Abstract
The Cambridge Engineering Design Centre (EDC) is a research centre for the development, validation and dissemination of advanced design understanding, methods and tools for technical systems.The research programme reflects UK industry's need for the best design methods and tools to achieve economic competitiveness, and to improve the quality of life through wealth creation and environmentally sustainable technology. The overall aim of the Cambridge EDC is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of engineering designers and design teams by undertaking research into the theories that will underpin the design methods of the future.These methods will be embodied in software tools,workbooks and publications that support the creation of reliable, high-quality, cost-effective products.This is being achieved through: • Research, focusing on high-quality generic research to provide the theories and methods that will underpin engineering design in the future. • Technology transfer and exploitation, transferring the research results into industry. • Education, contributing to design education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels to help create a pool of well-educated design engineers and designers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Design Process Improvement |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Review of Current Practice |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 470-473 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781852337018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |