Research Centers
National Institute
of Standards and Technology: NIST has established an Engineering
Design Laboratory to assist in determining the best practices and methods
to design new products and processes.
Consortium on Green
Design and Manufacturing: Current CGDM projects focus on issues
of national and multi-national interest in engineering, management strategy
and policy.
Design Methodology
Group: Research efforts target two main areas in the product realization
process, namely: design methodology/optimization and more recently,
rapid prototyping and virtual reality for design.
Texas A&M Computer
Aided Manufacturing Laboratory: The TAMCAM is a consortium of projects
undertaken by the Texas A&M Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratory.
These projects deal with the design, analysis, operation and control
of Manufacturing Systems.