Heat-Passing Framework for Robust Interpretation of Data in Networks

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Dec 3, 2014 | 2015, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Karthik Ramani, Publications

Researchers are regularly interested in interpreting the multipartite structure of data entities according to their functional relationships. Data is often heterogeneous with intricately hidden inner structure. With limited prior knowledge, researchers are likely to...

LSAMP Program at 2014

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Oct 8, 2014 | Outreach

Prof. Karthik Ramani and his team conducted a toy design workshop as part of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program (LSAMP) at Purdue. The workshop was conducted for 7th and 8th grade students from the Murray Academy and Park Manor Elementary...

Purdue Students win ASME IDETC/CIE 2014 Student Design Competition

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Sep 9, 2014 | Devarajan Ramanujan, News, Senthil Chandrasegaran

Devarajan Ramanujan,  Senthil Chandrasegaran,  Jeff Ackerman and Scott Calvert won theASME 2014 Student Design Competition in Buffalo,  New York.  The design challenge, held as part of the ASME IDETC/CIE conferences, was to envision and pitch ideas for...

Hottest article of 2013 in Computer-Aided Design Journal

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jun 30, 2014 | News

Our paper, The evolution, challenges, and future of knowledge representation in product design systems, is #1 on Elsevier’s Top 25 hottest articles in Computer-Aided Design for the year 2013. The C Design Lab congratulates all authors involved.

IDEA-Pen: Interactive Design and Analysis through a Pen-based Interface

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jun 9, 2014 | 2014, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD

For students to succeed in engineering design (and engineering practice) they must be able to make design decisions that are grounded in data and analysis. The potential danger, however, in introducing analysis and calculations too early in the design process is that...