Dr Ji Han PhD MSc BEng CEng FHEA MIED FRSA
Lecturer in Design Engineering and Creativity, Programme Director for Industrial Design and Product Design Engineering Civil Engineering and Industrial Design
- Work email Ji.Han@liverpool.ac.uk
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2022
Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: State of the Art and Future Directions (Journal article)
Han, J., Sarica, S., Shi, F., & Luo, J. (n.d.). Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: State of the Art and Future Directions. Journal of Mechanical Design, 1-45. doi:10.1115/1.4052148
2021
A Bibliometric Review of Sustainable Product Design (Journal article)
Jiang, P., Dieckmann, E., Han, J., & Childs, P. R. N. (n.d.). A Bibliometric Review of Sustainable Product Design. Energies, 14(21), 6867. doi:10.3390/en14216867
Is group work beneficial for producing creative designs in STEM design education? (Journal article)
Han, J., Park, D., Hua, M., & Childs, P. R. N. (2021). Is group work beneficial for producing creative designs in STEM design education?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN EDUCATION. doi:10.1007/s10798-021-09709-y
Mental Workload Evaluation of Virtual Object Manipulation on WebVR: An EEG Study (Conference Paper)
Sun, W., Huang, M., Yang, R., Han, J., & Yue, Y. (2021). Mental Workload Evaluation of Virtual Object Manipulation on WebVR: An EEG Study. In 2021 14th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI). IEEE. doi:10.1109/hsi52170.2021.9538783
266 Fuzzy front-end studies: current state and future directions for new product development (Journal article)
Park, D., Han, J., & Childs, P. R. N. (2021). 266 Fuzzy front-end studies: current state and future directions for new product development. RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN, 32(3), 377-409. doi:10.1007/s00163-021-00365-w
An exploration of how creativity, functionality, and aesthetics are related in design (Journal article)
Han, J., Forbes, H., & Schaefer, D. (2021). An exploration of how creativity, functionality, and aesthetics are related in design. RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN, 32(3), 289-307. doi:10.1007/s00163-021-00366-9
Metrics for Measuring Sustainable Product Design Concepts (Journal article)
Han, J., Jiang, P., & Childs, P. (2021). Metrics for Measuring Sustainable Product Design Concepts. Energies. doi:10.3390/en14123469
A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO GENERATE DESIGN WITH SPECIFIC STYLE (Conference Paper)
Wang, D., Li, J., Ge, Z., & Han, J. (2021). A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO GENERATE DESIGN WITH SPECIFIC STYLE. In Proceedings of the Design Society Vol. 1 (pp. 21-30). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/pds.2021.3
A Data-Driven Fuzzy Front End Model for Contextual Performance and Concurrent Collaboration (Journal article)
Park, D., Han, J., & Childs, P. R. N. (2021). A Data-Driven Fuzzy Front End Model for Contextual Performance and Concurrent Collaboration. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1-24. doi:10.1109/tem.2021.3063099
A STUDY ON STUDENT: ASSESSING FOUR CREATIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODS IN PRODUCT DESIGN (Conference Paper)
Yin, Y., Han, J., Huang, S., Zuo, H., & Childs, P. (2021). A STUDY ON STUDENT: ASSESSING FOUR CREATIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODS IN PRODUCT DESIGN. In Proceedings of the Design Society Vol. 1 (pp. 263-272). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/pds.2021.27
DATA-DRIVEN CREATIVITY: COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEM-EXPLORING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (Conference Paper)
Obieke, C. C., Milisavljevic-Syed, J., & Han, J. (2021). DATA-DRIVEN CREATIVITY: COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEM-EXPLORING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN. In Proceedings of the Design Society Vol. 1 (pp. 831-840). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/pds.2021.83
SEMANTIC NETWORKS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN: A SURVEY (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Sarica, S., Shi, F., & Luo, J. (2021). SEMANTIC NETWORKS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN: A SURVEY. In Proceedings of the Design Society Vol. 1 (pp. 2621-2630). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/pds.2021.523
2020
Influence of Hand Representation Design on Presence and Embodiment in Virtual Environment (Conference Paper)
Zhang, J., Huang, M., Zhao, L., Yang, R., Liang, H. -N., Han, J., . . . IEEE. (2020). Influence of Hand Representation Design on Presence and Embodiment in Virtual Environment. In 2020 13TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND DESIGN (ISCID 2020) (pp. 364-367). doi:10.1109/ISCID51228.2020.00088
Workload, Presence and Task Performance of Virtual Object Manipulation on WebVR (Conference Paper)
Sun, W., Huang, M., Yang, R., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Han, J., . . . Soc, I. E. E. E. C. (2020). Workload, Presence and Task Performance of Virtual Object Manipulation on WebVR. In 2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VIRTUAL REALITY (AIVR 2020) (pp. 358-361). doi:10.1109/AIVR50618.2020.00073
Circular Reasoning for The Evolution of Research Through A Strategic Construction of Research Methodologies (Journal article)
Park, D., Bahrudin, F., & Han, J. (2020). Circular Reasoning for The Evolution of Research Through A Strategic Construction of Research Methodologies. International Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods.
