17 & 18 May 2011

Appropriate for engineers and managers at all levels.  Anyone involved in design and planning can benefit.

Objective:
Provide learning opportunities for all levels of axiomatic design users.
 
Approach:
A series of sessions, offered in parallel, over two days.  
The sessions will be a mix of tutorials, lectures, exercises and case studies.

Cost:  $625 before 29 April for sessions both days with lunches, dinner and the evening program.  Individual sessions are $75.  After 28 April $690 and $85.  Details are on the registration page.

Extra benefit: Axiomatic Design Solutions, Inc.   will provide all attendees with a complimentary license for six months of Acclaro DFSS, software for Axiomatic Design - for use at the workshop and after.  

Workshop Instructor & Director:  Prof. Christopher A. Brown, Ph.D., P.E., FASME, Mechanical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"Chris Brown is one of the leading experts in the world on axiomatic design. He is a pioneer in developing effective teaching methods for applying axiomatic design and has developed a keen insight to the design theory and practice. Professor Brown's former students have had great success in industry in improving the productivity and quality of their products."

Prof. Nam P. Suh, formerly MIT, Currently President of the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology

Axiomatic design, originally developed by Nam Suh at MIT about thirty years ago, has been shown to markedly improve designs while shortening the design cycle. The axioms are clear, simple rules that guide the design process to best possible solution for the desired functions. Axiomatic design can be applied to the design of products, processes, projects, and systems. It has been called one of the most important engineering developments of the last century.
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What is axiomatic design?

• Axiomatic Design is a method that applies to any kind of design activity, including planning, although it is more aptly applied to engineering design problems than to industrial design. It is not about drafting.
• Axiomatic design starts with the premise that good design is governed by axioms, or laws, like physics is governed by physical laws.
• Axiomatic design uses a structure and a process intended for the application of these laws.
  
• Axiomatic design has been shown to result in shorter design times, documented design decisions, and better designs.
• The axiomatic design process assists with collaborative design and accelerates innovations.

  "Axiomatic design takes you from argument to analysis when evaluating designs"
  "...improved dimensional stability...fundamentally changed the performance...we have the data to prove it"
  VP of Engineering

  "This changes the way I think about everything."
  Owner, president, manager of a fabrication shop

  "The axioms have had a profound affect on my ability to design effective code and in problem solving."
  Sr. Software Engineer
  
  "The new design has resulted in my first patent." Biomedical Engineer
  
  "decoupling ...allowed us to speed up our overall time from 8 weeks to 4.5 weeks" Design Engineer
  
  "... saved 1 full week of our schedule in itself....the cost of the part stayed low, the maintenance is easy and inexpensive, and it performed flawlessly." Design Engineer
  
  "use axiomatic design... to ensure the incorporation of all necessary elements of a design...help narrow down [choices] from many possibilities... and to show robustness of a particular solution." Project Engineer
  
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• Other opportunities:   

  http://designweek2011.kaist.ac.kr/ 

• 6th International Conference on Axiomatic Design (ICAD 2011) tentative dates: Wednesday and Thursday March 30th  and 31st, 2011 at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea.
• 21st CIRP Design Conference 27-29 March 2011 KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea.