Engineering Design Graphic Journal (ASEE - American Society for Engineering Education)
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Exploring the Role of Spatial Skill in Electrical Circuits Problem Solving
Get PDFSpatial skills have a known beneficiary role in STEM students’ academic success. This paper explores data relating to the role of spatial skills in electrical engineering problem solving which is a relatively under researched area. Data indicate a significant association between electrical engineering problem solving and spatial skills and a discussion around their potential causal role concludes the paper. 
Message from the Chair
Get PDFWhat an exciting year for the Engineering Design Graphics Division! At the last Mid-Year conference in Norfolk, Virginia, the executive committee saw a need for the Division to re-evaluate our current committee structure and charges. The discussions on which charges, or duties, are still relevant to the Division and what changes should be made were interesting and lasted throughout the conference. We are now in phase two, asking the membership for their input via the EDGD listserve. The discussions have been great, but I encourage everyone to share your thoughts. It is YOUR Division! The first listserve discussion was about moving the Journal ‘online.’ This topic is currently being examined and will be reported back to the membership. One thing I can tell you is we have found online software that looks very promising. The 2008-2009 Berkeley, California, Mid-Year Conference Program Committee has also stepped up to the plate and will be implementing some new ideas, such as reaching out to the Freshman Program Division. Speaking of conferences… the Engineering Design Graphics Division is a great forum for the exchange of ideas. Tried something new? Write a paper and share it with others by submitting it to one of our conferences and the EDG Journal. Never presented at one of our Division conferences? Try it. We would love to hear what you are doing. Stuck and need help? Attend one of our conferences. Remember, you do not have to present to attend. The 2008 Annual ASEE meeting will be in Pittsburgh June 22-25. The 2008-2009 Mid-Year EDG Division Conference will be held in sunny Berkeley, California, January 4-7, 2009, and the Annual ASEE Conference will be held in Austin, Texas, June 2009. The Call for Papers for the up and coming Mid-Year conference in Berkeley has been issued. The abstracts are due September 5th, 2008. For more information go to http://www.me.berkeley.edu/edgd-midyear/ See you in Pittsburgh for a great annual meeting
Message from the Chair
Get PDFThe very best thing about the Engineering Design Graphics Division is the renewing livelong friendships twice a year. The Division has a illustrious history. Become a part of its future. As I begin my short 12 month stint as Chair of the Engineering Design Graphics Division I want to thank the Division membership for your confidence in me. Before starting to write this column I decided to look at a few back issues of the Journal and the EDG Web Site. What a treasure. This trip down memory lane reminded me why this Division is so great. It’s the people. I have had too many EDGD mentors to thank them all, but special recognition needs to go to Ron Barr and Paul DeJong. Without their encouragement over the past few years, I am sure I would not be your chair today. It’s the people. On behalf of the EDGD membership I want to thank and recognize last year’s leaders who have passed their legacy on to younger members. Holly Ault, thank you for leading the Division this past year and I look forward to your guidance and suggestions. Judy Birchman, Past Chair, leaves the Board but will continue to serve on the Nominations and Distinguished Service Award Committees. Theodore J. Branoff, has served ably as your Professional and Technical Director and Associate Editor of your Journal. Your confidence in Ted was demonstrated when you selected him to be your next Chair. Alice Scales has improved EDGD communications during her terms as Director of Zone Activities. Alice continues to work on your Journal and I am confident we will see her name on the EDGD Ballot again. Thank you all. It’s the people. Many volunteers who were not elected contributed to an outstanding year for our Division. The Division had four technical sessions at the ASEE summer Conference in Portland, Oregon. Thank you Program Chair Judy Birchman and Session Moderators Jon Duff, Kathern Holliday-Darr, Nancy Study and Wayne White. EDG is the only ASEE Division that conducts a technical conference on its own. Last years wonderful 59th Mid-Year in historic in Williamsburg, VA was planned and led by Pat Devens, John Chin, Barry Crittenden. EDGD is one of only a few ASEE Divisions that publish a refereed Journal. Years 68 and 69 have been published by the outstanding Editorial team of Eric Wiebe, Editor; Ted Branoff, Associate Editor; Alice Scales, Associate Editor; Aaron Clark, Advertising Manager and Katherine Holliday-Darr, Circulation Manager. Thank you all. It’s the people. Clyde Kearns served the Division as our Journal Circulation Manager for 20 years. He also managed the Journal Accounts during this period for seven Editors. I am confident no other ASEE members have had this length of service. Thank you Clyde. It’s the people. The EDGD recognizes its best with awards. This years Distinguished Serviced Award recognized the long and outstanding service to the Division of Mary Sadowski. Elsewhere in this Journal you can read Jon Duff's outstanding introduction and Mary’s acceptance remarks. The Oppenheimer Award winner for the best presentation at the Williamsburg conference was Dennis Liu and the Editors Award winner for the best Journal article last year was Shana Smith of Iowa State University. Her article, “Integrating Computer-Generated Stereoscopic Models Into An Introductory Design Course” was published in the Autumn 2004 Journal. Congratulations to both of you for enhancing the scholarship of the Division. Each year Stephen Schroff supports the Division by awarding travel grants to assist young/new member’s attendance at our Mid Winter Technical Conference. This year’s awardees attending the Williamsburg meeting were Tarek Abdel-Salam and Micheal