During the last few decades, and in order to increase product development efficiency,
simulations strategies have been developed to guide designers towards better solutions …

Significant achievements have been demonstrated in computational materials design and its
broadening application in concurrent engineering. Best practices are assessed and …

Set-Based Design (SBD) has been developed as an alternative to Point-Based Design
(PBD). SBD has been successfully used by Toyota in the automotive industry and currently …

Adequately exploring the tradespace in the early system design phase is important to
determine the best design concepts to pursue in the next life cycle stage. Tradespace …

Cellular structures are present from the atomic level all the way up to patterns found in
human skeleton. They are prevailing structures in the nature and known for their excellent …

We consider the role of computational materials science and mechanics in establishing
improved understanding and quantification of structure-property relations for engineered …

Engineering design has historically been taught using the paradigm of selecting materials
on the basis of tabulated databases of properties (mechanical, physical, chemical, etc.) …

Abstract Systems engineers have long been using analytical and computational models to
approximately predict the behaviors of systems and use these models to guide the design of …

In the near future, electronic cabinets of data centers will house high performance chips with
heat fluxes approaching 100 W/cm 2 and associated high volumetric heat generation rates …

Materials modeling technologies are fundamental to explore, understand, and ultimately
predict materials behavior. They are essential to solve challenges posed by the need to …