I/UCRC Phase III: e-Design: IT-Enabled Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems

这是马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学（UMass Amherst）网站继续作为I/UCRC电子设计合作机构的第三阶段更新。马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校是电子设计中心的两个创始机构之一。现有的NSF电子设计中心的使命和愿景是研究和开发方法和工具，以支持实现新的设计范式，可用于设计，开发和制造新的工程产品和系统。电子设计中心的研究面向正在开发大规模复杂项目的应用领域，通常涉及不同地点的多个合作者。应用领域包括运输、制造、信息技术以及健康和安全。研究分为五个重点领域-新的设计范式和过程，可视化和虚拟原型，使信息基础设施，设计优化和设计教育。研究项目解决了在全球经济中竞争的高科技公司和机构所面临的各种工程挑战。马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校有许多教师和学生研究人员在直接支持该中心的研究重点领域的领域工作。此次更新将使马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校能够继续研究概念设计和产品创新，先进工程建模和仿真，数字制造和医疗设备设计的新方法和工具。马萨诸塞大学正在进行的研究项目涉及电子设计方法和工具的集成和应用到商业设计过程中的项目，以及可持续产品设计和工程设计创新的基础研究项目。该中心的更新将使马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校能够为研究生和本科生的成功发展和准备做出重大贡献。研究成果将继续融入教育课程，以丰富学生在概念设计和产品创新、先进工程建模和仿真以及数字制造方面的学习经验。与该中心相关的学生将获得特殊的职业发展机会，包括实验室和实地研究，参加会议和研讨会，设计座谈会系列和期刊出版物，以及研究道德行为的培训。PI和马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的其他教师将继续招募代表性不足的学生，包括与多个旨在为这些学生提供研究机会的大学项目合作。研究和教育成果将在全国范围内传播，并通过工业合作和技术转让产生更广泛的重大影响。行业合作伙伴将继续受益于首次获得研究，免版税使用工具以及许可和商业化技术的机会。研究和教育成果将继续在全国范围内传播，并对整个美国工业产生重大影响。

This is a Phase III renewal for the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) site to continue as a partner institution of I/UCRC for e-Design. UMass Amherst is one of the two founding institutions of the Center for e-Design. The mission and vision of the existing NSF Center for e-Design is to research and develop methods and tools that support the realization of a new design paradigm that can be used to design, develop, and manufacture new engineered products and systems. Research at the Center for e-Design is oriented to application areas where large scale, complex projects are being developed, often involving multiple collaborators at various locations. Application areas include transportation, manufacturing, information technology, and health and safety. Research is categorized into five thrust areas - New Design Paradigms and Processes, Visualization and Virtual Prototyping, Enabling Information Infrastructure, Design Optimization, and Design Education. Research projects address a diverse range of engineering challenges faced by high-tech companies and agencies competing in a global economy. UMass Amherst has a number of faculty and student researchers working in areas that directly support the research thrust areas of the center. The renewal will enable UMass Amherst to continue its research in the advancement of new methods and tools in conceptual design and product innovation, advanced engineering modeling and simulation, digital manufacturing, and medical devices design. UMass ongoing research projects involve projects dealing with integration and application of e-Design methods and tools into commercial design processes, as well as fundamental research projects on sustainability product design and engineering design innovation.The Center renewal will enable UMass Amherst to contribute significantly to the successful development and preparation of graduate and undergraduate students. Results from research effort will continue to be integrated into the educational curriculum to enrich the student learning experiences in conceptual design and product innovation, advanced engineering modeling and simulation, and digital manufacturing. Students associated with the Center will receive exceptional career development opportunities that include laboratory and field studies, participation at conferences and workshops, design colloquium series, and journal publications, as well as training in the ethical conduct of research. The PI and other UMass Amherst faculty will continue recruiting underrepresented students, including partnering with a number of university programs aimed at providing research opportunities for these students. Research and educational findings will be disseminated nationally and have significant broader impact through industrial collaboration and technology transfer. The industry partners will continue to benefit from first access to research, royalty-free use of the tools, and the opportunity to license and commercialize technologies. Research and educational findings will continue to be disseminated nationally and have a significant impact on U.S. industry as a whole.