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

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

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


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1-3Introduction to Axiomatic DesignAD, Chapter 1
4Information Content and RobustnessAD, Chapter 2
5Information Content (cont.)

Project Discussion
6-7Multi-FR DesignAD, Chapter 3
8-9Information Content (cont.)
10Exam 1
11-12Design of SystemsAD, Chapter 4
13Guest LectureAD, Chapter 5
14Design of Manufacturing SystemsAD, Chapter 6
15Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Systems

Case Study - Complex System Design (NASA / Project)
AD, Chapter 6
16Complexity I

Project Discussion
CT, Chapter 1
17-18Complexity IICT, Chapter 3
19Complexity ReviewCT, Chapters 4, 5, and 6
20Reduction of Complexity with Geometric Functional PeriodicityCT, Chapter 7
21Reduction of Complexity in Materials through Functional Periodicity

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CT, Chapter 8
22Complexity of Socio-Economic Political Systems: Application of Functional PeriodicityCT, Chapter 10
23Cost Engineering in Axiomatic Design
24Exam 2
25Project 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.


 








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