This research describes technical drawing techniques applied in a project involving digitizing of existing hard copy subsurface mapping for the preparation of three dimensional graphic and mathematical models. The intent of this research was to identify work flows that would…

Previous studies found that students enrolled in introductory engineering graphics courses at a historically black university (HBCU) had significantly lower than average test scores on the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Visualization of Rotations (PSVT) when it was administered during the…

As I sit down to write this message, the spring sunshine is pouring through my window after a long, cold winter. Each year we have this wonderful time of new beginnings. By the time you read this message, the Engineering…

Our Division lost a great friend since my last Chair's message, a man who impacted every member in both seen and unseen ways.  Elsewhere in this issue Gary Bertoline, our immediate past Chair, pays tribute to Autodesk's Rodger Payne and…

Dear Members:   As we approach the 21st century, it's hard not to feel both excitement and apprehension.  THe thought of new and improved technologies creates a sense of expectation.  Many of us are still waiting for the "flying cars"…

Dear Members:   It's hard to imagine how education will be affected by the increased use of the internet.  As it gets easier and more cost effective to put information online, the growth rate continues to escalate.  A recent report…

In graphics our goal is clear; help students learn to visualize so they can ideate with themselves, communicate graphically with others, and communicate according to industrial standards. How we reach these goals is ever changing. In my thirty-four years of…

Our first article “Enhancing Visualization Skills-Improving Options aNd Success” (the EnVISIONS pilot project) was part of a National Science Foundation grant from 2006 to 2009 and represents a collaboration of a number of institutions. This paper focuses on the post-…

Let’s engineer our imagination. This semester my students at Purdue University started using an IdeaBook in one of my classes. It is a sketchbook of ideas for projects and graphical interpretations of reading materials. They have been reading chapters in…

All Division Committees could use some new faces.  Check out the Division Web Site and let me know where you are willing to help.   My second Journal Chat is being written just after the successful Engineering Design Graphics Division…