8th International Conference
on Research into Design
7-10 January 2021
IDC School of Design
IIT, Bombay, India
7-10 January 2021
IDC School of Design
IIT, Bombay, India
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Keynote Speakers:
Short Bio: Abhimanyu Kulkarni is the Studio Director Philips Experience Design, India. In this role he manages a multidisciplinary design team of 50+ designers based in Bangalore. He works across healthcare and personal health as well as with Philips Research and markets. Prior to that, he was working in Philips Design’s Hong Kong branch as Senior design manager for global account of Audio Multimedia applications for 7 years.
Abhimanyu graduated from IDC, IIT Mumbai and has worked across multiple locations of Philips in Asia and Europe on a variety of projects and has a number of international design awards to his credit, including CES innovation, ID USA, Hong Kong industries award.
Title: Using Design to drive Strategy
Abstract: Design as a function can play a pivotal role in the strategy of an organization by providing tools and framework that focus on its customers and users. The talk will give an overview of Design’s contribution to what is urgent and what is long term and also give a glimpse of some of the design tools in use today.
Short Bio: Armand Hatchuel is Professor and co-head of the chair of Design theory and methods for innovation at MinesParisTech-PSL University. With Benoit Weil and Pascal Le Masson, he developed C-K design theory which had important academic and industrial impacts. With Yoram Reich, he founded, in 2007, the Design theory SIG of the Design Society. He is member of the French Academy of Technologies and fellow of the Design Society. He co-authored: ”Strategic Management of innovation and design”(2013) at Cambridge University Press and “Design theory” at Springer (2017). Recently, his work with Blanche Segrestin has inspired the new French Law on responsible corporations (Loi Pacte).
Title: The advancement of design science and its impacts on other sciences
Abstract: In the last decades, Design science has made important advancements building on new paths opened by C-K theory and by advanced cognitive models. It is now independent of « what » is designed and explains the generation of new objects with unprecedented generality (Hatchuel et al. 2018). Thus, beyond Design itself, Design science has impacts in other sciences : engineering history, management science, psychology and epistemology. The keynote will give an overview of these impacts. (ref : Hatchuel, A., Le Masson, P., Reich, Y., and Subrahmanian, E. (2018). “Design theory: a foundation of a new paradigm for design science and engineering.” Research in Engineering Design, 29, pp. 5-21).
Short Bio: Prof. Dibakar Sen is a Professor in the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing and Department of Mechanical Engineering in Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc). He did his PhD from IISc Bangalore in 1997. Before joining IISc he briefly worked for Steel Authority of India Ltd, LPSC/ISRO and IIS XOX Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd
His research interests include human factors in design, digital human modeling, mechanical assembly simulation, Virtual Reality and Haptics, simulation and design of mechanisms etc. He has over 90 publications in journals and conferences; 3 of 8 of his Indian patent applications have been granted.
Title: Trends in Digital Human Modeling for Human Factors Analysis
Abstract: Traditional methods of human factors analysis involve real users and idealized usage scenarios. Performing human factors analysis in a computer enables better design in lesser time and cost. Digital human modeling (DHM) started for situations where empirical experimentation was impractical, namely manned-aerospace-missions. Starting from manual construction of postures for simple reach analysis, DHMs graduated to be more autonomous, intelligent and realistic for simulation of human performances and vulnerabilities. This talk will provide a glimpse into the development and diversification of Digital Human Models over the past few decades towards enabling our realistic expectations from the available and future virtual beings!
Short Bio: Prof. M.S. Ananth was Director, IIT Madras from Dec 2001 to July 2011. He was the architect of the world’s largest open-courseware in technical education, NPTEL and established the first university-based research park in India, the IIT Madras Research Park, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. He is a Fellow of IIChE and INAE. He was a Member of both the SAC-C and the NMCC from 2007-2010. He has been a Visiting Professor in IIT Kanpur, Princeton University, RWTH Aachen, University of Colorado, IISc Bangalore and IIT Bombay. He participated in the World Economic Forum as a member of the Global University Leaders Forum from 2007 to 2011. In December 2011, I&EC Research published a special Festschrift Issue in his honour.
Title: The Idea Of A University
Abstract: The research university of today is built on the ideas of the renaisance thinkers who made three basic assumptions: the lawfulness of the material world, the intrinsic unity of knowledge and the potential of indefinite human progress. The pursuit of learning in the university is characterised by “no immediate use and attention to detail”. It is a search for the underlying unity in the diversity around us. In the global knowledge economy of today, universities are expected, in addition to teaching and research, to help increase the gross enrolment ratio and to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. This talk will discuss how our universities are responding to these expectations.
