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VERKERKE, G. VAN DER HOUWEN, E. BROEKHUIS, A. BURŠA, J. CATAPANO, G. MCCULLAGH, P. MOTTAGHY, K. NIEDERER, P. REILLY, R. ROGALEWICZ, V. SEGERS, P. VERDONSCHOT, N.
Original Title
Science versus design; comparable, contrastive or conducive?
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
Science and design are two completely separated areas of expertise with their own specialists. Science analyses the existing world to create new knowledge, design uses existing knowledge to create a new world. This tunnel-vision mentality and narrow-minded approach is dangerous for problem solving, where a broad view on potential solutions is required to realise a high-quality answer on the defined problem. We state that design benefits from scientific methods, resulting in a more effective design process and in better products, while science benefits from a design approach, resulting in more efficient and effective results. Our philosophy is illustrated using examples from the field of biomedical engineering. Both methods can benefit tremendously from each other. By applying scientific methods, superior choices will be made in the design process. With design, more accurate, effective and efficient science will be performed.
Keywords
Engineering education; Specialisation; Multidisciplinarity; methodical design;
Authors
VERKERKE, G.; VAN DER HOUWEN, E.; BROEKHUIS, A.; BURŠA, J.; CATAPANO, G.; MCCULLAGH, P.; MOTTAGHY, K.; NIEDERER, P.; REILLY, R.; ROGALEWICZ, V.; SEGERS, P.; VERDONSCHOT, N.
RIV year
2013
Released
15. 5. 2013
Publisher
Elsevier BV
ISBN
1751-6161
Periodical
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
Year of study
41
Number
7
State
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Pages from
1516
Pages to
1527
Pages count
12
BibTex
@article{BUT104237, author="Gijsbertus J {Verkerke} and Eduard B {van der Houwen} and Anton A {Broekhuis} and Jiří {Burša} and Gerardo {Catapano} and Paul {McCullagh} and Khosrow {Mottaghy} and Peter {Niederer} and Richard {Reilly} and Vladimír {Rogalewicz} and patrick {Segers} and Nico {Verdonschot}", title="Science versus design; comparable, contrastive or conducive?", journal="Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials", year="2013", volume="41", number="7", pages="1516--1527", doi="10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.01.009", issn="1751-6161" }