Publications – KIDD Lab

Copies of all our publications are freely accessible here. If you cannot access any of our publications, send a note to prabhur at lafayette dot edu.

Ongoing Projects: Sustainable Design (SD), Design Cognition (DC), Social Identity (SI), Community-Based Research (CBR), and Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)

Journal Articles

Under Review/In Preparation (Preprints available upon request)

McCauley, J., Utter, B., Hummel, S., and Prabhu R. (Under Review). “Investigating the Effectiveness of Layer Reheating to Improve the Tensile Strength of Paused FDM Parts”. [DfAM]
Nguyen, T. and Prabhu, R. (Major Revisions Under Review). “An Integrated Framework for Dynamic Self- and Idea Management in Creative Idea Implementation”. [DC]
Cass, M., and Prabhu, R. (Under Review). “Looking Beyond Self-Reported Cognitive Load: Investigating the Use of Eye Tracking in the Study of Cognitive Load in Engineering Design”. [DC]
Herrera, J., Loscalzo, A., Shevade, L., and Prabhu, R. (Under Review). “Mentee-Mentor Self-Reflections on Undergraduate Research and Sense of Belonging in Civil Engineering at a Primarily Undergraduate Institute”. [SI]
Alsager Alzayed, M., Starkey, E. M., Ritter, S. C., and Prabhu R. (Under Review). “Investigating the Influence of Trait Empathy and Attitudes Towards Sustainability on the Accuracy of Concept Evaluations in Sustainable Design“. [SD]
Greeley, J., Mastroly, E., Alsager Alzayed, M., Starkey, E. M., Ritter, S. C., and Prabhu, R. (Under Review). “Are Creative Solutions Also Environmentally Sustainable?“. [SD]

Published

2024 and In Press

Prabhu, R. and Cass, M. (2024). “Sketch, CAD, or Simulate the Build? Exploring Novice Designers’ Design Representation Use in Design for Additive Manufacturing,” International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation. [DfAM]
Powell, A., Mann, A. K., Rossmann, J. S., and Prabhu, R. (2024). “Making Design Moves: Exploring the Relationship between Gender, Self-Efficacy, and Design Moves in Collaborative Ideation,” Journal of Creative Behavior. [https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.682] [SI]
Prabhu R., Herzog, J., Fodale, R., Alsager Alzayed, M., and Starkey, E. M. (2024). “Feeling The Distance: Exploring Novice Student Designers’ Perceptions of the Psychological Distance and Empathic Response Towards Variations of a Sustainable Design Problem,” Journal of Mechanical Design. [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065850] [SD]

2023

Prabhu, R., Simpson, T. W., Miller, S. R., and Meisel, N. A. (2023). “Break It Down: Comparing the Effects of Lecture- And Module-Style Design for Additive Manufacturing Educational Interventions on Student Designers’ Learning and Creativity,” International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation. [https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2023.2241049] [DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Alsager Alzayed, M., and Starkey, E. M. (2023). “Not Good Enough? Exploring Relationships between Students’ Trait Empathy, their Beliefs, Attitudes, and Intentions towards Sustainability, and the Self-Evaluated Sustainability of Their Solutions,” Journal of Mechanical Design (Special Issue on Emerging Technologies and Methods for Early-Stage Product Design and Development). [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055656] [SD]
Prabhu R., Alsager Alzayed, M., and Starkey, E. M. (2023). “Feeling the Heat: Investigating the Influence of Novice Designers’ Trait Empathy, and their Beliefs, Attitudes, and Intentions Towards Sustainability on their Identification of Problem Requirements,” Research in Engineering Design. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-022-00398-9] [SD]
Alsager Alzayed, M., Starkey, E. M., and Prabhu, R. (2023). “Exploring the Effects of Variations in the Timing of a Sustainable Design Educational Intervention,” International Journal of Engineering Education (Special Issue on Mould Breaking Responses to the Unprecedented Challenges in Engineering Education). [https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c390323.html] [SD]
Prabhu, R., Simpson, T. W., Miller, S. R., and Meisel, N. A. (2023). “Teaching Design for Additive Manufacturing: Formulating Educational Interventions that Encourage Design Creativity,” 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Journal. [https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2021.0087][DfAM]

