Design for transformation: Theory, method and application

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 3 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 447-459

  Singh, Vikramjit ^a   Walther, Brandon ^a   Koraishy, Babar ^a   Krager, Jarden ^a   Wood, Kristin L ^a   Putnam, Nathan ^a   Jensen, Dan ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deductive research; Design for transformation; Inductive research; Transformation design facilitators; Transformation design principles; Transformation design theory; Transformers

Indexed keywords

(E ,2E) THEORY; (E ,3E) PROCESS; BASIC RESEARCH; CONCEPT GENERATION; CUSTOMER NEEDS; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; DESIGN PRINCIPLES (DP); DESIGN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; DEVELOPING PROCESSES; EARLY STAGES; FORMAL DESIGN METHODOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; MICRO AND NANO SYSTEMS; NOVEL METHODS; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES; TRANSFORMATIONAL DESIGN; USAGE SCENARIOS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSENSORS; NANOSYSTEMS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 44849143950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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