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Building Bridges: Computer Aided Design As A Vehicle For Outreach To High School In The New Millennium

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Conference

2001 Annual Conference

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Publication Date

June 24, 2001

Start Date

June 24, 2001

End Date

June 27, 2001

ISSN

2153-5965

Page Count

7

Page Numbers

6.250.1 - 6.250.7

DOI

10.18260/1-2--8970

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https://peer.asee.org/8970

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310

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David S. Cottrell

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Abstract

This paper describes the use of a computer-aided design (CAD) software package as a vehicle for outreach to high school students. Particularly, this research effort afforded pupils at a secondary school in central Pennsylvania the opportunity to participate in a program that was designed to accomplish the following: • To stimulate interest in engineering and design. • To provide the user with an opportunity to perform a legitimate structural design, based on a realistic set of design specifications and constraints. • Provide participants with an opportunity to use the computer as a problem-solving tool.

Cottrell, D. S. (2001, June), Building Bridges: Computer Aided Design As A Vehicle For Outreach To High School In The New Millennium Paper presented at 2001 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 10.18260/1-2--8970

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