Special Issue "Sustainability in Industrial Design Engineering for Industry 4.0"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 November 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Yu-Hung Chien
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Guest Editor
Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106
Interests: interior Design; computer-aided design; principles of shaping; introduction to design; products design; 3D modeling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The world has gone through industrial revolutions 1.0 to 3.0. Each revolution has driven the development of industry due to major technological inventions, and at the same time changed the social and economic structure. In the era of Industry 4.0, technologies such as cyberphysical systems, cloud computing, automated production, cognitive computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and big data, and flexibility and individualized production help companies to stay competitive. Industry 4.0 is in full swing. In industrial design engineering, the two main activities of design and manufacturing have to further develop in response to the changes of the industrial revolution. In addition, industrial design engineering at the age of Industry 4.0 also requires a new paradigm that deals with the sustainability of product and service, user experience, and human satisfaction. This Special Issue will address recent advances in industrial design engineering in the age of Industry 4.0. Original papers with an explicit relevance to issues of industrial design engineering—either theoretical or practical—are welcome, as are state-of-the-art reviews, new perspectives, and outlooks on future research directions.

Prof. Yu-Hung Chien
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • advanced technology in industrial design engineering
  • product, engineering, and industrial design
  • design in engineering subject areas
  • industrial design engineering for sustainability
  • design management
  • design support tools
  • design innovation
  • human behavior and industrial design engineering
  • design methods
  • sociotechnical issues in industrial design engineering
  • education for industrial design engineering
  • research methods for industrial design engineering
  • ergonomics in industrial design engineering
  • others

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The Impacts of Design Heuristics on Concept Generation for a COVID-19 Brief
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6103; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116103 - 28 May 2021
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Design heuristics (DHS) as a tool can help boost designers’ creativity in early conceptual design phases. We have developed a set of DHS for digital innovation (DHS10). There are numerous studies on DHS impacts/outcomes in the recent years. However, little research has been [...] Read more.
Design heuristics (DHS) as a tool can help boost designers’ creativity in early conceptual design phases. We have developed a set of DHS for digital innovation (DHS10). There are numerous studies on DHS impacts/outcomes in the recent years. However, little research has been conducted to identify whether DHS has lasting benefits on designers’ ideation performance. This paper explores whether DHS10 can help designers achieve more creative ideas based on different design briefs, and if DHS has lasting impacts on or benefits for students. An empirical study was conducted with two groups (i.e., 32 students who learned DHS10 five weeks ago, and 24 students who studied DHS10 instantly). They were asked to address an open-ended design brief on COVID-19 and generate as many innovative ideas as possible. The results suggest DHS has impacts on students who learned DHS just now and five weeks ago. The effect is stronger on those who just learned DHS10. We suggest that DHS10 be provided for ideation as it provides texts and visual stimuli for designers. DHS10 also has the potential to help students understand digital innovation and generate ideas accordingly. Full article
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