ASME Design Engineering Division Newsletter 2007
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Design Engineering Division Newsletter, 2007
- Editor: Jeremy Michalek
- Planned Publication: Summer 2007
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DED Executive
Message from the Chair
by Judy Vance
Article yet to be submitted
Message from the Past Chair
by Shapour Azarm
This past year was an exciting and busy year to lead the Design Engineering Division (DED). Let me begin by reporting that the Division finances are in good shape. One of the DED’s primary sources of revenue is the International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC). We had a successful IDETC in Philadelphia in September 2006 under the leadership of Dr. Vijay Kumar and other organizers. This past year I saw first hand the critical role that the twelve Technical Committees (TCs) play for the Division. In this regard and with the advice of the executive committee I set a policy for all TCs to have bylaws (and most do) with clear plans for leadership succession and a website. The Division also has eleven Standing Committees and two Special Committees. The newest committee that I helped to form was the Standing Committee on Journal Relations, chaired by the secretary of the Division and has the membership of the technical editors of the DED’s (co-) sponsored journals and the chair of the Division. The purpose of the Journal Relations Committee is to establish a coordinated effort for finding ways and using best practices for further improving the impact of the DED journals. The Division also continued to sponsor/co-sponsor its six technical journals. The newest addition was Journal of Medical Devices which is co-sponsored by DED and Bioengineering Division. On the other hand, since DED was not a party to a new agreement for the ASME/IEEE Transactions in Mechatronics, the Division ceased its co-sponsorship of that journal. Regarding IMECE, as you might have heard, it has been going through a lot of strategic and structural changes. Among others, future IMECEs will be shorter and more research focused with a significantly fewer number of sessions compared to previous IMECEs. There is also a plan to change the name of IMECE. The proposed new name is: International Engineering Research and Innovation Congress (IERIC). Another activity to report is the DED involvement in the National Manufacturing Week (NMW). For a long time NMW was held in March in Chicago, most recently under Reed Exhibitions. Starting this year, NMW will be held in late September and reportedly will be “the nation’s largest design and manufacturing tradeshow”. I would like to thank Dr. John Renaud for his help in coordinating the DED’s response to NMW over the last few years. I also would like to welcome our new liaison for NMW, Dr. Zissimos Mourelatos, who will represent our Division for NMW for the next few years.
Beginning with the spring 2007, the DED executives have decided to meet twice a year for the executive committee and once a year for the general committee. The spring meeting will be arranged in the form of a teleconference meeting. The other executive committee meeting and general committee meeting will be held during IDETC with members physically present. We had our first successful teleconference meeting on March 9, 2007 during which in addition to the executive committee members and ASME staff, the lead organizers of IDETC2007 and IDETC2008 were present. In that meeting, among others, the DED executive committee approved a proposal to improve the status of the TC’s award accounts while ensuring that our custodial account will maintain sufficient balance to cover potential losses from future IDETCs.
During my tenure as the chair of the Division, I had the privilege of having the insightful advice of my colleagues in the executive committee. I would like to specifically thank our outgoing past chair, Dr. Krish Gupta, who advised me on numerous occasions regarding the issues facing the Division. I also would like to thank other members of the executive committee for their willingness to help and providing many useful inputs. I would like to thank Dr. Chin An Tan, the 2 former Editor of this newsletter. And I welcome the new Editor of our newsletter: Dr. Jeremy Michalek. I would also like to acknowledge the ASME staff, in particular, Ms. Noha El- Ghobashi, Ms. LaShion Pettiford and Ms. Erin Dolan for their support regarding the ASME HQ matters. Finally, I would like to welcome the new Chair, Dr. Judy Vance. I am confident that she will do a fine job in leading the Division with plenty of willing help from the executive committee members, ASME staff, and other volunteers. Best wishes to her!
