Özgür Eriş
Associate Professor of Design and Mechanical Engineering
Franklin W. Olin College Of Engineering

781-292-2554
ozgur.eris@olin.edu

Degrees
Ph.D. Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering, Design (2002)
M.S. Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering, Design (1995)
B.S. University of Washington - Mechanical Engineering (1994)

Research Interests
Design Thinking and Process, Design Informatics, Distributed Design and Product Development, Creativity in Organizations.

Publications

Monograph
Eris, O. Effective Inquiry for Innovative Engineering Design, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2004.

Book Chapters

Bergner, D., Eris, O. “Reframing the Data Mining Process”, in Data Mining for Design and Marketing, Kumar, V., Cohen, R., Ohsawa, Y. (editors), p. 19-33, Taylor and Francis, London, 2009.

Mabogunje, A., Eris, O., Sonalkar, N., Jung, M., Leifer, L. “Spider Webbing: A Paradigm for Engineering Design Conversations during Concept Generation,” in About: Designing; Analysing Design Meetings, McDonnell, J.,Llyod, P. (editors), p.49-65, CRC Press, London, UK, 2009.

Eris, O., Bergner, D., Yung, M., Leifer, L. "ConExSIR: A Dialogue-based Framework of Design Team Thinking and Discovery” in Chance Discoveries in Real World Decision Making, Ohsawa, Y., Tsumoto, S. (editors), p. 329-344, Springer-Verlag, London, 2006.

Eris, O., “Manifestation of Divergent-Convergent Thinking in Question Asking and Decision Making Processes of Design Teams: A Performance Dimension,” in Human Behavior in Design, Lindemann, U. (editor), p. 142-153, Springer-Verlag, London, 2003.

Journal Articles

Eris, O., Chachra, D., Chen, C., Sheppard, S., Ludlow, L., Rosca, C., Bailey, T., Toye, G. “Outcomes of a Longitudinal Administration of the Persistence in Engineering Survey,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 99, No.4, p. 371-395, 2010.

Wodehouse, A., Grierson, H., Breslin, C., Eris, O., Ion, W.J., Leifer, L., Mabogunje, A. “A Framework for Design Engineering Education in a Global Context,” Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design, Analysis, and Manufacturing, Vol. 24, No.3, p. 367-378, 2010.

Ohland, M, Sheppard, S., Lichtenstein, G., Eris, O., Chachra, D., Layton, R. “We Can’t Teach Them if They Aren’t There: Matriculating, Engaging, Persisting, and Migrating in Engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 97, No.3, p. 259-278, 2008.

Wodehouse, A., Eris, O., Grierson, H., Mabogunje, A. “Enhancing Design Learning Using Groupware,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 23, No. 3, p. 557-569, 2007.

Eris, O., "Insisting on Truth at the Expense of Conceptualization: Can Engineering Portfolios Help?” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 22, No. 3, p. 551-559, 2006.

Dym, C., Agogino, A., Eris, O., Frey, D., Leifer, L., “Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching, and Learning,” Journal of Engineering Education, Special Edition, Vol. 94, No. 1, p. 103-120, 2005.

Eris, O., Leifer, L. "Facilitating Product Development Knowledge Acquisition: Interaction between the Expert and the Team," International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 19, No. 1, p. 142-152, 2003.

Refereed Conference Papers

Brunhaver, B., Sheppard, S., Eris, O. “Looking at Engineering Students through a Motivation/Confidence Framework,” to appear in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, 2011.

Eris, O., Martalero, N. “A Comparative Analysis of Collaborative Sketching Interactions of Designers in Co-located and Distributed Environments,” Proceedings of Design Thinking Research Symposium – DTRS8, Sydney, Australia, 2010.

Linder, B, Somerville, M., Eris, O., Tatar, N. “Taking One for the Team: Goal Orientation and Gender-Correlated Task Division,” to appear in the 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Arlington, VA, 2010.

Mabogunje, A., Hansen, P., Eris, O., Leifer, L. “Product Design and Intentional Emergence Facilitated by Serious Play,” Proceedings of NordDesign, Tallin, Estonia, 2008.

Chen, H., Donaldson, K., Eris, O., Chachra, D., Lichtenstein, G., Sheppard, S., Toye, G. “From PIE to APPLES: The Evolution of a Survey Instrument to Explore Engineering Student Pathways,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, 2008.

Eris, O., Sheppard, S., Kwan, A. “Learning to Question: A Longitudinal Analysis of Question Asking Behavior and Engagement in Project-based Learning,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Paris, France, 2007.

Jung, M., Mabogunje, A., Sonalkar, N., Eris, O., Leifer, L. “A Mediation Moderation Framework for Knowledge Coaching of Digital Libraries,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Paris, France, 2007.

