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The Product’s Degree of Maturity as a Measurement for the Efficiency of Design Iterations
Krehmer, Hartmut; Meerkamm, Harald; Wartzack, Sandro // 2009
In this contribution a framework for evaluating design iterations and for assessing the effects of design iterations on the product?s degree of maturity is introduced. Thereby, the product's ...
The Role of University Centre for Continuing Education in the Creation and Implementation of Innovation Management Education
Siekkinen, Raili Tuulikki; Riitahuhta, Asko // 2009
This paper presents the results and findings on an education program in innovation management which development is based on company need. The paper describes the creation process of the education ...
The Trojan Horse Method as a Vector of Ecodesign Integration: A Case Study at a French SME
Reyes, Tatiana; Rohmer, Serge // 2009
The research presented in this paper focuses on integrating environmental awareness into the design processes at SMEs. The results of a pilot survey carried out on some pioneer French companies show ...
Theory of Technical Systems (TTS) - Existing Approaches and Challenges
Weber, Christian // 2009
Considerations on the nature of artifacts (technical products or systems) have always been part of Design Theory and Methodology. In this context it is quite interesting to investigate the role of ...
Thinking and Re-Thinking Verbal Protocol Analysis in Design Research
Zainal Abidin, Shahriman; Christoforidou, Despina; Liem, Andre // 2009
This paper assesses the appropriateness of verbal protocol analysis (VPA) as a means of analysing design activity. Design activity includes human cognitive abilities such as creativity, synthesis, ...
Tidal Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Power Generation
Leary, Martin John; Hollier, Will; Subic, Aleksandar; Hayes, Adrian; Burvill, Colin // 2009
Diminishing fossil fuel reserves combined with concerns of environmental damage and climate change provide a strong motivation toward the development of practical and renewable energy sources. Of the ...
Time Constraints in Design Idea Generation
Liikkanen, Lassi A.; Björklund, Tua A.; Hämäläinen, Matti M.; Koskinen, Mikko P. // 2009
It is generally believed that time pressure can hamper creative work. For design researchers, this belief is only one of the many time related claims that are short of scientific basis. During ...
Tolerance Analysis of Mechanisms Taking into Account Joints with Clearance and Elastic Deformations
Stuppy, Julia; Meerkamm, Harald // 2009
Geometrical deviations can influence the functionality of technical systems in motion. Geometrical deviations due to manufacturing discrepancies are limited by tolerances which are defined during the ...
Toward a Process and Method for Tracing the Development of Information Objects Used in Engineering Design
Storga, Mario; Darlington, Mansur; Culley, Steve; Marjanovic, Dorian // 2009
The work reported here builds on the framework for EDI development presented previously by discussing the requirements for information object traceability in respect of the context-bearing ...
Toward a Soft Computing Integrated Intelligent Design Framework
Zha, Xuan F. // 2009
In this paper, a novel integrated intelligent framework is first proposed for virtual product design and prototyping based upon the hybrid intelligent and soft computing techniques. Then, a ...
Towards a Set of Principles for Distributed Design Information Storing
Grierson, Hilary; Ion, William J. // 2009
This paper discusses the development of a set of guiding Principles with a Framework to support distributed design information storing (d-DIS), informed by the findings of several studies into the ...
Towards an Understanding of the Impact of Resources on the Design Process
Boyle, Iain; Duffy, Alex H.B; Whitfield, Robert Ian; Liu, Shaofeng // 2009
Considerable effort has been devoted within the design research community to understanding the structure of design processes and their development for different design problems. Whilst much work has ...
Towards Empirically-Derived Guidelines for Process Modelling Interventions in Engineering Design
Kerley, Warren P.; Wynn, David C.; Moss, Michael A.; Coventry, Gina; Clarkson, P. John // 2009
Task-network modelling approaches are widely used to understand and improve product development (PD) processes. The best-practice application of these tools is often presented prescriptively. This ...
Towards Integrating LCA into CAD
Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, Hesamedin; Collado-Ruiz, Daniel; Wimmer, Wolfgang // 2009
Engineering design is done in CAD systems. Environmental assessment is done by using LCA software. Both worlds have strong relationships - especially when Ecodesign is to be implemented - but they ...
