Katja Hölttä Otto

Associate Professor, Tuotekehitys at Aalto University School of Business

Schools

  • Aalto University School of Business

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Aalto University School of Business

Engineering Design, Design Thinking, Product Development, Design Science, Innovation & Creativity, User Centered Design, Product Platforms, Product Family Design, Systems Engieering

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

Micro-textured films for reducing microbial colonization in a clinical setting

Mendez, A. R.; Tan, T. Y.; Low, H. Y.; Otto, K.H.; Tan, H.; Khoo, X.
2017 in JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION (W.B. Saunders Ltd)
ISSN: 0195-6701

System Architecture, Level of Decomposition, and Structural Complexity Analysis and Observations

Min, GwangKi; Suh, Eun Suk; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

Impact of technology infusion on system architecture complexity

Min, Gwang Ki; Suh, Eun Suk; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2016 in JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING DESIGN (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)
ISSN: 0954-4828

Global Views on Modular Design Research Linking Alternative Methods to Support Modular Product Family Concept Development

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Simpson, Timothy W.; Krause, Dieter; Ripperda, Sebastian; Moon, Seung Ki
2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

Developing world users as lead users A case study in engineering reverse innovation

Judge, Benjamin M.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Winter V, Amos G.
2015 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

Seeing complex system through different lenses Impact of decomposition perspective on system architecture analysis

Suh, Eun Suk; Chiriac, Noemi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2015 in SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (John Wiley and Sons Inc.)
ISSN: 1098-1241

A module generation algorithm for product architecture based on component interactions and strategic drivers

Borjesson, Fredrik; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2014 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)
ISSN: 0934-9839

An experimental investigation of the effectiveness of empathic experience design for innovative concept generation

Johnson, Daniel G.; Genco, Nicole; Saunders, Matthew N.; Williams, Paul; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2014 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

Fundamental studies in Design-by-Analogy A focus on domain-knowledge experts and applications to transactional design problems

Moreno, Diana; Hernandez, Alberto; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Linsey, Julie ; Wood, Kristin; Linden, Adriana
2014 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0142-694X

An experimental investigation of the innovation capabilities of undergraduate engineering students

Genco, Nicole; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner
2012 in JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION (American Society for Engineering Education)
ISSN: 1069-4730

Contribution of visual design elements to the perceived product family look

Ranawat, Arjun; Tuteja, Sumit; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2012 in JOURNAL OF DESIGN RESEARCH (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)
ISSN: 1748-3050

Level of modularity and different levels of system granularity

Chiriac, Noemi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Lysy, Dusan; Suk Suh, Eun
2011 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

The characteristics of innovative, mechanical products

Saunders, Matthew N.; Seepersad, Carolyn C.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2011 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

Analyzing module commonality for platform design using dendrograms

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin
2008 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)
ISSN: 0934-9839

Effecting product reliability and life cycle costs with early design phase product architecture decisions

Salonen, Mikko; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin
2008 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)
ISSN: 1477-9056

Degree of modularity in engineering systems and products with technical and business constraints

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; de Weck, Olivier
2007 in CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS (TECHNOMIC PUBL CO INC)
ISSN: 1063-293X

A multi-criteria assessment tool for screening preliminary product platform concepts

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2007 in JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 0956-5515

Estimating factors affecting project task size in product development - An empirical study

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Magee, Christopher L.
2006 in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.)
ISSN: 0018-9391

Incorporating design effort complexity measures in product architectural design and assessment

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.
2005 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

Review article, Literature review, Systematic review

Design for sustainable use of appliances A framework based on user behavior observations

Withanage, Chathura; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin
2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

Book section, Chapters in research books

Defining modules for platforms An overview of the architecting process

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Simpson, T.W.
2014
ISBN: 9781461479376

Architectural decomposition The role of granularity and decomposition viewpoint

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Chiriac, Noemi; Lysy, Dusan; Suh, Eun Suk
2014
ISBN: 9781461479369

Platform concept evaluation making the case for product platforms

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin
2006
ISBN: 0387257217

Conference proceedings

A rapid algorithm for multi-objective pareto optimization of modular architecture

Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2017
ISBN: 978-1-904670-92-6

Guidelines for finding Lead user like behavior for latent need discovery

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Raviselvam, Sujithra
2016
ISBN: 9781904670803

