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Center for Axiomatic Design | Christopher A. Brown
PhD, PE
Short Course and Workshop on Axiomatic Design
Monday and Tuesday 16 & 17 June 2008
WPI – 116 Higgins Lab
Day 1: Basics of Axiomatic Design
8:30 registration and coffee and pastries
9:00 class starts
Introduction to the design axioms – qualitative applications and
exercise
10:30 break and refreshments – review and feedback on the exercise
Introduction to structuring and decomposing design
Preliminary exercise in design decomposition
12:00 lunch, review and feedback on the exercise
Applying axiom one - design matrices
2:30 break and refreshments – with review and feedback on the exercise
Applying axiom two – narrowing alternatives quantitatively
Integration and Practical design – self selected problem
5:00 formal finish of day one - Students are invited to stay later for informal
work and review
Day 2: Applications and Advances on Axiomatic Design
8:30 – 9:00 coffee and pastries and informal discussion
9:00 class starts
Advanced Axiom one –Application specific coupling – sequence
dependence - exercise
10:30 break and refreshments – review and feedback on the exercise
Advanced Structure – creating domains, comparing themes –
exercise
12:00 lunch, review and feedback on the exercise
Advanced axiom two, time dependence and complexity
Assigning interactions – quantitative approach and Inheritance in the matrix
2:30 break and refreshments – with review and feedback on the exercise
Managing axiomatic design – team work - coaching - staying on track
Advanced full design exercise - Design reviews
5:00 design reviews and finish of formal session – certificates
Further design reviews by appointment