Date of Award
January 2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Karthik Ramani
Committee Member 1
Rebecca Krammer
Committee Member 2
Tahira Reid
Abstract
The development of a system is informed from design factors in order to success- fully support the intended usability from the perceived affordances [1]. The theory of ‘Human Centered Design’ champions that these factors be derived from the user itself. It is based on exploiting these affordances that the boundary of technology is pushed to sometimes invent new methods or sometimes approach a problem from newer perspectives. This thesis is an example where we inform our design rationales from children in order to develop a gender neutral modular robotic toy kit.
Recommended Citation
Verma, Ansh, "EVALUATING ENGINEERING LEARNING AND GENDER NEUTRALITY FOR THE PRODUCT DESIGN OF A MODULAR ROBOTIC KIT" (2015). Open Access Theses. 1165.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1165