Optimizing design teams based on problem properties: computational team simulations and an applied empirical test

C McComb, J Cagan… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The performance of a team with the right characteristics can exceed the mere sum of the
constituent members' individual efforts. However, a team having the wrong characteristics …

How concept selection tools impact the development of creative ideas in engineering design education

X Zheng, SC Ritter, SR Miller - Journal of …, 2018‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Concept selection tools have been heavily integrated into engineering design education in
an effort to reduce the risks and uncertainties of early-phase design ideas and aid students …

Exploring biases between human and machine generated designs

CE Lopez, SR Miller, CS Tucker - Journal of …, 2019‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The objective of this work is to explore the possible biases that individuals may have toward
the perceived functionality of machine generated designs, compared to human created …

Improved quantification of exergy destruction in mechanical cooling tower considering all tower inlet parameters

K Singh, R Das - Journal of Heat Transfer, 2018‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The present work establishes an improved experimentally validated analysis to predict
performance and exergy-related parameters of a mechanical draft cooling tower involving …

Favoring complexity: A mixed methods exploration of factors that influence concept selection when designing for additive manufacturing

R Prabhu, RL Leguarda… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The capabilities of additive manufacturing (AM) open up designers' solution space and
enable them to build designs previously impossible through traditional manufacturing (TM) …

Crossing cultural borders: A case study of conceptual design outcomes of US and Moroccan student samples

A Peng, J Menold, SR Miller - Journal of …, 2022‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
There has been a plethora of design theory and methodology (DTM) research conducted to
answer important questions centered around how ideas are developed and translated into …

Out in the field versus inside in the lab: a comparison of design professionals' concept screening practices

X Zheng, SR Miller - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2021‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Abstract Concept screening is one of the gatekeepers of innovation process and thus is
considered a vital component of engineering design. Yet, we know very little about how …

Demographic factors and their influence on designer creativity and empathy evoked through user extreme conditions

S Raviselvam, R Sanaei… - International …, 2017‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Past work has demonstrated that simulating an extraordinary user scenario could have an
impact on increasing designer empathy and creativity. It is likely, however, that an …

Identifying experts in the crowd for evaluation of engineering designs

A Burnap, R Gerth, R Gonzalez… - Journal of Engineering …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Crowdsourcing offers the opportunity to gather evaluations on concept designs from
evaluators that otherwise may not have been considered, thus leveraging additional …

[HTML][HTML] Priming on Sustainable Design Idea Creation and Evaluation

T Liao, EF MacDonald - Sustainability, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Although three pillars of sustainable design—social desirability, economic competitiveness,
and environmental friendliness—are all important, they are not necessarily equally …