Short Bio: Dr. Paul Hekkert is full professor of form theory and head of the Design Aesthetics group at the school of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft. Paul conducts research on the ways products impact human experience, values and behavior. With Matthijs van Dijk, he published Vision in Design: A guidebook for innovators (2011), a book that describes an approach to design and innovation that has been widely applied in both education and industry. More recently, Paul co-authored Designing for Society: Products and Services for a Better World (2019, with Nynke Tromp). Paul is captain of science of the Dutch Creative Industries sector and chairs the International Advisory Council of DRS.
Title: Design for Impact: An inquiry into the social consequences of design
Abstract: Spurred by marketing departments, designers were for many decades taught to design what people want. This dominant, short-term orientation is now under severe attack. There is a growing awareness among designers to consider the long-term and social consequences of design. Moreover, designers increasingly use this indirect impact as a means to benefit social change. In this talk, I will present a new framework mapping the various consequences or types of impact. Next, I will discuss the moral, methodological and organizational challenges designers face in ‘designing for impact’.
Short Bio: Punya Mishra (punyamishra.com) is an educator, researcher, designer, artist, and professional dilettante interested in life, the universe and everything. He is also Associate Dean of Scholarship & Innovation at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He is internationally recognized for his work in technology integration in teaching; the role of creativity and aesthetics in learning; and the application of design-based approaches to educational innovation. He has received over $7 million in grants; published over 100 articles and edited 3 books. He is an award-winning teacher, an engaging public speaker, as well as an accomplished visual artist.
Title: Designing pencils, universities and everything in between
Abstract: Herb Simon, in The sciences of the artificial, wrote, “Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.” Simon, thus, situated design as playing a role across a range of human-centered professions, whether it be graphic design, architecture, social policy, or education. Design in education plays out across a range of contexts: from textbooks to policy; learning experiences to admission procedures; from professional development to institutional culture. I frame this presentation thorugh my personal journey through engineering, design, and education to describe my current work around the five spaces for design in education.
Short Bio: Professor Steve Culley, currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Bath, UK, held the position of the Head of its Design and Manufacturing, having earlier worked in the Steel, Fluid power and Rubber Industries. His broad research area is engineering design, and has focussed on the provision of information and knowledge to support engineering designers. He was a Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Professor Culley was also a member of the EPSRC College of Peers and former member of their Strategic Advisory Team (SAT) for Engineering. He was Chair for IMechE, Manufacturing Industries Divisional Board and was Programme Chair for International Conference of Engineering Design (ICED11), Copenhagen. Professor Culley was also Associate Editor Journal of Engineering Design (JED) and a reviewer for the Royal Academy of Finland for their TUKEVA and now their KITARA programme in Design and Manufacturing and IT.
Valedictory Address: Reflections on the Presentations at ICoRD21
Abstract: Mogens Myrup Andreasen, a professor of engineering design at DTU Denmark and a pioneering researcher in design methodology, used to walk around the gatherings at ICED conferences, listening to presentations, keynotes, and discussions both informal and formal, to glean impressions of how the conference went and what stood out. In a similar spirit Professor Steve Culley has 'walked' through the virtual corridors of ICoRD'21, listening to some of the presentations at the conference. He will reflect on his impressions of the presentations.
Short Bio: Steven D Eppinger is Professor of Management Science and Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management where he holds the General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Chair. Prof Eppinger teaches interdisciplinary courses at both the masters and executive levels in product design and innovation, engineering project management, and digital product management. He is co-author of the textbook Product Design and Development (McGraw-Hill). Now in its seventh edition, the text has been translated into several languages and used by hundreds of universities and hundreds of thousands of students. Dr. Eppinger's research is applied to improving complex technical projects in a wide range of industries and is the basis of the book titled Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications (MIT Press). His research contributes to fields ranging from project management and systems engineering to product development and product management. He is one of the most widely cited scholars in the engineering design and technical management disciplines. Prof. Eppinger is the Co-Director of MIT’s masters degree programs in System Design and Management (SDM) and Integrated Design and Management (IDM). He served as Deputy Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management for five years and has held a joint appointment at MIT in the Engineering Systems Division. He received S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Title: Teaching Product Design using Agile Methods
Abstract: Agile methods have already revolutionized the way software is developed, and are now becoming widely used in other industries. This presentation explores how agile can be taught in the context of experiential engineering design education. In our masters-level course, Product Design and Development, we are teaching and using core agile techniques. Student projects are executed through a series of 2-week time-boxed sprints, with daily stand-up meetings, scrum team roles, product backlog, sprint planning, demo reviews, retrospectives, and agile coaching. This experience give students both the skills and confidence to apply agile development methods in professional practice.
