Collaborative Research: A Framework for Modeling and Measuring Collaborative Creativity in Early Stage Engineering Design Teams

协作研究：早期工程设计团队协作创造力建模和衡量的框架

• 批准号: 1131422
• 负责人: Yan Jin
• 金额: $ 21.74万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1131422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Framework; Modeling; Measuring

The objective of this research award is to model collaborative creativity in engineering design teams in a way that considers both an individual's internal creative processes and the external creative processes that occur through team interactions. Creativity in the generation of new concepts is a key driver of innovation in engineering design, but a continuing challenge has been to postulate strategies that consistently encourage high quality concept generation in design teams. Much research on creativity has focused on theories for internal cognition in individuals, while engineering and organizational behavior research has centered on more general creativity-focused activities at the team level. A comprehensive set of experiments and metrics will be formulated to assess the role of each of these aspects of individual and collaborative creativity. If successful, this research will help advance the fundamental understanding of the nature of creativity in engineering design teams and further the basic knowledge of innovation in design. This work will have impact across many industries, from product development to automotive to services. The metrics and approaches that arise from this research will serve as a foundation from which to develop strategies for design teams and organizations to become more creative as well as innovative. This research will involve the active participation of undergraduates, women, and underrepresented minorities at MIT, USC, and Wellesley College. Research will also involve urban high school students to encourage the pursuit of careers in engineering through exposure to design activities.

这个研究奖项的目的是模拟工程设计团队的协作创造力，以一种既考虑个人的内部创造过程，也考虑通过团队互动发生的外部创造过程的方式。产生新概念的创造力是工程设计创新的关键驱动力，但一个持续的挑战是，如何制定策略，始终如一地鼓励设计团队产生高质量的概念。许多关于创造力的研究都集中在个人内部认知的理论上，而工程学和组织行为学的研究则集中在团队层面更普遍的以创造力为中心的活动上。将制定一套全面的实验和指标，以评估个人和合作创造力的每一个方面的作用。如果成功，这项研究将有助于推进对工程设计团队创造力本质的基本理解，并进一步了解设计创新的基本知识。这项工作将对许多行业产生影响，从产品开发到汽车再到服务。从这项研究中产生的度量标准和方法将作为设计团队和组织发展战略的基础，使其变得更具创造性和创新性。这项研究将涉及麻省理工学院、南加州大学和韦尔斯利学院的本科生、女性和代表性不足的少数族裔的积极参与。研究还将涉及城市高中学生，鼓励他们通过接触设计活动从事工程方面的职业。