An analysis was conducted of feature articles published in the EDGJ (Engineering Design Graphics Journal) and indexed later by ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center).  After a spreadsheet was promulgated with data extracted from the ERIC database and validated with the…

Kolb (2004) and others have defined learning style as a preference by which students learn and remember what they have learned. This presentation will include a summary of learning style research published in the Engineering Design Graphics Journal over the…

The paper presents a unique approach in 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.

This phenomenological investigation examined the lived experience of technically-oriented students over the course of a single semester, attempting to answer the question, “What was it like for a student to experience the spatial ability phenomenon?” The study included 12 interviewees…

This paper provides a first-person account of a large-scale commercial project that required integration of dissimilar modeling, animation, and compositing tools.  The author discusses the identification and solutions of production problems, as well as, the development of a custom production…

In the past, animation was used mainly as a medium for entertainment.  However, animation has recently evolved into a highly desirable means for the presentation of technical information, especially if the audience members have non-technical backgrounds. In this sense, animation…

This paper presents a portion of a research study which examined practicing engineering graphics professionals to discover their experiences in developing expertise in the use of constraint-based CAD tools. Using methods adapted from phenomenological inquiry and cognitive psychology, five practicing…

Photographs, illustrations and diagrams have long been used as a way to support and enhance textual material. The emergence of the Web as a teaching platform has focused the attention of educators on the use of multimedia as an instructional…

This study proposes a methodology that would enable a design educator or a design practitioner to optimally select a solid modeling software (solid modeler) for varying objectives. Specifically, tasks accomplished to propose the methodology include: 1) reviewing past literature to…

Since 1993, Michigan Tech has offered a course aimed at improving the spatial skills of incoming engineering students who have a demonstrated weakness in ability as measured by the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R). In the fall of 2000,…