A lead user approach to universal design - Involving older adults in the design process

Raviselvam, Sujithra; Wood, Kristin L.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Tam, Victoria; Nagarajan, Kamya
2016 in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics (IOS PRESS)
ISBN: 9781614996835
ISSN: 0926-9630

User extreme conditions to enhance designer empathy and creativity Applications using visual impairment

Raviselvam, Sujithra; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin L.
2016
ISBN: 9780791850190

Trade-off analysis of system architecture modularity using design structure matrix

Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Luo, Jianxi
2016
ISBN: 978-0-7918-5708-3

Incorporating constraints in system modularization by interactive clustering of design structure matrices

Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin L.
2016
ISBN: 9780791850114

Trade-offs among system architecture modularity criteria

Sanai, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2016
ISBN: 9781904670803

The design of crowd-funded products

Song, Chaoyang; Luo, Jianxi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Seering, Warren
2016
ISBN: 978-0-7918-5717-5

How users adjust trust in automation Contrast effect and hindsight bias

Yang, Jessie; Wickens, Christopher D.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2016 in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society)
ISBN: 978-0-945289-50-2
ISSN: 1541-9312

RISK AND INNOVATION BALANCE IN CROWDFUNDING NEW PRODUCTS

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Song, CY; Luo, JX; Seering, W
2015 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)
ISSN: 2220-4334

A cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of the development of innovation capability in undergraduate engineering students

Kershaw, Trina C.; Peterson, Rebecca L.; McCarthy, Molly A.; Williams, Paul T.; Young, Adam P.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner; Bhowmick, Sankha
2015
ISBN: 9780791857106

Teaching interdisciplinary design between architecture and engineering Finding common ground while retaining disciplinary expertise

Li, Timothy; Arpak, Asli; Raghunath, Nilanjan; Nanayakkara, Suranga; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Telenko, Cassandra
2015
ISBN: 9780791857106

Impact of technology infusion on system complexity and modularity

Min, Gwangki; Suh, Eun Suk; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2015
ISBN: 9780791857076

Effects of experience, withdrawal speed and monitor size on colonoscopists' visual detection of polyps

Siah, Kewin T.; Yang, X. Jessie; Yoshida, Naohisa; Ogiso, Kiyoshi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Naito, Yuji
2015
ISBN: 9780945289470

Risk and innovation balance in crowd funding new products

Song, Chaoyang; Luo, Jianxi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seering, Warren; Otto, Kevin
2015

Crowd-sourcing the evaluation of creativity in conceptual design A pilot study

Green, Matthew; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2014
ISBN: 9780791846407

What do coupling modularity metrics measure?

Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2014
ISBN: 9789810913489

The effects of the undergraduate curriculum and individual differences on student innovation capabilities

Kershaw, Trina C.; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Williams, Paul T.; Young, Adam P.; Bhowmick, Sankha; McCarthy, Molly A.
2014
ISBN: 9780791846346

Using elderly as lead users for universal engineering design

Raviselvam, Sujithra; Noonan, Meghann; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2014 in Assistive Technology Research Series (IOS PRESS)
ISBN: 9781614994022
ISSN: 1383-813X

IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE USER BEHAVIOR

Withanage, Chathura; Ashok, Rahul; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin
2014
ISBN: 978-0-7918-4640-7

An overview of design cognition between experts and novices

Yuan, James Tan Jun; Kong, Kuan Yoke; Parveen, Hashina; Zhixiang, Huang; Rajasekaran, Ganeshkumar; Behera, Jitendra Kumar; Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2014
ISBN: 9789810913489

Innovation differences between new venture startups and incumbent firms

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Luo, Jianxi
2013
ISBN: 9781904670469

Design with the developing world A model with seven challenges for the future

Kuhr, Rachel Sara; Otto, Kevin; Sosa, Ricardo; Raghunath, Nilanjan; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin
2013 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)
ISBN: 9781904670490
ISSN: 2220-4334

Linking 10 years of modular design research Alternative methods and tool chain sequences to support product platform design

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2013
ISBN: 978-0-7918-5589-8

Comparing the contribution of the group to the initial idea in progressive idea generation

Blair, Bryan M.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2012
ISBN: 9780791845066

Improved clustering algorithm for design structure matrix

Borjesson, Fredrik; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2012
ISBN: 9780791845028

