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Report R E S U M E S REPORT R E S U M E S ED 011 862 SE 001 762 PROCEEDINGS ON THE CONFERENCE ON THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (CHICAGO, APRIL.2123,1966), B Y- FENVES STEVEN J. AND OTHERS COMMISSION ON ENGINEERING EDUC., WASHINGTON, D.C. PUB DATE 66 EORS PRICE MFS0.27 HC -$7.20 160P. D ESCRIPTORS- *CONFERENCE REPORTS, *CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, *ENGINEERING EDUCATION, *TECHNICAL EDUCATION, COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INSTRUCTION, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, SCIENCE EDUCATION, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, CHICAGO, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAPERS PRESENTED AT A 1966 CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CONFERENCE REPORT. THE CONFERENCE WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN. PARTICIPANTS WERE FACULTY MEMBERS FROM SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING, WO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR COURSE AND CURRICULUM DESIGN..A LONG -RANGE OBJECTIVE WAS TO SET DIRECTIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, WHEREVER THE LATTER WAS EXPECTED TO CHANGE UNDER THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER CONCEPTS. SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE WERE DEVOTED TO (1) APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN,(2) COMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN AT UNIVERSITIES, (3) A MANUFACTURERS FORUM, AND (4) FUTURE PROSPECTS AND REQUIREMENTS. SUMMARIES OF DISCUSSIONS THAT FOLLOWED PRESENTATIONS OF PAPERS ARE INCLUDED. (AG) THE COMMISSION ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION NFVJ 1-1ANIPcsHIPF AVFNIIc- N Vv 1A/AL_uIr. T rl u r \ 4 , I .-c , I, / - 't k' _ 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 ' " I ' 1 1 1 , I 1 ' , 1 I 1 1 ' 1 1 1 I I, . II A PRECEDING PAGEBLANK1101E1MM Program and Table ofContents Section A OPENING SESSION CHAIRMAN: S. J. FENVES, Prof. of Civil Eng., University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.. WELCOME N. A. PARICER, Vice President, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Ill CHARGE TO CONFERENCE W. L. EvEarrr, Dean of Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN J. 0. R. LICICIADER, Cotwultant to the Director of Research, IBM Corp., Yorktown Heights, N Y , 3 SOME COMMENTS ON THE FUTURE PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING C. L. MILLER, Head, Dept. of Civil Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass 5 Section B APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN CHAIRMAN: F. H. BEANIN, JR., Development Engineer, IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. EFFECT OF 'COMPUTERS ON ELECTRONIC DESIGN G. L. BALDWIN, Head, Machine Aids Development Dept., Bell Tele- phone Labs., Murray Hill, N J 11 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS BY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS M. C. C. BAMPTON, Structures Research Engineer, the Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash 17 APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTERS TO POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING G. W. STAGG and A. H. PALMER, Head, Eng. Analysis and Computer Division, American Electric Power Co., New York, N. Y. 25 APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTERS IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING PRACTICE T. F. Mow, Deputy Chief Highway Engineer, Illinois Division of Highways, Springfield, Ill 29 COMPUTERS AND ENGINEERING DESIGN IN INDUSTRY D. Haw, Head, Computer Techsology, General Motors Research Labs., Warren, Mich. 84 Section C THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROJECT ON COMPUTERS IN EN- GINEERING DESIGN CHAIRMAN: B. CARNAHAN, Asst. Prof. of Chemical Eng., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. COMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN: D. L. ICATZ, Prof. of Chemical Eng., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich PREPARING THE UNDERGRADUATE FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DE- SIGN C. IliscincE, Prof. of Mechanico2ing., Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 49 THE SIMULATION SPECTRUM N. HAUSER, Prof. of Industrial Eng. and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N Y 54 OPTIMIZATION METHODSA REVIEW AND SOME EXAMPLE AP- PLICATIONS B. CARNAHAN 56 THE SYSTEM APPROACH TO COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN: USE OF PROBLEM-ORIENTED LANGUAGES R. L. MOTARD, Assoc. Prof. of Chimical Eng., University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77 Section D COMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN AT UNIVERSITIES CHAIRMAN:. L. A. Sonars JR., Prof. of Structures, Engineering Division, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN A. B. ROSENSTEIN, Prof. of Eng., UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif... 85 FROM PERSONAL ANALOG TO MIGHTY DIGITALNOVEL COM- PUTER PROGRAMS IN DESIGN J. B. REMICK, Prof. of Eng. and Director of Eng. Design Center, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio THE IMPACT OF TIME=SHARING COMPUTERS IN EDUCATIONIN ENGINEERING DESIGN P. T. SHANNON, Assoc. Prof. of Eng., Thayer School ofEngineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H 93 THE NEED FOR COMPUTERS IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH H. IL PAYNTER, Prof. of Mechanical