Research ProjectsMy research
seeks to establish new computer-based methods and design tools to
further increase the efficiency and quality of engineering design. By
combining engineering innovations with methods from computer science
and cognitive psychology, we are able to develop automated tools
capable of solving design problems independent of a user, as well as
interactive tools that bring the user and the computer together as a
symbiotic design team. Current research has been examining new
analysis tools to improve the development of specific technologies.
These include a tool to determine the path of light in a new fiberoptic material, and a method to find the stable equilibria
positions in an electromagnetic field. In addition to analysis
tools, we are also examining new design synthesis tools to configure
electromechanical products from a large catalog of available
components, and to automate the design of sheet metal parts. Most
recently, we have focused on graph grammars as a universal way to
capture the design decisions in engineering. |