scholarly journals Designed to be employed? Measuring the impact of a multidisciplinary collaborative design project on learner perceptions of employability attributes

2017 ◽  
pp. 90-112
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Learner Perceptions ◽  
The Impact

Collaborative project: Evolution of computer-aided design data completeness as management information

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien Fleche ◽  
Jean-Bernard Bluntzer ◽  
Ahmad Al Khatib ◽  
Morad Mahdjoub ◽  
Jean-Claude Sagot
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
The Impact

Today, product design process is facing a market globalisation led by distributed teams. The international market context, in which industrial companies evolve, leads design teams to work in a large multidisciplinary collaborative context using collaborative practices. In this context, product design process is driven by the integration and optimisation of stakeholders’ collaboration. Thus, to facilitate collaborative steps, new management strategies are defined and new information systems can be used. To this end, we have focused our article on the topic of collaborative product design project management. We have underlined the necessity to use quantitative and non-intrusive indicators during the management of collaborative design phases besides subjective evaluations. Tracking these indicators is performed in parallel to the existing approaches in order to evaluate the performance of collaborative design project. Moreover, these indicators can show the impact of the collaboration steps on the design project evolution. The computation of proposed indicators is based on precise metrics which details the completeness of the computer-aided design model and its evolution depending on the used collaborative tools and the project milestones. This computation uses the importance of each computer-aided design model part and the transformation rate of each part of the computer-aided design model.

The potential role of relatives in designing person-centred assistive technologies (innovative practice)

Dementia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 3161-3164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudi Coetzer
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Innovative Practice ◽  
The Impact

The paper explores the important role of relatives in designing assistive technologies in collaboration with practitioners. A brief case study reports the collaborative design of a 24-hour clock to reduce the impact of visual–spatial impairment on a family member's ability to read time and prevent temporal disorientation.

The impact of a simulation-based learning design project on student learning

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.K.W.K. Chung ◽  
T.C. Harmon ◽  
E.L. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
The Impact

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PROJECT OF PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT LEARNING-SERVICE AND DESIGN THINKING

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura de Miguel Álvarez ◽  
Raúl Díaz-Obregón Cruzado ◽  
Silvia Nuere ◽  
Sila Martínez Álvarez ◽  
Guillermo García-Badell Delibes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Design Project

Methods for Assessing 3D Virtual Worlds in Design Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 355-372
Author(s):  
Leman Figen Gül ◽  
Ning Gu ◽  
Mi Jeong Kim ◽  
Xiangyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
3D Virtual Worlds ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Changing Trend ◽  
The Impact

With the advancement and increasing adoption of information and communication technologies, 3D virtual worlds, being a part of these revolutionary forces, have the potential to make a major contribution to design education as a new teaching and learning environment. Considering this changing trend, we have been employing 3D virtual worlds in the design curriculum over the past decade. To critically understand the impact of the technologies on design education, this chapter explores and demonstrates three different assessment methods of 3D virtual worlds in design education, through three case studies. The chapter also concludes with insights into the applications of virtual environments in collaborative design teaching.

A Web-Based Online Collaboration Tool for Formulating Senior Design Projects

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sainath Varikuti ◽  
Jitesh H. Panchal ◽  
John M. Starkey
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Collaboration ◽  
Team Cohesiveness ◽  
Faculty Mentor ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Project Outcome ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
The Impact

A well formed senior design project is known to have significant benefits in terms of project outcome, student motivation, team cohesiveness, engagement, and student learning. Defining a good problem statement, forming a team of compatible and appropriately skilled students, and selecting an appropriate faculty mentor are critical aspects of project formation. Therefore, students in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University are encouraged to suggest project ideas, form teams, and have them approved by the course coordinator before the semester starts. While there is significant literature on senior design projects, most of the existing work is focused on activities after the problem is defined and the teams are formed. There is a lack of mechanisms and tools to guide the project formation phase in senior design projects, which makes it challenging for students and faculty to collaboratively develop and refine project ideas and to establish appropriate teams. To address this challenge, we have implemented an online collaboration tool to share, discuss and obtain feedback on project ideas, and to facilitate collaboration among students and faculty prior to the start of the semester. Through an online survey and questionnaire to students, we are exploring the impact of the collaboration tool on the senior design project formation process. In this paper we present the design of the tool and the results from our ongoing study in the senior design class at Purdue Mechanical Engineering.

