ALEX DUFFY

Research Interests

• Design Co-ordination
• Design Knowledge Management
• Design Performance
• Learning and Design Reuse
• Machine Learning in Design
• Product Modelling
• Process optimisation

Current Project(s)

• A theory of design sketching
• Added value in new product development
• Agent based collective learning for effective co-ordination
• Computational support for operational design co-ordination
• Design Management
• Design Performance improvement through IT
• Design process improvement and performance management
• Design re-use and modularisation
• Knowledge data discovery and design performance
• Process optimisation
• Sketch rendering
• Vague geometric sketch modelling
• VRShips-Ropax

Past Project(s)

• DCS - Design Co-ordination System for operational real time and prospective control.
• DESIGNER - A Numerical Computer Aided Design support system for early stage Engineering Design.
• DESRU - Design Concept Reuse in New Engineering Contexts.
• DMS - Design Management System to plan and manage distributed
design.[URL from Ian]
• Esprit Basic Research Working Group - CIM DEVices (CIMDEV) and Design Coordination
• Esprit Basic Research Working Group - Integration in Manufacturing and Beyond (IIMB) Learning in Design: A theoretical model
• NODES - A Numerical and Object oriented Design system for Conceptual Engineering Design
• PERSPECT - Customised Viewpoint Support for Utilising Experiential Knowledge in Design
• Product Modelling for Conceptual Design Support
• Rapid Capture and Reuse of Geometric Concepts in Early Design
• Reusing Numerical Experiential Design Knowledge
• SPIDA - Automated Learning and Reuse of Spatial Layouts and Abstractions for Conceptual Design

Publications

List of Alex Duffy's Publications

Contact Alex Duffy

Dr A H B Duffy
CAD Centre Dept,
Design Manufacture & Engineering Management,
University of Strathclyde,
James Weir Building,
75 Montrose Street,
Glasgow G1 1XJ,
Scotland,
UK.
Tel: +44 141 548 3005
Fax: +44 141 552 0557
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