A Computational Approach for Using Social Networking Platforms to Support Creative Idea Generation (Journal article)
Han, J., Park, D., Forbes, H., & Schaefer, D. (2020). A Computational Approach for Using Social Networking Platforms to Support Creative Idea Generation. Procedia CIRP, 91(2020), 382. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.02.190
Addressing adjacency constraints in rectangular floor plans using Monte-Carlo Tree Search (Journal article)
Shi, F., Soman, R. K., Han, J., & Whyte, J. K. (2020). Addressing adjacency constraints in rectangular floor plans using Monte-Carlo Tree Search. Automation in Construction, 115, 103187. doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103187
A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR CREATIVE CONCEPT GENERATION AND EVALUATION (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Forbes, H., Shi, F., Hao, J., & Schaefer, D. (2020). A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR CREATIVE CONCEPT GENERATION AND EVALUATION. In Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference Vol. 1 (pp. 167-176). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/dsd.2020.5
A crowdsourcing data-driven approach for innovation (Journal article)
Forbes, H., Han, J., & Schaefer, D. (2020). A crowdsourcing data-driven approach for innovation. International Journal of Systematic Innovation, 6(2), 9-19.
COMPUTATIONAL CONCEPTUAL DISTANCES IN COMBINATIONAL CREATIVITY (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Hua, M., Park, D., Wang, P., & Childs, P. R. N. (2020). COMPUTATIONAL CONCEPTUAL DISTANCES IN COMBINATIONAL CREATIVITY. In Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference Vol. 1 (pp. 177-186). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/dsd.2020.36
Investigating Factors Influential on the Success of Social Product Development initiatives (Journal article)
Forbes, H., Schaefer, D., Han, J., & De Oliveira, F. B. (2020). Investigating Factors Influential on the Success of Social Product Development initiatives. Procedia CIRP, 91, 107-112. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.02.155
Supporting Design Problem-exploring with Emergent Technologies (Journal article)
Obieke, C., Milisavljevic-Syed, J., & Han, J. (2020). Supporting Design Problem-exploring with Emergent Technologies. Procedia CIRP, 91, 373-381. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.02.189
USING CROWDFUNDING AS PART OF THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (Conference Paper)
Forbes, H., Han, J., & Schaefer, D. (2020). USING CROWDFUNDING AS PART OF THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. In Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference Vol. 1 (pp. 1245-1254). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/dsd.2020.256
2019
A Design Framework for Social Product Development (Journal article)
Forbes, H., Schaefer, D., Panchal, J., & Han, J. (2019). A Design Framework for Social Product Development. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1-12. doi:10.1109/tem.2019.2948996
Exploring a Social Media Crowdsourcing Data-Driven Approach for Innovation (Conference Paper)
Forbes, H., Han, J., & Schaefer, D. (2019). Exploring a Social Media Crowdsourcing Data-Driven Approach for Innovation. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Systematic Innovation. Liverpool.
An artificial intelligence based data-driven approach for design ideation (Journal article)
Chen, L., Wang, P., Dong, H., Shi, F., Han, J., Guo, Y., . . . Wu, C. (2019). An artificial intelligence based data-driven approach for design ideation. JOURNAL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND IMAGE REPRESENTATION, 61, 10-22. doi:10.1016/j.jvcir.2019.02.009
A Further Exploration of the Three Driven Approaches to Combinational Creativity (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Hua, M., Shi, F., & Childs, P. R. N. (2019). A Further Exploration of the Three Driven Approaches to Combinational Creativity. In Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design Vol. 1 (pp. 2735-2744). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.280
An Exploration of the Relations between Functionality, Aesthetics and Creativity in Design (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Forbes, H., & Schaefer, D. (2019). An Exploration of the Relations between Functionality, Aesthetics and Creativity in Design. In Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design Vol. 1 (pp. 259-268). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.29
An Ontology for Supporting Digital Manufacturability Analysis (Journal article)
Han, J., & Schaefer, D. (2019). An Ontology for Supporting Digital Manufacturability Analysis. 52ND CIRP CONFERENCE ON MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (CMS), 81, 850-855. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2019.03.211
Exploring the Effect of Combinational Pictorial Stimuli on Creative Design Performance (Conference Paper)
Hua, M., Han, J., Ma, X., & Childs, P. (2019). Exploring the Effect of Combinational Pictorial Stimuli on Creative Design Performance. In Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design Vol. 1 (pp. 1763-1772). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.182
New directions in computational, combinational and structural creativity (Journal article)
Garvey, B., Chen, L., Shi, F., Han, J., & Childs, P. R. N. (2019). New directions in computational, combinational and structural creativity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART C-JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 233(2), 425-431. doi:10.1177/0954406218769919
Three driven approaches to combinational creativity: Problem-, similarity- and inspiration-driven (Journal article)
Han, J., Park, D., Shi, F., Chen, L., Hua, M., & Childs, P. R. N. (2019). Three driven approaches to combinational creativity: Problem-, similarity- and inspiration-driven. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C-Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 233(2), 373-384. doi:10.1177/0954406217750189
2018
Towards A Comprehensive Understanding of Design Sketch (Journal article)
Hua, M., Han, J., Wang, P., & Huang, S. (2018). Towards A Comprehensive Understanding of Design Sketch. IDEALOGY, 3(3), 261-277.
