Design Resources

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Britelab Design Resources

One of the outputs of our lab is a set of resources for design students, educators and practitioners. Here you will find a collection of these items as well as useful links to some of our external sites.



Survey Instruments

2013 Concept Selection in Engineering Industry
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
A survey tool developed to identify concept selection practices and risk preferences in engineering design industry
Preferences for Creativity Scale (PCS)
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
A survey tool developed to identify the underlying psychometric factors of creative concept selection.
2017 Concept Selection in Engineering Design Indusry - the driving factors of success
Developed by Xuan Zheng* and Scarlett Miller
A survey tool developed to identify the underlying factors impacting the selection of creative ideas in design industry.
Concept Screening Sheet
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
A survey used to individually rate each idea a team generates prior to any team discussions.


Brainstorming/ Design Prompts



Novel Milk Frother
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
Design prompt for developing concepts for a new, innovative, product that can froth milk in a short amount of time
Novel Milk Frother with Heating Element
Developed by Elizabeth Starkey* and Scarlett Miller
Modified design prompt for developing concepts for a new, innovative, product that can froth milk in a short amount of time that specifies heating element
Pedestrian Accident
Developed by Scarlett Miller and Alex Kirlik
Design prompt for a to develop concepts for a device that reduces pedestrian accidents caused by texting or looking at phone while walking around campus
GreenHouse Grid
Developed by Khanjan Metha
Design prompt for a method to layout and assemble a greenhouse in under 10 minutes
Urinary Track Infection (UTI) Test Strip
Developed by Khanjan Metha
Design prompt for a simple, inexpensive, low-waste, and durable system that allows for introduction of a urine sample onto the test strip
Transportation Systemp
Developed by General Electric for EDSGN100 (Intro to Engineering Design)
Design prompt for a of a cost-effective freight shipping system that reduces smog and meets EPA requirements, while maintaining or increasing freight capacity into and out an important port city


Design Rating Surveys (DRS)

The survey tools used to rate ideas for their novelty using the Shah, Vargas-Hernandez, and Smith Method

Milk Frother Design Rating Survey
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
Pedestrian Accidents Design Rating Survey
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
Pedestrian Accidents
Greenhouse Grid Design Rating Surveys
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
Urinary Track Infection (UTI) Design Rating Surveys (DRS)
Developed by Christine Toh* and Scarlett Miller
Transportation System Design Rating Surveys (DRS)
Developed by Xuan Zheng* and Scarlett Miller

Student Resources

Letters of Recommendation

If you would like to request a letter of recommendation for grad schools or other organizations, please fill out the application below and include it with the rest of your materials for Dr. Miller. Click here to download the britelab Letter of Recommendation Application. Also, per the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act , you must also complete the form to request a letter of recommendation here with your request

IRB Training


New lab students will need to complete the Internal Review Board ethics training. Download the “Instructions for Accessing and Completing the CITI Course Training Requirements” and complete the Social and Behavioral Research training by visiting the CITI training website.

When you are finished you will need to print and email your completion form to Dr. Miller. To access your completion report, click “print” under Completion Report: