Mechanical Engineering Conference Presentations, Papers, and Proceedings Mechanical Engineering 8-2013 Synergy Between Normative and Descriptive Design Teory and Methodology Sara Behdad University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Leif P. Berg Iowa State University, lpberg@iastate.edu Deborah Turston University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Judy M. Vance Iowa State University, jmvance@iastate.edu Follow this and additional works at: htp://lib.dr.iastate.edu/me_conf Part of the Mechanical Engineering Commons Tis Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Mechanical Engineering at Digital Repository @ Iowa State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mechanical Engineering Conference Presentations, Papers, and Proceedings by an authorized administrator of Digital Repository @ Iowa State University. For more information, please contact digirep@iastate.edu. Recommended Citation Behdad, Sara; Berg, Leif P.; Turston, Deborah; and Vance, Judy M., "Synergy Between Normative and Descriptive Design Teory and Methodology" (2013). Mechanical Engineering Conference Presentations, Papers, and Proceedings. Paper 20. htp://lib.dr.iastate.edu/me_conf/20