scholarly journals Design in Biomedical Engineering: Student Applications of Design Heuristics as a Tool for Idea Generation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Ostrowski ◽  
Jin Woo Lee ◽  
Shanna Daly ◽  
Aileen Huang-Saad ◽  
Colleen Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Engineering Student ◽  
Design Heuristics

Extending Design Heuristics From Mechanical Engineering to a Biomedical Projects Course

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Woo Lee ◽  
Anastasia K. Ostrowski ◽  
Shanna R. Daly ◽  
Aileen Y. Huang-Saad ◽  
Colleen M. Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Instructional Tools ◽  
Design Heuristics ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Individual Concepts ◽  
Applied Design ◽  
Support Students

Research in design has led to emergence of instructional tools to support students in generating multiple candidate concepts. Design Heuristics was developed through empirical studies of professional engineers and award-winning products, and have been shown to support student engineers in generating creative and diverse concepts. We hypothesized that they could be beneficial to student designers in biomedical engineering. In this qualitative classroom study, we examined how graduate students in a biomedical engineering design course applied Design Heuristics to generate individual concepts for their design projects. Our analysis showed that students were able to apply Design Heuristics in their biomedical engineering projects, and that the heuristics supported idea generation in a variety of biomedical engineering design contexts.

Idea generation in biomedical engineering courses using Design Heuristics

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Woo Lee ◽  
Anastasia Ostrowski ◽  
Shanna R. Daly ◽  
Aileen Huang-Saad ◽  
Colleen M. Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Design Heuristics

Exploration of the Timing of Introduction of Design Heuristic Cards to Early Design Brainstorming Sessions by Interdisciplinary Student Teams

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abimelec Mercado Rivera ◽  
José E. Lugo
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Early Design ◽  
Design Heuristics ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Experimental Treatments ◽  
The Individual ◽  
College Of Engineering

Abstract This research focuses on improving the outcome of idea generation sessions of interdisciplinary student teams working in the early design stages of a product or solution by measuring the effect of incorporating Design Heuristics Cards at different points of ideation sessions that adhere to the brainstorming guidelines. Using the design thinking methodology, an open-ended challenge was given to the participating teams for a Brainstorming exercise divided into a fifteen-minute individual segment followed by a thirty-minute team ideation segment. Three experimental treatments were designed where Design Heuristics Cards were introduced at different points of the ideation exercise: the start of the individual ideation segment, the start of the team ideation segment, or the second half of the team ideation segment. A fourth control treatment did not introduce the cards at any point but used the Brainstorming guidelines throughout. The metrics observed were Fluency, Novelty, Feasibility, and Market Fit of the ideas generated by the students. Eighty-four students participated in the experiment, with 58.3% being from majors in the College of Engineering, 28.6% from majors in the College of Business Administration, 7.1% from majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, and 6.0% from majors in the College of Agriculture. No significant difference was found among the experimental treatments; however the results are not considered final due to the explorative nature of the study. Recommendations are made on future work and possible improvements to the experiment.

Idea Generation Practices in a Biomedical Engineering Capstone Course

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
Anastasia K. Ostrowski ◽  
Shanna R. Daly ◽  
Aileen Huang-Saad ◽  
Colleen M. Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Capstone Course

Comparing Ideation Techniques for Beginning Designers

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanna R. Daly ◽  
Colleen M. Seifert ◽  
Seda Yilmaz ◽  
Richard Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Design Problem ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Concept Generation ◽  
Design Heuristics ◽  
Engineering Design Problem ◽  
Consensual Assessment Technique ◽  
Initial Idea

