The National Science Foundation awarded a $557,806 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant to Lehigh University to conduct research on how the allocation of design tasks between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) agents impacts engineering design outcomes. The 5-year project seeks to develop a systematic approach for defining optimal roles for AI within hybrid human-AI design teams. It will use computational modeling and experiments with a video game platform to assess how factors like agent decision-making characteristics, task partitioning strategies, and human factors affect team collaboration and design results. This research aims to inform best practices for integrating AI into the engineering workforce to improve system development processes across industries. The project will also engage undergraduate students in data science and statistics research and outreach activities to promote STEM careers among middle school girls.
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