Shapour Azarm Immediate Past Chair
DED Vice Chair and Treasurer
by
Article yet to be submitted
DED Secretary
by Larry Powell
Article yet to be submitted
DED IDETC Executive
bu Kazem Kazeronian
Article yet to be submitted
DED Technical Committee Executive and IMECE
by Ahmed A. Shabana
Article yet to be submitted
National Design Engineering Conference Chair
Report: National Manufacturing Week 2007 Submitted by: John E. Renaud, NDEC Chair of DED
The National Design Engineering Show and Conference is moving from March to September for the 2007 National Manufacturing Week (www.ManufacturingWeek.com). The Design Engineering Division traditionally sponsors more than a third of the ASME sessions at this conference. Each session involves a fifty minute presentation relevant to industrial participants. The Design Engineering Division would like to encourage members to develop sessions for next years NMW 2007. The chance to make a fifty minute presentation to a large industrial audience on a topic relevant to your company’s products or services is a great opportunity. Please submit your proposed sessions at the ASME web site: http://www.asmeconferences.org/nmw2007/
Keep in mind that ASME’s primary motivation in organizing this conference is to attract potential buyers to the show floor. These buyers include: practicing engineers, technical and mid-managers, shop floor and plant supervisors. As such, ASME is keen on organizing sessions that add immediate value to this group of people; the information that they obtain at the show and sessions can be used right away in their work place. This group also represents a major portion of ASME’s membership base and as an organization we have an incentive to provide them with programming that facilitates professional growth. To that goal, we are looking for presentations (preferably case studies) that offer the following:
- Real, practical solutions to everyday design, manufacturing and management problems
- Ways to reduce cost and increase productivity
- Ways to make money faster and more efficiently
- Ways to improve quality and reliability
- Avenues to grow professionally
Historically, sessions surrounding these general topics have performed very well and continue to be in demand. These sessions aim to provide the audience member with solutions he/she can implement today, not a couple of years down the road.
ASME Support Staff
by Noha El-Gobashy and LaShion Pettiford
Article yet to be submitted
Conferences
2006 IDETC Summary Report
by Vijay Kumar
The ASME IDETC/CIE 2006 Conference held in Philadelphia featured six conferences (MR, DAC, CIE, DTM, DFMLC, DEC, and CIE) and drew nearly 600 participants with student participation accounting for over 20%. This was the first year the International Design and Design Education (DEC) Symposium was highlighted as a IDETC conference. In addition to paper presentations, the conference featured tutorials and workshops which were formally solicited and reviewed. The conference included a networking event for students and several contributed research demonstrations and exhibits during the conference, in addition to sponsors’ exhibits. Several invited sessions were designed to engage experts from industry, academia and government to address problems and challenges facing the community.
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2007 IDETC Conference Announcement and Registration Form
2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007 http://www.asmeconferences.org/idetc07
The 2007 IDETC/CIE has received submittals of a record-breaking 1,400+ papers by March 08th, contributing to IDETC/CIE’s thirteen conferences. (See Appendix for detailed listings of conferences.) Based on the current statistics, the state of the IDETC/CIE is superb. The General and Program Chairs (H.S. Tzou and Nader Jalili) would like to express their sincerest thanks to all conference and symposium organizers, technical committee chairs, ASME staffs (Erin Dolan and Christina Perakis), as well as various advisory and international committee members. Without these “leaders” and “promoters,” this new record setting is not possible. Preparation for the technical conference is progressing in accordance with planned schedules. In addition to the excellent technical program, IDETC/CIE07 plan to offer two receptions. Two engineering deans: Dr. Tom Lester, University of Kentucky (UK), and Dr. Eric Sandgren, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), will welcome all old and new friends at the Deans’ Reception planned for the first evening on UNLV campus. The IDETC/CIE will host the second reception at either Rio or Paris. (Please refer to the final program or web information for details.) Las Vegas is an exciting city to visit. Please come to enjoy not only the excellent technical program, but also the dynamic city. See you at the IDETC/CIE07, September 04-07, 2007.
H.S. Tzou, General Conference Chair (University of Kentucky) Nader Jalili, Technical Program Chair (Clemson University)
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2008 IDETC Announcement and Call for Papers
by Souran Manoochehri
The 2008 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE) will take place during August 3-6, 2008 at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York City. The conference is the flagship international meeting in Design Engineering and Computers and Information in Engineering, and includes the following conferences:
34th Design Automation Conference (DAC) 32nd Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR) 28th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE) 20th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM) 13th Design for Manufacturing and the Lifecycle Conference (DFMLC) 5th Symposium on International Design and Design Education (DEC) Technical papers and presentations describing cutting-edge research are solicited for 2008 IDETC & CIE, which will include plenary sessions, keynote lectures, and tutorials on topics related to engineering design. These conferences are a unique opportunity for meeting colleagues and friends, exchanging ideas, and learning about each other’s work. Industry participation is particularly encouraged, and we hope that the conferences will provide opportunities for fruitful communication between the research and industrial communities. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is just across the river from Manhattan. Two subway stations by the hotel provide easy access to all parts of New York City. There are walking pathways that will take you from the Brooklyn side of the bridge to the Manhattan side, including Canal Street and City Hall.
