Kate Fu receives inaugural ASME Design Theory and Methodology Lasting Impact Paper Award

Kate Fu, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, received the inaugural DTM (Design Theory and Methodology) Lasting Impact Paper Award at the recent ASME IDETC conference.

This new award recognizes a single paper from the DTM Conference held ten years prior that has demonstrated sustained and significant influence on the field of design theory and methodology. Her team’s work was selected by the award committee for its originality, continued relevance, and enduring contributions to advancing design theory, methods, and practice.

The paper is: “Design Principles: The Foundation of Design” and her coauthors are Maria C. Yang and Kristin L. Wood.

Fu was recognized during the IDETC conference in Anaheim and had the chance to revisit the original paper and reflect on the trajectory + impact of the work.

“I’m deeply honored to receive this award alongside my postdoctoral advisors. It’s gratifying to see the impact the work has had; our paper has now been cited 82 times, with the journal version receiving 237 citations. When we first wrote it, our hope was simply that it might support and enrich the ways the design research and practice communities think about this area. It’s rewarding to know that colleagues have found it useful enough to return to over time.”