Module definition for product-service systems

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Tang, Victor; Otto, Kevin
2012
ISBN: 978-0-7918-4504-2

Three approaches to complex system decomposition

Chiriac, Noemi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Lysy, Dusan; Suh, Eun Suk
2011
ISBN: 3446430377

Level of modularity at different levels of system granularity

Chiriac, Noemi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Lysy, Dusan; Suh, Eun Suk
2011
ISBN: 9780791854860

AC 2011-1315 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE CREATIVITY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Genco, Nicole E.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner
2011 in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (AMER SOC ENGINEERING EDUCATION)
ISSN: 2153-5965

A study of the effectiveness of empathic experience design as a creativity technique

Genco, Nicole; Johnson, Danny; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner
2011
ISBN: 9780791854860

An experimental investigation of the innovation capabilities of engineering students

Genco, Nicole; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner
2010 in ASEE Annual Conference (American Society for Engineering Education)
ISSN: 2153-5868

Extreme experience interviews for innovative designs Classroom assessment of a new needs-gathering method

Green, Matthew; Seepersad, Carolyn Conner; Holtta-Otto, Katja
2010 in ASEE Annual Conference (American Society for Engineering Education)
ISSN: 2153-5868

INCORPORATING FIELD EFFECTS INTO MODULAR ARCHITECTURE METHODS

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2010
ISBN: 978-0-7918-4413-7

Study of existing metrics used in measurement of ideation effectiveness

Srivathsavai, Ramesh; Genco, Nicole; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seepersad, Carolyn C.
2010
ISBN: 9780791844137

Four dimensions of design similarity

Ranawat, Arjun; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2009
ISBN: 9780791849057

The characteristics of innovative, mechanical products

Saunders, Matthew N.; Seepersad, Carolyn C.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2009
ISBN: 9780791849057

Metrics for assessing coupling density and modularity in complex products and systems

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; De Weck, Olivier
2008
ISBN: 0791848027

Are modular products larger than integral products?

Celona, Thomas; Embry-Pelrine, Christopher; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2007
ISBN: 1904670024

A pilot program on teaching dispersed product development in collaboration with an international university

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Helminen, Pia; Ekman, Kalevi; Roemer, Thomas
2007 in ASEE Annual Conference (American Society for Engineering Education)
ISSN: 2153-5868

Identifying customer needs - Disabled persons as lead users

Hannukainen, Pia; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2006
ISBN: 079183784X

Platform-based design and development Current trends and needs in industry

Simpson, Timothy W.; Marion, Tucker; De Weck, Olivier; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Kokkolaras, Michael; Shooter, Steven B.
2006
ISBN: 079183784X

Analyzing module commonality for platform design in functional and physical domain

Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2005

Comparative Analysis of Product Modularisation Methods

Hölttä, Katja M. M.
2004
ISBN: 952-15-1227-X

A multi-criteria framework for screening preliminary product platform concepts

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2004

Modularizing Product Architectures Using Dendrograms

Hölttä, Katja; Tang, Victor; Seering, Warren
2003

Comparing Three Different Modularity Methods

Hölttä, Katja; Salonen, M.
2003
ISBN: 0-7918-3698-3

Incorporating design complexity measures in architectural assessment

Hölttä, Katja M. M.; Otto, Kevin N.
2003
ISBN: 0-7918-3701-7

Identifying common modules for collaborative R&D

Hölttä, Katja
2002

Non-refereed scientific articles

Unrefereed journal articles

Special Issue Design Theory and Methodology

Campbell, Matthew I.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Linsey, Julie
2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)
ISSN: 1050-0472

Scientific books (monographs)

Book

Advances in product family and product platform design Methods & applications

Simpson, Timothy W.; Jiao, Jianxin Roger; Siddique, Zahed; Hölttä-Otto, Katja
2014
ISBN: 9781461479369

Publications intended for professional communities

Published development or research report

Trade-off between modularity and performance for engineered systems and products

Hölttä, Katja; Suh, E.S.; de Weck, O.
2005

International conference on engineering design, iced15 27-30 July 2015, politecnico di Milano, Italy crowdsourced design principles for leveraging the capabilities of additive manufacturing

Perez, K. Blake; Anderson, David S.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin L.
2015

Comparative analysis of coupling modularity metrics

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Chiriac, Noemi A.; Lysy, Dusan; Suk Suh, Eun
2012

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