Improving Engineering Design -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- DESIGNING FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE -- IMPROVING ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION -- A NATIONAL AGENDA FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN RESEARCH -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- THE CENTRAL ROLE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN -- THE NATURE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN -- Findings-The Current State of Engineering Design in the United States -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF BETTER DESIGN PRACTICE, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH -- 2 Designing for Competitive Advantage -- CORPORATE COMMITMENT AND ACTION -- THE PRODUCT REALIZATION PROCESS -- Definition of Customer Needs and Product Performance Requirements -- Planning for Product Evolution -- Planning for Design and Manufacturing -- Product Design -- Manufacturing Process Design -- Production -- Difficulties in the Design of Complex Products -- IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY DESIGN PRACTICES -- Traditional Practices -- Modern Practices for Setting Strategy and Specifications -- Modern Practices for Executing Designs -- UNDERSTANDING, MOTIVATING, AND SUPPORTING THE DESIGNER -- The Design Task -- The Designer -- Finding, Supporting, and Rewarding Effective Designers -- Elements of a Supportive Design Environment -- Summary -- 3 Improving Engineering Design Education -- THE GOALS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION -- Undergraduate Engineering Design Education -- Graduate Design Education -- THE STATUS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION -- Undergraduate Programs -- Graduate Programs -- Faculty -- IMPROVING DESIGN EDUCATION -- Institutional Initiatives for Reform -- Aiding Teachers of Design -- Improving University-Industry Interaction in Design Education -- Summary -- 4 A National Engineering Design Research Agenda -- THE NEED FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN -- A TOPICAL SEARCH AGENDA -- A. Developing Scientific Foundations for Design Models and Methods.

A.1. Computer Representations of In-Progress Designs -- A.2. Generating, Organizing, and Generalizing Design Knowledge -- A.3. Synthesis: Parametric, Configuration, and Conceptual Design -- A.4. Tolerance Synthesis -- B. Creating and Improving Design Support Tools -- B.1. Designer-Oriented Computational Prototyping, Analysis, and Simulation Tools -- B.2. Rapid Physical Prototyping -- B.3. Design For 'X' -- C. Relating Design to the Business Enterprise -- C.1 Quality-Cost Models -- C.2 Organization and Communication Models -- C.3. Innovation -- Benefits of Implementing the Engineering Design Research Agenda -- Resources Required -- DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS TO INDUSTRY -- A NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN -- 5 Recommendations -- IMPROVING DESIGN PRACTICE -- IMPROVING ENGINEERING EDUCATION -- Curricula -- Support for Faculty -- IMPROVING ENGINEERING DESIGN RESEARCH -- Aggressively Pursuing the Research Agenda -- Conducting Research -- National Consortium for Engineering Design -- Appendix A Examples of Product Realization Processes -- POLAROID'S PRP -- HEWLETT-PACKARD'S PRP -- Appendix B Course Outline for Contemporary Engineering -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.