Selected Presentations & Publications

Selected Presentations

Design Signatures: A journey from design expertise to design awareness

June 2024 | Distinguished Lecture at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

Good Designers do "X"

July 2023 | Keynote presentation at Transdisciplinary Engineering conference

Design Heard: Interpretations of the Design Process

April 2018 | Cynthia J. Atman and Dharma Dailey

Selected Publications

Dealing with Ambiguity: Leveraging Different Types of Expertise to Guide Design Questioning

Scalone, G., Atman, C., Mejia, K., Twigg-Smith, H., Shroyer, K., Joya, A. (2020). Dealing with Ambiguity: Leveraging Different Types of Expertise to Guide Design Questioning. International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 773–795, 2020.

Design timelines: Concrete and sticky representations of design process expertise

Atman, Cynthia J. “Design timelines: Concrete and sticky representations of design process expertise.” Design Studies, vol. 65, Nov. 2019, pp. 125–151

Timescales and Ideaspace: An examination of idea generation in design practice

Shroyer, K., Terri Lovins, Jennifer Turns, Monica E. Cardella, Cynthia J. Atman (2018) Timescales and Ideaspace: An examination of idea generation in design practice, Design Studies, Volume 57, July 2018, Pages 9-36. (Design Studies Best Paper 2018 award).

Enabling Engineering Student Success: The Final Report for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education.

Atman, C.J., Sheppard, S.D., Turns, J., Adams, R.S., Fleming, L.N., Stevens, R., Streveler, R.A., Smith, K.A., Miller, R.L., Leifer, L.J., Yasuhara, K., & Lund. D. Enabling Engineering Student Success: The Final Report for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education. San Rafael, CA: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2010.

Breadth in Problem-Scoping: A Comparison of Freshman and Senior Engineering Students

Atman, C.J., Yasuhara, K., Adams, R. S., Barker, T., Turns, J., and Rhone, E. (2008). “Breadth in Problem-Scoping: A Comparison of Freshman and Senior Engineering Students.” International Journal of Engineering Education, 24(2), 234-245.

Engineering Design Processes: A Comparison of Students and Expert Practitioners

Atman, C.J., Adams, R. S., Cardella, M. E., Turns, J., Mosborg, S., and Saleem, J. J. (2007). “Engineering Design Processes: A Comparison of Students and Expert Practitioners.”Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), 359-379.

Educating Effective Engineering Designers: the Role of Reflective Practice

Adams, R. S., Turns, J., and Atman, C.J. (2003). “Educating Effective Engineering Designers: the Role of Reflective Practice.” Design Studies, 24(3), 275-294. (Design Studies Best Paper 2013 award).

A comparison of Freshman and Senior Engineering Design Processes

Atman, C.J., Chimka, J. R., Bursic, K.M., and Nachtmann, H.L. (1999). “A comparison of Freshman and Senior Engineering Design Processes.” Design Studies, 20(2), 131-152.