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Contacts
Secretary:
Tel: (+44) 191 222 6213
Fax: (+44) 191 222 8600
Investigator:
Postgraduate Admissions:
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GENERATIVE DESIGN
Description of mechanical assemblies by shape features
of components and
their spatial relations. Application of shape
grammars to generate designs
based on shape features and their spatial relations. |
ALGEBRAS OF DESIGN
Description of designs in terms of parts and properties.
Associated
topological and algebraic structures of shape
descriptions including CAD
geometric modelling. Application to visualisation
representation and
interpretation. Boundaries of shapes, picture
languages and spatial
reasoning. |
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Analysis of product development in large engineering
products with
distributed design and supply networks. Computational
tools for rapid
product development in mechanical engineering
design. Contribution to
ERDF/DTI funded project "A Rapid Product Development
Environment - concept
to validation" 1995-98 and continuing 1998-2000
in Regional Centre for
Innovation and Design, Newcastle University. |
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