by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Dec 26, 2016 | 2017, Cecil Piya, Design Collaboration, Design Representation, Karthik Ramani, Multi-touch Interaction, Publications, Recent Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Vinayak
We present Co-3Deator, a sketch-based collaborative 3D modeling system based on the notion of “team-first” ideation tools, where the needs and processes of the entire design team come before that of an individual designer. Co-3Deator includes two specific...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Aug 29, 2016 | 2016, Design Collaboration, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Tarun George
In this study, we structured a toy design workshop to provide hands on and engaging design activities for middle school students, to help them develop self-efficacy beliefs in design, model and scaffold engineering design mindsets, and apply design concepts in...
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...
by Senthil | Aug 14, 2014 | 2014, Design Collaboration, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran
Sketching for conceptual design has traditionally been performed on paper. Recent computational tools for conceptual design have leveraged the availability of hand-held computing devices and web-based collaborative platforms. Further, digital sketching interfaces...
by Senthil | May 23, 2014 | 2014, HUMAN SHAPE INTERACTION, Karthik Ramani, Multi-touch Interaction, Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran
Direct-touch tablets are quickly replacing traditional pen-and-paper tools in many applications, but not in case of the designer’s sketchbook. In this paper, we explore the tradeoffs inherent in replacing such paper sketchbooks with digital tablets in terms of...
by William | Jan 21, 2014 | 2014, Devarajan Ramanujan, HUMAN SHAPE INTERACTION, Karthik Ramani, Multi-touch Interaction, Senthil Chandrasegaran, William Benjamin
Juxtapoze is a clipart composition workflow that supports creative expression and serendipitous discoveries in the shape domain. We achieve creative expression by supporting a workflow of searching, editing, and composing: the user queries the shape database using...
