Title :
A meaningful theory of creativity: design as knowledge: implications for engineering design
Author_Institution :
Greenfield NSF Coalition, Mercy Coll. of Eng. & Sci., Detroit, MI
Abstract :
Creativity is a much sought after quality, particularly in education, but it is very often misunderstood and ungraspable. This paper is a new attempt at unraveling the mystery, clarifying the ambiguous, and focusing in on the higher truths that seem to evade a common sense understanding of creativity. Creativity will be seen as a process as well as a quality so that it is possible to follow the progression of events as they happen in the cognitive sphere. The author discusses what creativity may represent to engineering practitioners
Keywords :
design engineering; creativity; education; engineering design; Artificial intelligence; Design engineering; Design methodology; Diseases; Fault diagnosis; Genetic algorithms; Knowledge engineering; Process control; Prototypes; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1994. Twenty-fourth Annual Conference. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2413-7
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1994.580612
