…a human instructor who provides feedback to the designer based on evaluating the design artifacts. For example, the percepts of performance for a zero-energy building under design may be the…
…a result of past geologic processes; resource availability has guided the development of human society; and use of natural resources has associated costs, risks and benefits. Additionally, ESS3.C: Human Impacts…
…process. To see what this looks like, let’s examine an example of different students’ polymorphous practices from Energy3D, a computer-assisted design platform that enables students to design energy-efficient homes, solar…
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…
…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…
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…
…than 0.10 k lower than the human-human agreement. While it is not surprising that human-human agreement was higher than human-machine agreement, we were pleased with these initial results. We hypothesize…
…had to assess the pros and cons and complete the design project under budget. There were hundreds of decisions to make. (Your students can try this design challenge, too! See…