by Dev Ramanujan | Apr 20, 2015 | 2015, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Devarajan Ramanujan, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Vinayak
Customer inputs in the early stages of design can potentially lead to completely new outlooks in concept generation. We propose crowd-based co-creation as a means to this end. Our main idea is to think of the customer as a source of initial design concepts rather than...
by Joran | Sep 8, 2014 | 2014, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Joran Booth, Karthik Ramani
The purpose of this study is to continue to explore which function identification methods work best for specific design tasks. Prior literature describes the top-down and bottom-up approaches as equivalent methods for functional decomposition. Building on our prior...
by Joran | Aug 23, 2013 | 2013, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Joran Booth, Karthik Ramani
In design classes, functional analysis is a process that is typically used to assist students with identifying essential functions to aid in the development of their concepts. However, it has been observed that students sometimes struggle with this part of the...
by _not_Exist_ | Aug 31, 2012 | 2012, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran
Abstract: Engineering graduates in advancing economies are not only expected to have engineering knowledge, but also use them in creative and innovative ways. The importance of visual thinking has been critical for creativity and innovation in design. However,...