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SUMMARY:Optimization in Design  Meta-material design & affordance based de
 sign
DTSTART:20130318T131500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Georges Fadel\nBio : Georges Fadel is Professor of Mecha
 nical Engineering and holds the Exxon Mobil Employees Chair in Engineering
  at Clemson University. He obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and 
 an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.\, and a Diploma in Mechanical
  Engineering from the ETH\, in Zurich\, Switzerland.  Dr. Fadel teaches d
 esign related courses and researches methods and tools to help designers d
 eal with complexity (representation\, coordination\, and optimization) and
  globalization issues (collaboration and networked virtual environments). 
 He deals particularly with topics in packaging optimization (under-hood an
 d underbody layout\, component placement\, and structural and vehicle dyna
 mic performance optimization)\, multi-material and meta-material design an
 d manufacturing\, and design methodology (especially Affordance Based Desi
 gn). He has published over two hundred research articles. He is member and
  fellow of the ASME\, and past chair of its Technical Committee on Design 
 Automation.  He is member of AIAA\, SAE\, ISSMO\, MCDM\, the Design Socie
 ty\, Designers Accord and Sigma Xi.  Dr. Fadel is on the editorial boards
  of the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Journal\, the journa
 l of Research in Engineering Design and the International Journal of Inter
 active Design and Manufacturing.\nAbstract : Design theory and design auto
 mation are active research fields targeting the need to innovate and to de
 al with the increased complexity of our modern world.  This presentation 
 will very briefly introduce Clemson University and the CEDAR (Clemson Engi
 neering Design – Applications and Research) group then show several rese
 arch topics accomplished over the years by Dr. Fadel’s students.  It wi
 ll focus on two applications of optimization in design.  The first is the
  design of a meta-material which targets specific characteristics in the d
 esign of the shear band of a non-pneumatic wheel: the Tweel©.  A two lev
 el optimization approach and the development of a non-simply connected str
 ucture to obtain optimal geometries are described.  The second is the ada
 ptation of affordances from the field of perceptual psychology to the fiel
 d of design to better capture interactions which are perceived by the user
  or designer\, especially the positive and negative ones that are identifi
 ed between the user and the artifact.  The use of optimization to evolve 
 innovative designs with the help of affordances is described.
LOCATION:ME B3 31 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=MEB331
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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