NJIT's Office of Institutional Planning and Research undertook a study of the performance of students who took this new course sequence.  The study compared the impact of the two courses in order to find out the affect of the FED course, as compared to its predecessor Engineering Graphics course, on engineering student graduation rates, and academic performance.  The study analyzed outcomes for students who took the Engineering Graphics course in 1992-93 or the FED course in 1993-94.