Role of Empirical Studies in Understanding & Supporting Engineering Design

This book contains the proceedings from a 2002 workshop on engineering design, under the general editorship of Eswaran Subrahmanian, from Carnegie Mellon University. Topics include: Case studies on knowledge collection & shgaring the design process. Collaborative design processes. Empirical studies in engineering design. Three dimensions of the design process. Innovative tools for design. Industrial studies. Architectural design. Team interaction space. Sociotechnical approach. Prototypes & boundary objects. Is there a future for design thinking research? The user-designer confrontation.Subrahmanian, E. is the author of 'Role of Empirical Studies in Understanding & Supporting Engineering Design ', published 2004 under ISBN 9789040725319 and ISBN 9040725314.