EIN 6370 - Innovation in Engineering Design

General Purpose AI Tools - 

• CoPilot - Microsoft CoPilot is Microsoft’s general purpose AI chatbot, using OpenAI’s GPT 4o model with some tweaks. (Available to all UCF Faculty/Staff/Students at no additional cost.)

Sign in with Your UCF Account Visit https://copilot.microsoft.com and sign in to Copilot using your official UCF credentials. Your UCF NID ensures proper authentication and access control. 

• ChatGPT - ChatGPT is OpenAI’s general purpose AI chatbot. (Free Access to GPT‑4o mini. Plus is available with subscription.)
• Gemini - Gemini is Google’s general purpose AI tool. (Free plan or with subscription.)
• Claude - Claude is a general purpose chatbot owned by Anthropic. Claude provides similar functions to other AI chatbots, but is especially capable when analyzing uploaded documents. (Free plan or with subscription.)

Research AI Tools

• Perplexity - Perplexity AI uses natural language processing to understand questions, then searches the internet.
• Consensus - Consensus searches research materials and databases to provide relevant papers and articles alongside info on the reliability of the source nature of the paper.

UCF Libraries Engineering Research Assistant

Start with a rich prompt that includes detailed instructions such as a defined persona, clear context and purpose, a specific task, and explicit output requirements including format, length, sophistication, and tone. 

Use your free or personal paid ChatGPT account.

To fully utilize the capabilities of this generative AI and achieve the best results, submit a research consultation request. Your engineering librarian can assist you with this process.

I am a graduate student writing a research paper analyzing innovations in engineering design. My paper will explore the evolution of engineering design innovations, examine their impact on the industry, and speculate on future trends. My topic is on sustainable design innovations in aerospace industry. Suggest library subscription databases to use including keywords for searching the databases. Sources must be peer-reviewed articles published after 2015. In addition, I also need relevant industry reports, case studies, or interviews with experts if available.