Events
Past Event
Segal Seminar Series: Jonathan Cagan, Carnegie Mellon University
Segal Design Institute
4:00 PM
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ITW Classroom, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
Details
Designing Engineering Design Teams - Integrating Cognitive and Computational Models of Team Problem Solving
Jonathan Cagan
George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty Affairs, College of Engineering
Faculty Co-Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Carnegie Mellon University
Talk:
Teams are assumed critical to engineering problem solving in general, and design in particular. But are they? This talk will first look at cognitive properties of humans solving problems as individuals and in teams. Based on those properties an agent-based algorithm is created that emulates human team problem solving strategies. This algorithm then allows for much faster problem solving than with humans, and enables a computational approach to designing human teams with optimal properties. In some cases the best team configuration is…surprising. The talk will also look at answers for why teams behave the way they do, and why the best team design is not always the most obvious one.
Background:
Jonathan Cagan, the George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University with an appointment in Design, is the Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty Affairs for the College of Engineering. He also serves as Co-Faculty Director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. Cagan was co-founder of the Integrated Innovation Institute, focused on formal methods for innovation bringing together engineering, design and marketing. His research focuses on design methods, cognitive problem solving, and computation. By understanding the fundamental cognitive mechanisms that individuals and teams use while solving problems, new approaches to automating design and problem solving emerge. This research leverages design representation, optimal search, and machine learning, and has resulted in over 250 reviewed publications and several patents. His recent research foci include computer-human teaming, generative design, and biomechanical systems design and diagnostics. Cagan is the co-author of three books: Creating Breakthrough Products, Built to Love and The Design of Things to Come. He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, was awarded the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Award, and most recently awarded Carnegie Mellon’s prestigious Doherty Award for education. Cagan is a licensed Professional Engineer.
Time
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
ITW Classroom, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
5:00 PM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
8:00 AM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
Details
The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
James Dyson Award Q&A
Segal Design Institute
12:30 PM
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Hive Annex, 2.340, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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A Dyson engineer will give an insider's perspective into their engineering and business practices while providing tips for entering their annual design and engineering competition for university students, the James Dyson Award.
Pizza and drinks will be served!
Please register using the provided link.
Time
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
Hive Annex, 2.340, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
Bay Area Winter 25 Info Session
Segal Design Institute
4:30 PM
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111, Fisk Hall
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Prepare to thrive at the intersection of technology and media in San Francisco. Spend Winter Quarter 2025 taking design and journalism classes, exploring Bay Area culture, expanding your network, and challenging your way of thinking.
This program is primarily intended for students in McCormick and Medill who will be sophomores and juniors in Winter Quarter 2025, though all are welcome to apply.
Time
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
111, Fisk Hall Map
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Segal Design Institute
Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
9:00 AM
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Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
Time
Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location
Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
2:00 PM
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Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation
Time
Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science