Long Beach, California, USA September 24 - 28, 2005
	17th ASME International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM)

General Information

The 17th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM) will be part of the ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information In Engineering Conference, to be held in Long Beach, California from September 24 - 28, 2005.

This conference is sponsored by the Design Theory and Methodology Committee of the Design Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Call for Papers

The Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM) promotes research and dissemination of knowledge in such topics as scientific theories of design, foundations for design environments, models of design processes, design education methods, design management, design for quality and other areas extending the understanding of and application of the design process. Scholarly papers in all areas of design theory and methodology are invited.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Advances in Design Theory, Representations, Methods, and Formalisms
• Creativity and Innovation in Design
• Design Behavior Study and Cognitive Modeling
• Validating and Verifying Design Theories and Methods
• Making Better Decisions in Engineering Design
• Risk Based Design
• Designing in Collaborative and Distributed Environments
• Product Archicture Design Methods
  
• Theory and Methods for Sustainable Product Development
• Widely Applicable Techniques for Improving Design Practice in Industry
• Set-based Approaches to Engineering Design: A Special Session in Memory of Allen C. Ward.  In the last year, the design theory community lost a highly regarded and beloved member, Dr. Allen C. Ward, in a tragic airplane crash.  One of his significant contributions to the field was his theory of set-based design-how reasoning and communicating about sets of designs rather than single, point solutions results in more effective design processes.  This call for papers requests submissions on work that is based upon or related to Dr. Ward's theory, including but not limited to: set theory applied to design, interval propagation, methodologies for set-based concurrent engineering.  We hope to assemble a session of papers that build upon his contributions as a small tribute to Dr. Ward and this important aspect of his life's work.
  
• The Impact of Design Theory and Methodology on Design Education (and vice-versa) - (part of the special DETC-wide sessions on Design Education).  This DTM session will be cross-listed as part of a single-day symposium sponsored by the Design Education Committee. Papers are invited that discuss the transfer of various threads from DTM research (e.g., Design Structure Matrix methods, Decision-Based Design, DfX, Product Platforms, Function-Based Design, etc.) into design education - how they have been integrated, where in the curriculum, and how successful this transfer has been. Also invited are papers that discuss the role of design education in shaping DTM research as inspiration, as laboratory, or as testbed.
  

Paper Submission Instructions:

Important Dates:

Papers Due At Conferences' Web Site: February 14, 2005

****  Change of date for submissions to March 1, 2005 (firm)  ****
Authors Notified of Acceptance: April 14, 2005

Final Version of Papers Due to ASME: May 14, 2005

Web-Based Paper Submission:

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