Prototyping is an essential part of product development in companies, and yet it one the least explored areas design practice. There are limited ethnographic studies conducted within specifically around topic prototyping. This empirical industrial-based study using inductive observations to further our understanding various roles prototypes play organizations. research observed entire cycle three companies fields consumer electronics (CE), footwear (FW), medical devices (MD). Our guiding...

Abstract While prototypes are critical to the creation of successful products and innovative solutions, building a prototype is characterized by large sunk costs plethora unknowns. The versatility effectiveness paired with ambiguous nature developing can lead wasted resources. Recent studies support this claim, demonstrating that under certain circumstances, designers often without clear purpose, as function design process rather than design. These findings motivated Prototyping Canvas, tool...

The use of origami principles to create 3-dimensional shapes has the potential revolutionize active material structures and compliant mechanisms. Active can be applied a broad range areas such as reconfigurable aircraft deployable space well instruments for minimally invasive surgery. Our current research is focused on dielectric elastomer (DE) magneto (MAE) materials multi-field responsive structures. Such will integrate DE MAE enable that fold/unfold in different ways response electric...

Just as design is a fundamental part of engineering work, prototyping an essential the process. For many courses, students must develop final prototype course requirements. And in industry, engineers build multiple prototypes when creating product for market. Although core to education, there lack research on understanding perceptions and usage from both professionals. Without students’ prototypes, we cannot adequately train them. Likewise, without knowing how professionals use translate...

Origami engineering — the use of origami principles in applications provides numerous opportunities to revolutionize way we design, manufacture, assemble, and package products devices. By combining with active materials, can create reconfigurable devices that fold unfold on demand. In origami, folded medium is paper, yet many require materials finite thickness provide necessary strength stiffness achieve desired functionality. such applications, it important distinguish between bending...

Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM) continues to play an important role in product development, and many companies are searching for how best integrate AM into their products, business models, design processes. Often, is integrated later stages of the process products during production. However, there opportunity introduce early-stage design, which could spark new models services addition re-thinking products. The central research question this paper what appropriate useful tool support...

Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a birth defect of the that requires long-term care and often leads to additional health complications. Effective educational strategies are essential for improving literacy outcomes. Despite affecting around 40,000 children annually in United States, there gap understanding children’s literacy, parental burdens, efficiency providers delivering education. Objective This qualitative pilot study aims develop tailored assessment tools evaluate needs...

This paper explores the nature of prototypes from three diverse companies in fields consumer electronics, footwear, and medical devices. It is part a larger qualitative research study developing prototyping framework grounded emergent findings practice detailed inductive inquiry. In this paper, we describe methods for setting up an appropriate design, highlighting conceptual framework, means data collection analysis, validity. Then, findings, introducing modified definition prototype roles...

Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM) has matured rapidly in the past decade and made significant progress towards a reliable repeatable process. The technology opens doors for new types of innovation engineering product development. However, there exists need design process framework to efficiently effectively explore these newly enabled spaces. Significant work been done understand how make existing products components additively manufacturable, yet still an opportunity AM can be leveraged...

This paper describes the design of an interactive artifact--The SEL Transition Wheel-created to support social-emotional learning (SEL) in children ages three six. The Wheel focuses on helping young learn emotional self-regulation and labeling one's emotions while encouraging caregiver mediation process during transition times. final prototype presented this demonstrates how a set heuristics, identified through process, can be used create artifacts for children. We also discuss designing...

The proportion of female-headed households is rising dramatically in sub-Saharan Africa, making women's income generating activities an increasingly important area study. As women transition into the role head-of-household, their traditional are augmented with responsibility being breadwinner, and successes become inextricably linked to wellbeing entire household. In order create sustainable development programs policies that support this new role, understanding current must be established....

The Design Innovation Methodology handbook represents a contribution to our design journey. This was developed by number of contributors from the United States and Singapore. Through co-creation effort common interests innovate together, intent is make difference for all persons in communities society. Readers are provided with meaningful practical guide, reference booklet, living document which engage at apex Thinking Systems Thinking, beyond.We sincerely hope that this guide will inspire...

Design is widely considered to be the central or distinguishing activity of engineering and yet it remains an insufficiently researched understood topic. From perspective education, where a "disconnect" between professional practices university-based oft-discussed limitation, sparseness research on design noteworthy. Specific representations real are necessary inform attempts prepare future engineers. The present study attends location in different organizational settings, as way examining...

There is a wide array of tools available to designers in industrial and engineering design disciplines. In terms visualisation rely heavily on combination sketch-based computer aided (CAD) based tools. It well-researc

Companies need to employ new design methods and tools remain competitive in today’s global economy. Design are used help teams move through the different stages of process, such as during project scoping, concept generation, selection. Concept generation meant generate diverse, novel, creative potential solutions. However, most developed refined based on studies with student teams. This limits our understanding how professionals engage practice. is a case study exploring by three companies...

Abstract Engineering Design Process: More than the ‘Standardized Loop’Introduction - design is a complex process that has been simplified to embrace asystematic ‘loop,’ which can be easily taught students and utilized by professionals. It well-recognized loops do not represent all aspects of design, research inengineering education addressed complexities; even so, there remain designprocess need further research. In particular, understanding how engineering bothshaped also shapes setting...