Publications
2011

Helms, M., Vattam, S., Goel, A., Yen, J. (2011) Enhanced Human Learning Using Structure-Behavior-Function Models. To appear in Proc. 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies Athens, Georgia, July 2011

Wiltgen, B., Vattam, S., Helms, M., Goel, A. (2011) Learning Functional Models of Biological Systems for Biologically Inspired Design. To appear in Proc. 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies Athens, Georgia, July 2011

Yen, J., Weissburg, M., Helms, M., Goel, A. (2011) Biologically Inspired Design: A tool for interdisciplinary education. To appear in Biomimetics: Nature-Based Innovation Y. Bar-Cohen (editor), Taylor & Francis, 2010.

Goel, A., Bras, B., Helms, M., Rugaber, S., Tovey, C., Vattam, S., Weissburg, M., Wiltgen, B., Yen, J. (2011) Design Patterns and Cross-domain Analogies in Biologically Inspired Sustainable Design. In Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium on AI and Sustainable Design Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, March 2011, pp. 45 - 51.

Goel, A., Bras, B., Helms, M., Rugaber, S., Tovey, C., Vattam, S., Weissburg, M., Wiltgen, B., Yen, J. (2011) Computer-Aided Biologically Inspired Design: A Bridge Between Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Development. To appear in Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium on AI and Sustainable Design Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, March 2011.

Goel, A., Vattam, S., Wiltgen, B., Helms, M. (2011) Cognitive, Collaborative, Conceptual and Creative - Four Characteristics of the Next Generation of Knowledge-Based CAD Systems: A Study in Biologically Inspired Design. To appear in Computer-Aided Design, Special Issue on Next Generation CAD Systems Yong Zeng and Imre Horvath (editors), Elsevier.

2010

Helms, M., Vattam, S., Goel, A. (2010) The Effects of Functional Modeling on Understanding Complex Biological Systems. In Proc. 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE Conference on Design Theory and Methods Montreal, Canada, August 2010.

Vattam,S., Helms, M., Goel, A.(2010) Biologically Inspired Design: A Macrocognitive Account. In Proc. 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE Conference on Design Theory and Methods Montreal, Canada, August 2010.

Vattam,S., Helms, M., Goel, A. (2010) A Content Account of Creative Analogies in Biologically Inspired Design. AI for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, Special Issue on Biologically Inspired Design. 24,:467-481.

Vattam, S., Wiltgen,B., Helms, M., & Goel, A., Yen, J. (2010) DANE: Fostering Creativity in and through Biologically Inspired Design In Proc. First International Conference on Design Creativity, Kobe, Japan, November 2010.

Yen, J., Helms, M., Vattam, S., Goel, A. (2010) Evaluating Biological Systems for Their Potential in Engineering Design In Proc. 3rd International Conference on Bionics Engineering, Zhuhai, China, September 2010.

2009

Helms, M., Vattam, S., Goel, A. (2009) Biologically Inspired Design: Products and Processes Design Studies , 30(5), 606-622, September 2009.

Goel, A., Vattam, S., Helms, M. (2009) Biologically Inspired Design: Human Reasoning from Nature's Experiences In Proceedings from IJCAI-09 Workshop on Grand Challenges in Reasoning from Experience Pasedena, CA, July 11 -12, 2009.

Eggermont, M., Gould, C., Helms, M., Yen, J., Zegerac, D., Gibbons, S., Hastrich, C., Hinds, B., DeLuca, D., Ching, J. (2009) What Has Fins Liks a Whale, Skin Like a Lizard, and Eyes Like a Moth? The Future of Engineering. Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Conference , Austin, TX

Vattam, S., Helms, M., Goel (2009) Nature of Creative Analogies in Biologically Inspired Design in Proceedings of ACM Creativity and Cognition 2009 Berkeley, CA, Oct 27-30.

2008

Helms, M., Vattam, S., Goel, A., Yen, J., Weissburg, M. (2008) Problem-Driven and Solution-Based Design: Twin Processes of Biologically Inpsired Design. To appear in Proceedings ACADIA-2008, Minneapolis, MN.

Helms, M., Vattam, S., Goel, A. (2008) Compound Analogical Design, or How to Make a Surfboard Disappear. In B.C. Love, K. McRae, & V.M. Sloutsky (Eds.) Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 781 – 786), Washington D.C.:Cognitive Science Society

Vattam, S., Helms, M., Goel, A. (2008) Compound Analogical Design: Interaction Between Problem Decomposition and Analogical Transfer in Biologically Inspired Design. In J.Gero & A.Goel (Eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (pp. 377 - 396), Atlanta, GA.: Berlin:Springer

Vattam, S., Helms, M., Goel, A., Yen, J., Weissburg, M. (2008) Learning About and Through Biologically Inspired Design. To appear in Proceeding from the 2nd Design Creativity Workshop Atlanta, GA.

Helms, M., Goel, A.(2008) From Diagrams to Design: Overcoming Knowledge Acquisition Barriers in Case-Based Design. In J.Gero & A.Goel (Eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (pp. 341 - 350), Atlanta, GA.: Berlin:Springer

2007

Vattam, S., Helms, M., Goel, A. (2007) Biologically Inspired Innovation in Engineering Design: A Cognitive Study. Technical Report GIT-GVU-07-07, Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.