by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Aug 3, 2017 | 2017, DESIGN METHOD, Jeff Alperovich, Joran Booth, Karthik Ramani, Pratik Chawla, Recent Publications, Uncategorized
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have become integral to modern prototyping and manufacturing. Therefore, guidelines for using AM are necessary to help users new to the technology. Many others have proposed useful guidelines, but these are rarely written in a...
by Joran | Jun 2, 2016 | 2016, Design Learn, Joran Booth, Karthik Ramani, Publications
Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have become integral to the modern manufacturing process. These roles are filled both in prototyping and production. Many studies have been conducted and lists been written on guidelines for AM. While these lists are...
by Joran | Nov 24, 2015 | 2016, Design Learn, Joran Booth, Karthik Ramani
Abstract: This paper explores improving sketching skills and reducing the inhibition to sketch for student designers. In the first study, students were taught sketching skills through an in-class workshop. The effect was evaluated using a pre-midpost test (n=40). In...
by Joran | Aug 11, 2015 | 2015, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Joran Booth, Karthik Ramani, Recent Publications
This paper explores functional decomposition in early design. In the first part of this study, we explore how the three most common methods (top-down, energy-flow, enumeration) affect concept generation for novice design teams (n=25). We found that nearly all the...
by Joran | Aug 10, 2015 | 2015, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Joran Booth, Karthik Ramani
The purpose of this study is to begin to explore which function identification methods work best for specific tasks. We use a three-level within-subject study (n ¼ 78) to compare three strategies for identifying functions: energy-flow, top-down, and enumeration....
by preciseadmin | Apr 24, 2015 | Devarajan Ramanujan, Joran Booth, News, Sujin Jang, William Z Bernstein
Bill Bernstein, Devarajan Ramanujan, Joran Booth, and Sujin Jang have received this year’s  Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Teaching Excellence (2015). This award, given by the the College of Engineering, recognizes outstanding teaching assistants...
