the class. The application of theconcepts as they may be used in the "real world" is then related to the semester-long project. Thestudents are given weekly “lab” assignments for applying the concepts to their semester designproject. Each weekly design task builds upon the previous tasks, so the students can experiencedirectly how each of the topics discussed in the lectures and applied in the project are connectedto one another. The hands-on labs have been developed around the textbook8 used in the class.By the end of the semester, the students have developed multiple "paper designs", selected the“best” design using a decision matrix, used computer tools to analyze the design, made a set ofmachine

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University Calumet; Kim Nankivell, Purdue University Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

the 100, 200 and 300 levels have an ELcomponent within the course. This means that the course has a client-based project afterspecified classroom materials are delivered and assessed. This gives the learner the opportunityto apply newly learned knowledge to real-world application. Students also have the benefit ofclassroom instruction in conjunction with introduction to work-force situations at the entry level.By implementing EL in a smaller project at earlier levels of instruction, students are able to buildEL knowledge and are better prepared for an immersive EL experience in the upper programcourse levels. The EL 400 level courses are comprised of the full EL experience, where studentswork individually for employers or participate in

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin Cook, Montana State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Page 12.857.4 modeling methods, fits, GD&T, tooling, etc. C. Improved teaching methods. The method of teaching is being altered to maximize the learning experience and retention by: 1) Carefully relating each concept and method presented to its role in real-world graphical communications, so that the connection to application and practice is clear. 2) Utilizing design/draw/build projects throughout the curriculum. Project based learning has been shown to improve the learning experience and retention through increased student participation, and understanding of the relationships of concepts to, and details of, the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Noorani, Loyola Marymount University; Louis Rodriguez, Loyola Marymount University; Michael Givens, Loyola Marymount University; Drew Christensen, Loyola Marymount University; Joe Foyos, Loyola Marymount University

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Engineering Design Graphics

presentation.The goal of this paper is to describe and discuss the project-based learning in our freshmanengineering graphics course. The evaluation of student learning will also be discussed. Thispaper will describe how projects and teams are selected, the team dynamics, project leadershipand conflict resolution as they relate to each team. Several real-world projects such as design andprototyping of Boeing 737 aircraft, a functional flashlight will be described. This paper will alsodiscuss the assessment tools for evaluating the team-based projects.I IntroductionThe future of nation’s university and industry is dependent upon the orderly, competent,selective and timely acquisition of high technology in the form of computer graphics, computer-aided

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Intranet. It is one of the fastest growing emergingtechnologies today. It enables real-time or on-demand access to multimedia content. 1,2 A livestreamed event is called a “Webcast.”3 The term “streaming video” refers to compressedcaptured images. “Streaming media,” on the other hand, refers to streaming video with sound.4The three dominant streaming media architectures today are QuickTime, RealMedia, and Page 11.1152.2Windows Media.2 True streaming requires a specialized streaming server.Why is streaming significant to higher education?Through the technological innovation of the World Wide Web, distance education has becomemore popular and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Scales, North Carolina State University; Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

of Engineering Graphics in Technological Literacy and Pre-Engineering EducationEngineering graphics has been a part of pre-engineering education since its early beginnings and continues eventoday. States and federal agencies and project still see the role that engineering graphics can play in providing real-world examples and hands-on instruction that students need for professions in engineering. All current statewidecurricula that exist in technology and technical education for grades 8-12 do use engineering and technical graphicsas a catalyst for integrating engineering education into public school curriculum. For example, Virginia has manycourses in technology education that relate to our field, but two courses standout from the others

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Janice McClure, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Engineering Design Graphics

. 4.33I can relate engineering to things I have seen, done, or thought about in my life. 4.35Engineering design is relevant to my interests. 4.40I find it easy to explain an engineering topic to someone else. 3.84Engineering design is an applied subject and should always be studied in a real world 3.86context.I get a great deal of satisfaction out of solving an engineering problem. 4.07I believe that this course will be easy for me. 3.92Completing the material in this course successfully is important to me. 4.33

Conference Session

CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Chirag Patel; David Joseph Tortoriello; Justin Baldacci, ASME Northeastern chapter; Jeffrey Speroni

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Engineering Design Graphics

, abstraction and synthesis, implementation, andreport writing and presentations in relation to projects that students produce in teams.There is a strong emphasis on applying technical knowledge and developing problem-solving and decision-making skills. In the second semester of the first year, students takea Problem Solving and Computations course that is focused on algorithmic thinking andthe solutions to real-life problems using software tools such as Mathworks’ Matlab andthe C++ programming language. Here problems are derived across all majors. Inaddition students will take a complement of Math, Physics and Chemistry courses inpreparation for their first co-op.Engineering and Design. One third of the class contact time of the Engineering andDesign

