Engineering Design Graphic Journal (ASEE - American Society for Engineering Education)
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Message from the Editor - Sessions of Change
No full textThe leaves in the Midwest are shifting their colors to crimson red, orange, and goldenrod. As I take a deep breath, I notice that the West Lafayette air now has a special crispness about it. Yes, it is getting chilly at night, and we have to shut our windows because Father Winter is creeping around the corner. As seasons change in the Midwest, it gives me the opportunity to regroup and begin again. As we begin the academic year, it is a good time to review the reasons why we exist. The Engineering Design Graphics Division exists to coordinate and promote interests and activities that pertain to engineering graphics, design and education. We do this by supporting those engaged in the teaching and application of graphics in engineering, design and technology, investigating the evolution and impact of computer graphics on engineering design graphics, informing members of current and future trends, promoting and developing ideas for professional conversations, and maintaining our connections with industry, government, and other professional societies. Our address has changed - so update your favorites list to http://edgd.asee.org/ As the Autumn Issue of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal goes to press, there is change in the air. There is talk of renaming the division and the Journal. There is talk of going totally online. There is talk of rethinking who our audience is. That’s the one thing you can always count on… Technology means change. The Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD), founded in 1928, is the oldest division within the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). This Autumn Issue of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal presents two refereed papers that were blind-reviewed with an acceptance rate of 30 percent. The first article “Examining the Spatial Ability Phenomenon from the Student’s Perspective” is written by one of my colleagues, Dr. J. L. Mohler of Purdue University. He examines the experiences of technically-oriented students attempting to answer the question, “What was it like for a student to experience the spatial ability phenomenon?” The paper discusses the emerging holistic, structural description of the spatial phenomenon from the perspective of the participants, as well as four of the five invariant themes that emerged. The second is authored by Professor Suing Ding of Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. It is titled “Representing the Past by Solid Modeling + Golden Ratio Analysis.” This article focuses on the Golden Ratio analysis and the procedures of reconstructing ancient architecture using solid modeling with geometric analysis. Two case studies are investigated using the application of solid modeling with an approach from geometric construction perspective, along with data collection, literature review and photography analysis. Investigative research and experimentation often continues during retirement for some driven professors. The third paper is worthy of publishing, not as a research paper, but as an experimental piece contributing to the body of knowledge. It is titled “Distortion in Perspective Projection” and is authored by retired Professor Robert P. Kelso, Sr., of Louisiana Tech University. This paper is explorative in nature and uses an experimental study, rather than theory-testing academic research. The paper presents Professor Kelso’s original ideas associating perspective projection with the image beheld by the eye and demonstrates that all graphical and photographic perspective projections must contain distortion when compared to the image beheld by the eye. So there you have it. Three very di? erent articles contributing to our body of knowledge. Enjoy. -- La Verne Abe Harri
Message from the Chair - Suffering from Inertia
Get PDFWriting this “Message from the Chair” is an interesting experience. It causes me to reflect on many things that I rarely have thought through before. This is the beginning of my 21st year of association with the Engineering Design Graphic Division (a personal anniversary of sorts). From this division has come a large number of people I call friends, mentors, and inspirations. However, it should also be the beginning of some changes to the division as well. Twenty years ago when I attended my first Midyear in New Harmony, Indiana, we were still talking about techniques that relied on compasses, t-squares, and triangles. Computers were not even mentioned. The papers presented at that conference reflected the name of the division and its mission. We now find ourselves to be more diversified in the courses we offer, the variety of content we teach in those courses as well as the methods for creating “images.” Several institutions are beginning to offer degrees in our field, but they are not the degrees we would have offered 20 years ago if we were doing it then. It is obviously now time to make changes to the division that reflect what we actually do. Kathy Holliday-Darr began the process of looking at the division by-laws and asking questions about why we have positions that seem to no longer have a reason to exist or a mission that is on longer relative. At the Annual ASEE Conference, it was further decided that it is probably time to look even at our division’s name. The division and its by-laws are much like my bedroom closet, which I cleaned out recently. As I marveled at the amount of clothes that I had that no longer fit, was no longer in style, or needed replacing, I wondered aloud at why they were still in my closet. My husband’s one word response to my verbal comment was “inertia.” We as a division are also suffering from inertia, which I hope is getting ready to change. It is a brave new world and keeping up with the changes are, in the words of my father, “like string beads on a string without a knot in the other end.” I think it is probably time to replace or repaint some of the beads
Sustainable Design: Integrate the Creative Thinking and Innovation into Graphical Communications
Get PDFEngineering programs need to prepare the next generation of engineering professionals for tackling sustainability challenges that impact the social, environmental, and economic progress of the nation. This paper describes how the sustainable design concept was integrated into a freshman-level engineering gateway course that emphasizes creative thinking and innovation through an open-ended team project. The goal of the study is to improve students’ study skills to prepare them to be the next generation of engineering professionals. The expected outcomes are increased and improved innovative thinking, communication, and teamwork skills. A questionnaire-based methodology was used to assess the success of the study and data was collect for three years. The assessment results indicate that students liked the sustainable design project and their innovative thinking, communication, and teamwork skills were improved in the sustainable design project over the time period analyzed. A summary of lessons learned during the study is included and a future plan is discussed