BOOKS

  1. Ulrich, Karl T., Eppinger, Steve D., and Yang, Maria C., Product Design and Development. 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2020. [ website ]

Journal publications

  1. Erin Looney, André Buscariolli, Maria C. Yang, Geoffrey Raymond, Tonio Buonassisi, Ian Marius Peters. “Strategic styles of hardware product development could accelerate commercialization in cleantech startups,” PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, March 2024. [ journal ]

  2. Das, M., Huang, M., Xu, C., and Yang, M. C. (December 15, 2023). "The Influence of Digital Sketching Tools on Concept Novelty and Evolution." ASME. J. Mech. Des. March 2024; 146(3): 031404. [pdf | journal ]

  3. Sheng-Hung Lee, Maria C. Yang, Olivier L. de Weck, and Joseph F. Coughlin, “The Transformation of Design Platform Under System Thinking,” In: International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, October 24, 2023 [ journal ]

  4. Das, M., Roeder, G., Ostrowski, A. K., Yang, M. C., and Verma, A. (March 29, 2023). "What Do We Mean When We Write About Ethics, Equity, and Justice in Engineering Design?." ASME. J. Mech. Des. June 2023; 145(6): 061402. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4057056 [ journal ]

  5. Das, M., Ostrowski, A. K., Ben-David, S., Roeder, G. J., Kimura, K., D'Ignazio, C., Breazeal, C., and Verma, A. "Auditing design justice: The impact of social movements on design pedagogy at a technology institution." Design Studies 86 (2023): 101183. [ journal ]

  6. Brubaker, Eric R., Sheri D. Sheppard, Pamela J. Hinds, and Maria C. Yang. "Objects of Collaboration: Roles and Sequences of Objects in Spanning Knowledge Group Boundaries in Design." Journal of Mechanical Design 145, no. 3 (2023): 031404. [ journal ]

  7. Saadi, J. I., and Yang, M. C. "Generative Design: Reframing the Role of the Designer in Early-Stage Design Process." ASME. J. Mech. Des. April 2023; 145(4): 041411. [ journal ]

  8. Das, M., and Yang, M.C. "Building Confidence and Embracing Failure Through Sketching Practice." International Journal of Engineering Education 38, no. 6 (2022): 1779-1790.

  9. Das, M., & Yang, M. C. (2022). Assessing Early Stage Design Sketches and Reflections on Prototyping. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(4), 041403. [ journal ]

  10. Bao, Q., Shaukat, M. M., & Yang, M. C. (2022). Eliciting user preference for quantitative vs. emotional information display in eco-feedback designs. Research in Engineering Design, 33(1), 53-68. [ journal ]

  11. Li, Z., Seering, W., Yang, M., & Eesley, C. (2021). Understanding the motivations for open-source hardware entrepreneurship. Design Science, 7, E19. doi:10.1017/dsj.2021.15 [ journal ]

  12. Pillai, P., Burnell, E., Wang, X., and Yang, M. C., "Effects of Robust Convex Optimization on Early-Stage Design Space Exploratory Behavior", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(12): 121704, 2020. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  13. Bao, Q., Sinitskaya, E., Gomez, K., MacDonald, E., and Yang, M. C., “A human-centered design approach to evaluating factors in residential solar PV adoption: A survey of homeowners in California and Massachusetts,” Renewable Energy, 151;503-513, 2020. [ journal ]

  14. MacDonald, E., Gomez, K., Bao, Q., Yang, M. C., and Sinitskaya, E., “Designing Linked Journey Maps to Understand the Complexities of the Residential Solar Energy Market,” Renewable Energy, Vol 145, pp 1910-1922, 2020. [ journal ]

  15. He, Y., Camburn, B., Liu, H., Luo, J., Yang, M. C., Wood, K. L., “Mining and Representing the Concept Space of Existing Ideas for Directed Ideation”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(12), 2019. [ journal ]

  16. SG Kim, SM Yoon, MC Yang, JW Choi, H Akay, E Burnell, "AI for Design: Virtual Design Assistant," CIRP Annals Manufacturing Technology, 2019. [ journal ]

  17. Tiong, E., Seow, O., Camburn, B., Teo, K., Silva, A., Wood, K. L., Jensen, D. D., Yang, M. C., "The Economies and Dimensionality of Design Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost and Fidelity," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(3): 031105, 2019. [ journal ]

  18. Sinitskaya, E., Gomez, K. J., Bao, Q., Yang, M. C., and MacDonald, E. F., “Examining the Influence of Solar Panel Installers on Design Innovation and Market Penetration”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(4), 041702, 2019. [ journal ]

  19. Bao, Q., Hughes, A., Burnell, E., and Yang, M. C., “Investigating User Emotional Responses To Eco-Feedback Designs,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(2), 021103, 2018. [ pdf | journal ]

