Presidential Young Investigator Award: Distributed and Integrated Environment for Computer-Aided Engineering; Cooperative Engineering Design

开发和测试以知识为基础的计算机工具，统称为计算机辅助工程的分布式和综合环境（DICE），以整合和协调工程过程的各个阶段和参与者。DICE的主要目标是：(1)促进工程各学科之间的有效协调和沟通；(2)捕捉单个设计师做出决策的过程，即使用什么信息，如何使用信息以及它创造了什么；(3)预测设计决策对制造或施工的影响；(4)为设计人员提供详细的制造工艺或施工规划；(5)开发自动化智能接口。

The development and testing of knowledge based computer tools, collectively called distributed and integrated environment for computer-aided engineering (DICE), for the integration and coordination of various phases and participants of the engineering process are being pursued. The primary objectives of DICE are to: (1) facilitate effective coordination and communication in various disciplines involved in engineering; (2) capture the process by which individual designers make decisions, that is, what information was used, how it was used and what did it create; (3) forecast the impact of design decisions on manufacturing or construction; (4) provide designers interactively with detailed manufacturing process or construction planning and; (5) develop intelligent interfaces for automation.