Main research topic:

Design of flexible products and systems that can change and evolve

Current research work:

• Development of Change Modes and Effects Analysis flexibility rating tool

• Reverse engineering of consumer products to inductively find principles of design that enable flexibility

Papers:

Keese, D. A., N. P. Takawale, C. C. Seepersad and K. L. Wood, 2006, “An Enhanced Change Modes and Effects Analysis (CMEA) Tool for Measuring Product Flexibility with Applications to Consumer Products", ASME IDETC/CIE Advances in Design Automation Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Paper Number: DETC2006-99478.

Graduate courses taken:

• Engineering Design Theory and Mathematical Techniques

• Product Design, Development, and Prototyping

• Lasers and Optics

• Design for Cultural Production

• Design of Complex Engineering Systems

• Robotics and Automation

• Mechatronics II

• Intellectual Property

Education:

BS Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004.

Contact info:

dkeese@mail.utexas.edu