Virtual Rapid Prototyping of 3-Dimensional Electro-Mechanical Layouts

本项目正在开发用于综合机电系统三维布局的技术和工具。 该项目的研究正在探索新的组合算法，用于安排机械部件，以满足大量相互冲突的设计约束，包括体积，形状，重量，热相互作用，结构支撑和维修的可达性。 这些算法正在被纳入可穿戴计算机的设计工具中，并将在卡内基梅隆大学其他NSF支持的研究的主持下制造。 为了提高该项目的教育方面和产品设计的现实联系，该项目的每个研究生将作为该项目的工业支持者在热分析和项目布局组的暑期实习生。

This project is developing techniques and tools for synthesizing three-dimensional layouts of electromechanical systems. Research in this project is exploring new combinatorial algorithms for the arrangement of mechanical components that will satisfy a large number of conflicting design constraints, including volume, shape, weight, thermal interactions, structural support, and accessibility for repair. These algorithms are being incorporated into tools for the design of wearable computers, to be fabricated under the auspices of other NSF-supported research at Carnegie Mellon University. To improve the educational aspects of this project and the connection to the realities of product design, each graduate student on the project will work as a summer intern for industrial supporters of the project in the thermal analysis and project layout groups.