Study of Engineering Design Theory and Methodology

认识到更好的设计原则在提高设计产品的可制造性和市场响应性方面的潜力，美国国家科学基金会(NSF)已将这一主题作为其工程设计理论和方法研究计划的重点。国家研究委员会，通过其制造研究委员会，建议建立一个工程设计理论和方法委员会，就该计划的未来方向提供建议。该委员会将研究美国的工程设计，重点关注设计在美国经济、教育、制造和研究支持系统中的作用。在这项研究中，委员会将：(A)概述工程设计研究生和本科生教育的长期国家战略，包括建议平衡目前学术上对分析科学的重视与实用设计综合，尽管工程设计教育成本很高，但仍要实施变革，(B)概述开展发展工程设计基本理论所必需的研究工作的战略，包括确定需要解决的基础和应用研究课题，并就其中哪些课题适合联邦政府资助或产业界和学术界的财团提出建议。

Recognizing the potential of better design principles to improve the manufacturability and market responsiveness of designed products, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has made this subject the focus of its research program in engineering design theory and methodology. The National Research Council, through its Manufacturing Studies Board, proposes to establish a Committee on Engineering Design Theory and Methodology to provide advice regarding the future directions of this program. The committee will study engineering design in the United States, focusing on the role of design in U.S. economic, education, manufacturing, and research support systems. Within this study, the committee will: (a) outline a long-range national strategy for graduate and undergraduate education in engineering design, including suggestions for balancing the current academic emphasis on analytical science with practical design synthesis, implementing change despite the high cost of engineering design education, and attracting and educating qualified engineering design faculty despite the current shortage, and (b) outline a strategy for conducting research necessary to develop a fundamental theory of engineering design, including identifying the basic and applied research topics that need to be addressed and suggesting which of those topics are appropriate for federal funding or consortia of industry and academia.