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Engineering design research manifests as a platform for exploration, description, arrangement, rationalization, and application of design knowledge. What we can see when we are looking at the research into engineering design is an almost chaotically fragmented picture. Is it possible to have a holistic view on the contents and internal relationships of engineering design research? This paper considers teleology, a reflection of a branch of philosophical speculations, as the doctrine of ordering knowledge of engineering design and structuring engineering design research accordingly. Teleology explains that the ultimate reason behind design is to sustain human existence and well being by virtual creation of artifacts and services for society. To this end, knowledge of engineering research is supposed to be transferred from the platform of scientific/theoretical exploration and comprehension to the platform of technical/pragmatic application. This implies a natural streaming of knowledge of engineering design. In order to make the teleological explanation operational, a framework of reasoning has been constructed by adopting the analogy of the source, channel and sink of a stream. To represent the source, channel and sink categories of engineering design knowledge, the author inaugurated nine categories in the framework. It has been hypothesized that the introduced categories are equally valid for research in engineering design as well as for the knowledge of engineering design. Within each category, research domains and trajectories have been defined. The proposed teleology-based framework lends itself to a better understanding of the disciplinary articulation and intrinsic relationships of engineering design research. It is hoped, among other things, to form a basis for a shared understanding, to make the influence of decisions on research programs more transparent, as well as to facilitate organizing subject materials for various design courses.

Artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms are often quoted in discussions about the contribution of biological systems thinking to engineering design. This paper reviews work on the neuromuscular system, a field in which biological systems thinking could make specific contributions to the development and design of automatic control systems for mechatronics and robotics applications. The paper suggests some specific areas in which a better understanding of this biological control system could be expected to contribute to control engineering design methods in the future. Particular emphasis is given to the nonlinear nature of elements within the neuromuscular system and to processes of neural signal processing, sensing and system adaptivity. Aspects of the biological system that are of particular significance for engineering control systems include sensor fusion, sensor redundancy and parallelism, together with advanced forms of signal processing for adaptive and learning control.

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none ; 4 ; Authors: Ibarra A., Arbeiter F., Bernardi D., Cappelli M., García A., Heidinger R., Krolas W., Fischer U., Martin-Fuertes F., Micciché G., Muñoz A., Nitti F.S., Pérez M., Pinna T., Tian K. ; The need of a neutron source for the qualification of materials to be used in future fusion power reactors has been recognized in the European Union (EU) fusion programme for many years. The construction and exploitation of this facility is presently considered to be critical to the construction of the DEMOnstration Power Plant (DEMO). This issue has prompted the EU to launch activities for the design and engineering of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DEMO Oriented Neutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) facility based on and taking profit of the results obtained in the Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activities (IFMIF/EVEDA) project, presently conducted in the framework of the EU-Japan Bilateral Agreement on the Broader Approach to Fusion. These activities and research and development work for the IFMIF-DONES plant are presently taking place in the framework of a work package of the EUROfusion Consortium, in direct collaboration with the Fusion for Energy organization. The main objective of these activities is to consolidate the design and underlying technology basis in order to be ready for the start of the IFMIF-DONES construction as early as possible. In this paper, an overview and the present status of the IFMIF-DONES engineering design is presented for a generic site, making emphasis on the recent design evolution from previous phases. © 2018 EURATOM. ; none ; 10840/9694 ; Cappelli, M.; Bernardi, D. ; Nitti, F. S.; Micciché, G.; Cappelli, M.; Bernardi, D.

The effective and efficient management of information across an enterprise, and detailed understanding of the business environment is critical to long‐term sustainable success. It is necessary to focus enterprise activities on meeting order qualifying and order winning criteria (OQC, OWC). Where customer information is embedded in a function‐centered business process, such as engineering design office "response‐to‐tender", a greater understanding can yield insight and lead to business benefits. This paper reports the use of two approaches to modelling this business process: a commercially available modelling tool, ICL ProcessWise Workbench; and object‐oriented qualitative analysis (OOQA) and artificial neural network process modelling (ANNPM) developed by the authors. The ICL software proved excellent at initial process mapping, but required high skill levels for the detailed modelling. The use of OOQA captures significant information, and supports development of object‐oriented (OO) management information systems. The ANNPM proved capable of being used to predict engineering design office "response‐to‐tender" duration, resource, and costs.