Engineering Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre Renewal

本提案旨在为巴斯大学工程创新制造中心的整体拨款续期。该中心的独特之处在于将设计重点与高度重视制造的紧密结合在一起。该中心的工作背景是：*复杂产品和工艺的全球分布式设计和制造；*价格、质量和时间方面的压力；从基于测试的（物理原型）到基于模拟的（虚拟原型）工程的转变，向可持续工程实践的转变。*知识和信息管理在工程中的关键重要性。巴斯工程IMRC的使命是开发工具、方法和知识，以适当的理论和基础研究为基础，支持工程企业在这些新环境下的发展。中心的重点是全生命周期的设计信息和知识管理，以及改进机器、过程和系统的设计。

This proposal is for the renewal of the block grant for the Engineering Innovative Manufacturing Centre at the University of Bath. The Centre is unique in combining a design focus with a strong emphasis on manufacture in a closely integrated group. The context of the Centre's work is:* globally distributed design and manufacture of complex products and processes;* pressure on price, quality and timescale;* the move from test-based (physical prototypes) to simulation-based (virtual prototypes) engineering* the movement towards sustainable engineering practice. * the key importance in engineering of knowledge and information management. The Bath Engineering IMRC's mission is to develop tools, methods and knowledge, underpinned by appropriate theory and fundamental research, to support engineering enterprises in these new circumstances. In particular, the focus of the Centre is on whole life design information and knowledge management, and improving the design of machines, processes and systems.