Abstract: The bill for creating the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) was signed into law by President Truman on May 10, 1950. Accordingly, the NSF is “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, ...

Abstract: Once a paper is submitted to Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD), and after successfully passing an initial screening, it is assigned to one of our AEs, or GEs in the case of a special issue. Subsequently, an AE or GE takes ...

Abstract: As we approach the 200th issue of the Journal in Jun. 2013, it would be timely to provide our readers with an overview of the evolution of the Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD). In this editorial, I focus on the early ...

Abstract: Engineering design optimization problems often have two competing objectives as well as uncertainty. For these problems, quite often there is interest in obtaining feasibly robust optimum solutions. Feasibly robust here ...

Abstract: In this paper, a new method for optimum design of frame structures is presented. The method is based on a hierarchical decomposition of the structure into two-levels, namely, the bottom- and ...

Abstract: The idea behind this special supplement came out of discussions with the Editor, Dr. Michael McCarthy, about the need to present some recent advances in the area of risk-based and robust ...

Abstract: Sources of reducible uncertainty present a particular challenge to engineering design problems by forcing designers to make decisions about how much uncertainty to consider as acceptable in final ...