  20. Bao, Q., Faas, D. and Yang, M. C., “Interplay Of Sketching & Prototyping In Early Stage Product Design,” International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 1-23, 2018. [ pdf | journal ]

  21. Bao, Q., Honda, T., El Ferik, S., Shaukat, M., and Yang, M. C., "Understanding the Role of Visual Appeal in Consumer Preference for Residential Solar Panels," Renewable Energy, 113, 1569-1579, 2017. [ pdf | journal ]

  22. Murugappan, S., Piya, C., Yang, M. C., and Ramani, K., “FEASY: A Sketch-based Tool for Finite Element Analysis,” ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 17(3), 031009, 2017. [ journal ]

  23. Fu, K., Yang, M. C., and Wood, K. L., “Design Principles: Literature Review, Analysis, and Future Directions,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 138(10), 2016. [ journal ]

  24. Yu, B. Y., T. Honda, M. Sharqawy and M. Yang (2016). "Human behavior and domain knowledge in parameter design of complex systems." Design Studies 45: 242-267. [ journal ]

  25. Yu, B. Y., Honda, T., Zubair, S., Sharqawy, M. H., and Yang, M. C. "A maintenance focused approach to complex system design" Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 30(3), 263-276, 2016. [ journal ]

  26. Agogino, A., Beckman, S., Castaños, C., Kramer, J., Roschuni, C., and Yang, M. Design Practitioners' Perspectives on Methods for Ideation and Prototyping. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32 (3), 2016. [ journal ]

  27. Austin-Breneman, J., Yu, B. Y., and Yang, M. C., "Biased Information Passing Between Subsystems Over Time in Complex System Design," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 138(1): 011101, 2015. [ pdf | journal ]

  28. Moreno, D., Blessing, L., Yang, M., Hernandez, A., Wood, K. L., “Overcoming Design Fixation: Design-by-Analogy Studies and Non-Intuitive Findings,” AI EDAM: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 30, 185-199, 2016. [ journal ]

  29. Klein, J., Stern, M., Franchin, G., Kayser, M., Inamura, C., Dave, S., Weaver, J. C., Houk, P., Colombo, P., Yang, M., and Oxman, N. "Additive Manufacturing of Optically Transparent Glass," 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 2(3), 92-105, 2015. [ journal ]

  30. Häggman, A., Tsai, G., Elsen, C., Honda, T., and Yang, M. C., "Connections Between the Design Tool, Design Attributes, and User Preferences in Early Stage Design." ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 137(7), 071408, 2015. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  31. Honda, T., Ciucci, F., Lewis, K., and Yang, M. C. “A comparison of information passing strategies in system level modeling.” AIAA Journal, 53 (5), 1121-1133. [ journal ]

  32. Fu, K., Murphy, J., Yang, M., Otto, K., Jensen, D., and Wood, K., 2015, "Design-by-analogy: experimental evaluation of a functional analogy search methodology for concept generation improvement”, Research in Engineering Design, 26 (1), 77-95. [ journal ]

  33. Fu, K., Moreno, D., Yang, M., and Wood, K. L., (2014) “Bio-Inspired Design: An Overview Investigating Open Questions From the Broader Field of Design-by-Analogy,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(11): 111102. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  34. Murphy, J., Fu, K., Otto, K., Yang, M. C., Jensen, D., and Wood, K. (2014) “Function Based Design-by-Analogy: A Functional Vector Approach to Analogical Search,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 136 (10):101102. [ journal ]

  35. Moreno, D. P., Hernandez, A., Yang, M. C., Otto, K. N., Holtta-Otto, K., Linsey, J. S., Wood, K. L., and Linden, A. (2014) “Fundamental Studies in Design-By-Analogy: A Focus on Domain-Knowledge Experts and Applications to Transactional Design Problems,” Design Studies, 35(3):232-272. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  36. Schlecht, L. and Yang, M. C. (2014) “Impact of Prototyping Resource Environments on Idea Generation in Product Design,” Technovation, 34(4):223-231. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  37. Dong, A., Sarkar, S., Yang, M.C., and Honda, T. (2014) "A linguistic approach to assess the dynamics of design team preference in concept selection," Research in Engineering Design, 25(1):75-92. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  38. D. Faas, Q. Bao, D. Frey, and M. C. Yang (2014) "The Influence of Immersion and Presence in Early Stage Engineering Designing and Building," AI EDAM: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 28(2):139-151. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  39. Chen, T. Honda, and M. C. Yang, (2013) "Approaches for Identifying Consumer Preferences for the Design of Technology Products: A Case Study of Residential Solar Panels," ASME Journal of Mechanical Engineering Design, 135(6), 061007. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  40. J. Austin-Breneman, T. Honda, M. C. Yang (2012) "A Study of Student Design Team Behaviors in Complex System Design." ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. 134, 124504. [ prepub pdf | journal ]

