A number of cognitive skills relevant to conceptual design were identified previously. They
include divergent thinking (DT), visual thinking (VT), spatial reasoning (SR), qualitative …

Governments are pursuing a variety of measures to reach common and more efficient
environmental and energetic policies: Nonetheless, the effort has shown to be not sufficient …

Divergent thinking, an aspect of creativity, is often studied by measuring performance on the
Alternative Uses Test (AUT). There is, however, a gap in creativity research concerning how …

Site-specific on-demand cooling of hot spots in microprocessors can reduce peak
temperature and achieve a more uniform thermal profile on chip, thereby improve chip …

Engineering design is increasingly recognised as a complex socio-technical process where
the human and social aspects of the system require alignment with those focusing on …

In this study, extruded 2195-T8 plugs that were friction welded into the friction stir weld of
2195-T8 base metal plates were examined. This study characterizes the resulting …

Modeling of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) system in the spine is strongly motivated by the
need to understand the origins of pathological conditions such as the emergence and …

Creativity is highly emphasized during the engineering design process, but prior research
has shown that decision-making biases and individual attributes can affect perceptions and …

The flow of creative ideas throughout the engineering design process is essential for
innovation. However, few studies have examined how individual traits affect problem-solving …

Past studies have identified the following cognitive skills relevant to conceptual design:
divergent thinking, spatial reasoning, visual thinking, abstract reasoning, and problem …