Agenda for
Knowing and Learning to Design Conference
April 27-28, 1999
The Manufacturing Research Center Auditorium
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-9:30 | Introduction |
Session One: What does it take to learn design?
9:30-10:30am and 11:00-12:00pm
SESSION ONE
10:30-11:00 BREAK
| Chuck Eastman: Georgia Tech |
A personal narrative of understanding design learning |
| Cindy Atman: University of Washington |
From novice designer to expert in undergraduate education |
| Mike McCracken: Georgia Tech |
What do we know of novices? |
| Dan Hickey: Georgia State University |
How can good assessment practices inform our understanding of design learning? |
| Discussant: | Mark Guzdial Georgia Tech |
Session Two: Design processes and implications for learning
12:00-1:00pm LUNCH
1:00-3:00 pm SESSION TWO
| Nigel Cross: Open University, U.K. |
Design knowing from protocol studies |
| Vinod Goel: University College, London |
Design knowing from neuroscience |
| David Chrisman: Georgia Tech |
Practical design knowing: design evolution and iteration |
| Hugh Beyer: InContext Enterprises |
From the Real to the Invented: Abstraction in Design |
| Discussant: | Ashok Goel Georgia Tech |
Session Three: Design knowing across the disciplines
3:00-3:30 pm BREAK
3:30-5:30 pm SESSION THREE
| Omer Akin: Carnegie Mellon |
Architectural design: What makes it unique what makes it generic? |
| Chris Mitchell: Georgia Tech |
Designing for human machine interaction |
| Matthew Realff: Georgia Tech |
Chemical Engineering Design |
| Discussant: | Colin Potts Georgia Tech |
Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Session Four: Designers strategies
9:00-10:00am and 10:30-11:30pm
SESSION FOUR
10:00-10:30 BREAK
| Gabiel Goldschmidt: Technion, Israel |
Using analogies in design |
| John Carroll: Virginia Tech |
Scenario-based design |
| Joe Ballay: Carnegie Mellon |
Designing for the unknown future |
| David Ullman: Oregon State University |
Designing as Decision-making |
| Discussant: | Craig Zimring |
Session Five: Conceptual frameworks for design knowing and learning
11:30-12:30pm LUNCH
12:30-2:00 pm SESSION FIVE
| Rivka Oxman: Technion, Israel |
Design knowing and learning from a cognitive perspective |
| Wendy Newstetter: Georgia Tech |
Design knowing as conceptual change, but what kind? |
| Louis Bucciarelli: MIT |
Design knowing and learning as socially mediated activity |
| Discussant: | Janet L. Kolodner Georgia Tech |
2:00-2:30pm BREAK
2:30 onwards WRAP-UP AND PLANS