Education
- PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, December 2007
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, May 2005
- B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, April 2001
Research Areas
- Design Cognition
- Engineering Design Theory and Methods
- Engineering Innovation and Creativity
- Design by Analogy / Bioinspired Design
- Engineering Education
Background
Upon completion of her Ph.D., Dr. Linsey was an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M for five years. Dr. Linsey joined Georgia Tech in January 2013.
Research
Dr. Linsey focuses on the development of new methods and tools to support the early phases of the design process with a particular focus on innovation and conceptual design. Her research is an integration of engineering design and cognitive psychology to study design cognition. Her research seeks to understand designers' cognitive processes with the goal of creating better tools and approaches to enhance innovation. She focuses on development of new methods and tools to support the early phases of the design process with a particular focus on innovation and conceptual design.
Current Projects
- Physical models’ influence on idea generation (design fixation, mental model, naïve physics, sunk cost, etc.)
- Evaluation and development of methods for bioinspired design
- Development and testing of a sketch-based tutoring system for truss analysis
- The impact of design problem complexity on learning in capstone design
- MetaAnalogy via Performance Specification (MAPS)- defining a new approach for retrieving analogies based on the required performance of critical functions.
- Measuring the impact of Bioinspired Design Method impact on engineering creativity
- Development of new methods and tool for bioinspired design
Overview of the research process based on understanding designer cognition to create new methods and tools to support engineering design and innovation.
