Senthil Chandrasegaran

Journal Publications

Staged Animation Strategies for Online Dynamic Networks

Tarik Crnovrsanin, Shilpika, Senthil Chandrasegaran, and Kwan-Liu Ma
Transactions of Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE InfoVis), 2021 (accepted).
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Using Social Interaction Trace Data and Context to Predict Collaboration Quality and Creative Fluency in Collaborative Design Learning Environments.

Ninger Zhou, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Niklas Elmqvist, and Karthik Ramani
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 136, p. 102378, 2020.
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Examining Middle School Students’ Engineering Design Processes in a Design Workshop

Ninger Zhou, Nielsen Pereira, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Tarun Thomas George, Joran Booth, and Karthik Ramani
Research in Science Education, pp. 1--30, 2019.
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Visual Analytics Tools for Sustainable Lifecycle Design: Current Status,Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Devarajan Ramanujan, William Z. Bernstein, Senthil Chandrasegaran, and Karthik Ramani
Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111415, 2017.
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Integrating visual analytics support for grounded theory practice in qualitative text analysis.

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Karthik Ramani, and Niklas Elmqvist
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis), 36(3), pp.201—212, 2017.
Acceptance Rate: 27%
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The influence of toy design activities on middle school students' understanding of the engineering design process

Ninger Zhou, Nielsen Pereira, Tarun T. George, Jeffrey Alperovich, Joran Booth, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Jeffrey Tew, Devadutta Kulkarni, and Karthik Ramani
Journal of Science Education and Technology, pp.1—13, 2017.
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VizScribe: A visual analytics approach to understand designer behavior

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Kylie Peppler, Niklas Elmqvist, and Karthik Ramani
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 100, pp.66–80, 2017.
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The evolution, challenges, and future of knowledge representation in product design systems

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Karthik Ramani, Ram D. Sriram, Imre Horvath, Alain Bernard, Ramy Harik, and Wei Gao

Computer-Aided Design, 45(2) pp.204–228. 2013.
CAD journal's top 3 most cited articles published between 2013–2018
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Conference Publications

How Designers Talk: Constructing and Analysing a Design Thinking Data Corpus

Peter Lloyd, Almila Akdag Salah, and Senthil Chandrasegaran
ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, Online, 2021.
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ConceptScope: Organizing and Visualizing Knowledge in Documents based on Domain Ontology

Xiaoyu Zhang, Senthil Chandrasegaran, and Kwan-Liu Ma
ACM CHI Conference, Online, 2021.
Acceptance Rate: 26.3%
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A Visual Analytics Approach for the Diagnosis of Heterogeneous and Multidimensional Machine Maintenance Data

Xiaoyu Zhang, Takanori Fujiwara, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Michael Brundage, Thurston Sexton, Alden Dima, and Kwan-Liu Ma
IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, 2021.
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Spinneret: Aiding Creative Ideation through Non-Obvious Concept Associations

Suyun “Sandra” Bae, Oh-Hyun Kwon, Senthil Chandrasegaran, and Kwan-Liu Ma
ACM CHI Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2020.
Acceptance Rate: 24.3%
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Using Text Visualization to Aid Analysis of Machine Maintenance Logs

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Xiaoyu Zhang, Michael P. Brundage, and Kwan-Liu Ma
Model-Based Enterprise Summit, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2020.
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TalkTraces: Real-Time Capture and Visualization of Verbal Content in Meetings

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Chris Bryan, Hidekazu Shidara, Tung-Yen Chuang, and Kwan-Liu Ma
ACM CHI Conference, paper No. 577 (14 pages) Glasgow, Scotland, 2019.
Acceptance Rate: 23.8%
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Students' Exploration Strategies in a Sustainability-Focused Structural Optimization Task

Devarajan Ramanujan, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Ninger Zhou, and Karthik Ramani,
ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, Quebec City, Canada, 2018.
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How do Sketching and Non-Sketching Actions Convey Design Intent?

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Devarajan Ramanujan, and Niklas Elmqvist,
ACM DIS Conference, pp.373-385, Hong Kong, China, 2018.
Acceptance Rate: 22%
Best Paper Honorable Mention (~Top 5% of submitted papers)
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Merging sketches for creative design exploration: an evaluation of physical and cognitive operations.

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Ninger Zhou, Zhenpeng Zhao, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Kylie Peppler, Niklas Elmqvist, and Karthik Ramani
Graphics Interface, pp. 115-123, Edmonton, Alberta, 2017.
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Co-3Deator: a team-first collaborative 3D design ideation tool

Cecil Piya, Vinayak, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Niklas Elmqvist, and Karthik Ramani
ACM CHI Conference, pp.6581-6592, Denver, Colorado, 2017.
Acceptance Rate: 25%
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Developing Middle School Students’ Engineering Design Concepts through Toy Design Workshop

Ninger Zhou, Tarun Thomas George, Joran Booth, Jeff Alperovich, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Nielsen Pereira, Jeffrey Tew, Devadutta N. Kulkarni, and Karthik Ramani
American Society of Engineering Education Conference & Exposition, 2016.
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Collaborative sketching with skWiki: a case study

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Zhenpeng Zhao, Niklas Elmqvist, Lorraine Kisselburgh, and Karthik Ramani
ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, Buffalo, NY, 2014.
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Tracing and sketching performance using blunt-tipped styli on direct-touch tablets

Sriram Karthik Badam, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Niklas Elmqvist, and Karthik Ramani

ACM AVI Conference, pp.193-200, Como, Italy, 2014.
Acceptance Rate: 28.7%
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Juxtapoze: supporting serendipity and creative expression in clipart compositions

William Benjamin, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Devarajan Ramanujan, Niklas Elmqvist, and Karthik Ramani

ACM CHI Conference, pp.341-350, Toronto Canada, 2014.
Acceptance Rate: 22.8%
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skWiki: A multimedia sketching system for collaborative creativity

Zhenpeng Zhao, Sriram Karthik Badam, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Deok Gun Park, Niklas Elmqvist, Lorraine Kisselburgh, and Karthik Ramani

ACM CHI Conference, pp.1235-1244, Toronto Canada, 2014.
Acceptance Rate: 22.8%
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The social ecologies of collaborative design in Visually-Integrated Cyber Enabled Design (V-ICED) environments.

Lorraine Kisselburgh, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Jeremy Foote, Patricia Gettings, Teis Kristensen, and Karthik Ramani.

Paper presented to the National Communication Association, Washington, DC, 2013.
Top Four paper award

Understanding brainstorming through text visualization

Senthil Chandrasegaran, Lorraine Kisselburgh, and Karthik Ramani

ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2013.
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A proposed platform to simplify the integration of electronics into a mechanical engineering design course

Brett Skaloud, Senthil Chandrasegaran, and Karthik Ramani

ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, Chicago, IL, 2012.
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Enhancing visual thinking in a toy design course using freehand sketching

Elkin Taborda, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Tahira Reid, and Karthik Ramani

ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, Chicago, IL, 2012.
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ME 444: redesigning a toy design course

Elkin Taborda, Senthil Chandrasegaran, and Karthik Ramani

Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2012.
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Doctoral Thesis

Tools and Methods to Analyze Multimodal Data in Collaborative Design Ideation

Senthil Chandrasegaran
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Major Advisor: Karthik Ramani
Advisory Committee: Niklas Elmqvist, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Jitesh Panchal
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