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

该研究是为了研究设计方法的实施，用于一个创新的材料处理过程将由一家林产品公司建立。这是一个与实际工业设计过程互动的机会，因为它发生在工业中，并记录该过程。设计标准包括质量、成本和功能需求。在这个过程中使用了新的设计工具。在设计过程中使用的工具包括，除其他外，由首席研究员正在开发的一种新方法，称为“碎片组设计”。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，对于支持有效的并行设计至关重要。

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.