An Application of the IPROD Software Framework to Support the Product Development Process in the Automotive and Aerospace Domain

The Product Development Process (PDP) of manufacturing companies requires the efficient management of huge amounts of data from different sources and their integration in the sub-processes that compose the product development chain. This is a very challenging endeavor for which an integrated approach does not yet exist. The EC FP7 Project iProd...

Adapting scrum development method for the development of cyber-physical systems

Current status of robotic stroke rehabilitation and opportunities for a cyber-physically assisted upper limb stroke rehabilitation

In the last two decades, robotics-assisted stroke reha-bilitation has been wide-spread, in particular for movement rehabilitation of upper limbs. Several studies have reported on the clinical effectiveness of this kind of therapy. The results of these studies show that robot assisted therapy can be more effective in recovering motor control...

Development of a framework for information acquisition and processing in cyber-physical systems

In the designing and modeling of CPSs, the information acquisition and processing processes are often application dependent and process oriented. Those information management frameworks are simple and effective for small scale systems. However, many functions developed are not reusable or cannot be directly re-used, when a large number of...

Integration of renewable energy sources into the energy supply flows of greenhouses: Development and validation of a forecasting model

Community based design support

Different approaches of design methodology that have been developed throughout the history of the design methods movement have produced many insights into the structure of the design process (Alexander, 1964; Simon, 1969; Schön. 1983; Hubka and Eder, 1987; Pahl and Beitz. 1984; Roozenburg and Eekels, 1995). It seems however, that little of this...

Attitude development in designers' education

Modern academic design and engineering education adopted the issues and goals of holistic development of design competence. Holistic design competence is a combination of generic capacities: capability, knowledge, skill, experience and attitude. All capacities should be addressed in academic education, but the development of attitude is not...