Eris, O., Chen, C., Chachra, D., Rosca, C., Ludlow, L., Sheppard, S., Donaldson, K. “A Preliminary Analysis of Correlates of Engineering Persistence: Results from a Longitudinal Study,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Hawaii, 2007.

Sonalkar, N., Mabogunje, A., Leifer, L., Eris, O., Jung, M. “Powerbrowsing – A Method to Accelerate Designers’ Familiarity with Video Information in Digital Libraries,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Paris, France, 2007.

Somerville, M., Linder, B., Eris, O. “Task Orientation: Are We Doing Students a Disservice?,” Proceedings of the ALE Annual Conference, Texas, USA, 2007.

Wodehouse, A., Breslin, C., Eris, O., Grierson, H., Ion, B., Jung, M., Juster, N., Leifer, L., Mabogunje, A., Sonalkar, N. “ A Reflective Approach to Learning in a Global Design Project,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Newcastle, UK, 2007.

Sonalkar, N., Mabogunje, A., Jung, M., Eris, O., Wodehouse, A., Grierson, H., Leifer, L., Lynn, A., Juster. N., Ion, W., “A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Impact of Digital Libraries on Engineering Design Learning Performance,” Proceedings of IDETC/CIE ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, 2006.

Mabogunje, A., Hansen, P., Eris, O., Leifer, L. “SWING - Simulation, Workshops, Interactive eNvironments and Gaming: An Integrated Approach to Improve Learning, Design, and Strategic Decision Making,” Proceedings of NordDesign 2006, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2006.

Somerville, M., Geddes, J., Linder, B., Stolk, J., Eris, O., “Special Session - Incorporating Values: A User-Oriented Approach to Curriculum Design,” 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA, 2006.

Eris, O., Mabogunje, A., Leifer, L., Jung, M., Khandelwal, S., Neeley, L., Hutterer, P., Hessling, T. "An Exploration of Design Information Capture and Reuse in Text and Video Media,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Melbourne, Australia, 2005.

Eris, O., Holliger, C., Leifer, L. "Toward a Theory of Distributed Interdisciplinary Project-based Design Education,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Melbourne, Australia, 2005.

Bergner, D., Eris, O., Yung, M. “Dialogue-Based Metrics of Design Team Learning and Discovery,” Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning, Bonn, Germany, 2005.

Chong, J., Plummer, R., Leifer, L., Klemmer, S., Eris, O., and Toye, G. “Pair Programming: When and Why it Works,” Proceedings of Psychology of Programming Interest Group 2005 Workshop, Brighton, UK , 2005.

Eris, O., Chen, H., Engerman, K. Loshbaugh, H., Bailey,T., Lichtenstein,G. “A Mixed Methods Approach to Developing a Survey Instrument for Identifying the Fundamental Factors that Influence Persistence in Engineering,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, Oregon, 2005.

Hansen, P., Bessant, J., Eris, O., Mabogunje, A., Leifer, L. "Innovation Scenarios: Generating a Structure for a Toolkit,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Melbourne, Australia, 2005.

Hutterer, P., Eris, O., Jung, M., Leifer, L., Lindemann, U., Mabogunje, A. “What do designers really need? – an Explorative Experiment Before Developing Teaching Tools and Methods,” Proceedings of the Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.

Eris, O. "Asking Generative Design Questions: A Fundamental Cognitive Mechanism in Design Thinking,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Stockholm, Sweden, 2003.

Leifer, L., Eris, O., Culpepper, J., Mabogunje, A., "Accelerating Product Innovation: engineering peer-to-peer collaboration service adoption studies and metrics," Proceedings of the Engineering Design Conference, King's College, London, 2002.

Carrizossa K., Eris, O., Mabogunje, M., Andrew, M., Leifer, L. "Building the Design Observatory: a core instrument for design research," Proceedings of Design 2002, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2002.

Leifer, L., Culpepper, J., Ju, W., Canon, D., Eris, O., Liang, T., Bell, D., Bier, E., Pier, K. “Measuring the Performance of Online Distributed Team Innovation (Learning) Services,” Proceedings of the ECI Conference on e-Technologies in Engineering Education, Davos, Switzerland, 2002.

Hansen, P., Mabogunje, A., Eris, O., Leifer, L. "The Product Development Process Ontology: Creating a Learning Research Community," Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Glasgow, Scotland, 2001.

Eris, O., Hansen, P., Mabogunje, A., Leifer, L. "Toward a Pragmatic Ontology for Product Development Projects in Small Teams," Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Munich, Germany, 1999.

Current Projects
ACME on the Edge – MITRE Corporation.

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