Larry Leifer

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Leifer's design thinking research is focused on instrumenting, understanding, supporting, and improving design practice through the development of design theory. Specific issues include: design research methodology, global team dynamics, innovation leadership, interactive interaction spaces, design-for-wellbeing, and adaptive mechatronic systems.

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Title Author(s) Journal Date
Collaboration in Design Teams: Mediating Design Progress through Social Interaction Brereton, M. F., et al. Analysing Design Activity 01-1996
Collaborative Mechatronic System Design Fruchter, R. et al. 01-1995
Using the WWW to Support Project-Team Formation Hong, J.; Leifer, L. J. FIE 01-1995
Evaluating Product-Based-Learning Education Leifer, L. J. 01-1995
The Palo Alto VA/Stanford Rehabilitation Robotics Program Van der Loos, H.F.; Machiel, Hammel; Joy, Leifer; Larry J. 03-1994
Hellenic Fault Tolerance for Robots Toye, G.; Leifer, L.J. Computers Elect. Engng 01-1994
J. SHARE: A methedology and environment for collaborative product development Toye, G.; Cutkosky, M.; Leifer, L.; Tenenbaum, M.; Glicksman International Journal of Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems 01-1994
Synalysis Exercises: Integrating Problem Formulation, Analysis and Synthesis Brereton, M.F.; Leifer, L.J. 09-1993

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, National Academia of Engineering, 1965 ASME, Teaching Innovation Award, 1997 Best Paper Award: Sheppard, S., Johnson, M., and Leifer, L., (1997) "A Model for Peer and Student Involvement in Design Course Assessment," Proceedings of the FIE Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, November 4-9 Best Paper Award: Fruchter, R., Reiner, K., Leifer, L., and Toye, G. (1998). "VisionManager: A Computer Environment for Design Evolution Capture," CERA: Concurrent Engineering: Research and Application Journal, Vol 6, Nr. 1 Best Paper Award: Chen, H.L., Cannon, D., Gabrio, J., Leifer, L., Toye, G., and Bailey, T. (2005), "Using Wikis and Weblogs to Support Reflective Learning in an Introductory Engineering Design Course," in the proceedings of the ASEE Transactions Fellow, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2007 Hedersdoktor (Honorary Doctorate), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2009