FEATURED ARTICLES
This section includes brief descriptions of articles soon to be or recently published by the Journal of Mechanical Design. These featured articles highlight recent research developments and emerging trends in mechanical design.
For Abstracts and Full Articles please see ASME’s Digital Collection.
2024
April 12, 2024
This article introduces an innovative design automation method aimed at systematically exploring and categorizing various 3D spatial layouts within interconnected engineering systems, encompassing diverse applications such as automotive cooling systems and building HVAC designs.
Design Automation
Design Optimization
Design Optimization
2024
April 12, 2024
In this study, we develop a cutting-edge method using graph neural networks to support the design decision-making of shared mobility systems, like bike-sharing programs.
Design Automation
Neural Networks
Neural Networks
2023
November 27, 2023
This research presents an AI approach to designing linkage systems, which are crucial in engineering for transforming rotational movement into precise periodic paths.
Design Automation
Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems
Machine Learning
Optimization
Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems
Machine Learning
Optimization
2023
November 27, 2023
This study examines how diverse initialization, such as Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) or Space-Filling Designs, impacts Bayesian Optimization (BO), one of the most widely used gradient-free optimizers.
Design Automation
Machine Learning
Machine Learning
2023
October 3, 2023
Design Automation
Topology Optimization
Topology Optimization
2023
September 27, 2023
Compliant Mechanisms
Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems
Piezoelectric Actuators
Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems
Piezoelectric Actuators
2023
July 12, 2023
This review of ethics, equity, and justice in engineering design literature explores how we discuss design justice related concepts in our research.
Ethics
Theory And Methodology
Theory And Methodology
2023
May 10, 2023
This featured article introduces a self-learning design agent, an innovative approach that doesn't rely on human data or problem-specific knowledge. Instead, it uses deep learning and tree search to find high-performing and generalizable engineering design strategies.
Artificial Intelligence
Design Automation
Machine Learning
Theory And Methodology
Design Automation
Machine Learning
Theory And Methodology
2023
May 4, 2023
This featured article shows how interpersonal differences, such as culture or gender difference, between a user and a designer significantly affect designers' empathic understanding in semiautonomous vehicle development.
Design Theory
2023
March 23, 2023
In our modern world, complex systems such as power grids, transportation networks, and communication systems can be disrupted by both internal uncertainties and external factors like natural disasters. To make these systems more resilient, researchers have been working on design strategies that improve both reliability and recovery capabilities.
Data-driven Design
Design Automation
Design Optimization
Generative Design
Machine Learning
Theory And Methodology
Design Automation
Design Optimization
Generative Design
Machine Learning
Theory And Methodology
2023
March 16, 2023
What can ants teach us about making better factories? Check out this paper recently published on JMD for a decentralized approach based on simple rules to enable multi-robot cooperative additive manufacturing.
Additive Manufacturing
Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems
Robotics
Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems
Robotics
2022
November 29, 2022
This article explores a vision of a holistic SPI2 design approach needed to develop next-generation automated design methods that dramatically reduce the time needed to design SPI2 systems and to increase the complexity of designable systems.
Design Automation
Design Optimization
Topology Optimization
Design Optimization
Topology Optimization
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