A computational tool for creative idea generation based on analogical reasoning and ontology (Journal article)
Han, J., Shi, F., Chen, L., & Childs, P. R. N. (2018). A computational tool for creative idea generation based on analogical reasoning and ontology. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 32(4), 462-477. doi:10.1017/S0890060418000082
A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH FOR COMBINATIONAL CREATIVITY IN DESIGN (Conference Paper)
Chen, L., Wang, P., Shi, F., Han, J., & Childs, P. R. N. (n.d.). A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH FOR COMBINATIONAL CREATIVITY IN DESIGN. In Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia; The Design Society, Glasgow, UK. doi:10.21278/idc.2018.0375
THE CONCEPTUAL DISTANCES BETWEEN IDEAS IN COMBINATIONAL CREATIVITY (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Shi, F., Park, D., Chen, L., & Childs, P. R. N. (n.d.). THE CONCEPTUAL DISTANCES BETWEEN IDEAS IN COMBINATIONAL CREATIVITY. In Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia; The Design Society, Glasgow, UK. doi:10.21278/idc.2018.0264
The Combinator – a computer-based tool for creative idea generation based on a simulation approach (Journal article)
Han, J., Shi, F., Chen, L., & Childs, P. R. N. (2018). The Combinator – a computer-based tool for creative idea generation based on a simulation approach. Design Science, 4. doi:10.1017/dsj.2018.7
Exploring the impact of functional terms on idea generation in design (Conference Paper)
Hao, J., Wang, L., Han, J., & Schaefer, D. (2018). Exploring the impact of functional terms on idea generation in design. In Proceedings of International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, CIE Vol. 2018-December.
2017
A Data-Driven Text Mining and Semantic Network Analysis for Design Information Retrieval (Journal article)
Shi, F., Chen, L., Han, J., & Childs, P. (2017). A Data-Driven Text Mining and Semantic Network Analysis for Design Information Retrieval. Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 14 pages. doi:10.1115/1.4037649
The Analogy Retriever – An Idea Generation Tool (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Shi, F., Chen, L., & Childs, P. R. N. (2017). The Analogy Retriever – An Idea Generation Tool. In DS 87: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17). Vancouver, Canada.
Three Driven Approaches to Combinational Creativity (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Park, D., Shi, F., Chen, L., & Childs, P. (2017). Three Driven Approaches to Combinational Creativity. In DS 87: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 17). Vancouver, Canada.
A Network-Based Computational Model for Creative Knowledge Discovery Bridging Human-Computer Interaction and Data Mining (Conference Paper)
Chen, L., Shi, F., Han, J., & Childs, P. R. N. (2017). A Network-Based Computational Model for Creative Knowledge Discovery Bridging Human-Computer Interaction and Data Mining. In Volume 7: 29th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi:10.1115/detc2017-67228
Implicit Knowledge Discovery in Design Semantic Network by Applying Pythagorean Means on Shortest Path Searching (Conference Paper)
Shi, F., Chen, L., Han, J., & Childs, P. (2017). Implicit Knowledge Discovery in Design Semantic Network by Applying Pythagorean Means on Shortest Path Searching. In Volume 1: 37th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi:10.1115/detc2017-67230
2016
A Data Mining Approach to Assist Design Knowledge Retrieval Based on Keyword Associations (Conference Paper)
Shi, F., Han, J., & Childs, P. R. N. (2016). A Data Mining Approach to Assist Design Knowledge Retrieval Based on Keyword Associations. In DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference. Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The Combinator: A Computer-Based Tool for Idea Generation (Conference Paper)
Han, J., Shi, F., & Childs, P. R. N. (2016, May 16). The Combinator: A Computer-Based Tool for Idea Generation. In DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference. Dubrovnik, Croatia.