  41. C. Elsen, J. Demaret, M. C. Yang, and P. Leclercq (2012) "Sketch‐Based Interfaces for Modeling and Users' Needs: Redefining Connections." AI EDAM: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. 24(3):303-316. [ pdf ]

  42. H. Ji, M. C. Yang, and T. Honda (2012) “An approach to the extraction of probabilistic preference-related information from design team language.” Research in Engineering Design. 23(2):85-103 [ pdf ]

  43. F. Ciucci, T. Honda, and M. C. Yang. (2012) “An Information Passing Strategy for Achieving Pareto Optimality in the Design of Complex Systems.” Research in Engineering Design. 23(1):71–83 [ pdf ]

  44. C. J. Walthall, S. Devanathan, K. Ramani, E. D. Hirleman, L. G. Kisselburgh, and M. C. Yang. (2011) “Evaluating Wikis as a Communicative Medium for Collaboration within Co-located and Distributed Engineering Design Teams.” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. 133(7):071001. [ pdf ]

  45. M. C. Yang (2010). "Consensus and Single Leader Decision-making in Teams Using Structured Design Methods." Design Studies. 31(4):345-362. [ pdf ]

  46. J. Lai, T. Honda, and M. C. Yang. (2010) “A Study of the Role of User-Centered Design Methods in Design Team Projects.” AI EDAM: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. 24(3):303-316. [ pdf ]

  47. M. C. Yang.(2009) “Observations on Concept Generation and Sketching in Engineering Design.” Research in Engineering Design. 20(1):1-11 . [ pdf ]

  48. Z. Li , M. C. Yang, and K. Ramani (2009). "A Methodology for Engineering Ontology Acquisition and Validation.” AI EDAM: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. 23(1): 37-51. [ pdf ]

  49. M. C. Yang and Y. Jin. (2008) “An Examination of Team Effectiveness in Distributed and Co-located Engineering Teams.” International Journal of Engineering Education. 24(2): 400-408. [ pdf ]

  50. M. C. Yang and J. G. Cham (2007) “An Analysis of Sketching Skill and its Role in Early Stage Engineering Design.” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. 129(5): 476-482. [ pdf | journal]

  51. M. C. Yang. (2005) "A study of prototypes, design activity, and design outcome." Design Studies. 26 (6): 649-669. [ pdf ]

  52. M. C. Yang, W. Wood and M. Cutkosky. (2005) "Design information retrieval: a thesauri-based approach for reuse of informal design information." Engineering with Computers. 21 (2): 177-192. [ pdf ]

  53. J. T. Dennerlein and M. C. Yang. (2001) "Haptic Force-Feedback Devices for the Office Computer: Performance and Musculoskeletal Loading Issues." Human Factors. 43 (2): 278-86. [ pdf ]

  54. D. Crow and M. C. Yang. (2001) “Industry Briefs: Reactivity.” ACM Interactions. 8(2): 71 – 74. [ pdf ]

Refereed conference publications

2023

  • Das, M., Moore, G., Bravo, E., Maker, A., Culpepper, M., Yang, M., and Austin-Breneman, J., 2023, “A Baseline Analysis of Makerspace Engagement – Comparing Institutional and Demographic Factors for First Year Undergraduate Students,” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Joseph F. Coughlin, Chaiwoo Lee, and Maria C. Yang, “From Brainstorming to Bodystorming: Co-creation Workshop Analysis Using Applied Video Ethnography,” Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) ─ International Design Conference (IDC), New York, USA, 2023 [paper]

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Joseph F. Coughlin, Alexa Balmuth, Chaiwoo Lee, Lauren Cerino, Maria Yang, Eric Klopfer, Olivier L. de Weck, and John Ochsendorf, “Designing Longevity Planning Blocks through Experimental Participatory Observation and Interviews,” International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) Congress 2023 ─ Life-changing Design, Milan, Italy, 2023 [paper]

  • Saadi, J.I., Yang, M.C. and Chong, L., 2023, August. Form Attributes to Measure and Understand Aesthetic Preferences. ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (Vol. 87349, p. V006T06A018). [ paper ]

  • S. Stansfield, B. Schelhaas, N. Hogan, and M. C. Yang, “Understanding the User Perception Gap: Older Adults Consistently Underrate Their Need for Sit-to-Stand Assistance ,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, 2023, Accepted.

  • M. Das, M. Huang, and M. C. Yang, “Paper or Tablet? The Impact of Digital Tools on Sketching During Engineering Design Concept Generation,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, 2023, Accepted. [preprint pdf]

  • L. Chong, and M. C. Yang, “AI vs. Human: The Public's Perceptions of Design Capabilities of Artificial Intelligence,” 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, Bordeaux, France, 2023, Accepted.

