Design as...: thinking of what design might be

Applied Optimization, 1998

Following Proclus' aphorism that "it is necessary to know beforehand what is sought," a ground rule of intellectual endeavor seems to be that any new field of study, to be recognized properly, must first scrutinize its bounds and objectives: where it stands in the universe and how it proposes to relate to the established disciplines. Such clarification is the object of this chapter.

In Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2013

It is a fact of our existence, that no matter where we are, we most often find ourselves either hearing, seeing, talking, or even engaged in design related activities. Despite this reality, the notion of “design”, and in particular “engineering design”, is often ambiguous, and at times obscure. Thus, the transfer of knowledge of this crucial topic to engineering students engaged in practical hands-on learning or analytical research is usually perplexing to accomplish. In light of this, it becomes worthwhile to dissect and reflect on the abstraction of the design process in engineering. In fact, the aim of this article is to investigate the facets of applied design, and elaborate on its diversity, complexity and elements. Eventually, by concretizing this subject matter, we hope to slightly assist engineering students in alleviating some of the vagueness associated with the principle of design, and enhance their technical skillset during innovative conceptions.

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, 1997

In this paper, we examine the logic and methodology of engineering design from the perspective of the philosophy of science. The fundamental characteristics of design problems and design processes are discussed and analyzed. These characteristics establish the framework within which different design paradigms are examined. Following the discussions on descriptive properties of design, and the prescriptive role of design paradigms, we advocate the plausible hypothesis that there is a direct resemblance between the structure of design processes and the problem solving of scientific communities. The scientific community metaphor has been useful in guiding the development of general purpose highly effective design process meta-tools [73], . His research within engineering design focuses on developing methods to help the designer move from the conceptual phase to the realization of the physical device. To achieve this objective, he has developed the formal general design theory (FGDT), which is a mathematical theory of design. He has developed methods to solve routine design with group technology, genetic algorithms, and simulated annealing, to define computerized architecture, structure, and databases for the conceptual design process, and to develop a framework of logic decomposition and case-based reasoning methodology for mechanical design. He is also co-authoring, with O. Maimon, a book on the foundations of engineering design. Additional interests include real-time scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems, inventory management, risk and decision analyses, and group technology. His papers have been published in several journals, including the IEEE

Projectics / Proyéctica / Projectique, 2018

The word "design" is a concept that is becoming increasingly popular in the scientific literature, in the industry and in people's daily lives. despite its importance, however, there is no consensus about its meaning.

Collection of term papers for masters student , 2019

Design Research through Practice, 2012

Proceedings of “contextual design-design in contexts”. …, 1997

Research in Engineering Design, 1990

Most early writings on design research are built on rationalistic assumptions. Perhaps the most ambitious call for basing design on rationalistic thinking came from Herbert Simon, who proposed basing design on systems and operations analysis. For him, design became an exercise in mathematics, and the task of design research was to describe the natural and human rationalities that govern it. 1 Such rationalistic assumptions were particularly strong in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, the studio model of the Bauhaus became too limited to respond to the demands of increasingly complex and growing industries.