Engineering Economist articles from September 1994

Engineering Economist archives from September 1994

Design and economics in the engineering core curriculum.
September 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION In 1991 the National Science Foundation Division for Undergraduate Education of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources funded a project entitled "The Integration of Economics with Design in the Engineering Science...

A survey of engineering design literature: methodology, education, economics, and management aspects.
September 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION One of the findings by the National Research Council's 1991 Committee on Engineering Design Theory and Methodology(1) is that the best engineering design practices are not widely used in United States industry. The purpose of this...

Decision theory for design economics.
September 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION This paper describes and reviews oar research on integrating decision theory into design analysis. We view the recent surge of interest in engineering design theory as evidence that engineers -- and the businesses that employ them...

Process and design tolerance in relation to manufacturing cost: a review & extension.
September 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION The emergence of new processing technologies (electronic discharge machine [EDM], water jet cutting, etc.), the availability of sensitive control devices, and the accessibility of powerful computation machinery on factory floors...

A cost based system for concurrent part and process design.
September 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION Increasing recognition of cost competition has spurred the development of manufacturing technology, planning processes, and computer-based controls, among other systems and procedures, all intended to reduce costs and/or improve...