Small Grants for Exploratory Research: Innovative Design to Satisfy Multiple Criteria

本研究主要是研究设计的实施 用于创新材料处理过程的方法， 由一家林产品公司建造。 这是一个机会， 与实际的工业设计过程互动，因为它发生在 行业，并记录这一过程。 设计标准包括 质量、成本和功能要求。 新的设计工具是 在这个过程中使用。 设计过程中使用的工具 除其他外，包括联合国开发计划署正在制定的一项新办法， 一个叫“为碎片化群体设计”的项目。" 开发更准确、经过测试的质量和成本模型， 特别是在初步或概念设计阶段， 支持有效的并行设计。

The research is to study the implementation of design methodologies used for an innovative material handling process to be built by a forest products company. It is an opportunity to interact with an actual industrial design process as it occurs in industry, and to document that process. Design criteria include quality, cost, and functional requirements. New design tools are being used in this process. Tools used in the design process include, among others, a new approach under development by the principal investigator called "Design for Fragmented Groups." Development of more accurate, tested quality and cost models, especially at the preliminary or conceptual design stages, is essential to support effective concurrent design.