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Email

katja.holttaotto@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Head of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
ORCID

0000-0002-9680-0752

Prof Katja Holtta-Otto

Head of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

165 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Identifying Opportunities to Repurpose Decommissioned Products Using Large Language Models
    DOI: 10.1115/1.4070518
  • 2025

    Journal article

    An integrated GenAI-driven method for automating ideation with user-generated content
    DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2025.114554
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Design Science: Why, What and How – Revisited
    DOI: 10.1017/dsj.2025.10026
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Investigating Unconscious Verbal Mimicry as a Measure of Empathy in Design
    DOI: 10.1115/1.4068532
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Repurposing as a Decommissioning Strategy for Complex Systems: A Systematic Review
    DOI: 10.1115/1.4067090
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Large Language Models for Predicting Empathic Accuracy Between a Designer and a User
    DOI: 10.1115/1.4067227
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A Repurposable Attribute Basis for Identifying Repurposing Opportunities in Decommissioned Products
    DOI: 10.1115/1.4066127
Katja Holtta-Otto

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2023
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (FASME)
2022
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia (FIEAust)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    EXPLORING DESIGN FOR REPAIRABILITY GUIDANCE: ISSUES, ACTIONS, AND OUTCOMES
    DOI: 10.1115/DETC2025-169032
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AS INTERVIEWEES FOR USER NEEDS ELICITATION IN DESIGN RESEARCH
    DOI: 10.1115/DETC2025-168769
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Replicability and reproducibility of data-intensive design research using workflows - example in facial expression synchrony as a measure of empathy
    DOI: 10.1080/09544828.2024.2396194

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