Department of Computer Graphics

TECH 511 The Development of Graphics in Technology
Fall 2003


COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Nathan W. Hartman
Office: 311 Knoy Hall
Phone: 496.6104
Email:nwhartman@tech.purdue.edu
Office Hours: M: 9:30 – 11:30 T: 2:30 – 3:30 (or by appointment)

Time: T 6:00 - 9:00 KNOY B029

 

 


Class 1

"Study of Studies" assignment specifications (courtesy of Dr. Theodore J. Branoff, NC State University)
Example "Study of Studies" (courtesy of Dr. Theodore J. Branoff, NC State University)
"Study of Studies" is due in Week 5, 9/23/03
 
Class 2

Kindler, A.M. (2003, Spring). Commentary: Visual culture, visual brain, and (art) education. Studies in Art Education, 44 (3), 290-296.

Plimmer, B. & Apperley, M. (2002). Computer-aided sketching to capture preliminary design. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. Third Australasian Conference on User interfaces, 7, 9-12.

Class 3

Mcfadzean, J., Cross, N.G., & Johnson, J.H. (1999). An analysis of architectural visual reasoning in conceptual sketching via Computational Sketch Analysis (CSA). Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization, 14-16 July 1999. 258 -265.

Gilmore, R. (1991, July). The evolution of education for visual intelligence. Arts Education Policy Review, 92, (6), 34-39.

Class 4

Ferguson, E. S. (August, 1977). The mind’s eye: Nonverbal thought in technology. Science, 197, (4306), 827-836.

Class 5

Emerging Graphics Technologies
Due in Week 11, 11/4/03

Class 6

Midterm Examination Study Guide

Class 7

Forty-fold Path to Enlightenment article (on reserve)

Clinical Issues with Vision article (on reserve)

Class 8

Class 9

Philosophy of the Discipline
Due in Week 16, 12/12/03 by 4:00 p.m.

Class 10

Wiley, S. E. (1990). Computer graphics and the development of visual perception in engineering graphics curricula. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 54, (2), 39-43.

Wiley, S. E. (1989, Winter). Advocating the development of visual perception as a dominant goal of technical graphics curricula. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 53 (1), 1-12.

Hitchener, L.E. & Sowizral, H.A. (1999). Adapting computer graphics curricula to changes in graphic technology. ACM SIGGRAPH EUROGRAPHICS Workshop. Coimbra, Portugal. July 3-5, 1999.

Bertoline, G. R. (1998). Visual science: An emerging discipline. Journal for Geometry and Graphics, 2 (2), 181-187.

Latour, B. (1986). Visualization and cognition: Thinking with eyes and hands. Knowledge and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Culture Past and Present, 6, 1-40.

Layton, E.T. (1974). Technology as knowledge. Technology and Culture, 15 (1), 31-41.

Final Examination Study Guide