In recent years, the works on design theory (and particularly the works of the design theory
SIG of the design society) have contributed to reconstruct the science of design, comparable …

In industry, the failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) methodology is one of the main tools
used for reliability management in product design and development. However, the academic …

Creativity has been studied as a psychological phenomenon, and research has focused on
factors that influence the human variability and acquisition of such capacity. Still, the creative …

Questions have been raised about the relevance of Value Management (VM) for creative
projects. Such project embraces new fields of knowledge in terms of technologies, markets …

The learning strategies offered by science for discovering the world by generating and
testing hypotheses have been used abundantly to build decision‐making heuristics. In …

The goal of our research was to understand what is expected today from a design theory
and what types of impact such type of scientific proposition may reach. To answer these …

Research on design theory and research on abduction have long developed in two parallel
streams without connections. However, some researchers have noticed that design and …

In industrial settings, brainstorming is seen as an effective technique for creativity in
innovation processes. However, bulk of research on brainstorming is based on an …

Introductory, fundamental engineering mechanics (IFEM) courses, such as statics of
engineering, mechanics of materials, dynamics, and mechanics of fluids, have far too long …

In a global scenario of complexity, research shows that emerging design practices are
changing and expanding, creating a complex and ambiguous disciplinary landscape. This …