…design from conceptual design to detailed design in a single piece of software. We believe that interactive 3D visualizations and simulations provided by CAD tools are cognitively important for K-12…
…focuses on learning basic science for engineering rather than learning engineering design. Little was learned from these projects about students’ acquisition of design skills and development of design thinking. In…
The National Science Foundation funds SmartCAD—an intelligent learning system for engineering design Blog Post
…students are challenged to construct an artifact that performs specified functions under constraints. What makes engineering design different from other design practices such as art design is that engineering design…
Fig. 1: Integrated design and simulation in Energy3D In workplaces, engineering design is supported by contemporary computer-aided design (CAD) tools capable of virtual prototyping — a full-cycle process to explore…
Design replay: Reconstruction of students' engineering design processes from Energy3D logs Blog Post
…design process from fine-grained process data design replay. Design replay is not a screencast technology. The main difference is that it records a sequence of CAD models, not in any…
Hybrid analysis: How human and computer analysis of log data can work together to optimize results Blog Post
…and to the team as a whole. In the long run, we found that to optimize our information gathering we had to rely on a combination of human and computer-driven…
…timeline tool is basically a logger that records the number of the learner’s design actions at a given frequency (say, 2-4 times a minute) during a design session. These design…
Programmable thermostats allow Energy3D to study the effects of human behavior on home energy use Blog Post
Figure 1 Energy3D Version 5.1 has incorporated a new feature: programmable thermostats (Figure 1). This allows users to add a programmable thermostat to each building in the design. Such a…
…less human beings, to have evolved. In contrast, can you think of any way to disprove the theory of Intelligent Design? I used to think I could. Why not, I…
…design elements with children and adults to determine which worked best to inspire learning and teach design. These included a custom software design tool, simple hardware modules, cardboard electronics, sample…