Search Results - "Mattson, Christopher A"

An approach for including social impact measures in systems design exploration by Richards, Daniel C., Stevenson, Phillip D., Mattson, Christopher A., Salmon, John L.

“…Engineered products have economic, environmental, and social impacts, which comprise the major dimensions of sustainability. This paper seeks to explore…”
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A computational simulation-based framework for estimating potential product impact during product design by Mabey, Christopher S., Armstrong, Andrew G., Mattson, Christopher A., Salmon, John L., Hatch, Nile W., Dahlin, Eric C.

“…The impact of engineered products is a topic of concern in society. Product impact may fall under the categories of economic, environmental or social impact,…”
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Generating Well-Distributed Sets of Pareto Points for Engineering Design Using Physical Programming by Messac, Achille, Mattson, Christopher A

“…Engineering design generally involves two, possibly integrated, phases: (i) generating design options, and (ii) choosing the most satisfactory option on the…”
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Quantifying the effects of various factors on the utility of design ethnography in the developing world by Wood, Amy E., Mattson, Christopher A.

“…Ethnography, a tool traditionally used by social scientists, has been adopted by product design engineers as a tool to build empathy, understand customers and…”
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The social impacts of products: a review by Rainock, Meagan, Everett, Dallin, Pack, Andrew, Dahlin, Eric C., Mattson, Christopher A.

“…Many agree that every product has economic, environmental, and social impacts on those who use and produce them. While environmental and economic impacts are…”
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Creating predictive social impact models of engineered products using synthetic populations by Stevenson, Phillip D., Mattson, Christopher A., Dahlin, Eric C., Salmon, John L.

“…Transformative technologies and products can help solve some of society’s most complex problems. To create these new products and increase the likelihood of…”
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Pareto Frontier Based Concept Selection Under Uncertainty, with Visualization by Mattson, Christopher A, Messac, Achille

“…Issue Title: Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (Guest Editor: Natalia Alexandrov) In a recent publication, we presented a new…”
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Using a Product’s Sustainability Space as a Design Exploration Tool by Mattson, Christopher A., Pack, Andrew T., Lofthouse, Vicky, Bhamra, Tracy

“…Sustainable design is often practiced and assessed through the consideration of three essential areas: economic sustainability, environmental sustainability,…”
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A decision support system for multi-stakeholder exploration of the airship design space by Richards, DC, Salmon, John L, Dickerson, Tevin J, Mattson, Christopher A, Neff, William J

“…Although there have been oscillations in airship interest since their use in the early 1900s, technological advancements and the need for more flexible and…”
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Design for excess capability to handle uncertain product requirements in a developing world setting by Allen, Jeffrey D., Mattson, Christopher A., Thacker, Kendall S., Ferguson, Scott M.

“…Products designed for the developing world often go unused or underused by the intended customers. One cause of this problem is uncertainty regarding the…”
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Logics of Collaboration: An Ethnography of Engineering Co-design in the Brazilian Amazon by Wixom, Jacob Hartt, Dahlin, Eric, Child, Curtis, Mattson, Christopher A.

“…Participatory design approaches such as co-design are promoted as ways to increase the likelihood that engineered products are economically, environmentally,…”
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The fundamentals of barriers to reverse engineering and their implementation into mechanical components by Curtis, Shane K., Harston, Stephen P., Mattson, Christopher A.

“…Reverse engineering is a common design strategy in industry. It is a term that has come to encompass a large array of engineering and design activities in the…”
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A design optimization strategy for creating devices that traverse the Pareto frontier over time by Lewis, Patrick K., Murray, Vance R., Mattson, Christopher A.

“…In some instances, the performance or function that is needed by a product naturally and predictably changes over time. Providing solutions that anticipate,…”
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Optimization of near-constant force springs subject to mating uncertainty by Meaders, John C., Mattson, Christopher A.

“…Constant force mechanisms are mechanical devices that provide a near-constant output force over a sizable and prescribed deflection range. These mechanisms…”
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Smart Pareto filter: obtaining a minimal representation of multiobjective design space by Mattson, Christopher A., Mullur, Anoop A., Messac, Achille

“…Multiobjective optimization is a powerful tool for resolving conflicting objectives in engineering design and numerous other fields. One general approach to…”
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Considering dynamic Pareto frontiers in decision making by Lewis, Patrick K., Tackett, Morgan W. P., Mattson, Christopher A.

“…Considering how the resolution of conflicts changes over time is an aspect of multiobjective optimization that is not commonly explored. These considerations…”
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Hybrid Bishop-Hill model combined finite element analysis for elastic-yield limited design by Takahashi, Ribeka, Fullwood, David T, Rampton, Travis M, Skousen, Darrell J, Adams, Brent L, Mattson, Christopher A

“…Purpose – Microstructure-sensitive design (MSD), for optimal performance of engineering components that are sensitive to material anisotropy, has largely been…”
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A Differentially Driven Flapping Wing Mechanism for Force Analysis and Trajectory Optimization by George, Ryan B., Colton, Mark B., Mattson, Christopher A., Thomson, Scott L.

“…Flapping flight has the potential to revolutionize micro air vehicles (MAVs) due to increased aerodynamic performance, improved maneuverability, and hover…”
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Development of Commercially Viable Compliant Mechanisms Using the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model: Case Studies of Parallel Mechanisms by Mattson, Christopher A., Howell, Larry L., Magleby, Spencer P.

“…Analysis and synthesis of compliant mechanisms has recently been the subject of significant study in the research community. This focus has led to a number of…”
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Synthesis through Rigid‐Body Replacement by Mattson, Christopher A

“…One of the most practical and user‐friendly ways to synthesize compliant mechanisms is through rigid‐body replacement. Rigid‐body replacement synthesis begins…”
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