A VIEW OF DESIGN RESEARCH
8/1/2008 Author: Panos Y. PapalambrosVolume: 130(8) – August, 2008 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by the US Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense” NSF is the primary source of non- defense engineering research support for […]
GUEST EDITORIAL AUGUST 2008
8/1/2008 Author: Vance, J.Volume: 130(8) – August, 2008 When I tell my academic colleagues and friends that I am the NSF Program Director for Engineering Design I am often met with a quizzical stare. “What exactly is research in engineering design” is the question that follows. It seems that many academics have a clear understanding of what […]