I/UCRC: Collaborative Research: A Decision Support e-Design Framework for Sustainable Product Design

拟议的研究目标是推进可持续产品设计中理性设计决策的知识状态，以便从整体设计的角度更好地了解这些决策的后果。所提出的研究方法将提高目前可用的产品和工艺设计能力，将生命周期评价纳入工程设计决策。这项工作旨在为可持续设计提供一种新的决策方法和相关的决策支持工具。所开发的方法和工具反映了NIST可持续性门户网站中建立的标准，并补充和增强了PLM工具的功能。拟议工作的成果有可能促进设计更可持续的产品，从而在全球范围内显著改善环境和经济。这项工作得到了行业咨询委员会以及该中心各个行业成员的支持，并有可能扩大该中心的投资组合。PI计划在马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校和纽约州立大学布法罗分校的研究生课程中引入已开发的研究方法，并开发协调的原型教育工具，以使中心合作者和行业合作伙伴受益。

The proposed research targets advancing the state of knowledge on rational design decisions in sustainable product design in order to enable a better understanding of the consequences of those decisions from an overall design perspective. The proposed research method will advance the current available capabilities for product and process design by integrating LCA into decision making for engineering design. The work intends to result in a novel decision method, and related decision support tools, for sustainable design. The methods and tools to be developed reflect the standards established in NISTs sustainability portal, and complement and enhance the capabilities of PLM tools.The outcomes of the proposed work have the potential to facilitate the design of more sustainable products that could significantly improve both the environment and the economy on a global scale. The work is supported by the Industry Advisory Board as well as individual industry members of the center and has the potential to extend the centers portfolio. The PIs plan to introduce the developed research methods in the graduate courses at UMass Amherst and the University at Buffalo SUNY as well as develop coordinated prototype educational tools to benefit the centers collaborators and industry partners.