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System Design and Analysis based on AD and Complexity Theories

Spring 2005

The Space Shuttle is an example of a highly complex system with many functional requirements. (Photo courtesy of NASA.)

Course Highlights

This course features lecture slides and suggested problems from the course textbooks as study materials.

Course Description

This course studies what makes a good design and how one develops a good design. Students consider how the design of engineered systems (such as hardware, software, materials, and manufacturing systems) differ from the "design" of natural systems such as biological systems; discuss complexity and how one makes use of complexity theory to improve design; and discover how one uses axiomatic design theory (AD theory) in design of many different kinds of engineered systems. Questions are analyzed using Axiomatic Design Theory and Complexity Theory. Case studies are presented including the design of machines, tribological systems, materials, manufacturing systems, and recent inventions. Implications of AD and complexity theories on biological systems discussed.

Syllabus

Course Goals

Ability to design using basic principles of design
Invention of products based on basic principles
Various ways of achieving robust design
Ability to design complex systems, including software and hardware
Understanding complexity of systems
Reduction of complexity of engineered systems
Teaching using many examples and case studies from diverse fields
Learning by working on real projects (Term projects)

Prerequisites

2.004, 2.006

Textbooks

Suh, N. P. Axiomatic Design: Advances and Applications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780195134667.

———. Complexity: Theory and Applications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780195178760.

Grading

Grading table.
Activities	percentages
Two One-hour Examinations	25%
Homework	25%
Term Project	50%

Calendar

Instructors

NPS = Prof. Nam P. Suh
TL = Dr. Taesik Lee

Course calendar.
Lec #	Topics	Instructors
1-3	Introduction to Axiomatic Design	NPS
4	Information Content and Robustness	TL
5	Information Content (cont.) Project Discussion	TL
6-7	Multi-FR Design	NPS
8-9	Information Content (cont.)	TL
10	Exam 1
11-12	Design of Systems	NPS
13	Guest Lecture	Dr. Sunghee Do
14	Design of Manufacturing Systems	TL
15	Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Systems Case Study - Complex System Design (NASA / Project)	NPS
16	Complexity I Project Discussion	NPS
17-18	Complexity II	NPS
19	Complexity Review	TL
20	Reduction of Complexity with Geometric Functional Periodicity	NPS
21	Reduction of Complexity in Materials through Functional Periodicity Visit to Tribotek, Inc.	NPS
22	Complexity of Socio-Economic Political Systems: Application of Functional Periodicity	NPS
23	Cost Engineering in Axiomatic Design	TL
24	Exam 2
25	Project Presentations

Readings

The following readings in the textbooks are assigned for particular class sessions. Several supplemental readings are also distributed to students during the term.

[AD] Suh, N. P. Axiomatic Design: Advances and Applications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780195134667.

[CT] ———. Complexity: Theory and Applications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780195178760.

Course readings.
Lec #	Topics	readings
1-3	Introduction to Axiomatic Design	AD, Chapter 1
4	Information Content and Robustness	AD, Chapter 2
5	Information Content (cont.) Project Discussion
6-7	Multi-FR Design	AD, Chapter 3
8-9	Information Content (cont.)
10	Exam 1
11-12	Design of Systems	AD, Chapter 4
13	Guest Lecture	AD, Chapter 5
14	Design of Manufacturing Systems	AD, Chapter 6
15	Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Systems Case Study - Complex System Design (NASA / Project)	AD, Chapter 6
16	Complexity I Project Discussion	CT, Chapter 1
17-18	Complexity II	CT, Chapter 3
19	Complexity Review	CT, Chapters 4, 5, and 6
20	Reduction of Complexity with Geometric Functional Periodicity	CT, Chapter 7
21	Reduction of Complexity in Materials through Functional Periodicity Visit to Tribotek, Inc.	CT, Chapter 8
22	Complexity of Socio-Economic Political Systems: Application of Functional Periodicity	CT, Chapter 10
23	Cost Engineering in Axiomatic Design
24	Exam 2
25	Project Presentations

Supplemental Readings

Stachel, J. "1905 and all that." Nature 433 (January 20, 2005): 215-217.

Barrow, J. D. "Einstein as an Icon." Nature 433 (January 20, 2005): 218-219.

Parisi, G. "Brownian Motion." Nature 433 (January 20, 2005): 221.

Various authors. "A theory of everything." Nature 433 (January 20, 2005): 257-259.

Lipson, H., J. B. Pollack, and N. P. Suh. "On the Origin of Modular Variation." Evolution 56, no. 8 (August 2002): 1549-1556.

Sohlenius, Gunnar. "Systemic Nature of the Industrial Innovation Process: Contribution to a Philosophy of Industrial Engineering." PhD Thesis. Tampere, Finland: Tampere University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2005.