mwang_pay (11/16/82)
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SEMINAR ACTIVITIES GRAPHICS SEMINAR - Monday, November 22, 1982. Dr. John C. Dill of Computer Aided Design Instruc- tional Facility, Cornell University, will speak on "Computer Graphics in the Engineering Curriculum at Cornell University". TIME: 3:30 PM ROOM: M&C 5158 ABSTRACT Computer aided design and manufacturing is widely re- garded as an important technology because of its po- tential to improve industrial productivity. CAD/CAM systems are rapidly transforming many industrial processes including design, simulation and produc- tion. Instruction which makes use of this technology and of related interactive Computer graphics methods is now available to Engineering students at Cornell through the computer Aided Design Instructional Facility. This presentation will provide an overview of this facility, its origin, goals and operation, along with a description of specific instructional applications. Also discussed will be potential benefits and diffi- culties in establishing and running such a facility. November 16, 1982