Abstract Design criticism plays a crucial role in fostering critical thinking and boosting
creativity among design students, highlighting its significance in college design education …

Research on empathy has been surging in popularity in the engineering design community
since empathy is known to help designers develop a deeper understanding of the users' …

Building prototypes is an important part of the concept selection phase of the design
process, where fuzzy ideas get represented to support communication and decision making …

Creativity is universally acknowledged as an important attribute of successful engineering
design, but individual attributes and preferences can influence whether creative ideas come …

Ownership bias is a decision-making bias that leads to an individual's tendency to prefer
their own ideas over others' during the design process. While prior work has identified the …

As additive manufacturing (AM) processes become ubiquitous in engineering and design,
there has emerged the need for a workforce skilled in designing for AM (DfAM). Researchers …

The flow of creative ideas throughout the engineering design process is essential for
innovation. However, few studies have examined how individual traits affect problem-solving …

Functional fixedness refers to a cognitive bias that prevents people from using objects in
new ways and more abstractly from perceiving problems in new ways. Supporting people in …

The S-shaped characteristic curves in pump-turbines complicate synchronization with the
electrical grid and affect system safety. Misaligned guide vanes (MGVs) are one of the most …

Research on empathy has been surging in popularity in the engineering design community
since empathy is known to help designers develop a deeper understanding of the users' …