  • M. Das, J. I. Saadi, M. Santos, G. Roeder, A. K. Ostrowski, S. Lee, C. Breazeal, C. D’Ignazio, M. C. Yang, A. Verma, “How and Why Instructors Include and Exclude Social, Policy, and Ethical Considerations in Design Education” 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, Bordeaux, France, 2023, Accepted. [paper]

  • J. I. Saadi, and M. C. Yang, “Observations on the Implications of Generative Design Tools on Design Process and Designer Behavior,” 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, Bordeaux, France, 2023, Accepted.

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Maria C. Yang, ‪Olivier L. de Weck, Chaiwoo Lee, Joseph F. Coughlin, Eric Klopfer, and John Ochsendorf “Co-create Financial Planning Services for an Aging Population: Designers' Perspectives,” 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, Bordeaux, France, 2023, Accepted.

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Maria C. Yang, ‪Olivier L. de Weck, Chaiwoo Lee, Joseph F. Coughlin, Eric Klopfer, and John Ochsendorf “Service Design in Action: Transformation, Consideration, and System Thinking” 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, Bordeaux, France, 2023, Accepted.

2022

  • E. Brubaker, S. Sheppard, M. C. Yang, and P. Hinds, “Objects of Collaboration: Roles and Sequences of Objects in Spanning Knowledge Boundaries in a Design Company” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, St. Louis, MO, 2022. [BEST PAPER AWARD, Design Theory and Methodology Conference]

  • M. Das, M. Huang, and M. C. Yang, “Tablets, Pens, and Pencils: The Influence of Tools on Sketching in Early Stage Design” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, St. Louis, MO, 2022.

  • M. Das, G. Roeder, A. K. Ostrowski, M. C. Yang and A. Verma, “What Do We Mean When We Write About Ethics, Equity, and Justice in Engineering Design?” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, St. Louis, MO, 2022.

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Maria C. Yang, Joseph F. Coughlin, and Alejandro Carcel Lopez, “Computational Design Experiment for Older Adult’s Footwear —Field-Driven Approach and Product Design Applications”, Royal College of Art (RCA) Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design ─ INCLUDE 2022: Unheard Voices, 2022. [ pdf ]

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Chaiwoo Lee, Maria C. Yang, and Joseph F. Coughlin, “Footwear Design Consideration for an Aging Population from User Experience, Service, and Technology Aspects.” In: The 66th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2022

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Ziyuan Zhu, Chaiwoo Lee, Maria C. Yang, and Joseph F. Coughlin, “Re-envision a Hybrid Participatory Design Workshop: People, Pedagogy, and Process—An Experimental Study of Footwear Paper Prototype.” In: Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) ─ International Design Conference (IDC) [ pdf ]

  • Sheng-Hung Lee, Maria C. Yang, Olivier L. de Weck, and Joseph F. Coughlin, “The Transformation of Design Platform Under System Thinking.” In: Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA) 2022—Digital Sustainability: From Resilience to Transformation

2021

  • Akay, H., Yang, M. C., and Kim, S.-G., "Automating Design Requirement Extraction From Text With Deep Learning", ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2021.

  • Das, M. and Yang, M. C., "Assessing Early Stage Design Sketches and Reflections on Prototyping", ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2021. (Best Paper Nominee, Design Theory and Methodology Conference)

  • Das, M. and Yang, M. C., "Design Experiences as Pathways for Embracing Failure", ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2021.

  • Das, M. and Yang, M. C., “Building Confidence and Embracing Failure through Sketching Practice,” Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop XII: Designing through Making, 2021.

  • Lee, S.-H., Yang, M. C., Carramolino, B., and Rudnick, J., “The Inspiration Design Toolkit: A Human-Centered Design Tool for a System Engineering Course,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2021. [ conf ]

  • Raviselvam, S., Al-Megren, S., Keane, K., Hölttä-Otto, K., Wood, K. L., and Yang, M. C., “Simulation Tools for Inclusive Design Solutions,” UD2021 International conference on Universal Design, Aalto University, Finland, 2021.

2020

  • Saadi, J. and Yang, M. C., "Motivating Sustainable Behavior Using Cognitive Interventions in Product Design", ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, St. Louis, MO, 2020. [ conf ]

  • Chang-Arana, A., Surma-aho, A., Li, J., Yang, M. C., and Hölttä-Otto, K., "Reading the User’s Mind: Designers Show High Accuracy in Inferring Design-Related Thoughts and Feelings", ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, St. Louis, MO, 2020.

  • Pillai, P., Burnell, E., Wang, X., and Yang, M. C., "Early-Stage Uncertainty: Effects of Robust Convex Optimization on Design Exploration", ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, St. Louis, MO, 2020.

  • Li, Z., Yang, M. C., and Seering, W., "Technology-Related Community Input and Its Effectiveness on Profit-Seeking and Non-Profit-Seeking Open Design Projects", ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, St. Louis, MO, 2020.

2019

  • Barrera, G. and Yang, M. C., "Evaluation of Digital Volunteers using a Design Approach: Motivations and Contributions in Disaster Response", International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Valencia, Spain, 2019.