Concept generation techniques can help to support designers in generating multiple ideas during design tasks. However, differences in the ways these techniques guide idea generation are not well understood. This study investigated the qualities of concepts generated by beginning engineering designers using one of three different idea generation techniques. Working individually on an open-ended engineering design problem, 102 first year engineering students learned and applied one of three different ideation techniques—design heuristics, morphological analysis, or individual brainstorming (using brainstorming rules to generate ideas working alone)—to a given design problem. Using the consensual assessment technique, all concepts were rated for creativity, elaboration, and practicality, and all participants' concept sets were rated for quantity and diversity. The simplest technique, individual brainstorming, led to the most concepts within the short (25 minute) ideation session. All three techniques produced creative concepts averaging near the scale midpoint. The elaboration of the concepts was significantly higher with design heuristics and morphological analysis techniques, and the practicality was significantly higher using design heuristics. Controlling for number of concepts generated, there were no significant differences in diversity of solution sets across groups. These results demonstrate that the use of design heuristics does not limit the creativity of ideation outcomes, and helps students to develop more elaborate and practical ideas. Design heuristics show advantages in the initial idea generation phase for beginning engineering students. These findings point to specific strengths in different ideation techniques, and the value of exposing beginning designers to multiple techniques for idea generation.

Cognitive heuristics in design: Instructional strategies to increase creativity in idea generation

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Yilmaz ◽  
C.M. Seifert ◽  
R. Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Design Heuristics ◽  
First Year College Students

AbstractThis paper explores the use of heuristics as cognitive strategies invoked during the process of design. Heuristics are reasoning processes that do not guarantee the best solution, but often lead to potential solutions by providing a simple cognitive “shortcut.” We propose that designers use specific design heuristics to explore the problem space of potential designs, leading to the generation of creative solutions. We test whether design heuristics can be taught to novices, and suggest their use will facilitate the design process at multiple levels of instruction. In the present empirical study, we evaluate a set of six instructional heuristics and validate their effectiveness with product concepts generated by novice designers. Six hundred seventy-three drawings were created by 120 first-year college students under four instructional conditions. Drawings were coded according to their content, use of heuristics, creativity, and practicality. The most creative concepts emerged from the experimental conditions where heuristics were introduced. Heuristics appeared to help the participants “jump” to a new problem space, resulting in more varied designs, and a greater frequency of designs judged as more creative. Our findings suggest that simple demonstration of design heuristics may, at times, be sufficient to stimulate divergent thinking, perhaps because these heuristics are readily grasped and contextual application is not required. Based on these findings, a conceptual model for design education emphasizing the importance of using a variety of heuristics is proposed. This model suggests that learning can be enhanced through exposure to a variety of design heuristics, and can supplement formal education and foster personal development in design learning.

Design Heuristics in Innovative Products

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seda Yilmaz ◽  
Colleen Seifert ◽  
Shanna R. Daly ◽  
Richard Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Design Theory ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Product Concept ◽  
Design Heuristics ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Novel Design

Current design theory lacks a systematic method to identify what designers know that helps them to create innovative products. In the early stages of idea generation, designers may find novel ideas come readily to mind, or may become fixated on their own or existing products. This may limit the ability to consider more and more varied candidate concepts that may potentially lead to innovation. To aid in idea generation, we sought to identify “design heuristics,” or “rules of thumb,” evident in award-winning designs. In this paper, we demonstrate a content analysis method for discovering heuristics in the designs of innovative products. Our method depends on comparison to a baseline of existing products so that the innovative change can be readily identified. Through an analysis of key features and functional elements in the designs of over 400 award-winning products, 40 heuristic principles were extracted. These design heuristics are outlined according to their perceived role in changing an existing product concept into a novel design, and examples of other products using the heuristics are provided. To demonstrate the ease of use of these design heuristics, we examined outcomes from a classroom study and found that concepts created using design heuristics were rated as more creative and varied. The analysis of changes from existing to innovative products can provide evidence of useful heuristic principles to apply in creating new designs.

scholarly journals Supporting Novice Engineers in Idea Generation using Design Heuristics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Murphy ◽  
Shanna Daly ◽  
Seda McKilligan ◽  
Colleen Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Idea Generation ◽  
Design Heuristics
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