Optimization in Design Meta-material design & affordance based design
Event details
| Date | 18.03.2013 |
| Hour | 13:15 › 14:15 |
| Speaker |
Prof. Georges Fadel Bio : Georges Fadel is Professor of Mechanical 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 design related courses and researches methods and tools to help designers deal with complexity (representation, coordination, and optimization) and globalization issues (collaboration and networked virtual environments). He deals particularly with topics in packaging optimization (under-hood and underbody layout, component placement, and structural and vehicle dynamic performance optimization), multi-material and meta-material design and manufacturing, and design methodology (especially Affordance Based Design). 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 Society, Designers Accord and Sigma Xi. Dr. Fadel is on the editorial boards of the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Journal, the journal of Research in Engineering Design and the International Journal of Interactive Design and Manufacturing. |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract : Design theory and design automation are active research fields targeting the need to innovate and to deal with the increased complexity of our modern world. This presentation will very briefly introduce Clemson University and the CEDAR (Clemson Engineering Design – Applications and Research) group then show several research topics accomplished over the years by Dr. Fadel’s students. It will focus on two applications of optimization in design. The first is the design of a meta-material which targets specific characteristics in the design of the shear band of a non-pneumatic wheel: the Tweel©. A two level optimization approach and the development of a non-simply connected structure to obtain optimal geometries are described. The second is the adaptation of affordances from the field of perceptual psychology to the field of design to better capture interactions which are perceived by the user or designer, especially the positive and negative ones that are identified between the user and the artifact. The use of optimization to evolve innovative designs with the help of affordances is described.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- IGM
Contact
- Géraldine Palaj