  • He, Yuejun; Camburn, Bradley; Luo, Jianxi; Yang, Maria C.; Wood, Kristin L., "Visual sensemaking of massive crowdsourced data for design ideation," International Conference on Engineering Design, Delft, The Netherlands, 2019.

  • Surma-aho, A., Chen, C., Holtta-Otto, K., Yang, M. C., “Antecedents and Outcomes of Designer Empathy – A Retrospective Interview Study,” 2019 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Anaheim, CA, 2019.

2018

  • Bao, Q., Hughes, A., Burnell, E., and Yang, M. C., “Investigating User Emotional Responses to Eco-Feedback Designs,” 2018 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Quebec City, Canada, 2018. (Best Paper Nominee, Design Theory and Methodology Conference) [ pdf ]

  • Seow, O., Tiong, E., Teo, K., Silva, A., Wood, K. L., Jensen, D. D., Yang, M. C., “Design Signatures: Mapping Design Innovation Processes,” 2018 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Quebec City, Canada, 2018. [ pdf ]

  • Tiong, E., Seow, O., Teo, K., Silva, A., Wood, K. L., Jensen, D. D., Yang, M. C., “The Economies and Dimensionality of Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost and Fidelity,” 2018 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Quebec City, Canada, 2018. [ pdf ]

2017

  • Brubaker, E. R., Jensen, C., Silungwe, S., Sheppard, S. D., and Yang, M. C., “Co-Design in Zambia -- An Examination of Design Outcomes,” International Conference on Engineering Design, Vancouver, Canada, p. 259-268, 2017. [ conf ]

  • Austin-Breneman, J. and Yang, M. C., “Design for Micro-Enterprise: A Field Study of User Preference Behavior,” International Conference on Engineering Design, Vancouver, Canada, p. 219-228, 2017. [ conf ]

  • Sinitskaya, E., Gomez, K. J., Bao, Q., Yang, M. C., and MacDonald, E. F., “Examining the Influence of Solar Panel Installers on Design Innovation and Market Penetration,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Cleveland, OH, 2017. [ pdf ]

  • Tsai, G. and Yang, M. C., “How It’s Made Matters: Distinguishing Traits of Designs Created by Sketches, Prototypes, and CAD,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Cleveland, OH, 2017. [ pdf | conf ]

  • Burnell, E., Stern, M. L., Flooks, A., and Yang, M. C., “Integrating Design and Optimization Tools: A Designer Centered Study,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Cleveland, OH, 2017. [ pdf | conf ]

  • Li, Z., Seering, W., Ramos, J. D., Yang, M. C., and Wallace, D. R., “Why Open Source?: Exploring the Motivations of Using an Open Model for Hardware Development,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Cleveland, OH, 2017. [ pdf ]

2016

  • Bao, Q., Faas, D. and Yang, M. C., “Interplay Of Sketching & Prototyping In Early Stage Product Design,” International Conference on Design Creativity, Atlanta, GA, 2016 [ pdf ]

  • Bao, Q., Shaukat, M. M., and Yang, M. C., “Eco-feedback Designs: A Balance Between The Quantitative And The Emotional,” ASME International Design Conference, Charlotte, NC, 2016. [ pdf ]

  • Klein, J., Stern, M., Franchin, G., Kayser, M., Inamura, C., Dave, S., Weaver, J. C., Houk, P., Colombo, P., Yang, M., and Oxman, N., “Additive Manufacturing of Optically Transparent Glass,” International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, 2016.

2015

  • Agogino, A. M., Beckman, S. L., Castaños, C., Kramer, J., Roschuni, C., and Yang, M. C., “Design Practitioners’ Perspectives on Methods for Ideation and Prototyping,” Mudd Design Workshop IX, Claremont, CA, 2015. [ pdf ]

  • Austin-Breneman, J., Yu, B., and Yang, M. C., “Changing Subsystem Information Strategies Using Weighted Objectives: Increasing Robustness to Biased Information Passing,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, 2015. [ pdf | conf ]

  • Yu, B., de Weck, O., and Yang, M. C., “Parameter-design strategies: a comparison between human designers and the simulated annealing algorithm,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, 2015. [ pdf | conf ]

  • Bao, Q., Morocz, F., El-Ferik, S., Shaukat, M., and Yang, M. C., “An Investigation of Design Requirement Volatility, Risk and Priority in Design Projects,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, 2015. [ pdf | conf ]

  • Fu, K., Yang, M. C., and Wood, K. L., “Design Principles: The Foundations of Design,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, 2015. [ pdf | conf ]

  • Cunin, M., Yang, M. C., and Elsen, C., “Mutation of the image, mutation of the intent? The impact of digital representations in architectural design,” Mutations du Projet - Milieux et Cultures Numériques/Digital Environment and Culture, Paris, France, 2015. [ abstract | paper, both in in French ]