Short Bio: Professor Tetsuo Tomiyama has been Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Technology at the International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo. Prior to this appointment, he was Professor of Life Cycle Engineering at Cranfield University in the UK between September 2018 and October 2012, Professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands between July 2002 and September 2012, and Professor at the University of Tokyo between April 1998 and June 2002. He is an internationally well-known expert in design theory and methodology, function modeling, systems architecting, maintenance engineering, and service engineering. Professor Tomiyama was awarded Royal Society–Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder in 2012, Fellow of ASME (The American Association of Mechanical Engineers), CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering), and JSME (The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers). He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD all from the University of Tokyo.
Title: Post-Corona Design and Manufacturing
Abstract: The novel corona virus pandemic left deep impact on various aspects of our life. For example, retail and food industry suffer from the loss of business, so do travel industry. Aerospace industry’s future seems grim at least for the coming few years. On the other hand, unexpectedly ICT and home delivery industries grow rapidly. These will have further inevitable impact on how we design and manufacture products, systems, and services, including green recovery (more sustainable solutions for economic recovery). This talk will discuss these new trends and implications for design research.
Short Bio: Tomás B. Ramos is Professor of Sustainability Assessment and Planning at NOVA University Lisbon, School of Science and Technology. Visiting professor/researcher at Nanjing University and Fudan University (China), University of São Paulo (Brazil), International University of Andaluzia (Spain), University of Salford and University of Sussex (UK), Escuela Politécnica del Litoral (Ecuador), Florida State University (USA), among others. He is senior researcher at CENSE, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, and his research activity is centred in sustainability assessment and management, including indicators and reporting, circular economy, impact assessment (including strategic environmental assessment), public sector organisations, stakeholder engagement and transdisciplinary collaborative approaches. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production and Cleaner Production Letters, and member of the Editorial Board of several leading journals, e.g. Sustainable Development, Business Strategy and Development. He was member of the Board of Directors of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS).
Title: Assessing Circular Economy Approaches in Products, Services and Organisations
Abstract: Circular Economy (CE) concept is attracting increasing interest to accelerate the transition towards sustainability and address the challenges to work towards the Sustainable Development Goals set out in the 2030 Agenda. CE addresses the current unsustainable production and consumption model and shift away from the linear “take-make-use-dispose” model of production and consumption into a circular model of resource management. Circular economy assessment approaches aim to evaluate these circular changes, supporting different levels of decision-making and management processes, including products services and organisations. Circular economy indicators (CEIs) are one of most used instruments to assess and communicate the progress toward circularity. However, despite all the recent initiatives on circularity assessment, there is a significant gap about how to select an adequate CE assessment approach, including relevant and feasible CEIs for different scales of analysis, and how to integrate with broader sustainability assessment initiatives. This talk aims to explore the debate around the possible futures and paths of CE assessment, by conducting a critical analysis of major trends and initiatives.
This presentation is based upon some of the work, thoughts, insights, and questions, conducted in the European Union research project CRESTING1 and the Topic Group and Annual Conference Track—Assessing Sustainability (indicators and reporting)—of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS)2.
1CRESTING – Circular Economy: Sustainability Implications and Guiding Progress, European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 765198 - http://cresting.hull.ac.uk/
2International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) - https://isdrs.org
Panel Discussions:
Panel 1: What Type of Designers Are You Creating in Your Institution?
[Day 2: 08-01-2021 - IST:1530-1700 | USEast:0500-0630 | USWest:0200-0330 | UK:1000-1130 | EU:1100-1230 | Japan:1900-2030]
Members:
Cees de Bont, Loughborough University, UK
Clark Lundell, Auburn University, USA
Lucienne Blessing, SUTD, Singapore
Mamata Rao, National Institute of Design, Bangalore, India
Paul Rodgers, University of Strathclyde, UK
PVM Rao, IIT Delhi, India
Udaya Kumar, IIT Guwahati, India
Chair: B Gurumoorthy, IISc Bangalore, India
Panel 2: How to publish papers in Peer Reviewed Journals?
[Day 3: 09-01-2021 - IST:1530-1700 | USEast:0500-0630 | USWest:0200-0330 | UK:1000-1130 | EU:1100-1230 | Japan:1900-2030]
Members:
Gaetano Cascini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Ram Maikala, Providence St. Joseph Health, Washington, USA
Tomás Ramos, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
Yong Zeng, Concordia University, Canada
Yoram Reich, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Yukari Nagai, JAIST, Japan
Chair: John Gero, UNC Charlotte, USA
Co-Chair: Panos Papalambros, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
