WHAT PROBLEM IS BEING SOLVED?

How do you formulate complex problems to collaborate with outsiders? How should you account for AI and automation?   

Tayyara, O., Flus, M., Vrolijk, A., Amon, C., and Olechowski, A. “Deep Co-design: A Novel Collaboration Framework for the Electro-thermal Design Process of Power Electronics Systems.” (Manuscript)

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. (In press) “Requirements, Objectives, Both, or Neither: How to Formulate Complex Design Problems for Innovation Contests .” Journal of Mechanical Design.

Khanolkar, P.M., Vrolijk, A., and Olechowski, A. (In press) “Mapping AI Tools and Methods to Engineering Design Stages: A Focused Literature Review.” Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis, and Manufacturing.

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. (2015). “When Policy Structures Technology: Balancing Upfront Decomposition and In-Process Coordination in Europe’s Decentralized Space Technology Ecosystem.” Acta Astronautica, 106, 33-46. [doi]

Khanolkar, P. M., Vrolijk, A., and Olechowski, A. (2023). “A Case Study of the Decision-Making behind the Automation of a Composites-Based Design Process,” ID415, ICED 2023: 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, Bordeaux, France. [doi]

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. (2020). “Exploring how Prize Challenges Complement an Organization’s

Innovation Efforts,” MS1031, CESUN 2020: Engineering Systems Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.

Szajnfarber, Z., Vrolijk, A., and Crusan, J. (2014) “Exploring the Interaction Between Open Innovation Methods and System Complexity,” CESUN 2014: 4th International Engineering Systems Symposium, Hoboken, NJ.

How do outsiders solve a complex problem (differently)? How do we acknowledge and leverage input from outsiders? What kinds of benefits can they provide? (Image: NASA)

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. “Unlocking Useful Input in Crowdsourcing: The Need for Deep Information Exchange when the Crowd (Re)formulates.” (Under review) [doi]

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. (2023). “The Opportunists in Innovation Contests: Understanding Who to Attract and How to Attract Them.” Research-Technology Management, 66(1):30-40. [doi] (Selected as issue's open access article—Research-Technology Management)

Vrolijk, A., Roman, M. C., and Szajnfarber, Z. (2022). “Mapping the Benefits from Innovation Contests.” Research-Technology Management, 65(1):29-38. [doi]

Szajnfarber, Z., Zhang, L., Mukherjee, S., Crusan, J., Hennig, A., and Vrolijk, A. (2020). “Who Is in the Crowd? Characterizing the Capabilities of Prize Competition Competitors.” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, p. 1-15. [doi]

Szajnfarber, Z. and Vrolijk, A. (2018). “A Facilitated Expert-Based Approach to Architecting ‘Openable’ Complex Systems.” Systems Engineering, 21, 47-58. [doi] (Finalist for Best Paper of 2018—Systems Engineering)

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. (2015). “When Policy Structures Technology: Balancing Upfront Decomposition and In-Process Coordination in Europe’s Decentralized Space Technology Ecosystem.” Acta Astronautica, 106, 33-46. [doi] (Best Master’s Research of 2013—Technology, Management and Policy Graduate Consortium)

Vrolijk, A., Deng, Y., and Olechowski, A. (2023). “Connecting Design Iterations to Performance in Engineering Design,” ID114, ICED 2023: 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, Bordeaux, France. [doi] (Reviewer's Favourite Award—ICED23 Committee)

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. (2020). “Exploring how Prize Challenges Complement an Organization’s

Innovation Efforts,” MS1031, CESUN 2020: Engineering Systems Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.

Vrolijk, A. and Szajnfarber, Z. (2020). “Leveraging the Household Sector: Local Knowledge, Local Formulation, and Depth of Contribution,” Paper 21313, Academy of Management Proceedings, Virtual Conference.