4-H Camp teams and coaches of the Design Workshop Hosted by C Design lab

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jun 28, 2017 | News, Outreach

4-H Camp teams and coached of the Design Workshop Hosted by C Design lab on 14th, 15th and 16th of June, 2017.    

C-Design group photo at Prof. Ramani’s home

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 26, 2017 | News

Integrating Visual Analytics Support for Grounded Theory Practice in Qualitative Text Analysis

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 16, 2017 | 2017, Design Representation, Recent Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran

We present an argument for using visual analytics to aid Grounded Theory methodologies in qualitative data analysis. Grounded theory methods involve the inductive analysis of data to generate novel insights and theoretical constructs. Making sense of unstructured text...

Merging Sketches for Creative Design Exploration: An Evaluation of Physical and Cognitive Operations

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 16, 2017 | 2017, Design Collaboration, Recent Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Uncategorized

Despite its grounding in creativity techniques, merging multiple source sketches to create new ideas has received scant attention in design literature. In this paper, we identify the physical operations that in merging sketch components. We also introduce cognitive...

The Influence of Toy Design Activities on Middle School Students Understanding of the Engineering Design Processes

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 12, 2017 | 2017, Jeff Alperovich, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran

The societal demand for inspiring and engaging science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students and preparing our workforce for the emerging creative economy has necessitated developing students self-efficacy and understanding of engineering design...