Journal ArticleInternational Journal of Technology and Design Education · April 1, 2024
Stakeholder engagement activities are essential for guiding designers’ decision-making throughout their design processes. In capstone courses, engineering student designers practice engaging with stakeholders in preparation for their professional careers. ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Medical Devices Transactions of the ASME · December 1, 2022
Worldwide, 225 million women have unmet contraceptive needs which, every year, leads to 52 million unintended pregnancies. A challenge to providing universal access to contraception is the large proportion of the population living in rural, difficult-to-ac ...
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Journal ArticleDesign Science · May 16, 2022
Effective stakeholder interviewing is a critical component of a design process. However, interviewing is a complex skill that is difficult for novice designers to learn and incorporate into their design practices. Few studies have investigated how novice d ...
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Journal ArticleAI Magazine · March 1, 2022
The National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator is a unique program offering researchers and innovators the opportunity to translate research results into tangible solutions that make a difference for society. Through an intense innovation curric ...
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Journal ArticleInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · October 2021Full textCite
Journal ArticleJournal of Engineering Education · October 1, 2020
Background: Human-centered design approaches promote and facilitate comprehensive understanding of stakeholders to inform design decisions. Successful engagement with stakeholders is critical to favorable design outcomes and requires skillful information g ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Medical Devices Transactions of the ASME · March 1, 2020
Women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have limited access to long-acting contraceptives. Access to long-acting contraceptives, such as subcutaneous contraceptive implants, could be increased by task-shifting implant administration from advanced ...
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ConferenceInternational Journal of Engineering Education · January 1, 2018
We have developed an experiential learning global health design program that emphasizes direct interactions with stakeholders and first-hand exposure to the contexts in which solutions will be implemented. Students in the program gain practical hands-on ex ...
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ConferenceInternational Journal of Engineering Education · January 1, 2016
The design processes engineers use to develop artifacts have a significant effect on the utility and impact these artifacts have on society. Traditional design processes are technology-centric, focusing on the artifact being developed with less emphasis on ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Mechanical Design · July 1, 2015
Elicitation and development of product requirements are crucial aspects of front-end design and have significant impacts on future product success. This study sought to better understand how novice designers approach the development of product requirements ...
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Journal ArticleGlobal Journal of Engineering Education · January 1, 2015
Biomedical and clinical engineers are critical to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in order to facilitate the local design, development and production of health technologies. Undergraduate biomedical engineering programmes are growing in LMICs, but ...
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ConferenceProceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design Iced · January 1, 2015
The use of design ethnography for the design of human-computer interfaces and computer supported cooperative work systems has become increasingly common both in industry and as a topic of study within the research community. However, as of yet, few studies ...
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Journal ArticleInternational Journal of Engineering Education · January 1, 2014
In today's global markets engineers need to design products for a wide variety of stakeholders and cultures. Engineering students, therefore, must learn how to design products that meet the needs of the stakeholders and are appropriate for the cultures in ...
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Journal ArticleInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · December 2013Full textCite
Journal ArticleProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part N Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems · September 1, 2010
Diatoms are unicellular algae that exhibit highly intricate, silicified cell walls called frustules. Frustules consist of hierarchical nanostructures composed of amorphous silica and organic protein. Earlier work has suggested diatoms as inspiration for no ...
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