  • Moreno, D., Blessing, L., Yang, M. C., and Wood, K. L., “The Potential of Design-By-Analogy Methods to Support Product, Service and Product Service Systems Idea Generation,” International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy, 2015. [ conf ]

2014

  • Watson, M., Griffin, M., Farrington, P. A., Burns, L., Colley, W., Collopy, P., Doty, J., Johnson, S., Malak, R., Shelton, J., Szenfarber, Z., Utley, D., Yang, M. C., “Building a Path to Elegant Design,” American Society for Engineering Management Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, 2014. [ prepub pdf ]

  • Sutera, J., Yang, M. C., and Elsen, C., “The Impact of Expertise on the Capture of Sketched Intentions: Perspectives for Remote Cooperative Design,” International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering, Seattle, WA, 2014. [ pdf ]

  • Moreno, D., Yang, M. C., Blessing, L., and Wood, K., “Analogies to Succeed: Applications to Service Design Problems,” NordDesign, Espoo, Finland/Melbourne, Australia, 2014. [prepub pdf]

  • Moreno, D., Hernandez, A., Yang, M., and Wood, K. “A Step Beyond to Overcome Design Fixation: A Design by Analogy Approach,” Accepted to the Design Computing and Cognition Conference – DCC14, London, UK, 2014. [pdf]

  • Moreno, D., Hernandez, A., Yang, M., and Wood, K. “Creativity in Transactional Design Problems: Non-Intuitive Findings of an Expert Study Using SCAMPER,” International Design Conference – DESIGN2014. [pdf]

  • Austin-Breneman, J., Yu, B. Y., and Yang, M. C., “Biased Information Passing Between Sub-systems Over Time in Complex System Design,” 2014 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [pdf]

  • Murphy, J., Fu, K., Otto, K., Yang, M. C., Jensen, D., and Wood, K., “Facilitating Design-by-Analogy: Development of a Complete Functional Vocabulary and Functional Vector Approach to Analogical Search,” 2014 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [pdf]

  • Faas, D., Bao, Q., and Yang, M. C., “Preliminary Sketching and Prototyping: Comparisons in Exploratory Design-and-Build Activities,” 2014 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [pdf]

  • Bao, Q., El-Ferik, S., Shaukat, M., and Yang, M. C., “An Investigation of the Inconsistency of Consumer Preferences for Product Appearance: A Case Study of Residential Solar Panels,” 2014 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [pdf]

  • Tseng, T. and Yang, M. C., “Documentation in Progress: Challenges with Representing Design Process Online,” 2014 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [pdf]

  • Yu, B. Y., Sharqawy, M., Zubair, S., Honda, T. and Yang, M. C., “Multi-disciplinary design optimization for large-scale reverse osmosis systems,” 2014 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [pdf]

2013

  • Fu, K., Murphy, J., Yang, M., Otto, K., Jensen, D., and Wood, K. “Investigating the Effect of Functionality Level of Analogical Stimulation on Design Outcomes,” Design Engineering Workshop, Fukuoka, Japan, 2013. [pdf]

  • Yu, B. Y., Honda, T., Zubair, S., Sharqawy, M., and Yang, M. C., "A Framework for System Design Optimization Based on Maintenance Scheduling with Prognostics and Health Management," ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Portland, OR, 2013. [ pdf ]

  • Neeley, L, Lim, K., Zhu, A., and Yang, M. C., "Building Fast to Think Faster: Exploiting Rapid Prototyping to Accelerate Ideation During Early Stage Design," ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Portland, OR, 2013. [ pdf ]

  • Häggman, A., Honda, T., and Yang, M. C., "The Influence of Timing in Exploratory Prototyping and Other Activities in Design Projects," ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Portland, OR, 2013. (Best Paper Award, ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference) [ pdf ]

  • Austin-Breneman, J. and Yang, M. C., "Design for Micro-Enterprise: An Approach to Product Design for Emerging Markets," ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Portland, OR 2013. [ pdf ]

  • Ji, H., Honda, T., and Yang, M. C., "Approaches to Mapping Between Preferential Probabilities and Relative Design Preference Ratings," International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea, 2013. [ pdf ]

2012

  • C. Elsen, A. Häggman, T. Honda, and M. C. Yang. (2012) "Representation in early stage design: An analysis of the influence of sketching and prototyping in design projects." ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [ pdf ]

  • E. Sagan and M. C. Yang (2012) "Perception and Interpretation: Points of focus in Design Sketches." ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [ pdf ]

  • H. Chen, T. Honda, and M. C. Yang. (2012) "An Approach for Revealed Consumer Preferences for Technology Products: A Case Study of Residential Solar Panels." ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [ pdf ]

  • I. Al-Zaharnah, M. C. Yang, and W. Seering. (2012) "Exploration of the Use of Design Methods with the Design Structure Matrix for Integrating New Technologies into Large Complex Systems." ASME 2012 Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [ pdf ]

