Michael Helms

1.8k total citations
38 papers, 868 citations indexed

About

Michael Helms is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Helms has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 868 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Helms's work include Design Education and Practice (29 papers), Biomedical and Engineering Education (8 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (7 papers). Michael Helms is often cited by papers focused on Design Education and Practice (29 papers), Biomedical and Engineering Education (8 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (7 papers). Michael Helms collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Kazakhstan. Michael Helms's co-authors include Ashok K. Goel, Swaroop Vattam, Bryan Wiltgen, Shoshanah Jacobs, Jeannette Yen, Marc J. Weissburg, Julie Linsey, Roxanne Moore, Kristina Wanieck and Daniel A. McAdams and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Computer-Aided Design and Design Studies.

In The Last Decade

Michael Helms

37 papers receiving 816 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Helms United States 11 662 192 154 132 108 38 868
Swaroop Vattam United States 15 776 1.2× 215 1.1× 132 0.9× 194 1.5× 177 1.6× 40 1.2k
Hyunmin Cheong Canada 14 414 0.6× 112 0.6× 82 0.5× 114 0.9× 105 1.0× 35 689
L. H. Shu Canada 22 1.1k 1.6× 391 2.0× 100 0.6× 351 2.7× 221 2.0× 84 1.5k
Olga Bogatyreva United Kingdom 5 406 0.6× 67 0.3× 177 1.1× 52 0.4× 60 0.6× 14 788
Anja‐Karina Pahl United Kingdom 2 382 0.6× 62 0.3× 173 1.1× 48 0.4× 57 0.5× 4 752
Daniel Jensen United States 16 425 0.6× 110 0.6× 113 0.7× 192 1.5× 138 1.3× 80 943
N. R. Bogatyrev United Kingdom 4 367 0.6× 57 0.3× 180 1.2× 43 0.3× 51 0.5× 8 740
Jacquelyn Nagel United States 15 389 0.6× 66 0.3× 191 1.2× 69 0.5× 95 0.9× 55 647
William Ion United Kingdom 15 317 0.5× 73 0.4× 140 0.9× 74 0.6× 127 1.2× 68 732
Lingyun Sun China 19 406 0.6× 154 0.8× 216 1.4× 39 0.3× 64 0.6× 148 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Helms

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Helms

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All Works

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Rehmat, Abeera P., et al.. (2024). A Case Study Investigating High School Teachers’ Implementation of an Engineering-focused Biologically Inspired Design Curriculum (Fundamental Research). Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 2 indexed citations
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Alemdar, Meltem, et al.. (2021). Biologically Inspired Design For Engineering Education: Online Teacher Professional Learning (Evaluation). 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 5 indexed citations
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Moore, Roxanne, et al.. (2021). Creating Biologically Inspired Design Units for High School Engineering Courses. 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Alemdar, Meltem, et al.. (2021). Utilizing Evidence-Centered Design to Develop Assessments: A High School Introductory Computer Science Course. Frontiers in Education. 6. 4 indexed citations
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Weissburg, Marc J., et al.. (2016). Development of scoring rubric for evaluating integrated understanding in an undergraduate biologically-inspired design course. International journal of engineering education. 32(1). 123–135. 5 indexed citations
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Ray, Jaideep, et al.. (2015). Mechanix. 53–56. 6 indexed citations
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Durand, Fabien, et al.. (2015). Changing Creativity through Engineering Education and Bio-Inspired Design. 26.342.1–26.342.12.
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Helms, Michael & Ashok K. Goel. (2014). The Four-Box Method: Problem Formulation and Analogy Evaluation in Biologically Inspired Design. Journal of Mechanical Design. 136(11). 31 indexed citations
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Goel, Ashok K., Bert Bras, Michael Helms, et al.. (2011). Design Patterns and Cross-Domain Analogies in Biologically Inspired Sustainable Design. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 6 indexed citations
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Helms, Michael. (2011). Solution Based Problem Evolution and Problem Inception in Biologically Inspired Design. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Goel, Ashok K., Swaroop Vattam, Michael Helms, & Bryan Wiltgen. (2011). An information-processing account of creative analogies in biologically inspired design. 71–80. 7 indexed citations
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Yen, Jeannette, Michael Helms, Swaroop Vattam, & Ashok K. Goel. (2010). Evaluating Biological Systems for Their Potential in Engineering Design. 3(2). 27–40. 15 indexed citations
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Vattam, Swaroop, Michael Helms, & Ashok K. Goel. (2010). Biologically Inspired Design: A Macrocognitive Account. 129–138. 6 indexed citations
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Vattam, Swaroop, Michael Helms, & Ashok K. Goel. (2009). Nature of creative analogies in biologically inspired innovative design. 255–264. 28 indexed citations
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Vattam, Swaroop, Michael Helms, Ashok K. Goel, Jeannette Yen, & Marc J. Weissburg. (2008). Learning About and Through Biologically Inspired Design. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Helms, Michael. (1990). Perspective Drawing : A Step-by-Step Handbook. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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