Natural fibers have attracted great attention from industrial players and researchers for the
exploitation of polymer composites because of their “greener” nature and contribution to …

New product development review article aims to consolidate the principles and current
literature on design for sustainability to seek the field's future direction. In this point of view …

Due to recent trend and increasing awareness towards sustainable product design, natural
based fiber materials are gaining a revival popularity to replace synthetic based fiber in the …

Application of natural fibre composites is going to increase in different areas caused by
environmental, technical and economic advantages. However, their low mechanical …

Presented manuscript discusses the usage of multi-attribute decision making tools to assist
in the material selection for vehicular structures; mainly the automotive Body-In-White (BiW) …

Highlights•Student design teams focus on the technical feasibility of concepts during the
selection process.•Creativity is rarely discussed during concept selection despite it being set …

This paper presents the conceptual design of kenaf fiber polymer composites automotive
parking brake lever using the integration of Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) …

The importance of concept selection in the engineering design process cannot be
overemphasized. It is a major activity that can assist manufacturers to identify optimal …

Landslides are one of the natural threats that often result in great loss of life and destruction
of property in Ethiopia. One of the areas that is affected by landslides of different types and …

While creativity is often seen as an indispensable quality of engineering design, individuals
often select conventional or previously successful options during the concept selection …