Build to Learn: Effective Strategies to Train Tomorrow’s Designers.

Vimal Viswanathan is a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. He completed his bachelor’s of technology in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, and master’s of science in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University. He is expected to complete his Ph.D. in Aug. 2012. He has published three journal papers and more than 10 conference papers. His primary research interest is the effect of physical representations in engineering idea generation process.

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