FUTURE ISSUES FOR DESIGN RESEARCH(FIDR) WORKSHOP
1999
Final Report
Author : S.J.Culley,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering and Design, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY.
Funded by the DTI & EPSRC
Organising Committee:
S.J.Culley University of Bath (Chair)
C.A.McMahon, University of Bristol
K.M.Wallace, University of Cambridge
Professor S.Evans, Cranfield University
ISBN 1 85790 061 8
CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- Background and Related work
- Aims and Objectives
- Format
- Additional input
- Keynote speakers
- Framework V
- Pre-workshop requests for information
- End of workshop questionnaire
- RESULTS - DISCUSSION
- Drivers and Constraints
- Impact and Achievements
- Needs and Requirements
- Priorities and key issues
- RESULTS - TECHNOLOGY/KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
- Current Methods
- The Validation issue
- Proposed Methods
- RESULTS - PRE-WORKSHOP SUBMISSION
- Requirements of Industry
- Achievements of Design Research
- Weaknesses of Design Research
- Key Issues
- RESULTS - QUESTIONNAIRE
- Evaluation of results
- Comparison with the USA
- COMPARISON OF INPUTS
- CONCLUSIONS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- Knowledge and Information Management
- Integration
- Early stage support - commercial and technical
- Process issues - Scenarios/risk based process
- Metrics - Change/Academic
- Design experiments and validation
- Design research in context
- People
- Activities
- 'Managing in the millennium'
- Research TCS
- Research assistants - industrial secondments
- Metrics/measures of performance
- REFERENCES
Appendices
Appendix 1 - Format of workshop and Delegate List
Appendix 2 - Professor M.M.Andreasen - Keynote Address
Appendix 3 - Dr. C. Hales - Keynote Address
Appendix 4 - Framework V Information
Appendix 5 - Syndicate Groups - Negative aspects
Appendix 6 - Syndicate Groups - Needs and requirements
Appendix 7 - Syndicate Groups - Key issues and priorities
Appendix 8 - Current methods of awareness, technology transfer, validation
Appendix 9 - Pre workshop submissions