  • B. Y. Yu, T. Honda, G. M. Zak, A. Mitsos, J. Lienhard, K. Mistry, S. Zubair, M. H. Sharqawy, M. Antar, M. C. Yang. (2012). "Prognosis of Component Degradation Under Uncertainty: A Method for Early Stage Design of a Complex Engineering System." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, July 2-4, Nantes, France. [ pdf ]

2011

  • B. Macomber and M. C. Yang (2011). "The Role of Sketch Finish and Style in User Responses to Early Stage Design Concepts." DETC2010-48714. Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Intl Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 28-31, Washington, DC. [ pdf ]

  • A. Dong, T. Honda and M. C. Yang (2011). "Time-Based Modeling of Linguistic Preference to Preferential Probability." DETC2010-47074. Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Intl Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 28-31, Washington, DC. [ pdf ]

  • H. Ji, T. Honda and M. C. Yang (2011). "Granularity Enhancement of Extracted Preferential Probabilities from Design Team Discussion." DETC2010-48749. Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Intl Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 28-31, Washington, DC. [ pdf ]

  • T. Tseng and M. C. Yang (2011). “The Role of Spatial-Visual Skills in a Project-Based Engineering Design Course.” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June 26 - 29, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [ pdf ]

  • T. Honda, H. Chen, K. Chan, and M. C. Yang (2011). “Propagating Uncertainty in Solar Panel Performance for Life Cycle Modeling in Early Stage Design.” AAAI Spring Symposia: Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Design. March 21-23, 2011, Stanford, CA. [ pdf ]

  • Murugappan, S., Vinayak, Ramani, K., and Yang, M. C. (2011) "APIX: Analysis from Pixellated Inputs in Early Design Using a Pen-Based Interface." 2011 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. [ pdf ]

  • J. Austin-Breneman, T. Honda, and M. C. Yang. "Observations of Designer Behaviors in Complex System Design." Technical Report No. TR- 2011A. [ pdf ]

2010

  • T. Honda, F. Ciucci, S. Kansara, K. E. Lewis, and M. C. Yang (2010). "An Exploration of the Role of System Level Variable Choice in Multidisciplinary Design." 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Sept 13-15, 2010, Fort Worth, TX. [ pdf ]

  • T. Honda, F. Ciucci, K. Lewis, and M. C. Yang. (2010) "A Comparison of Information Passing Strategies in System Level Modeling." DETC2010-29026. Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Intl Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 15 – 18, Montreal, Canada. [ pdf ]

  • T. Honda, M. C. Yang, A. Dong, and H. Ji. (2010) "A Comparison of Formal Methods for Evaluating the Language of Preference in Engineering Design." DETC2010- 29045. Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Intl Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 15 – 18, Montreal, Canada. [ pdf ]

  • N. Merah , M. C. Yang, D. Wallace, W. Seering, V. Tang, A. F. Arif, A.-S. Eleiche, A.- R. Shuaib, N. Abu-Dheir, and H. M. S. Bahaidarah. (2010) "A Global Collaborative Effort to Enhance Design in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum in Saudi Arabia." DETC2010- 28784. Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Intl Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 15 – 18, Montreal, Canada. [ pdf ]

  • L. A. Elizondo, L. Kisselburgh, E. D. Hirleman, K. Ramani, M. C. Yang, and T. Carleton. (2010) "Understanding Innovation in Student Design Projects." DETC2010-28985. Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Intl Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 15 – 18, Montreal, Canada. [ pdf ]

2009

  • J. Lai and M. C. Yang (2009) “Introducing User Centered Design to Mid-Career Professionals: Experiences to Build Upon.” International Association of Societies of Design Research, October 18-22, 2009. Seoul, Korea. [ pdf ]

  • C. J. Walthall, L. Kisselburgh, E. D. Hirleman, S. Devanathan, K. Ramani, M. C. Yang (2009) "A Perspective for Evaluating Wikis as a Medium for Communication Within Engineering Design Teams.” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 30-September 2, 2009, San Diego, CA . [ conf ]

  • T. Honda, F. Ciucci, and M. C. Yang (2009) “Achieving Pareto Optimality in a Decentralized Design Environment.” International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED09, August 24-27, 2009, Stanford, CA. [ pdf ]

  • D. A. Broniatowski, C. L. Magee, J. F. Coughlin, and M. C. Yang (2009) “Bayesian Analysis of Decision Making in Technical Expert Committees.” Conference on Systems Engineering Research, April 20-23, 2009, Loughborough, UK. [ pdf ]

  • D. Broniatowski, J. Coughlin, C. L. Magee, and M. C. Yang (2009) "Quantitative Analysis of Group Decision Making for Complex Engineered Systems," 3rd Annual IEEE Systems Conference, March 2009, Vancouver, Canada. [ pdf ]

