Engineering Research Deployment Teaching Initiative: Technology Transfer in Using Simulation Models for Engineering Design

9308492巴顿 计算机模拟模型是当今许多设计工程师的实验室。 电路在原型化之前被模拟，排气系统在建造之前被表示为有限元模拟，工厂在新工厂破土动工之前被离散事件模拟建模。 “实验室”工具：（1）建模随机制造变化，（2）识别关键设计参数，（3）开发和显示仿真元模型，以及（4）帮助鲁棒设计优化存在于工程研究中。 然而，他们还没有被转移到工程实践。 一个新的研究生课程，“使用仿真模型进行工程设计”，介绍了最近的研究成果，在仿真灵敏度分析，元建模和优化用于工程设计案例研究。 案例研究是基于计算机辅助设计模型，已开发并在工业中使用。 部门顾问小组评估了最初的产品作为一个重大的贡献，修订工程课程，但列举了这些关键的缺点：（1）学生花不必要的时间编程，因为软件工具，以行使案例研究软件缺乏，（2）完善和补充的讲义将使其更容易理解和实施这些工具。 本研究旨在克服这些不足。

9308492 Barton Computer simulation models are the laboratory for many today's design engineers. Circuits are simulated before they are prototyped, exhaust systems are represented as finite element simulations before they are built, and factories are modeled with discrete event simulation before the ground is broken for a new plant. "Laboratory" tools for: (1) modeling random manufacturing variations, (2) for identifying key design parameters, (3) for developing and displaying simulation metamodels and (4) for aiding in robust design optimization exist in engineering research. Yet they have not been transferred to engineering practice. A new graduate course, "Using Simulation Models for Engineering Design," presents recent research results in simulation sensitivity analysis, metamodeling, and optimization for use in engineering design case studies. The case studies are based on computer aided design models that have been developed and used in industry. The department advisory group assessed the initial offering as a significant contribution to a revised engineering curriculum, but cited these key shortcomings: (1) the students spend unnecessary time programming because software tools to exercise the case study software are lacking, and (2) refinements and additions to the lecture notes would make it easier to understand and implement these tools. This research to overcome these shortcomings.