The purpose of this study is to begin to explore which function identification methods work
best for specific tasks. We use a three-level within-subject study (n= 78) to compare three …

This research investigated the effect of warm-up activities on cognitive states during concept
generation. Psychophysiological tools including electroencephalography (EEG) and …

Functional analysis aims to decompose the main functions of a product, which can be large
and complex, into more manageable subfunctions. Recently, interest in explicitly …

This study explored how guided ideation can support concept initiation and development.
We conducted a set of in-class activities in a junior-level industrial design studio at a large …

The purpose of this study is to establish a protocol capable of identifying functional
leadership behaviors in engineering design teams. The protocol is developed from a …

This paper explores functional decomposition in early design. In the first part of this study,
we explore how the three most common methods (top-down, energy-flow, enumeration) …

Function-based design in engineering is an abstract approach to model the design space
and to explore different design solutions. However, research results indicate that engineers …

The paper focuses on disclosing theoretical and practical problems of development of
different urban space objects. The evolution of the user's knowledge about the application of …

When humans delegate tasks---whether to human workers or robots---they do so either to
trade money for time, or to leverage additional knowledge and capabilities. For complex …

Creativity and innovation are essential for effective engineering, but what is needed to be
creative? More importantly, what blocks creativity in engineers? Prior work tells us that …