Towards Intelligent Design Tools for Micro-Scale Components
Galea, Amanda; Borg, Jonathan; Grech, Alexia; Farrugia, Philip // 2009
Increasing market pressures to produce smaller, easier-to-use and cheaper products with minimal time-to-market, are putting more pressures on design and manufacturing industries to invest in better ...
Towards Life-Cycle Awareness in Decision Support Tools for Engineering Design
Nergård, Henrik; Sandberg, Marcus; Larsson, Tobias // 2009
In this paper a decision support tool with the focus on how to generate and visualize decision base coupled to the business agreement is outlined and discussed. Decision support tools for the early ...
Towards Linking Disruptive Innovations and BoP Markets
Jagtap, Santosh; Kandachar, Prabhu // 2009
The base of the world economic pyramid consists of 4 billion people typically earning less than 4 USD per day. This population is generally called the base of the pyramid (BoP). Much research on BoP ...
Towards Managing Team-Interfaces: An Exploratory Elicitation of Factors Influencing Communication
Maier, Anja Martina; Eckert, Claudia M.; Clarkson, P. John // 2009
Many researchers and practitioners in industry have identified communication between people as a major determinant of success or failure in (design) projects. At the same time, our empirical ...
Towards Open Design: The Emergent Face of Engineering---A Position Paper
Koch, Michael D.; Tumer, Irem Y. // 2009
In today's society, collaboration between individuals and groups thousands of miles away has become increasingly common place. Due primarily to the rapid growth of broadband internet, cheap data ...
Triangulation towards Coupling Design Knowledge
Wang, Wenjuan; Duffy, Alex // 2009
Uncertainty in Through Life Costing within the Concept of Product Service Systems: A Game Theoretic Approach
Kreye, Melanie; Goh, Y. M.; Newnes, L. B. // 2009
By 2028 Rolls-Royce predict a civil after sales market opportunity of USD 550 billion and for military engines of USD 300 billion. Naturally, with this anticipated business Product Service Systems ...
Uncertainty-Mode- and Effects-Analysis – an Approach to Analyze and Estimate Uncertainty in the Product Life Cycle
Engelhardt, Roland; Birkhofer, Herbert; Kloberdanz, Hermann; Mathias, Johannes // 2009
Uncertainties in technical systems in the field of mechanical engineering occur during the entire life cycle of a product. In general these uncertainties are understood as deviations from the process ...
Understanding Heterogeneity of Human Preferences for Engineering Design
Hoyle, Chris; Chen, Wei; Wang, Nanxin; Gomez-levi, Gianna // 2009
In today's competitive market, it is essential for producers to provide products which not only achieve high performance, but also appeal to the tastes of consumer. Therefore, a key element of ...
Understanding Idealogging: The Use and Perception of Logbooks within a Capstone Engineering Design Course
Currano, Rebecca Maria; Leifer, Larry // 2009
This paper documents phase-2 of a broad study of the impact of idealog media on the creative design process. The paper summarizes initial findings on the use and perceived value of paper-based ...
Boolean Searches
The following examples demonstrate some search strings that use boolean operators:
- design community
Find rows that contain at least one of the two words. - +design +community
Find rows that contain both words. - +design community
Find rows that contain the word “design”, but rank rows higher if they also contain “community”. - +design -community
Find rows that contain the word “design” but not “community”. - +design ~community
Find rows that contain the word “design”, but if the row also contains the word “community”, rate it lower than if row does not. - +design +(>community <decisions)
Find rows that contain the words “design” and “community”, or “design” and “decisions” (in any order), but rank “design community” higher than “design decisions” - design*
Find rows that contain words such as “design”, “designs”, “designing”, or “designer”. - "some words"
Find rows that contain the exact phrase “some words” (for example, rows that contain “some words of wisdom” but not “some noise words”). Note that the " characters that enclose the phrase are operator characters that delimit the phrase. They are not the quotation marks that enclose the search string itself.