... Simulated results of Example 2: (a) input signal u ( k ); (b) unforced system g ( k ); (c) outputs of the identification model (dashed line) and the plant (solid line); (d) error between the model output and the plant output 2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

...Panos Y. Papalambros design engineering mechanical engineering There have been several recent occasions where I was asked, often together with other editors of sister design journals, to elaborate on JMD and its processes as an archival journal. Topics vary but usually include questions...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 01 09 2011 01 09 2011 mechanical engineering Much has been said about the 21st Century becoming known as the Asian one. The dramatic increase of manuscript submissions to JMD particularly from China and India is testimony to the increased activity...

... graduated with a BSME in 1982 from the University of Maine at Orono. He then worked 5 years as a manufacturing systems design engineer at the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York. He returned to graduate school, earning M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from...

...J. P. Terpenny 10 03 2011 10 03 2011 design engineering engineering education mechanical engineering project management team working Have you heard? Did you know? The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) has been accepting and publishing quality design education...

.... One of the most frequent questions that comes up in my editorial duties has to do with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) journals’ page number limits, page charges, cost of downloads, and access for nonsubscribers. Beyond the journal per se, we often discuss the ever-rising...

... Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis is performed as well with an assumed set of parametric distributions for the variables in each function. 31 03 2009 15 02 2010 15 11 2010 15 11 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering Monte Carlo methods sensitivity analysis...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 20 09 2010 20 09 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering sustainable development “Who cares for planet Earth?—Apparently not us at JMD…” was my editorial message in February 2009 (http://asmejmd.org/show_editorial.php?id=26). Since...

..., if even possible), interval uncertainty levels are often easier to determine and/or estimate. At present, two distinct strategies have been used to manage input parameter uncertainty: robust design approaches or sensitivity analysis (SA) approaches. design engineering mechanical engineering...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 18 08 2010 18 08 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering We write JMD papers to communicate our ideas and findings to our peer researchers and practitioners. But how do we discuss these ideas and findings among ourselves? How do we create...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 07 07 2010 07 07 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering reviews Who would wish to be blind and kept at arm's length? Would we wish that for a JMD reviewer? Effecting a good review process for each JMD submission is my most important...

...Panos Y. Papalambros 11 05 2010 11 05 2010 design engineering mechanical engineering “To engineer is human,” declared Henry Petroski (St. Martin's Press, 1985). JMD is an engineering journal. Therefore, one might think, JMD must be about humans. Is it now? For sure, authors...

... Foundation under Grant No. EEC-0540834. Additional support is provided by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI-0522116. 12 04 2008 10 02 2010 19 04 2010 19 04 2010 decision theory design engineering mechanical engineering parameter estimation Pareto...

...James Schmiedeler 30 03 2010 30 03 2010 mechanical engineering publishing The Mechanisms and Robotics community has been very fortunate in its long-standing relationship with the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design , growing and developing in many ways parallel...

... engineering mechanical engineering sensitivity analysis A complex design problem often involves a large number of design variables and multidisciplinary analyses with excessive cost. The “all-in-one” (AIO) method in which the whole system analysis is treated as a black box, is usually not practical...

... 2009 04 12 2009 14 01 2010 14 01 2010 CAD design engineering mechanical engineering process design product design Objectively assessing the complexity of an engineering design problem would prove beneficial to designers and researchers in various situations. First...

...Ramsey F. Hamade This research aims to explore some of the underlying reasoning for why some individuals acquire mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) skills with relative ease while some others seem to falter. A methodical study was performed by monitoring 74 mechanical engineering seniors (over...

...Diann Brei; Mary Frecker; Alex Slocum 09 03 2009 mechanical engineering I had mentioned in my April 2008 editorial that design innovation papers are both important for JMD and challenging to author and to review. We have been fortunate that we now have a special team of associate...

... Riemannian metrics displacement measurement distance measurement mechanical engineering precision engineering 19 04 2007 28 01 2008 11 08 2008 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

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