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Multidomain Demand Modeling in Design for Market Systems.
(2014)
Consumers make choices based not only on functional product attributes (e.g., fuel economy) but also on non-functional attributes (e.g., vehicle form). Consequently, ignoring non-functional product attributes in demand ...
Influence of Product Complexity and Customers Demographics on Co-Design.
(2012)
Co-design is an emerging trend in new product development that results in more active customer participation in product development than conventional design processes; it connects customers, designers, and engineers ...
Models to Enable Estimation of Marginal CO2 Emissions in Electricity Production and Urban Mobility Systems.
(2015)
CO2 produced from the combustion of fossil fuels for energy production in electricity and transportation sectors is the biggest source of climate change causing greenhouse gases (GHG) in the U.S. GHG mitigation policies ...
Crowdsourcing for Engineering Design: Objective Evaluations and Subjective Preferences
(2016)
Crowdsourcing enables designers to reach out to large numbers of people who may not have been previously considered when designing a new product, listen to their input by aggregating their preferences and evaluations over ...
Designing Task Shifting Medical Devices for Low-Resource Settings.
(2015)
The availability and acceptability of medical devices designed for use in low-resource settings is affected by factors including unreliable energy supply, limited infrastructure, high product costs, and lack of spare parts. ...
Informing Intentional Use of Prototyping in Engineering Design: Context-Specific Novice Approaches and Stakeholder Feedback
(2018)
Prototypes are essential tools that can be used strategically throughout the design process to increase the likelihood that a product achieves stakeholder needs. Prototyping allows physical or visual form to be given to ...
Interdisciplinary Interactions During R&D and Early Design of Large Engineered Systems.
(2014)
Designing Large-Scale Complex Engineered Systems (LaCES) such as aircraft and submarines requires the input of thousands of engineers and scientists whose work is proximate in neither time nor space. Comprehensive knowledge ...
Design for Behavior Change: The Role of Product Visual Aesthetics in Promoting Sustainable Behavior.
(2013)
This dissertation tested the hypothesis that products can be designed in a principled way to induce users to modify their behavior; in particular, it explored how products make people be more environmentally responsible. ...
The Construction of Preference in Engineering Design and Implications for Green Products
(2008)
This dissertation incorporates the construction of preference into engineering design methodology. Currently, engineers view customer preferences as existing a priori, evoking metaphors such as “need-finding.” For some ...