Driving Innovation through Design: Engineering in the 21st Century - 2010- Workshop Proceedings Information

Innovation has been the key to the United States’ success [1] and evidence suggests that
transformational innovations occur at the intersection of multiple disciplines rather than isolated
within them [2]. The innovation process can be accelerated when using integrated design
methods and tools [3]. However, there is limited consensus on the constituents of scientific
approaches for design innovation, and there are many research questions spanning multiple
disciplines in the world of Design. In the current discipline-oriented university system it is equally
challenging to create and cultivate an interdisciplinary learning environment that empowers our
students and provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they will need to deal with the rapid
pace of technological change, the interconnected world, and the complexity of its problems.
Solutions will require multidisciplinary approaches and systems thinking.

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