Evaluating Wikis as a Communicative Medium for Collaboration Within Colocated and Distributed Engineering Design Teams

Evaluating Wikis as a Communicative Medium for Collaboration Within Colocated and Distributed Engineering Design Teams

Carolynn J. Walthall , Srikanth Devanathan , Lorraine G. Kisselburgh , Karthik Ramani , E. Daniel Hirleman , and Maria C. Yang
J. Mech. Des. 133, 071001 (2011), DOI:10.1115/1.4004115

Abstract: Wikis, freely editable collections of web pages, exhibit potential for a flexible documentation and communication tool for collaborative design tasks as well as support for team design thinking early in the design process. The purpose of...

Addressing Uncertainties within Product Redesign for Sustainability: A Function Based Framework

Addressing Uncertainties within Product Redesign for Sustainability: A Function Based Framework

Devarajan Ramanujan, William Z Bernstein, Fu Zhao, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2011, August 28-31, 2011, Washington, DC, USA
The Function Impact Method (FIM) is a semi-quantitative eco-design methodology that is targeted specifically towards the early stages of the design process.