2026 Jonathan Cagan: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	60	696	633	306	258	318	13184

Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Jonathan Cagan is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research spans multiple facets of engineering with a predominant focus on design and human interaction with technology. Their expertise is reflected in a substantial body of work in the field of Engineering, particularly within subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Social Psychology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Building and Construction.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

Design Education and Practice
Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
Product Development and Customization
Manufacturing Process and Optimization
BIM and Construction Integration
Technology Assessment and Management
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Jonathan Cagan has published extensively in venues that include:

Journal of Mechanical Design
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
Proceedings of the Design Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Data in Brief

Recent scholarly contributions encompass papers such as:

"Human confidence in artificial intelligence and in themselves: The evolution and impact of confidence on adoption of AI advice" (2021) published in Computers in Human Behavior
"A cautionary tale about the impact of AI on human design teams" (2021) published in Design Studies
"Trust in an AI versus a Human teammate: The effects of teammate identity and performance on Human-AI cooperation" (2022) published in Computers in Human Behavior
"Adaptive Inspirational Design Stimuli: Using Design Output to Computationally Search for Stimuli That Impact Concept Generation" (2020) published in Journal of Mechanical Design
"Decoding the agility of artificial intelligence-assisted human design teams" (2022) published in Design Studies

Frequent collaborators with whom Jonathan Cagan has co-authored numerous works include:

Christopher McComb
Kenneth Kotovsky
Guanglu Zhang
Joshua T. Gyory
Nicolás F. Soria Zurita

Jonathan Cagan was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2000.

Best Publications

Creating Breakthrough Products: Innovation from Product Planning to Program Approval

Jonathan Cagan;Craig M. Vogel

955
Citations
A Study of Design Fixation, Its Mitigation and Perception in Engineering Design Faculty

J. S. Linsey;I. Tseng;K. Fu;J. Cagan

504
Citations
Speaking the Buick Language: Capturing, Understanding, and Exploring Brand Identity With Shape Grammars

Jay P McCormack;Jonathan Cagan;Craig M Vogel

438
Citations
On the benefits and pitfalls of analogies for innovative design : Ideation performance based on analogical distance, commonness, and modality of examples

Joel Chan;Katherine Fu;Christian D. Schunn;Jonathan Cagan

379
Citations
Formal Engineering Design Synthesis

Erik K. Antonsson;Jonathan Cagan

342
Citations
THE MEANING OF "NEAR" AND "FAR": THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURING DESIGN DATABASES AND THE EFFECT OF DISTANCE OF ANALOGY ON DESIGN OUTPUT

Katherine Fu;Joel Chan;Jonathan Cagan;Kenneth Kotovsky

329
Citations
A Blend of Different Tastes: The Language of Coffeemakers:

Manish Agarwal;Jonathan Cagan

313
Citations
A survey of computational approaches to three-dimensional layout problems

Jonathan Cagan;Kenji Shimada;Sun Yin

310
Citations
Computer-Based Design Synthesis Research: An Overview

Amaresh Chakrabarti;Kristina Shea;Robert B. Stone;Jonathan Cagan

306
Citations
Capturing a rebel: modeling the Harley-Davidson brand through a motorcycle shape grammar

Michael J. Pugliese;Jonathan Cagan

290
Citations
The role of timing and analogical similarity in the stimulation of idea generation in design

Ian Tseng;Jarrod Moss;Jonathan Cagan;Kenneth Kotovsky

282
Citations
A-Design: An Agent-Based Approach to Conceptual Design in a Dynamic Environment

Matthew I. Campbell;Jonathan Cagan;Kenneth Kotovsky

272
Citations
Fixation or inspiration? A meta-analytic review of the role of examples on design processes

Ut Na Sio;Kenneth Kotovsky;Jonathan Cagan

231
Citations
A Framework for Computational Design Synthesis: Model and Applications

Jonathan Cagan;Matthew I. Campbell;Susan Finger;Tetsuo Tomiyama

197
Citations
Human confidence in artificial intelligence and in themselves: The evolution and impact of confidence on adoption of AI advice

Leah Chong;Guanglu Zhang;Kosa Goucher-Lambert;Kenneth Kotovsky

189
Citations
A Simulated Annealing-Based Approach to Three-Dimensional Component Packing

S. Szykman;J. Cagan

168
Citations
Agent-Based Synthesis of Electromechanical Design Configurations

Matthew I. Campbell;Jonathan Cagan;Kenneth Kotovsky

168
Citations
Empirical Studies of Designer Thinking: Past, Present, and Future

Mahmoud Dinar;Jami J. Shah;Jonathan Cagan;Larry Leifer

167
Citations
Constrained Three-Dimensional Component Layout Using Simulated Annealing

S. Szykman;J. Cagan

162
Citations
Quantifying Aesthetic Form Preference in a Utility Function

Seth D. Orsborn;Jonathan Cagan;Peter Boatwright

161
Citations
Innovative dome design: Applying geodesic patterns with shape annealing

Kristina Shea;Jonathan Cagan

161
Citations
A Simulated Annealing-Based Algorithm Using Hierarchical Models for General Three Dimensional Component Layout

Jonathan Cagan;Drew Degentesh;Su Yin

154
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian D. Schunn University of Pittsburgh

Kristin L. Wood University of Colorado Denver

Kristina Shea ETH Zurich

Alice M. Agogino University of California, Berkeley

Julie S. Linsey Georgia Institute of Technology

Jeremy J. Michalek Carnegie Mellon University

Herbert A. Simon Carnegie Mellon University

Laurie R. Weingart Carnegie Mellon University

Steven M. Smith Texas A&M University

Arthur B. Markman The University of Texas at Austin

External Links

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