DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community
This paper describes the results of an agenda-setting panel session that took place at the 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences organized by the Design Theory and Methodology (DTM) research community. While the state of design research in engineering design has advanced tremen...
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| author | Toh, Christine Cagan, Jonathan Fu, Kate McAdams, Dan A. McComb, Christopher Seering, Warren Thurston, Deborah Wood, Kristin |
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| description | This paper describes the results of an agenda-setting panel session that took place at the 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences organized by the Design Theory and Methodology (DTM) research community. While the state of design research in engineering design has advanced tremendously in the last thirty-five years since the formation of the DTM community, reflecting on the successes and challenges faced by this community revealed several key directions and opportunities that this community is well positioned to take. Namely, panelists and audience members in the session identified five new agenda items that have the potential to further strengthen research on Design Theory and Methodology: 1) Ethics, Equity, and Justice-focused design research, 2) Design for Sustainability research programs, and 3) Research on Computational Agents as team members in the design process,4) Building new theories from research conducted on Design Theory and Methodology, and 5) Focus on inclusive excellence in the review process of new and cross-disciplinary research. These agenda items as well as reflections on the history and legacy of the Design Theory and Methodology research community on the evolution of design research more broadly are discussed in this paper. The results of the panel session provide directions for next-generation design theory and methodology research that is effective, inclusive, and impactful. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1542752025-01-05T04:30:06Z DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community Toh, Christine Cagan, Jonathan Fu, Kate McAdams, Dan A. McComb, Christopher Seering, Warren Thurston, Deborah Wood, Kristin Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering This paper describes the results of an agenda-setting panel session that took place at the 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences organized by the Design Theory and Methodology (DTM) research community. While the state of design research in engineering design has advanced tremendously in the last thirty-five years since the formation of the DTM community, reflecting on the successes and challenges faced by this community revealed several key directions and opportunities that this community is well positioned to take. Namely, panelists and audience members in the session identified five new agenda items that have the potential to further strengthen research on Design Theory and Methodology: 1) Ethics, Equity, and Justice-focused design research, 2) Design for Sustainability research programs, and 3) Research on Computational Agents as team members in the design process,4) Building new theories from research conducted on Design Theory and Methodology, and 5) Focus on inclusive excellence in the review process of new and cross-disciplinary research. These agenda items as well as reflections on the history and legacy of the Design Theory and Methodology research community on the evolution of design research more broadly are discussed in this paper. The results of the panel session provide directions for next-generation design theory and methodology research that is effective, inclusive, and impactful. 2024-04-24T20:07:01Z 2024-04-24T20:07:01Z 2022-08-14 2024-04-24T20:01:24Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/154275 Toh, C, Cagan, J, Fu, K, McAdams, DA, McComb, C, Seering, W, Thurston, D, & Wood, K. "DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community." Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 6: 34th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM). St. Louis, Missouri, USA. August 14–17, 2022. en 10.1115/detc2022-90003 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| spellingShingle | Toh, Christine Cagan, Jonathan Fu, Kate McAdams, Dan A. McComb, Christopher Seering, Warren Thurston, Deborah Wood, Kristin DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community |
| title | DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community |
| title_full | DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community |
| title_fullStr | DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community |
| title_full_unstemmed | DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community |
| title_short | DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community |
| title_sort | dtm past present and future reflections on and by the design theory and methodology research community |
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