2022

Prabhu, R., Simpson, T. W., Miller, S. R., and Meisel, N. A. (2022). “Development and Validity Evidence Investigation of a Design for Additive Manufacturing Self-Efficacy Scale,” Research in Engineering Design. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-022-00392-1][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Simpson, T. W., Miller, S. R., and Meisel, N. A. (2022). “Mastering Manufacturing: Exploring Effects of Engineering Designers’ Prior Experience on Design for Additive Manufacturing Use,” Journal of Engineering Design. [https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2022.2075222][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Berthel, J. T., Masia, J. S., Meisel, N.A., and Simpson, T. W. (2022). “Rapid Response! Investigating the Effects of Problem Definition on the Characteristics of Additively Manufactured Solutions for COVID-19,” Journal of Mechanical Design. [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052970][DfAM]
Prabhu R., Starkey, E. M., and Alsager Alzayed, M. (2022). “Exploring the Relationship Between Students’ Trait Empathy, their Attitudes towards Sustainability, and Their Reflections on a Workshop on Sustainable Design,” International Journal of Engineering Education (Special Issue on Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability in Engineering Education). [https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c380322.html][SD]

2021

Prabhu, R., Masia, J. S., Berthel, J. T., Meisel, N.A., and Simpson, T. W. (2021). “Maximizing Design Potential: Investigating the Effects of Utilizing Opportunistic and Restrictive Design for Additive Manufacturing in Rapid Response Solutions,” Rapid Prototyping Journal. [https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-11-2020-0297][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Masia, J. S., Berthel, J. T., Meisel, N.A., and Simpson, T. W. (2021). “Design and Manufacturability Data on Additively Manufactured Solutions for COVID-19,” Data in Brief. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107012][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Leguarda, R., Miller, S. R., Simpson, T. W., and Meisel, N. A. (2021). “Favoring Complexity: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Factors that Influence Concept Selection when Designing for Additive Manufacturing,” Journal of Mechanical Design. [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050303][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Simpson, T. W., Miller, S. R., and Meisel, N. A. (2021). “Fresh in My Mind! Investigating the Effects of the Order of Presenting Opportunistic and Restrictive Design for Additive Manufacturing Content on Students’ Creativity,” Journal of Engineering Design. [https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2021.1876843][DfAM]

2020

Prabhu, R., Miller, S. R., Simpson, T. W., and Meisel, N. A. (2020). “Built to Win? Exploring the Role of Competitive Environments on Students’ Creativity in Design for Additive Manufacturing Tasks,” Journal of Engineering Design. [https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2020.1851661][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Bracken, J., Armstrong, C., Jablokow, K., Simpson, T. W., and Meisel, N. A. (2020). “Additive Creativity: Investigating the Use of Design for Additive Manufacturing to Encourage Creativity in the Engineering Design Industry,” International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation – Awarded Distinguished Paper of the Volume/Year. [https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2020.1813633][DfAM]
Bracken, J., Pomorski, T., Armstrong, C., Prabhu, R., Simpson, T. W., Jablokow, K., Cleary, W., and Meisel, N. A. (2020). “Design for Metal Powder Bed Fusion: The Geometry for Additive Part Selection (GAPS) Worksheet,” Additive Manufacturing Journal. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101163][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Miller, S. R., Simpson, T. W., and Meisel, N. A. (2020). “But Will It Build? Assessing Student Engineering Designers’ Use of Design for Additive Manufacturing Considerations in Design Outcomes,” Journal of Mechanical Design. [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046071][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Miller, S. R., Simpson, T. W., and Meisel, N. A. (2020). “Teaching Design Freedom: Understanding the Effects of Variations in Design for Additive Manufacturing Education on Students’ Creativity,” Journal of Mechanical Design. [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046065][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Miller, S. R., Simpson, T. W., and Meisel, N. A. (2020). “Complex Solutions for Complex Problems? Exploring the Role of Task Complexity on Learning, Design for Additive Manufacturing Use, and Creativity,” Journal of Mechanical Design – Invited for submission to the IDETC special edition. [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045127][DfAM]
Prabhu, R., Miller, S. R., Simpson, T. W., and Meisel, N. A. (2020). “Exploring the Effects of Integrating Additive Manufacturing Education on Students’ Engineering Design Process and its Outcomes,” Journal of Mechanical Design. [https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044324][DfAM]

2019

Chen, H., Sonntag, C. C., Pepley, D. F., Prabhu, R., Han, D. C., Moore, J. Z., and Miller, S. R. (2019). “Looks Can Be Deceiving: Gaze Pattern Differences during Placement of Central Lines,” The American Journal of Surgery. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.11.007]
Chen, H., Yovanoff M. A., Pepley, D. F., Prabhu, R., Sonntag, C. C., Han, D. C., Moore, J. Z., and Miller, S. R. (2019). “Evaluating Surgical Resident Needle Insertion Skill Gains in Ventral Venous Catheterization Training,” Journal of Surgical Research. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2018.07.040]

2018

Pepley, D. F, Sonntag, C. C., Prabhu, R., Yovanoff, M. A, Han, D. C., Miller, S. R., and Moore, J. Z. (2018). “Building Ultrasound Phantoms with Modified Polyvinyl Chloride,” Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. [https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0000000000000302]

Conference Papers