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GUEST EDITORIAL: MAPPING DESIGN DOMAINS, BRIDGING DESIGN CULTURES

8/1/2009 Authors: Willis, D.E, Barton, R.R, Simpson, T.W., Purao, S., Hunter, S.T. Volume: 131(8) – August, 2009 As Dr. Judy Vance, former Program Director at NSF for Engineering Design & Innovation, wrote in her August 2008 Guest Editorial, “[engineering design] research is inherently interdisciplinary.” Building on her observation, we would like to explore the type of interdisciplinary research […]

GRADUATE DESIGN EDUCATION WORKSHOPS: A FIRST REVIEW

8/1/2009 Author: Panos Y. PapalambrosVolume: 131(8) – August, 2009 Over the past twelve months the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has sponsored a series of workshops on interdisciplinary graduate design education: what it is and how we do it. Our graduate students are our future researchers, teachers—and JMD authors. Colleagues from the Pennsylvania State University have led […]