Elisa Kwon is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. Her main research interest is in exploring human cognition during the engineering design process, drawing on work from cognitive neurocience and psychology. She graduated with a BASc in Engineering Science and MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Outside of the lab, Elisa is enthusiastic about live music, thrift-flipping DIY projects, and Christopher Nolan films.
Elisa Kwon
PhD candidate
Email
elisa.kwon@berkeley.edu
Papers
Generating Preinventive Structures: AI-Driven Creativity in Product Repurposing
Assessing the alignment between word representations in the brain and large language models
Examining the Boundary between Near and Far Design Stimuli
Investigating the Roles of Expertise and Modality in Designers' Search for Inspirational Stimuli
Enabling multi-modal search for inspirational design stimuli using deep learning
Exploring designers’ encounters with unexpected inspirational stimuli