Identifying and enhancing conceptual design capabilities

Abstract

Significant research has been conducted into the design process associated with professional design engineers (those with university level qualifications), for example, [1][2]. An ongoing, collaborative research program has been initiated that seeks to identify, and hopefully enhance, the design capabilities of pre-university workers (those without university qualifications) whose roles are not traditionally associated with the design process, especially those phases associated with creativity and innovation. The overall program seeks to facilitate improvements to existing injection moulding die design practices. The paper reports on work completed on novel methods to promote effective knowl..