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3-D Printers Spread from Engineering Departments to Designs across Disciplines
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Chen, Angela – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The ability to print a 3-D object may sound like science fiction, but it has been around in some form since the 1980s. Also called rapid prototyping or additive manufacturing, the idea is to take a design from a computer file and forge it into an object, often in flat cross-sections that can be assembled into a larger whole. While the printer on…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Campuses, Intellectual Property
Green Day? An Old Mill City Leads a New Revolution in Massachusetts
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Brown, Robert A. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2012
The Northeast United States just experienced one of the region's worst natural disasters. Fortunately, because of the confluence of modern computing power and scientific computing methods, weather forecasting models predicted Sandy's very complicated trajectory and development with a precision that would not have been possible even a decade ago.…
Descriptors: Computers, Prediction, Engineering, Computer Assisted Design
A Graphical Approach to Teaching Amplifier Design at the Undergraduate Level
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Assaad, R. S.; Silva-Martinez, J. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
Current methods of teaching basic amplifier design at the undergraduate level need further development to match today's technological advances. The general class approach to amplifier design is analytical and heavily based on mathematical manipulations. However, the students mathematical abilities are generally modest, creating a void in which…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Engineering Education, Engineering, Electronics
Technology Allows Engineers to Make Solid Objects from Computer Designs.
Wheeler, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Computer operators using the technique of three-dimensional printing or rapid prototyping may soon be able to sculpt an object on the screen and within minutes, have a paper, plastic, or ceramic version of the object in hand. The process uses the principle that physical objects can be created in layers. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computers, Engineering, Higher Education
Engineering Design Graphics: Into the 21st Century
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Harris, La Verne Abe; Meyers, Frederick – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2007
Graphical plans for construction of machinery and architecture have evolved over the last 6,000 years beginning from hieroglyphics to drawings on printable media, from the "Golden Age" of engineering graphics to the innovation of computer graphics and prototyping. The evolution of engineering design graphics as a profession has also evolved. Years…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Drafting, Engineering, Educational Technology
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Technology. Tech Prep Competency Profile.
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Lakeland Tech Prep Consortium, Kirtland, OH. – 1997
This tech prep competency profile for computer-integrated manufacturing technology begins with definitions for four occupations: manufacturing technician, quality technician, mechanical engineering technician, and computer-assisted design/drafting (CADD) technician. A chart lists competencies by unit and indicates whether entire or partial unit is…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Associate Degrees, Competence, Competency Based Education