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University; Christopher Hill, Linedota Architects

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 14.422.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Design Visualization and Service Learning: Using Photorealistic Computer Rendering to Support a Third-World Community Development ProjectIntroductionComputer rendering has evolved to a point where the ability to generate photorealistic images isa standard feature in most CAD applications. The objective of photorealistic rendering is to“generate images from computer modeled scenes with an image quality as close to real life aspossible” [1]. The origins of computer rendering are rooted in technological developments thatare nearly a half-century old. However, more recent developments in photorealistic renderingapplications and in the

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2: VR, AR, and CAD

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ashayla Williams; Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

the following factors - Ease of accessibility - Ease of dissemination to the target audience - UI/HCI features available through the selected modeAugmented Reality (AR) technology involves integrating virtual objects and other digitalcontent, including images with physical or real-world content. AR technology functions inmultifarious ways to integrate such virtual and real content by superimposing or overlayingthem. Research evidence supports AR's potential applications in engaging children in learning,especially for children with disabilities (Chen et al.,2016; Escobedo et al., 2012; Dragomir et al.,2018). Augmented Reality can be used to engage children with autism spectrum disorder as itoffers a fun and safe environment for

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1: Instructional

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shilun Hao, Ohio State University; Adrian Hadipriono Tan, Ohio State University; Fei Yang, Ohio State University; Fabian Hadipriono Tan P.E., Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

of the internet. Compared to traditional programs installed on computer hard drives, thesenew types of applications, or “APPs,” have smaller sizes, save memory resources, and offermulti-platform availability. In addition, portable smartphones and tablets are replacing traditionaldesktop computers as the major medium for information dissemination thanks to thedevelopment of CPU and GPU on mobile devices; more education might be more depending onpopular mobile operation systems such as Android and iOS in the future teaching practice. Therefore, one of the potential improvements of the VR implementation may includeexpansion to multiple platforms and operation systems, optimized graphics engines for fast real-time rendering, more versatile

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech; Shelley Glimcher, North Carolina State University; Daniel P. Kelly, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

online problem-basedlearning modules (PBLM) to supplement engineering graphics instruction serving to improvethese important factors. These PBLM serve to deliver supplemental engineering graphicsmaterials that students can attempt on their own, thus facilitating self-regulated learning, apredictor of future academic success [16].In-line with the APL Framework calling for application of knowledge in the context of real-world engineering problems, the developed PBLM contain a variety of materials includingengineering graphics content, self-checks features, and challenges drawing from relevantexamples with corresponding imagery and multimedia. Previous research has demonstratedimproved academic performance in at-risk populations when instructional

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; La Verne Abe Harris, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

comprehension and analysis (http://envision.purdue.edu).II. VRML and 3D VisualizationToday, a term that is synonymous with web-based multimedia visualization is “VirtualReality.” A great deal of the 3D visualization for a wide range of applications is done in avirtual cyber space that is frequently typified as “virtual worlds.” The users can navigatewithin these virtual worlds, interact with the scene components, rotate, translate, or scalethem. These virtual worlds facilitate user interaction with the scene components andprovide a sense of immersion whereby the user feels that he/she is actually part of the 3Dsetting itself.Modeling using virtual environments makes it possible to envision the finished product(the current construction) beforehand. When

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Frederick Meyers, The Ohio State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

and 300,000 AutoCAD LT users.12The year 1996 proved to be a year of 3D software releases. Intergraph's Solid Edge (version 3)was released in 1996. The same year SolidWorks, a 3D application which was founded on Page 12.792.9Parasolid modeling Kernel was introduced. Additional applications released were: 3D/EYE's TriSpectives Technical (version 2), Lightscape (version 3), New Tek's Lightwave 3D (version 5 and5.5), AutoCAD LT 95, and Diehl Graphsoft's MiniCAD 6 for Windows. Pro/E (version 17)featured file exportation into VRML format for Internet display.By 1997 Canvas software was used to generate images on Steven Spielberg's The Lost World,and also

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-hsiang Isaac Chang, Illinois State University; Kevin L. Devine, Illinois State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

the robot’s movement and itsinteraction with the rest of the virtual world. Milgram et al. categorized the immersive display systems into seven classes based onfour MR attributes, namely the principal scene’s source (real vs. computer generated world), thesubstrate’s presentation (direct vs. scanned view), the user’s motion perception (exocentric vs.egocentric reference), and the need of conformal mapping (1:1 vs. 1:k) [19]. At the “realenvironment” end of their reality-virtuality continuum stands AR, where the real world is thefocus of the user experience, enhanced with virtual details. At the “virtual environment” of thecontinuum stands VR, where the user fully immerses into the computer-generated, syntheticexperience. MR, in which

