Designing and engineering : ambidextrous mindsets for innovation

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Abstract
Design transforms people and the stuff they make. How technical engineers learn and advance a human-centered design approach, and what catalysts and barriers for their learning exist, will be illustrated with research done with student mechanical engineering designers engaged in work practice. Ambidextrous Mindsets for Innovation is a framework for relating designerly ways of knowing-doing-acting and engineering ways of knowing-doing-acting. Empirical findings are based on evidence collected from nine engineering design teams in a graduate mechanical engineering course. The focus is on their prototyping habits over time, supported by observations of team meetings and review of team documentation reports.

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Type of resource text
Form electronic; electronic resource; remote
Extent 1 online resource.
Publication date 2012
Issuance monographic
Language English

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Lande, Micah
Associated with Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Primary advisor Leifer, Larry J
Thesis advisor Leifer, Larry J
Thesis advisor Roth, Bernard
Thesis advisor Sheppard, S. (Sheri)
Advisor Roth, Bernard
Advisor Sheppard, S. (Sheri)

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Genre Theses

Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility Micah Jon Lande.
Note Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Thesis Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012.
Location electronic resource

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Copyright
© 2012 by Micah Jon Lande
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

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