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Vivek Rao

Executive Director of the Design Thinking and Technological Innovation Master Program
Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
110 Science Drive, Box 90271, Durham, NC 27708
110 Science Drive, Box 90271, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections


"Like a Moodboard, But More Interactive": The role of expertise in designers' mental models and speculations on an intelligent design assistant

Book section · January 4, 2023 The successful adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tools in engineering design requires an understanding of designers' mental models of such tools. This work explores how professional and student engineering designers (1) develop mental models ... Full text Cite

Exploring designers' encounters with unexpected inspirational stimuli

Book section · January 4, 2023 In prior work on designers' search for inspirational stimuli, random discovery of stimuli through passive search processes has been underexplored. This paper primarily investigates how unintentionally discovered stimuli influence design outcomes, and why d ... Full text Cite

Design for cybersecurity (DfC) cards: A creativity-based approach to support designers' consideration of cybersecurity

Book section · February 24, 2022 As new products exhibit increasing connectivity, cybersecurity will become ever more important to the safety and functionality of these new offerings. Product designers, however, struggle to integrate cybersecurity with other considerations during early-st ... Full text Cite