Study of Engineering Design Theory and Methodology

认识到更好的设计原则的潜力， 提高产品的可制造性和市场响应能力 设计的产品，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）已 使这一主题成为其研究计划的重点， 工程设计理论与方法 国家 研究理事会，通过其制造业研究委员会， 建议成立工程设计理论委员会 就今后的方向提供咨询意见 这个项目的。 该委员会将在美国学习工程设计 美国，专注于设计在美国经济中的作用， 教育、制造和研究支持系统。 内 在这项研究中，委员会将：（a）概述一个长期的 研究生和本科生教育国家战略 工程设计，包括平衡 当前学术界对分析科学的重视， 设计综合，尽管成本高， 工程设计教育，吸引和教育 合格的工程设计教师，尽管目前 （B）概述进行研究的战略 发展工程学基础理论的必要条件 设计，包括确定基础和应用研究 需要解决的问题，并建议其中哪些 主题适合联邦资助或财团 工业界和学术界。

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.