Computer-aided design versus sketching: An exploratory case study

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Veisz ◽  
Essam Z. Namouz ◽  
Shraddha Joshi ◽  
Joshua D Summers
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Cad Tools ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis paper presents a preliminary comparison between the role of computer-aided design (CAD) and sketching in engineering through a case study of a senior design project and interviews with industry and academia. The design team consisted of four senior level mechanical engineering students each with less than 1 year of professional experience are observed while completing an industry sponsored mechanical engineering capstone design project across a 17 week semester. Factors investigated include what CAD tools are used, when in the design process they are implemented, the justification for their use from the students' perspectives, the actual knowledge gained from their use, the impact on the final designed artifact, and the contributions of any sketches generated. At each design step, comparisons are made between CAD and sketching. The students implemented CAD tools at the onset of the project, generally failing to realize gains in design efficiency or effectiveness in the early conceptual phases of the design process. As the design became more concrete, the team was able to recognize clear gains in both efficiency and effectiveness through the use of computer assisted design programs. This study is augmented by interviews with novice and experienced industry users and academic instructors to align the trends observed in the case study with industry practice and educational emphasis. A disconnect in the perceived capability of CAD tools was found between novice and experienced user groups. Opinions on the importance of sketching skills differed between novice educators and novice industry professionals, suggesting that there is a change of opinion as to the importance of sketching formed when recent graduates transition from academia to industry. The results suggest that there is a need to emphasize the importance of sketching and a deeper understanding as to the true utility of CAD tools at each stage of the design process.

scholarly journals Promoting diversity through developing a sense of community

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-143
Author(s):  
Jeanne-Louise Moys
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Project Evaluation ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Graphic Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This case study explores how a students-as-partners approach is helping students in the Graphic Communication programme at the University of Reading gain experience of community through a curriculum design project. The “I am, we are … different by design” project began as a partnership initiative aimed at identifying strategies to extend students’ experience of diversity in the curriculum. Drawing on a mid-project evaluation, the case study presented here explores student partners’ perceptions of achievements and challenges, including developing a sense of community and the impact on career development. It also highlights how supporting opportunities for visibility and recognition throughout a project may contribute to sustaining a culture of reciprocity in partnership.

Information Sharing Within a Distributed, Collaborative Design Process: A Case Study

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. MacGregor ◽  
Avril I. Thomson ◽  
Neal P. Juster
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
Industrial Case Study ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Over Time

Abstract A current research project at the University of Strathclyde is introduced which aims to better understand the role of distributed engineering design in industry and address present problems. The first major industrial case study of the project, completed within a multinational in the oil and gas industry, is then described together with the main research questions. This multinational will be described in the text as company A. The findings are split into three areas depending on the data collection method employed. The main case study issues are investigated through interviews while a profile of current activities and perceptions comes from completed questionnaires. Sampling and analysis of distributed activity over time is served by the completion of daily diaries and direct observation. These combine to increase the understanding of information sharing and collaborative design in a distributed organization. Interviews show the importance of design reuse within the organization contrasting with the pressures of formalizing all parts of a design project. The preponderance of variant design activity is also highlighted along with concerns of continued practice. The questionnaires show that 34% of engineers’ time is spent sourcing relevant information and knowledge and that the most popular sources are company systems followed by personal contact. 18% of work is found to be distributed while colleagues from another location and another floor/department know more 51% and 57% of the time respectively. The detail design phase of a distributed design project is analysed over time which finds that most collaborative work consists of simple information exchange supplementary to the main design activity. Furthermore, concentrated periods of collaborative design are found to follow these information exchange cycles’. Distributed problems are also discussed in the paper, ranging from difficulties with unfamiliar terminology to a lack of visibility at worldwide sites.

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