Dr.-Ing. Stefan Moehringer
Germany
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Development of Mechatronic Products and Systems
Interest: Research
Agenda
• Consolidation of research in Mechatronics among internationally active research groups
• Definition of key areas of interest and action recommendation for further research
• Fruitful exchange of knowledge and experiences between researchers, students and industry partners
• Exchanging education concepts and teaching experiences in the growing area of mechatronic student programs
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.
Committe
Prof. Jan Wikander, KTH, Sweden
Zhun Fan, PhD, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen
Countries
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Japan, Kanada, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, USA
Mode of operation
Workshops at Design Society conferences;
first workshop: ICED 07, Paris, France
second workshop: DESIGN 08, Dubrovnik, Kroatia
third workshop: ICED 09, Stanford, USA
Type of events
Next workshop:
ICED 09, Standford, USA
