by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Aug 3, 2017 | 2017, DESIGN METHOD, Devarajan Ramanujan, Karthik Ramani, Recent Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran, William Z Bernstein
The rapid rise in technologies for data collection has created an unmatched opportunity to advance the use of data-rich tools for lifecycle decision-making. However, the usefulness of these technologies is limited by the ability to translate lifecycle data into...
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 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...
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...
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...
by Sujin | May 9, 2017 | Karthik Ramani, News, Sujin Jang
Arm fatigue accumulates during a prolonged use of mid-air interfaces such as Oculus Rift. (Purdue University Photo/Brian Huchel) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers at Purdue University’s C Design Lab are studying arm and muscle fatigue connected to advancements in...
