Abstract: Advances in additive manufacturing (AM) techniques have enabled the production of parts with complex internal geometries. However, the layer-based nature of additive processes often results in mechanical properties that ...

Abstract: A reverse engineering methodology is presented for identifying environmentally conscious design guidelines for use in the conceptual stages of product design. Environmentally conscious principles ...

Abstract: Although energy consumption during product use can lead to significant environmental impacts, the relationship between a product's usage context and its environmental performance is rarely considered in design evaluations. ...

Abstract: It is not easy to design an innovative and successful product in any field of engineering. Medical device design is further complicated by strict regulations. Current engineering design methods ...

Abstract: Complex engineering design problems are often decomposed into a set of interdependent, distributed subproblems that are solved by domain-specific experts. These experts must resolve couplings between ...

Abstract: Energyand materialsefficient designs are highly valued in the context of sustainable product design, but realizing products with significant changes in efficiency is a difficult task. One means to address this challenge ...

Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) has many potential industrial applications because highly complex parts can be fabricated with little or no tooling cost. One barrier to widespread use of AM, however, is that many designers ...

Abstract: This paper presents a computationally tractable approach for designing lattice structures for stiffness and strength. Yielding in the mesostructure is determined by a worst-case stress analysis of the homogenization ...

Abstract: There is a need for a reliable staining technique to distinguish between live and dead organisms following LC50 tests. This is especially so in cases where organisms can be stressed or even ...