THRED Group

Technology and Human Research in Engineering Design ● Stone cold weirdos ● Lab of acronyms ● Directed by @JessMenold at @Penn_State

[THRED Group @THREDgroup]

What do you get when you bring together researchers who study graduate students and researchers who study design? Graduate students designing jack o' lanterns! 🎃👻 We had a great time this weekend carving pumpkins and enjoying fall desserts with our awesome friends at @ECRL_PSU!

[Engineering Cognitive Research Lab-PSU @ECRL_PSU]

Research isn't fun unless you have someone to enjoy it with! Thank you to our friends from @THREDgroup for hanging out and carving pumpkins with us this weekend! #HappyFall

[THRED Group @THREDgroup]

We loved hosting you and your students! We enjoyed hearing about the important research the Ready Lab is working on and we're glad you could meet some of the amazing researchers at Penn State Engineering. Looking forward to future collaborations!

[THRED Group @THREDgroup]

We had a great time presenting our work, listening to the awesome work from other researchers, and connecting with folks in-person. We’re excited to continue and share our research, so keep an eye out for some upcoming publications!

[THRED Group @THREDgroup]

Another ASME IDETC-CIE conference in the books! THRED graduate students presented their research on the topics of design cognition, design representations, design for additive manufacturing, and design education. #idetc2022

[THRED Group @THREDgroup]

Aside from advising us on all of our research, our amazing advisor, Dr. Jessica Menold (@JessMenold) also chaired the Design Theory and Methodology committee this year. Thanks for all that you do!

[THRED Group @THREDgroup]

Great work by our lab, awesome job @sandeepkrishk

[Chris McComb (he/him) @ccmccomb]

Congrats to Sid Jhawar for defending his @PSUSEDTAPP MS thesis on thick developable mechanisms! Sid says he makes "cool mechanisms that can save the world" - you can't ask for a better summary than that.

Also, shout out to Jared Butler for graduating his first student!

[Chris McComb (he/him) @ccmccomb]

@PSUsedtapp Sid's roommate defended this morning too! It was a big day for @THREDgroup :) https://t.co/26cVv7gc3u

[Chris McComb (he/him) @ccmccomb]

Congratulations to Dr. Torsten Maier of @pennstateime for defending his thesis!

He has built an understanding of how we interact with technologies like Alexa and Siri, and shown how critical trust is in that relationship.

Its been a pleasure to advise him with @JessMenold!

[Dr. Jessica Menold @JessMenold]

So excited for the *Dr. Torsten Maier*!!! His work has extended our understanding of trust & AI!

I got to co-advise with all around amazing human @ccmccomb, so totally a win-win on this one :)

[Dr. Jessica Menold @JessMenold]

Beyond proud of the *new* DR. MAHAN who successfully defended his kick-ass dissertation today! He proposed a new area of DfX exploring inspectability constraints for AM!

I also totally forgot to snag a photo of him mid-defense, so enjoy this photo of us laughing at the end!

[School of Engineering Design and Innovation @PennStateSEDI]

Break to bake: To beat “Zoom fatigue,” @THREDgroup faculty and student researchers found creative ways to remain engaged with one another during online lab meetings, including a virtual comfort food bake-off. ➡️ https://t.co/taTxTdC706.

[Penn State IME @pennstateime]

Industrial engineering doctoral students Hannah Nolte and Sandeep Krishnakumar helped @THREDgroup members stay engaged in a world where the meaning of “interaction” suddenly shifted. Read how: https://t.co/rW8ia2yuDJ

[BlackWomenPhDs®️ @BlackWomenPhDs]

Dr. Malena Agyemang is from Windsor, CT. She has a BS in Chemistry @Norfolkstate, MS @ArizonaState in Sustainable Engineering & PhD @ClemsonUniv in Mechanical Engineering. She’s a #PostDoc @penn_state in engineering design.

[Chris McComb (he/him) @ccmccomb]

Deep learning agents (DLAs) can be trained to design better than humans!

🤖 DLAs can imitate human design patterns/performance

🤖 DLAs perform better when using #heuristics

🤖 DLAs perform best when also using #goals to guide search

Learn more: https://t.co/UuTGMKHd3m

[Britelab @britelab]

The Britelab looks forward to joining and better serving our LGBTQ+ students to help create a more inclusive environment!