Design and Process Group

Welcome

The Design and Process Group develops information models and associated technologies leading toward the definition of standards that address critical needs in collaborative and distributed industrial engineering environments for electro-mechanical products. The major research thrusts are in developing standards and developing technology. Standards research is aimed at developing information protocols for the interoperability of heterogeneous computer-aided engineering (CAx) systems, and using these protocols as a basis for future standards in this area. This work covers different domains of product and process knowledge, including parametric information, constraints, features in geometric representations, assembly level tolerancing, extended design artifact models, layered manufacturing, engineering knowledge bases, process planning, process specification, process characterization, manufacturing ontologies and taxonomies. The technology thrust ranges from research to applied development and spans a cross-section of technology devoted to product and process engineering, including knowledge-aided engineering, assembly design, manufacturing process planning and representation, interfaces for design artifact modeling, process characterization, and virtual environments. Various aspects of manufacturing systems integration science are explored in the above endeavors.

Programs/Projects
Information Models for Sustainable Manufacturing — The objectives are to: (1) provide formal representations of information to support the full range of the product lifecycle beyond the representation of form (geometry and material), (2) complete …
 
Long Term Knowledge Retention for Digital Technical Product Documentation — The principal objective of the project is to define the standards landscape in the area of sustainable manufacturing, including such concerns as design for disassembly, carbon footprint …
 
Model-based Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing — The objective is to understand the effect of design and manufacturing decisions on sustainability by identifying the variables that contribute to the characterization of sustainability for designed …
 
Scheme for computing Carbon Weight (footprint) for Manufactured Products — The objective is to lead the development of measurements and standards that facilitate the assessment of efficient fabrication, disassembly and recycling of manufactured goods. The principal …
 
Standards and Testbeds for Sustainable Manufacturing — The principal objective of the project is to develop testbeds to validate the information standards and methods through testing in different sustainable manufacturing contexts.
 
STEP Evolution and Extensions for Sustainable Manufacturing — The objective of the project is to help U. S. manufacturers quickly incorporate sustainability technologies by partnering with industry to develop and validate standards for seamless information …
 
Survey and Analysis of Relevant Standards for Sustainable Manufacturing — The objective is to define the standards landscape in the area of sustainable manufacturing, including standards for carbon footprint determination, disassembly, remanufacturing, recycling, energy …
 
Sustainable and Lifecycle Information-based Manufacturing — As green thinking enters the economic mainstream, U.S. industry is considering how to minimize the cradle-to-grave environmental impact of manufacturing. But monitoring the lifecycle of a fully …
 
Selected Publications