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Evaluating the Impacts of Different Interventions on Quality in Concept Generation
Industrial Design Conference Presentations, Posters and Proceedings
  • Kevin C. Helm, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Kathryn W. Jablokow, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Shanna R. Daly, The University Of Michigan
  • Eli M. Silk, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University
  • Rafael Suero, The Pennsylvania State University
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
6-26-2016
DOI
10.18260/p.26766
Conference Title
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Conference Date
June 26-29, 2016
Geolocation
(29.95106579999999, -90.0715323)
Abstract

Producing ideas of high quality has great importance in engineering design. Although concept generation is sometimes one of the shorter phases of a project, concept generation that leads to viable and unique solutions can greatly contribute to a product’s final outcomes. Concept generation also has importance as a tool for engineering education and academic research. Because the quality of solutions can vary from individual to individual and from circumstance to circumstance, it would be useful to better understand how different interventions influence the outcomes of the ideation process in the concept generation stage of engineering design. In this work, we investigated the impacts of the problem context and three specific interventions designed to increase the ideation flexibility for the outcomes of concept generation. The three interventions were problem framing, design tools, and teaming. Our results show that both problem framing and teaming impact several aspects of quality, while design tools only impact the quantity of ideas produced.

Comments

This presentation is published as Helm, K. C., & Jablokow, K. W., & Daly, S. R., & Silk, E. M., & Yilmaz, S., & Suero, R. (2016, June), Evaluating the Impacts of Different Interventions on Quality in Concept Generation Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26766. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
American Society for Engineering Education
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Kevin C. Helm, Kathryn W. Jablokow, Shanna R. Daly, Eli M. Silk, et al.. "Evaluating the Impacts of Different Interventions on Quality in Concept Generation" New Orleans, LAVol. Paper ID #15648 (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/seda-yilmaz/50/