2008

  • J. Y. Lai, E. T. Roan, H. C. Greenberg, and M. C. Yang. (2008) "Prompt versus Problem: Helping Students Learn to Frame Problems and Think Creatively." 2nd Design Creativity Workshop, Third International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition. Atlanta, GA, USA, June 2008. [ pdf ]

  • D. A. Broniatowski, C. L. Magee, J. F. Coughlin, and M. C. Yang (2008) “The Influence of Institutional Bias on System Review and Approval.” Conference on Systems Engineering Research, April 4, 2008, Los Angeles, CA. [ pdf ]

2007

  • H. Ji, M. C. Yang and T. Honda (2007) “Probabilistic Approaches for Extracting Design Preferences from Design Team Discussion.” ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA [ pdf ]

  • M. C. Yang (2007) “Design Methods, Tools, and Outcome Measures: A Survey of Practitioners.” ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA [ pdf ]

  • M. C. Yang and H. Ji (2007) “A Text-Based Analysis Approach to Representing the Design Selection Process.” International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED07, August 28-31, 2007, Paris, France. [ pdf ]

  • M. C. Yang and Y. Jin (2007) “An Examination of Team Effectiveness in Distributed and Co-located Engineering Teams.” Mudd Design Workshop VI: Design and Engineering in a Flat World. Harvey Mudd College, Pomona, CA, 23–25 MAY 2007. [ pdf ]

2005

  • J. G. Cham and M. C. Yang. (2005) “Does sketching skill relate to good design?” 2005 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 24-28, 2005, Long Beach, California, USA. [ pdf ]

2004

  • M. C. Yang. (2004) “An Examination of Prototyping, Time, and Design Outcome.” Proceedings of 2004 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 28 - October 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah USA. [ pdf ]

2003

  • M. C. Yang. (2003) “Concept Generation and Sketching: Correlations with Design Outcome.” Proceedings of 2003 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Chicago, IL, USA, September 2-6, 2003. [ pdf ]

1999

  • M. C. Yang and M. R. Cutkosky. (1999) “Machine Generation of Thesauri: Adapting to Evolving Vocabularies in Design Documentation.” Proceedings of the International Conference in Engineering Design, Munich, Germany, Aug. 24-26, 1999. [ pdf ]

  • T. Liang, D. M. Cannon, J. M. Feland, A. Mabogunje, S. Yen, M. C. Yang, and L. J. Leifer. (1999) “New Dimensions in Internet-Based Design Capture and Reuse.” Workshop on Internet-Based Design in the International Conference Engineering Design. Munich, Germany, Aug. 24-26, 1999.

  • L. J. Leifer, T. Liang, D. M. Cannon, J. M. Feland, A. Mabogunje, S. Yen, and M. C. Yang. (1999) “Experience Capture and Reuse for Complex System Design-Deployment: Position Paper Based on Our Experience Using the Internet.” Proceedings of the International Conference Problems of Control and Modeling in Complex Systems, Samara, Russia, June 14-18, 1999.

  • J. T. Dennerlein and M. C. Yang. (1999) “Perceived Musculoskeletal Loading During Use of A Force-Feedback Computer Mouse.” Human Factors and Ergonomic Society ‘99. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Houston, TX, Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 1999. [ pdf ]

1998

  • M. C. Yang, W. H. Wood, and M. R. Cutkosky. (1998) “Data Mining for Thesaurus Generation in Informal Design Information Retrieval.” Proceedings of the 1998 International Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering. ASCE. Boston, MA, Oct. 18-21, 1998. [ pdf ]

  • W. H. Wood, M. C. Yang, M. R. Cutkosky, and A. M. Agogino. (1998) “Design Information Retrieval: Improving Access to the Informal Side of Design.” Proceedings of the 1998 Design Engineering Technical Conferences 10th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. Atlanta, GA, Sept. 13-16, 1998. [ pdf ]

1997

  • M. C. Yang and M. R. Cutkosky. (1997) “Automated Indexing of Design Concepts for Information Management.” Proceedings of the International Conference in Engineering Design, Tampere, Finland, Aug. 19-21, 1997. [ pdf ]

editorials and Other publications

  • Sutera, J., Yang, M.C. and Elsen, C., “The impact of expertise on the capture of sketched intentions: perspectives for remote cooperative design.” Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 8683, Y. Luo (Ed), Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, p. 245-252, 2014.

  • Yang, M.C. and Kara, L.B., "Sketching and pen-based design interaction," (Guest Editorial) AI EDAM-Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 26 (3): 241-243, 2012. [ prepub pdf link to journal]

  • Ji, H., Yang, M. C., and Honda, T., 2008, "PPT: A Probabilistic Approach to Extract Preferential Probabilities from Design Team Transcripts," Technical Report No. TR- 2008A, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. [ pdf ]

  • Ji, H., Yang, M. C., and Honda, T., 2008 "Example for Implementating Pps: Preferential Probabilities Translated from Survey under Principle of Maximum Entropy," Technical Report No. TR-2008B, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. [ pdf ]