Hicks of East Carolina University and Danny Wittenborn of Purdue University. Thank you Steve and congratulations to the Grant recipients. It’s the people. Your Division leadership has many veterans and a few new board members. Continuing are Past Chair Holly Ault, Secretary/Treasurer Tim Sexton, Director – Liasion Doug Baxter, Director – Membership Jon Duff, Director – Programs Frank Croft, Director –Publications Eric Wiebe and switching positions is Chair Elect Ted Branoff. Newly elected board members are Director – Technical Professional Nate Hartman, Director – Zones Pat Connolly. Thank you all. It’s the people. It takes more than just an Elected Board to carry out all the activities of the Division. Planning the 60th Mid-Year Technical Conference in Fort Lauderdale are yours truly, Mike Stewart, Katherine Holliday-Darr and Jon Duff. Coordinating the 2005-2006 Freshman Design Contest is Doug Baxter. Your committee chairs for this year are Policy/Resolutions - Frank Croft, Award Committees: Distinguished Service Award - Sheryl Solby, Elections and Schroff Travel Grants - Ted Branoff, Oppenheimer Award – Mike Stewart, Chairs Award – Ronald Paré, Editoral Award – Eric Wiebe, Rodger Paine Memorial Award – Judy Birchman, Liaison Committees: ASEE Relations – Doug Baxter,Venders and Publishers – Tom Krueger, Industry and Manufacturing – Jennifer Bahnsen, Technical Societies – Aaron Clark, Technical and Professional Committees: National Design Contest – Doug Baxter, Standards – Ed Evans. Thank you all. It’s the people. The problem with making lists is you always omit someone. Thank you to all the Moderators and Presenters at the Williamsburg Conference and to the Presenters at the National Conference. Thank you to the Faculty Advisors of the Design Contest Entries. Thank you to the Vendor-Sponsors of the Mid-Year Conference. It’s the people. Are you named above? If not you are missing out on the wonderful prospect of serving while making friendships and comradeship that will last forever. The very best thing about the Engineering Design Graphics Division is the renewing livelong friendships twice a year. The Division has a illustrious history. Become a part of its future
Message from the Editor
Get PDFThis is my first edition of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal as the Director of Publications for the next three years. This feels like home to me, since I spent a good part of my corporate life in the publishing business as art director for The Phoenix Gazette, editorial illustrator for The Arizona Republic, and computer graphics production manager for Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. before coming to higher education fulltime. I thought it would be good to give you a brief overview of our Journal for the new readers. The internationally-acclaimed Engineering Design Graphics Journal is a refereed academic journal that is published tri-annually and promotes activities in engineering, technology, descriptive geometry, CAD, and any research related to visualization and design throughout the United States and eight other countries. Each issue of the journal is circulated to more than 700 individuals and institutions. The Engineering Design Graphics Division is the oldest division in the American Society for Engineering Educators. If you are interested in publishing your work in the Engineering Design Graphics Journal, please read the Manuscript Guidelines, which can be found online at http://www.edgd.org. Manuscripts to be considered for the spring issue will be due on February 15. The target deadline for the fall issue is August 15, and for the winter issue, November 15. This edition of the Journal includes three articles submitted by Engineering Design Graphics Division members. The articles in this volume received a 33% acceptance rate. One of the articles in this issue is the Editor’s Award, which recognizes a previously published outstanding paper of the Journal. The award was presented at the summer ASEE Conference in Chicago to Sheryl A. Sorby, Associate Dean of Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Her research addresses 3D spatial skills. The second refereed article selected for this publication is qualitative research addressing industry perspectives related to product data management technologies. The third article presents findings from experiments on computer-based multiview drawing instruction. Well-developed 3D spatial skills are particularly important for success in engineering graphics courses. In Sorby’s paper Developing 3D Spatial Skills for K-12 Students materials developed at Michigan Technological University are assessed and tested on middle school students. Nathan W. Hartman and Craig L. Miller of Purdue University present past and present issues related to product data management (PDM) technologies and their implementation within organizations in their paper Examining Industry Perspectives Related to Legacy Data and Technology Toolset Implementation. Patrick Connolly of Purdue University, Kathryn Holliday-Darr and Dawn G. Blasko of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, approached their research quantitatively in their paper Multiview Drawing Instruction: A Two-location Experiment. In an effort to validate the efficacy of these tools in comparison with more traditional methods of orthographic drawing instruction, an experiment was carried out with engineering and non-engineering students from Purdue University and Penn State Erie. Thanks to all the reviewers for taking the time to critique the work of their peers, especially to to Nancy Study of Virginia State University, our Associate Editor, who has been coordinating the review process. She is my right arm. Thanks also to Kathryn Holliday-Darr of Penn State Erie, who is our Circulation Manager, Treasurer, and my walking encyclopedia. It is wonderful to work with competent people! :-) Special gratitude goes to one of the most talented graduate students in design, Magdalena Soto of Arizona State University, who redesigned the new flavor of the Journal. Michael Protocollo and John Hollandoner, Technology Management students at Arizona State University, used their digital printing expertise to print this edition. So you see, this could not be accomplished without an efficient team
