Dr. Nancy Study

Lecturer in Engineering

Office Location:

Burke 223

Phone:

(814) 898 6563

Fax:

(814)8 986 125

Email:

nes14@psu.edu

Profile

Biography

Dr. Nancy E. Study is a lecturer in the School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. She earned a B.S. in Industrial Technology from Missouri State University (1993), and an M.S. in Industrial Technology (1995) and the Ph.D. in Educational Technology (2001), both from Purdue University. Her graduate research in computer graphics focused on the haptic and visualization abilities of freshman engineering and technology students. She joined the Penn State Behrend faculty in August 2012.

In 2010, Dr. Study was presented the Oppenheimer award for the highest level of professionalism in presentation at the Engineering Design Graphics Division Midyear Meeting for her paper “Long-Term Impact of Improving Visualization Abilities of Minority Engineering and Technology Students: Preliminary Results.” She was also a coauthor of “Enhancing Visualization Skills-Improving Options aNd Success (EnViSIONS)” in The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 1-17, which won the Editor’s Award in 2009.

She is an active member of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE and is also a member of the Engineering and Technology Education Division of ACTE.

Teaching

Courses for Fall 2012

EG T 120 Solid Modeling I

EG T 060 3D Visualization and Spatial Development

Research

Dr. Study's research is primarily in finding methods of improving the visualization abilities of engineering and technology students with an emphasis on the impact of students’ haptic tendencies on the ability to visualize 2D and 3D objects.

NSF-0714197 – EnViSIONS: Enhancing Visualization Skills--Improving Options aNd Success, $199,650, 2007-2009; major collaborator and dissemination site.

Publications

Books

Study, N. E., & Simmers, C. L., (2013). Capstone Projects in Engineering Design (working title). Columbus, OH. McGraw-Hill.

Bertoline, G. R., Wiebe, E. N., Hartman, N. W., Ross, W. A., Study, N. E., & Simmers, C. L. (2013). Engineering Design. Columbus, OH. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-8694191

Harms, H. R., & Janosz, D. A. (2012). Pre-Engineering. Columbus, OH. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-878336-4 (Contributing author)

Refereed Journal Publications

Study, N. E. (2011). Long-term impact of improving visualization abilities of minority engineering and technology students: preliminary results. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 75 (2).

Veurink, N. L, Hamlin, A. J., Kampe, J. C. M., Sorby, S. A., Blasko, D. G., Holliday-Darr, K. A., Trich Kremer, J. D., Harris, K. S., Harris, L. V., Connolly, P. E., Sadowski, M. A., Brus, C. P., Boyle, L. N., Study, N. E., Knott, T. W. (2009). Enhancing Visualization Skills-Improving Options aNd Success (EnViSIONS). The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 73 (2) 1-17.

Study, N. E. (2006). Assessing and improving the below average visualization abilities of a group of minority engineering and technology students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 12 (4) 363-374.

Study, N. E. (2003). Haptic abilities of freshman engineers as measured by the haptic visual discrimination test. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 67 (2), 29-34.

Study, N. E. (2002). The effectiveness of using the successive perception test I to measure visual-haptic tendencies in engineering students. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 66 (2), 17-26.

Birchman, J. A. & Study, N. E. (2001). Preparing class materials for the web using PDF format. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 65 (3), 25-30.

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

Study, N. E. (2012). An overview of tests of cognitive spatial ability. Procedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting. Galveston, TX.

Simmers, C. L., and Study, N. E. (2011) Project-based + hybrid learning = ready for postsecondary education. Presentation at ACTE 2011 Convention. St. Louis, MO.

Study, N. E. (2011). Long-term impact of improving visualization abilities of minority engineering and technology students. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Vancouver, BC.

Chin, R. A., and Study, N. E. (2010). Keys to publishing in peer reviewed journals. Poster Session at the 9th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Singapore.

Study, N. E. (2010). Long-term impact of improving visualization abilities of minority engineering and technology students: preliminary results. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting (132-137). Houghton, MI.

