Chair: Prof. Stanislav Hosnedl
Interest: Research
Focus: General engineering design theories and methodologies; branch specific engineering design processes and experiences; theories, methodologies and experiences in related fields; integration and application of information technology, CAx, experimental tools.
Chair: Dr. Matthew I. Campbell, Prof. Kristina Shea
Interest: Research
Focus: Synthesis is a fundamental activity in engineering design and is at the heart of the early and conceptual phases. The synthesis process involves task formulation, design representation, composition, design generation, design interpretation and re-interpretation, design evaluation, search and optimization. The Computational Design Synthesis SIG will focus on the following research topics, all within the context of supporting design synthesis: computational synthesis, generative design, design automation, computational design representations for synthesis, engineering and design grammars, emergence, knowledge-based approaches, design spaces, computational problem solving, design optimization and search, machine-learning based approaches, software prototype and tool development, and integration of computational synthesis tools in design processes. The SIG will be multi-disciplinary including researchers from mechanical engineering, architecture, industrial design, and civil engineering as well as a range of industry sectors related to these disciplines.
Chair: Prof. Dr. -Ing. Harald Meerkamm
Interest: Research
Focus: Research, education.
Chair: Prof. Toshiharu Taura
Interest: Research
Focus: The focus in this SIG is posed on a series of questions including but not limited to the following: Are there common aspects of creativity across different kinds of design? Are there aspects of creativity specific to each kind of design? Are these aspects of creativity specific to creating understanding (for representing reality as is) or designs (for changing reality ‘as should be’)?
Chair: Mr William J. Ion
Interest: Education
Focus: General Aim: To provide a forum for the identification, sharing and dissemination of best practice in design education. In order to achieve this aim DESIG will seek to undertake the following; 1. Organise an international design education conference every two years (in non ICED, "even" years) 2. Organise an international design education workshop every two years (in ICED, "uneven" years) 3. Collaborate with national design education organisations in the organisation of national design education conferences 4. Promote working groups to develop key design education issues 5. Promote special design education issues of journals 6. Maintain a design education resource web site (restricted to membership, download/upload, sponsorship) 7. Other activities as deemed appropriate.
Chair: Prof Armand Hatchuel, Prof. Yoram Reich
Interest: Research
Focus: Based on discussions prior to the foundation of this SIG (e.g. at ICED 07 in Paris), the first agenda of the SIG has the four following issues: - Design Theory and Mathematics: The SIG will explore old and new relations between advances in Design Theory and recent advances in Mathematics. - Design Theory and new approaches of high level and flexible structures of knowledge: Engineering Science is more and more based on the search for knowledge integration and it is interesting to explore the link of these efforts to Design Theory. - Theory-oriented laboratory experiments: The SIG will explore how Design Theory could help to design new forms of laboratory experiments or new empirical investigations. - The design principles and history of Design Theory: In the field of Design Theory, memory and cumulative work is of paramount value. The SIG will stimulate a comprehensive effort to reach a good scientific history of Design Theories.
Chair: Dr.-Ing. Stefan Moehringer
Interest: Research
Focus: Mechatronics - the synergetic integration of different engineering domains such as mechanics, electronics and information technology can create new products and stimulate innovative solutions. Due to the interaction of domains the complexity of mechatronic products is usually very high. Therefore mechatronics faces two main challenges: 1. complexity, 2. multidisciplinarity. The SIG "Development of Mechatronic Products and Systems" encourage the discussion on 1. how to manage complexity in mechatronic-specific design, 2. how to support the designer in communication among multidisciplinary design teams. Our specific research areas are as follows: - Self-optimizing and cognitive systems, - automated design, - Approaches to handle complexity, - Procedures and tools to support engineers communication.
Chair: Prof. Tim McAloone, Dr. Wolfgang Wimmer
Interest: Research
Focus: Linking together the scientific research results in the field of ecodesign from the SIG's active universities and research centres, and prepare them for implementation in industry.
Chair: Professor Petra Badke-Schaub
Interest: Research
Focus: The HBiD SIG is especially focused on 1. research of design thinking processes 2. research of design processes in the social context 3. methods for improving thinking processes of novice and expert designers 4. empirical research methodologies for studying human behaviour in design
Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann
Interest: Research
Focus: In modern products, processes, organisations, and markets, complexity is ever-present. It is often seen as an obstacle to designing and developing successful products and services. Complexity is, in the context of this SIG, mainly understood as a highly integrated system consisting of different elements, the network structure of their relationships internally and to their environment, and the dynamics thereof. Managing the structure of a system as a means of complexity management tackles complex systems by looking into how a system is set-up internally, i.e. the constellations and typical patterns (=”structures”) of the elements and their relations. The aim of the SIG is to gain and mediate areas of competence with regard to the structural complexity management in all aspects of product development by consideration of different views onto a system, its elements and interdependencies, and its evolution and dynamics. Exemplary application areas are networks formed by interacting product components, process activities or organizational responsibilities as well as the interrelations between those different aspects.
Chair: Prof. John Clarkson, Prof. Dr. -Ing. Sandor Vajna
Interest: Research
Focus: Engineering processes are the "glue" that hold the activities within product development and design together. Engineering processes structure these tasks appropriately and ensure the correct and timely use of the appropriate approaches & procedures, methods, data, and tools in order to improve the design process, improve products and services, and properly document product development, processes and the products themselves. It is the aim of this group to contribute to a smart and smooth definition, application, and navigation of Engineering Processes within the scope described above.
