Ph.D. Industrial Engineering
Aoran comes from a multi-disciplinary background in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Design, and Industrial Engineering. Her research area focuses on risk-taking, engineering education, design theory and methodology, human factors research, and creativity.
Research Projects
Formation and Impact of Creative Climate in Engineering Classrooms
Team Composition of Individual Attributes and Its Impact on Creative Risk-Taking
Individual Attributes and Its Impact on Creative Risk-Taking Signal Detection
Investigating the Difference Between Creative Design Actions of Moroccan and U.S. Students
Design Projects
Ankle Rehabilitation Steward Platform
Athletic Exercise Testing Platform
WABHACKS: Virtual Collaboration Experience Redesign
GUI Redesign: Low Cost haptic feedback Needle Insertaion Simulator (LCNIS)
Recent Publications
Hit, Miss, or Error? Predicting Errors in Design Decision Making for Radically Innovative Ideas using Individual Attributes
Peng, A., Miller, S. R. (2022, In Revision). Journal of Mechanical Design.
Crossing cultural borders: A case study of conceptual design outcomes of US and Moroccan student samples.
Peng, A., Menold, J., & Miller, S. R. (2022). . Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(3).