by Luis Paredes | Jan 11, 2022 | 2021, Featured Publications, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Luis Paredes, Publications, Recent Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran
Wearable technologies draw on a range of disciplines, including fashion, textiles, HCI, and engineering. Due to differences in methodology, wearables researchers can experience gaps or breakdowns in values, goals, and vocabulary when collaborating. This situation...
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 | 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 Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jan 16, 2017 | 2017, Design Collaboration, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Karthik Ramani, Recent Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran
Design protocol analysis is a technique to understand designers’ cognitive processes by analyzing sequences of observations on their behavior. These observations typically use audio, video, and transcript data in order to gain insights into the designer’s...
