As the complexity of electronic systems grows, the traditional design practice, a sequential process, is replaced by concurrent design methodologies. A major advantage of concurrent design is that the feedback from software and manufacturing engineers can be easily incorporated into the design. The implementation of concurrent engineering methodologies is greatly facilitated by employing the la...

New trends and demands of the automotive industry have dramatically influenced the requirements and processes of tool and die manufacturing over the last years and have led to new, serious and often incoherent challenges for the tool and die makers which have to rethink and redefine their concepts for manufacturing, machinery and production management. To assist in establishing advanced process...

Clustering parts and machines into part families and machine cells is a major decision in the design of cellular manufacturing systems which is defined as cell formation. This paper presents a non-linear mixed integer programming model to design cellular manufacturing systems which assumes that the arrival rate of parts into cells and machine service rate are stochastic parameters and descri...

The objective of this research is to explore virtual environments in education, robotics automation and manufacturing (VERAM). The grant provides funding for the purchase of equipment necessary for research into the development of virtual environments for manufacturing applications. In specific, the research investigates the applicability of agent based design techniques in simulating assembly ...

Over the past decade, there has been a growing need to use computers in the educational process. Software developers have started to take advantage of the most significant advances in computer technology most notably, internet-based networks. Undeniably, the Internet will be a vital part of education in the future. VRML or Virtual Reality Modeling Language is one of the many potential education...