Award Abstract # 0742791
Collaborative Research: A Virtual Organization for Innovation in Conceptual Engineering Design: VOICED

NSF Org: CMMI
Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
Recipient: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Initial Amendment Date: September 19, 2007
Latest Amendment Date: May 28, 2009
Award Number: 0742791
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Christina L. Bloebaum
CMMI
 Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
ENG
 Directorate for Engineering
Start Date: October 1, 2007
End Date: September 30, 2009 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $0.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $44,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2007 = $38,000.00
FY 2009 = $6,000.00
History of Investigator:
  • Matthew Campbell (Principal Investigator)
    mattica@gmail.com
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: University of Texas at Austin
110 INNER CAMPUS DR
AUSTIN
TX  US  78712-1139
(512)471-6424
Sponsor Congressional District: 25
Primary Place of Performance: University of Texas at Austin
110 INNER CAMPUS DR
AUSTIN
TX  US  78712-1139
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
25
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): V6AFQPN18437
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): ESD-Eng & Systems Design,
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Primary Program Source: app-0107 
01000910DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 036E, 067E, 068E, 116E, 9146, 9148, 9178, 9231, 9251, MANU
Program Element Code(s): 146400, 723100
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.041

ABSTRACT

Proposal Number: CBET-0742677; CBET-0742693; CBET-0742698; CBET-0742791
Principal Investigator: Stone, Robert; Bryant Arnold, Cari R.; Tumer, Irem Y.; Campbell, Matthew I.
Affiliation: University of Missouri Rolla; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Oregon State University; University of Texas at Austin
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: VOICED - A Virtual Organization for Innovative Conceptual Engineering Design

The research objective of this award is to create an engineering virtual organization that addresses the challenges of synthesizing innovative conceptual designs of engineered products and systems through the reuse of existing design knowledge in a cyber repository. Analogous to the proliferation of open source computer code, which allows individuals and organizations to collaboratively develop software, the Virtual Organization for Innovative Conceptual Engineering Design (VOICED) is focused on fostering and gathering product information to help individuals, students, and industries create better and more competitive products. This approach to conceptual design allows geographically dispersed organizations to draw from and contribute to a shared set of prior design knowledge that supports a more thorough investigation of concept alternatives given diverse customer requirements.

If successful, the results of this research will improve our ability to create unique, innovative new products and processes. The ability to share ideas and solutions in a cyber repository will lead to new product and system configurations that would not be envisioned without this shared knowledge base. Ultimately, the project will provide the capability to quickly generate ? automatically or manually ? alternative concepts, thus shortening the development cycle. Finally, VOICED will create a forum for educators to share and exchange design course material, improve upon existing courses, and receive input from industry practitioners on design education.

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