Chin, R. A., Holliday-Darr, K., and Study, N. E. (2010). Getting started publishing in the online EDGJ. Media Showcase Presentation at ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting. Houghton, MI.

Chin, R. A., and Study, N. E. (2010). Keys to publishing in peer reviewed journals. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Louisville, KY.

Study, N. E., and Chin, R. A. (2010). Manuscript publication aided by the Open Journal Systems: A case study. Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference. Blacksburg, VA.

Study, N. E. (2009). Correlation of haptic abilities and improvement of visualization skills in a sample of minority engineering and technology students. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting (140-143). Erie, PA.

Study, N. E. (2009). The submission and reviewing process in the online Engineering Design Graphics Journal. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting (40-42).Erie, PA.

Study, N. E. (2009). EnViSIONS at Virginia State University. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting. Berkeley, CA.

Study, N. E. (2008). The haptic abilities of engineering and technology students with below average visualization abilities. Accepted for presentation at the 6th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Cape Town, South Africa.

Study, N. E. (2008). Testing the haptic abilities of a sample of minority engineering and technology students. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Pittsburg, PA.

Study, N. E. (2007). Testing the haptic abilities of minority engineering & technology students: Preliminary results. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting. VA Beach, VA.

Study, N. E. (2006). Using remediation to improve visualization abilities in minority engineering and technology students. Poster session presented at the 5th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Study, N. E. (2006). Using remediation to improve visualization abilities in minority engineering and technology students. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Chicago, IL.

Study, N. E. (2005). Improving visualization abilities in minority engineering and technology students: Preliminary results. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting (9-12). Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Study, N. E. (2005). Using LEGOs® to reinforce basic parametric modeling practices. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Portland, OR.

Study, N. E. (2004). Implementing a real world project into a senior level architectural drafting course. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting (44-49). Williamsburg, VA.

Study, N. E. (2004). Assessing visualization abilities in minority engineering students. Poster session presented at the ASEE 3rd International Colloquium on Engineering Education. Beijing, China.

Study, N. E. (2004). Assessing visualization abilities in minority engineering students. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Salt Lake City, UT.

Study, N. E. (2003). A comparison of test scores of minority vs. non-minority students on the Purdue spatial visualization test: Visualization of rotations. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting (182-188). Phoenix, AZ.

Study, N. E. (2002). The haptic visualization tendencies of freshman engineering students and their implication on testing and instruction. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.

Birchman, J. A. & Study, N. E. (2001). Preparing class materials for the web using PDF format. Proceedings of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-year Meeting (181-188). San Antonio, TX.

The Case Studies for Kids Project: The center for twenty-first century conceptual tools (TCCT). (2000). Poster session presenting Model Eliciting Activities to teachers. Purdue University.

Study, N. E. (1998). Parametric vs. non-parametric modeling. Presentation, 4-State Technology Conference. Pittsburg State University.

Study, N. E. (1998). 3D CAD in the classroom. Presentation, MVA/MITEA Summer Conference. Southwest MO State University.

Study, N. E. (1997). Visualization for CAD solid modeling. Presentation, 4-State Technology Conference, Pittsburg State University.

Expanding Your Horizons Conference. (1995-1997). Career and college planning workshops for junior high school girls. Southwest MO State University.

Service

Professional Memberships

ASEE – Engineering Design Graphics Division and K-12 Division

ACTE – Engineering and Technology Education Division

Epsilon Pi Tau

Phi Kappa Phi

Service Activities

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): 2002-current, moderate conference sessions and review abstract and paper submissions for the Annual Conference and the EDGD Midyear Meeting

Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE: July 2012 – July 2013, Chair of the Division; July 2011 – July 2012, Vice-chair of the Division

Engineering Design Graphics Journal: 2006-2011, Associate Editor

National Science Foundation: 2009, NSF/ International Research Experience for Students (IRES) Program reviewer; 2007, NSF/Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Phase-I panelist