Conference Session

Visualization tools, modeling abilities and grading models

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Engineering Design Graphics

visualize thespatial structure of molecules and interact with virtual models of them that appear, in a cameraimage, positioned at a marker held in their hand. 12 In mechanics education, PhysicsPlaygroundrepresents an AR application that allows students to simulate physical experiments in the domainof mechanics in real time. 13 Students are enabled to actively build their own experiments andstudy them in a three-dimensional virtual world. A variety of tools for analyzing forces, mass,paths of objects before, during and after experiments are provided. AR can also enhance theteaching of engineering graphics by enabling the students to visualize and interact with their

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Design Graphics

visualizationskills, aid in scientific simulations and serve as a tool for education. AR technology typicallyprovides visualization aids that bridge the gap between physical prototypes and digital computermodels. AR technology offers solutions and benefits in numerous application areas such as spacetraining 9, medical education 10, design and manufacturing 11-13, visualization training in early childeducation 14, assembly and maintenance training 15, entertainment 16, and military training 17. AnMR experience is one where the user is placed in an interactive setting that is either real withvirtual component augmentation (AR), or virtual settings with real-world augmentation(augmented virtuality-AV). Mixed reality is the experience of a blend of the virtual

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2 - Design & Manufacturing Topics

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kata Dosa, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

problems in a sustainability context.Background Literature and PedagogyContextual teaching and learning and situated cognition models Table 1. Characteristics of situated cognition and contextual Teaching and learning models [5]. [6]. Situated Cognition Model Contextual Teaching & Learning (CTL) Model Concept, context and authentic activity Making learning meaningful to students are involved in student learning. by connecting to the real world Negotiable meaning & socially Student work include many real, constructed understanding. believable problem-solving situations. Resolving ill

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 4: A Potpourri of Ideas

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adulfo Amador, Rice University; Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University

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Engineering Design Graphics

constrained in many ways, when the timecomes for a real world application of the model, the results are often not the same. While it isvery simple to just assume wood to be a certain thickness or a wooden dowel to have a uniformcylindrical shape, in practice, wood is almost never uniform, a simple wooden dowel is never aperfect cylinder. Many of the students created a “working” model, but realistically, those same 7models would have been difficult to produce. That difficulty in translating a CAD to the realworld, is what this class has strived to instill in the modules as a way for the students to learnand adapt.Assignment #2: New Assignment: Real

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer McDonald, Daniel Webster College; Sonja Crowder, Daniel Webster College; Christopher McInnis, Daniel Webster College; Stavros Yanakis, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College; David Kaplan, Daniel Webster College; Michael D'Ambra, Harvard Medical School

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Engineering Design Graphics

effective in demonstrating and validating design concepts. In thispaper, students will describe the processes they went through to learn and utilize machine visionand computerized animation in the design of a robot-assisted catheterization system.IntroductionThe student authors on this paper were approached by two doctors with the challenge ofcombining robotics, machine vision, and medical imaging to begin developing a system capableof fully autonomous catheterization. Previously, the doctors had demonstrated the ability toperform real-time tracking of central vessels using ultrasound images and machine vision. Thenext step towards fully autonomous catheterization was to develop the physical infrastructure tocomplement the code and make the

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

goal ofthis project is to have students develop good technical visualization and presentation skills usinga design brief format. Researchers have shown the value of using real world data to enhance instruction inmathematics, science and social studies.1,2 In this project, real-time data on renewable energytechnologies are collected from multiple systems and stored at a single location, the NC StateSolar House, enabling faculty and students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate data in a varietyof contexts. The NC State Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsEducation, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Civil,Construction, and Environmental Engineering, and Pitt Community College have

Conference Session

Visualization tools and uses in graphics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melchor Garcia Dominguez, Universidad de Las palmas de Gran Canaria; Jorge Martin-Gutierrez, Universidad de La Laguna; Cristina Roca, University of Las Plamas de Gran Canaria

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Engineering Design Graphics

technologies and interfaces that allow one or more users to interact inreal time with a computer-generated 3D environment or dynamic world. These 3D elements andinteractive environments are built through VRML language that has evolved through differentversions since its inception in 1994.The continuous improvement of tools allowing the creation of virtual reality applications, as wellas the better performance of the technological equipment needed to execute them, has allowedVR to become standard in spatial ability training.For building scenes and worlds through VRML, we use resources such as low-level programmingcan be used, as well as the syntax and semantics of the language where an ISO spec, as well as alarge bibliography. In our case, to develop

