CREDO Papers:
Design Theory and Methodology

Topics include:
- Complexity - Distributed Design - Collaborative Design - Creativity Methods - Function Based Design - Affordance Based Design -


Maier, J.R.A. and Fadel, G.M., 2003, “On the Complexity of the Design-Artifact-User System,” Proceedings of ICED 03, Stockholm, Sweden. August 19-21, 2003. Paper no. 1366.

Maier, J.R.A. and Fadel, G.M., 2003, “Affordance-Based Methods for Design,” ASME DETC-2003, submitted to Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Chicago, IL.

Ostergaard, K., Wetmore, W., Summers, J., 2003, “A User Study of the Effects of Communication Method on Design Review Effectiveness”, ASME DETC-2003, submitted to Design Automation Conference, Chicago, IL.

Ostergaard, K., Summers, J., 2003, “Modeling Collaborative Design:  Review of Existing Models and Proposal of a New Information Flow Model”, ASME DETC-2003, submitted to Design Automation, Chicago, IL.

Ostergaard, K., Summers, J., 2003, “A Taxonomy for Collaborative Design”, ASME DETC-2003, submitted to Design Automation, Chicago, IL.

Ostergaard, K., Summers, J., 2003, “An Investigation of Resistance to Information Flow in Collaborative Design”, International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED03-1109Sweden, 2003.

Summers, J., Shah, J., 2003, “Developing Measures of Complexity for Engineering Design”, ASME DETC-2003, submitted to Design Theory and Methodology, Chicago, IL.

Maier, J.R.A., and Fadel, G.M., 2002, “Comparing Function and Affordance as Bases for Design,” Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Montreal, Canada. Paper no. DETC2002/DTM-34029.

Fuchs, D.K., Jokele, B., Kleiner, S., Fadel, G.M., and Greenstein, J., “Sensitization to the Distributed Development Process”, paper submitted to the TMCE conference, China, April 2002

Gierhardt, H.; Baumann, C.; Anderl, R.; Fadel, G. Lindemann, U.; “24hr Design and Development – A Model of global Design Teams”, Extended abstract submitted to the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), 2001.

McKoy, F., Vargas-Hernandez, N., Summers, J., Shah, J., 2001, “Influence of Design Representation on Effectiveness of Idea Generation”, Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. Paper no. DETC2001/DTM-21685.

Shah, J., Vargas-Hernandez, N., Summers, J., Kulkarni, S., 2001, “Collaborative Sketching (C-Sketch):  An Idea Generation Technique for Engineering Design”, Journal of Creative Behavior, Vol., 35, No. 3, pp. 168-98.

Summers, J., Lacroix, Z., Shah, J., 2001, “Collaborative Mechanical Engineering Design – Representation and Decision Issues”, Le Travail Humain, “Modeling Cooperative Activities in Design”, No. 8, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, France.

Maier, J.R.A and Fadel, G.M., 2001, “Affordance: The Fundamental Concept in Engineering Design,” Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. Paper no. DETC2001/DTM-21700.

Maier, J.R.A. and Fadel, G.M., 2001, “Strategic Decisions in the Early Stages of Product Family Design,” Proceedings of ASME Design for Manufacture Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. Paper no. DETC2001/DFM-21200.

Simpson, T.W., Maier, J.R.A., and Mistree, F., 2001. “Product Platform Design: method and application”. Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 2-22.

Maier, J.R.A, 2000, “Systems Intelligence: Theory and Application,” Proceedings of International Society for the Systems Sciences 42nd annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Lindemann, U., Anderl, R., Gierhardt, H. and Fadel, G.M., “24 hr Design and Development – An Engine Design Project”. In: Scrivener, S. A. R.; Ball, L. J.; Woodcock, A.: Collaborative Design, Chapter B. Springer, New York, 2000

Lindemann, U., Anderl, R., Fadel, G., Greenstein, J., Gierhardt, H., Fuchs, D-K., Gaul, H.D., Ott, T. “24h- Entwicklung – Ein Grundlagenproject in der Antriebsentwicklung” Proceedings of the VDI conference, Hamburg, Germany, 2000

Fadel, G., Lindemann, U., Anderl, R.; “Multi-National Around the Clock Collaborative Senior Design Project”, Invited paper, Honorable mention at the ASME Curriculum Innovations Award 2000.

Simpson, T.W., Maier, J.R.A., and Mistree, F., 1999. “A Product Platform Concept Exploration Method for Product Family Design,” Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Paper no. DETC99/DTM-8761.

Kirschman, C., Fadel, G. M. ”Classifying Functions for Mechanical Design”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 120.3, pp. 475-482, 9/1998

Adams, N. and Fadel, G. M., ”Constraint Reordering For Multi-Objective Configuration Design” Proceedings of ASME Design Automation Conference, Atlanta, GA. Paper no. DETC98/DAC-5597.

Kirschman, C.F. and Fadel, G.M. “Customer Metrics for the Selection of Generic Forms at the Conceptual Stage of Mechanical Design,” Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Sacramento, Ca. Paper no. DETC97/DTM-3877.

Kirschman, C, Fadel, G.M. and Jara-Almonte, C. “Classifying Functions for Mechanical Design” Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Irvine, CA. Paper no. 96-DETC/DTM-1504.

Challa, V., Fadel, G.M., “ Design Data Decomposition” Paper presented at the ASME Annual Congress, San Francisco, Published in Conference Proceedings, 1995