We look forward to welcoming you to New York in August, 2008.
Souran Manoochehri General Conference Co-Chair Stevens Institute of Technology smanooch@stevens.edu Jahangir Rastegar General Conference Co-Chair Stony Brook University jahangir.rastegar@stonybrook.edu
Jeffrey Ge
Technical Program Co-Chair
Stony Brook University
Qiaode.Ge@stonybrook.edu
Horea Ilies Technical Program Co-Chair University of Connecticut ilies@engr.uconn.edu
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Journal Editors: Activities Reports
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
by Ren C Luo, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
by Subhash C. Sinha, Editor
Article yet to be submitted
Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering (JCISE)
by Jami J. Shah, Editor
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD)
by Michael McCarthy, Editor
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Medical Devices (JMeD)
by Arthur G. Erdman and Gerald E. Miller, Co-Editors
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics
by Kon-Well Wang, Editor
ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics ASME DED Newsletter Input
The Journal is experiencing an increasing rate of paper submission during the past few years. There have been 112 papers submitted in 2003, 193 in 2004, 215 in 2005, and 263 in 2006. With the increasing paper submission and backlog, we have requested a page increase from ASME. Starting 2006, JVA has been allotted an additional 200 pages per year, making the new number of annual available pages 800. In 2006, we have used 802 pages of our allotted 800.
In 2006, Brian Feeny (Michigan State University), Christopher Rahn (Penn State University), Jeffrey Vipperman (University of Pittsburgh), C. K. Sung (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan), Michael Brennan (Institute of Sound and Vibration, United Kingdom), and Jean Zu (University of Toronto, Canada) were nominated and approved as new Associate Editors (AEs). With these new AEs’ help, we are reducing the current AEs’ workload and improving the paper handling/review time.
The review and editing process of a special issue on the subject of vibration-based structural health monitoring, with Guest Editors Bogdan Epureanu (University of Michigan) and Mark Derriso (Air Force Research Labs), is almost completed. The issue is expected to be published in late 2007.
I would like to encourage you to submit your research papers in vibration and acoustics to JVA. I also want to take this opportunity to thank all the authors, reviewers, associate editors and staff members who have contributed to make the past year another good one for JVA. Please feel free to contact me regarding any issues related to the journal. I always welcome ideas and suggestions.
Prepared by: Kon-Well Wang, JVA Editor Penn State University March, 2007
Technical Committee Chairs: Activities Reports
Design Automation Committee
by Hae Chang Gea, Chair
Design Automation Committee serves an important function of promoting research and disseminating knowledge in areas dealing with Design Automation. Since the Design Automation Committee identified four major thrust areas - Design Representation, Design Optimization, Design Evaluation, and Design Integration - two years ago, we have witnessed tremendous growth and renewed focus on both research and educational efforts related to these core areas.
In the 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference (DAC) received 161 papers and accepted 119 papers after a rigorous peer review process. These accepted papers were grouped into 18 topics and evenly distributed within four major areas: 5 topics in Design Representation, 4 in Design Optimization, 4 in Design Evaluation, and 5 in Design Integration. These 119 papers were presented in 27 technical sessions, running in three parallel tracks. Additionally, one panel session, organized by Dr. Ren-Jye Yang from FORD Motor Company, was focused on “DAC Accomplishments, Current Status, and Future Trends and Needs: From Industry’s Prospective”.
The Design Automation Committee congratulates the winner of the 2006 Design Automation award, Professor K.K. Choi from The University of Iowa for his significant contributions to Design Automation, specifically, sensitivity analysis of structures and reliability-based design optimization with application to automotive systems, and the winners of the 2006 Best Paper Award (sponsored by the Ford Motor Company): Jiaqin Chen, Vadim Shapiro, Krishnan Suresh, and Igor Tsukano from University of Wisconsin-Madison for their paper entitled “Parametric and Topological Control in Shape Optimization”. Both awards were presented at the DAC/DTM/DFMLC/DED luncheon.
The Design Automation Committee is open to anyone interested in its activities. The next committee meeting will be held during the upcoming 2007 IDETC in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, please visit the web site of the committee at: http://cdl.engr.uconn.edu/asmeda/, or contact the Committee Chair, Professor Hae Chang Gea, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854; e-mail: gea@rci.rutgers.edu; phone: (732)445-0108
—Hae Chang Gea
Design for Manufacturing Committee
by Satyandra K Gupta, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Design Theory and Methodology Committee
by Janet Allen, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Mechanisms and Robotics Committee
by Sunil Agrawal, Chair
The purpose of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee is to promote advances in research and education in the theory, design and application of mechanisms and machine systems. Current active areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Mechanism Synthesis, Components and Applications; Robotics: Theory; Robotics: Applications; Theoretical and Computational Kinematics; Dynamics of Machines; Compliant Mechanisms; Micro and Nano-Scale Electromechanical Systems; Medical Devices and their Applications; and Education in Mechanisms and Robotics.