Eng., MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass 106 iv Stv Irr`A:Zr'1- V", A LANGUAGE PROCESSOR FOR INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COMPUTATION R. W. CONWAY, Prof. of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y 111 Section E MANUFACTURERS' FORUM CHAIRMAN: S. G. CAMPBELL, Assistant Vice President, Xerox Corporation, Rochester, N. Y. ROUND-TABLE PRESENTATION BY COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS ON PRODUCTS AND CONCEPTS PERTINENT TO THE USE OF COM- PUTERS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN AUTOMATED DESIGN WITH HONEYWELL SYSTEMS R. R. BROWN, Manager-Design Automation, EDP Division, Minne- apolis- Honeywell AUTOMATED TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS AND EN- GINEERING DESIGN PAUL. H. ROSENTHAL, Manager, Generalized Applications, Data Proc- essing Division, Univac 119 COMPUTER CONTROL COMPANY PRODUCTS AND THE ENGINEER- ING DESIGN ENVIRONMENT R. COWAN, Marketing Manager of Systems Software, Computer Control Co 123 THE COMPUTER AS A DESIGN TOOL J. WORTHINGTON, Manager-Scientific Systems Review, Data Process- ing Division, IBM 127 ANALOG AND HYBRID COMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN G. MOSER, Director of Training, Electronic Associates, Inc..... R. LONERGAN, Manager, Product Programming Planning, EDP Divi- sion, RCA RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ON-LINE, REAL-TIME, TIME SHARING AND MULTIPROGRAMMING COMPUTER CAPABILITIES A. M. ROSENBERG, Member of Technical Staff, Product Planning, Scientific Data Systems 133 GENERAL ELECTRIC REACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM M. T. S. LING, Consulting Engineer, Computer Graphics, General Electric Computer Equipment Dept 137 CONTROL DATA'S ACTIVITIES W BEILFUSS, Director, Computer Dept., Meiscon Corp., Subsidiary of Control Data Corp 141 CRT DISPLAYS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN M. FORD, Marketing Manager, Graphic Arts, Digital Equipment Corp. 147 +./ Section F PROSPECTS AND REQUIREMENTS .4 CHAIRMAN: N. M. NEWMARK, Head, Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. COMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN VS. DESIGN OF COM- PUTERS L. A. ZADEH, Prof. of Electrical Eng., University of California, Berkeley, Calif 158 PROLEGOMENA TO A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION R. E. MACHOL, Head, Dept. of Systems Eng., University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Ill 158 EMBEDDING A DIGITAL COMPUTER IN A NEW CAMPUS AND SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING R. M. SAUNDERS, Dean of School of Eng., University of California, Irvine, Calif. 163 A PLAN: IMPROVING INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN B. Mum, Assoc. Prof. of Industrial Eng., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, iTtich 166 CONCLUDNG REMARKS N. M. NEWMARK 174 Section G ATTENDANCE: CONFERENCE ON THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN 175 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN FOREWORD The Commission on Engineering Education, The conference was intended to serve the faculty through its Advisory Committee on The Use of Com- members of engineering schools who are responsible puters and Mathematical Techniques in Engineering for the development of courses and curricula in en- Design, sponsored a conference at the Univer=sity gineering design. Its immediate objective was to of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois, April 21- 28,1966, dealing with the impact of computers on explore all the facets that intend on aign, design education in engineering design.The conference education, and computer technology. The long-range steering committee was composed of : objective was to set directions for engineering PROFESSOR STEVEN J. FENVES, Conference Chairman education and research both in design and analysis, Dept. of Civil Engineering wherever the latter is expected to change under the University of Illinois impact of computer concepts. DR. FRANKLIN H. BRANIN, JR. Data Systems Division IBM Corporation These proceedings comprise most of thepapers presented by the participants, as well as the discus- SULLIVAN A. CAMPBELL Xerox Corporation sions which followed in some cases. The conference program and a list of those who attended it are in- PROFESSOR BRICE CARNAHAN Dept. of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering cluded. Univecsity of Michigan PROFESSOR SAMUEL E. SHAPIRO The conference was partially financed bya grant Department of Systems Engineering from the National Science Foundation to the Com- University of Illinois at Congress Circle mission on Engineering Education. 5!:,7% -g, OPENING SESSION SECTION A CHAIRMAN: S. J. FENVES, Prof. of Civil Engineering University of Illinois w,riprorrirrWONV..1k.INIMPRW,, eRECEDINGPAGE BLANKMUSLIM THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ONEDUCATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN J. C. R. LICKLIDER Thomas J. Watson Research Center International Business Machines Corporation Yorktown, N. Y. (Summary) The keynote is the rate of advance of thetech- spiration followed by a phase of clerical execution, nology that provides the medium and themeans the total effort involves hundreds of thousands of and constitutes in large part thecontext and the such phases. objectof engineering design.It is a high note. Thus creative engineering design requires
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