... engineering fuzzy set theory mechanical engineering planning regression analysis cluster validity criterion fuzzy c-regression model clustering fuzzy model identification mechanical system Recently, model identification has been widely used in mechanical system design [( 1 2 3 4 5 6...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 21 09 2011 21 09 2011 design engineering mechanical engineering There have been several recent occasions where I was asked, often together with other editors of sister design journals, to elaborate on JMD and its processes as an archival journal. Topics...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 01 09 2011 01 09 2011 mechanical engineering Much has been said about the 21st Century becoming known as the Asian one. The dramatic increase of manuscript submissions to JMD particularly from China and India is testimony to the increased activity...

..., and colleagues. He supervised 14 doctoral students and 18 M.S. students, along with over 75 undergraduate research projects. He was instrumental in the development of the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department’s Masters of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (MEME) degree program, and he chaired...

... the research and practice of engineering design education. We look forward to your submissions to JMD. 10 03 2011 10 03 2011 design engineering engineering education mechanical engineering project management team working Have you heard? Did you know? The Journal of Mechanical...

.... One of the most frequent questions that comes up in my editorial duties has to do with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) journals’ page number limits, page charges, cost of downloads, and access for nonsubscribers. Beyond the journal per se, we often discuss the ever-rising...

... concepts during the early stages of the design process. Having sensitivity information during the conceptual design stage enables the designers to make better concept identification and selection decisions. design engineering mechanical engineering Monte Carlo methods sensitivity analysis...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 20 09 2010 20 09 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering sustainable development “Who cares for planet Earth?—Apparently not us at JMD…” was my editorial message in February 2009 (http://asmejmd.org/show_editorial.php?id=26). Since...

... design engineering mechanical engineering optimisation sensitivity analysis Much of the current research in engineering design is driven by the fact that all real-world engineering systems are comprised of uncertain input parameters ( 1 2 3 4 ). Understanding and managing uncertain factors...

... JMD conversations. 18 08 2010 18 08 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering We write JMD papers to communicate our ideas and findings to our peer researchers and practitioners. But how do we discuss these ideas and findings among ourselves? How do we create...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 07 07 2010 07 07 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering reviews Who would wish to be blind and kept at arm's length? Would we wish that for a JMD reviewer? Effecting a good review process for each JMD submission is my most important...

.... In many ways, bringing the humans explicitly within design research brings along another level of complexity that many of us would rather avoid. Despite occasional stereotyping, mechanical engineers have been quite open to exploring the human-induced complexity in design—the human dimension of design...

... to system-level vehicle design problem. 12 04 2008 10 02 2010 19 04 2010 19 04 2010 decision theory design engineering mechanical engineering parameter estimation Pareto analysis Conceptual design involves the transformation of requirements and objectives...

... and Applications Committee incubated as M&R sub-committees prior to their independent establishment. mechanical engineering publishing 30 03 2010 30 03 2010 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... engineering mechanical engineering sensitivity analysis A complex design problem often involves a large number of design variables and multidisciplinary analyses with excessive cost. The “all-in-one” (AIO) method in which the whole system analysis is treated as a black box, is usually not practical...

... of freedom of design. These measures are developed specifically for parametric and geometric problems as found in the embodiment design, but these principles may be applied beyond this. 25 01 2009 04 12 2009 14 01 2010 14 01 2010 CAD design engineering mechanical engineering...

...Ramsey F. Hamade This research aims to explore some of the underlying reasoning for why some individuals acquire mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) skills with relative ease while some others seem to falter. A methodical study was performed by monitoring 74 mechanical engineering seniors (over...

... to papers on design innovation and devices. I asked them to write a guest editorial sharing with us all their thoughts on how we approach design innovation at JMD. I am very pleased to offer their ideas below along with my thanks for their service and wisdom. mechanical engineering 09 03 2009...

... Riemannian metrics displacement measurement distance measurement mechanical engineering precision engineering 19 04 2007 28 01 2008 11 08 2008 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... 12 03 2008 14 07 2008 design engineering genetic algorithms mechanical engineering statistical distributions wave propagation multidisciplinary optimization multiobjective optimization robust optimization interval uncertainty uncertainty propagation Engineering...