Highlights•Assistive AI boosts team agility with respect to both evolving and abrupt
changes.•The AI-assisted teams outperform the human-only teams.•The AI assistance …

'Design cognition'refers to the mental processes and representations involved in designing,
and has been a significant area of interest since the emergence of design research in the …

A key part of an engineer's purpose is to create products and services that benefit society, or,
in other words, to create products with a positive social impact. While engineers have many …

Human subjects are often used in design theory and methods studies to understand how
designers behave and link behaviors with design outcomes. We highlight that much of our …

Human-computer hybrid teams can meet challenges in designing complex engineered
systems. However, the understanding of interaction in the hybrid teams is lacking. We review …

Highlights•The design community must intentionally consider multidisciplinarity.•This work
introduces the Degrees of Disciplinarity Framework.•The framework is demonstrated through …

Reinforcement learning algorithms can autonomously learn to search a design space for
high-performance solutions. However, modern engineering often entails the use of …

This comprehensive study investigates the role of diverse creativity relevant traits in
collaborative innovation. An initial screening with 301 participants evaluated everyone's …

The relationship between size and performance of collaborative human small groups has
been studied broadly across management, psychology, economics, sociology, and …

Students exhibit diverse cognitive styles, necessitating tailored educational approaches.
However, the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) tools into design education presents …