The 2006 Mechanisms and Robotics Conference was held in Philadelphia and included presentations of technical papers, keynote speakers, student competitions, and other presentations. This is the second year, the conference ran as an annual conference. This change has necessitated a change in the committee structure, requiring the involvement of more colleagues in the mechanisms community to participate in conference organization. The committee activities are strong and healthy. As the outgoing chair of the committee, I would like to express my appreciation to the Members of this committee and the sponsoring support of MSC.Software, General Motors, Schlumberger, and L-3 Communications. For more information about the committee and its forthcoming activities, please contact the 2007 Chair, Dr. Vijay Kumar, kumar@cis.upenn.edu, or visit: http://divisions.asme.org/ded/mech comm/. —Sunil Agrawal
Multibody Systems and Non-linear Dynamics Committee
by Subhash Sinha, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Power Transmission and Gearing Committee
The Power Transmission and Gearing (PTG) Committee is preparing with the 10th International ASME Power Transmission and Gearing Conference that will be held as part of the 2007 IDETC in Las Vegas. This international conference is held once every four years and attracts a large number of papers globally. The Committee met to define the following symposia:
- Gear Design and Analysis
- Gear Strength and Durability
- Gear Dynamics and Noise
- Gear Diagnostics
- Gear Manufacturing
- Gear Lubrication and Efficiency
- Engineered Surfaces and Tribology
- Transmissions
- Chains, Belts, & Traction Drives
- Couplings, Clutches, and Bearings
Technical session organizers for each symposium have been identified. An expanded mailing list was compiled and a Call for Papers flier was mailed more than 1000 researchers and engineers worldwide. Based on the initial response received to date, the Committee expects more than 120 paper submissions to the Power Transmission and Gearing Conference. The committee plans on meeting in early March to identify the Buckingham Lecturer and session chairs in addition to compiling a list of reviewers for the review of the draft papers.
Ahmet Kahraman Chairman, Power Transmission and Gearing Committee (kahraman.1@osu.edu).
RSAFP Technical Committee
The Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention (RSAFP) Committee of the Design Engineering Division participated in 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition with six sessions. The 22 papers presented included contributions from Japan, China and Austria. A good mix of papers from Industry and Academia was present.
The RSAFP Committee will be participating at the IMECE 2007, as well as at the International Design Engineering Technical Conference to be held in Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007.
Erol Sancaktar, Ph.D., ASME Fellow, RSAFP Technical Committee Chair
Standing Committee Reports
Honors and Awards Committee
by Joe Davidson, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Student Affairs Committee
Pierre Larochelle, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound (TCVS)
William Clark, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
by Harvey Lipkin, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Fellows Nominating Committee Chair
by Richard A. Hirsch, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Government Relations Committee
by Neil Anderson, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Information Management Committee
by Shayne Gooch, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
International Activities Committee
by Philip Doepker, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Membership Interest/Membership Development Committee
by Robert K. Paasch, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Nominating Committee
by Krishna C. Gupta, Chair
Nothing to report.
Special Committee on K-12 Awareness of Design Education
by Kathryn Jacobson, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Special Committee on Professional Engineering Licensure
by Albert V. Karvelis, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Publicity and Newsletter Committee Chair
by Jeremy Michalek, Chair
This year I have taken over Professor Chin An Tan's duties as Publicity and Newsletter Committee Chair and Editor of the ASME DED Newsletter. Comments and suggestions on the newsletter are welcomed and encouraged. As part of the newsletter development this year, I have made a wiki page for contributing content to the newsletter. This easily editable content will remain available after publication of the newsletter as a living document for any changes and additional information that contributors with to submit. The wiki page can be found at
DED Advisory
DED Advisory Committee Chair
by Krishna Gupta, Chair Nothing to report.
DED Advisory Board Members
by Thomas Chase, Bahram Ravani, Daniel Segalman, Kenneth Waldron
Article yet to be submitted
Links
- DED website: http://divisions.asme.org/ded/
- Prior newsletters: http://divisions.asme.org/ded/newsletIndex.html