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Class-Morales, Cessna Aircraft Company; Jim Leake, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Brenton Hall, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Design Graphics

an attractive option because of itsincreasing popularity in the manufacturing industry6, and because it offers a series of moduleswith different functional design capabilities ranging from stress analysis to dynamic simulations.With Dynamic Simulation (DS), it is possible to design mechanisms, analyze them and verifythat all the components function properly under realistic operating conditions including variableloads and friction, using dynamic components such as dampers and springs. The animatedgraphing capabilities in DS help visualize the behavior and performance of the design.The Design Accelerator (DA) module provides tools that help create mechanical parts like gears,shafts, bolt connections, and more, all based on real-world

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-hsiang Chang, Purdue University; Craig Miller, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

minorrequires the students to take another four courses, including Solid Modeling, Surface Modeling,Manufacturing Graphics Standards, and one of the following two courses, Industrial Applicationsfor Simulation or Manufacturing Documentation Production and Management.The first three courses offered in the students’ sophomore and junior years, are intended to buildup the students’ basic PLM knowledge and skill sets. The final two senior-level electives providea problem-based learning environment to help the students integrate what they have learned into abigger picture. Based on the past content of industry projects, various scenarios or problems areassigned to students to apply what they learn in lectures and labs to solve real world PLM-relatedproblems

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2: VR, AR, and CAD

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine Levenick Shirey, EduKatey; Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Design Graphics

tohigh school beginning coders.Introduction:Several reform initiatives attempted to guide STEM education for American teachers andstudents. A Framework for K-12 Science Education [1] and the subsequent Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS) [2] include engineering and CT practices through the inclusion of“critical skills of mathematics,” [3, p. 58]. The Common Core Mathematics Standards (CCSS)[4] compels connections to real-world problems that require “technological tools to explore anddeepen their understanding of concepts” [4, p. 7]. These standards attempt to “ensure thatstudents are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to be globally competitive” [5, p.24]. To allow students to relate new learning to existing skills/knowledge

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veekit O'Charoen, Boeing Commerical Aircraft Group (Seattle); Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Engineering Design Graphics

the world. The pair won a stormy race aroundMichigan’s Lower Peninsula. Brandon has also won the Yukon Quest event. Our client ispreparing to set two twenty-four hour distance records held by kayaks on both moving and stillwater. His enthusiasm and energy became an inspiration for the course and the students.The kayak problem enabled students to experience the design tool integration within the context Page 11.980.2of a real design problem. The Advanced CAD course used the kayak project to build uponstudents’ existing design skills. The prerequisite Engineering Design Graphics (EDG) coursesintroduced students to fundamental skills in the area of

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Moustafa Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Julie Moustafa, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Design Graphics

gather real world ill-structured problems for students to solveusing the skills developed in their graphics courses applied to their upper levelengineering principles courses will satisfy all the requirements of industry for students topresent ideas with written, oral, and visual means in their senior capstone courses such asMET 435 senior design project. This capstone course requires the student to synthesizeall their knowledge from beginning drafting to advance engineering design principles tosolve a real world ill structured problem.Undergraduate Survey1) Are you currently employed in the engineering field? Yes NoIf you answered yes to question one, please go to the next question. If you

Conference Session

Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Christopher D Grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Engineering Design Graphics

explorereal engineering design is unknown.This paper describes how to incorporate the IGL into the Graphical Communications course, andshows how students are engaged to learn at a higher level of the Bloom’s taxonomy [9-11] byimplementing sustainable design final projects. Students work in teams to collaboratively collectinformation, define and analyze the problems, and seek the effective solution. Instead offollowing faculty member’s instruction to passively complete the model design, students have anopportunity to apply the skills they learned in class to solve the real-world problem, and to thinkas an engineer. IGL introduced a greater level of excitement and enthusiasm by allowingstudents to explore the topics of personal interest to themselves

Conference Session

Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick E. Connolly, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Esteban Garcia Bravo, Purdue University; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Raymond Patrick Hassan, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

production studiomodels that enable students to bring commercial-grade graphics products to real world markets.This approach will allow the studios to become industry outsourcing partners contracted toproduce digital assets for commercial enterprises. These efforts are coordinated very closely withindustry partners and provide many opportunities for students to work on real world problemswhile interacting closely with industry sponsors.- IMPACT/Problem Based Learning Space PlanningOne exciting aspect of a transformative polytechnic approach to instruction is the emphasis onstudent interaction, studio-based and problem/project-based learning methods, and the strategicuse of adaptive, configurable learning space. Faculty from the department are

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Engineering Design Graphics

dimensions to make components fit in Page 15.254.9 the assembly. Students are encouraged to meet and discuss the interfaces of their components with their classmates and the instructor to help create “smart” models.̇ The Challenge of Collaboration: Large assembly models increase the problem of data management and version control. This is particularly challenging when the modeling activity is performed collaboratively by a team. As with the above point, it is felt that this is an important experience to expose technologists to modeling in the real world. Students are instructed to create a modeling plan on paper that includes an