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Welcome Letters

IDETC/CIE

28TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY (DTM)

On behalf of the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Committee, we • IDETC2016-59392: Design Roadmapping: A Framework and Case
would like to welcome you to the 28th International Conference on Design Study of Planning Development of High-tech Products in Silicon
Theory and Methodology (DTM). Our conference is focused on fundamen- Valley by Euiyoung Kim, Jaewoo Chung, Sara Beckman, and Alice
tal design theories and the methodologies that emerge, and to apply them Agogino
in an engineering context, with contributions provided by both researchers
and practitioners. This 2016 DTM conference has 47 papers presented in
All papers are well-deserving of the award, but the committee selected
10 sessions across seven topics areas below:
IDETC2016-59392: Design Roadmapping: A Framework and Case Study of
• DTM-1 Biologically Inspired Design Planning Development of High-tech Products in Silicon Valley as the DTM
• DTM-2 Creativity and Ideation best paper. On Tuesday afternoon, the DTM best paper award will be
• DTM-5 Design of Complex Systems presented to the authors in DTM 12-1: Trends and Technologies Impacting
the Design Process on Monday afternoon at 4:10 pm.
• DTM-6 Model-Based Design Methods and Tools
• DTM-7 Human Behavior in Design
On Wednesday at 10:20 am you are invited to a joint panel organized by
• DTM-12 Trends and Technologies Impacting the Design Process
DTM and DEC. The panel is titled “Design Education and Research – A
• DTM-13 User Preferences tribute to Clive Dym’s legacy and a look to the future.” In this special
session panelist will reflect on and celebrate the contributions of Clive
We would like to thank the authors for submitting papers. There were 85 Dym to engineering design education and research. Finally, we invite you
full-length technical papers submitted to the DTM Conference for peer to participate in the DTM Technical Committee Meeting on Tuesday
review this year, of which 47 were selected for publication in the confer- evening. The ASME Design Theory and Methodology Award will be
ence proceedings. The paper review process is a vital element to the presented to Jonathan Cagan at the meeting.
success of the conference. This year we had an excellent group of
reviewers that committed their time and leveraged their expertise. As We welcome you to Charlotte, North Carolina and the 28th International
always, this peer review process was successfully managed by several Conference on Design Theory and Methodology.
DTM Review Coordinators: Marco Aurisicchio, Jonathan Cagan,Amaresh
Chakrabarti, Ozgur Eris, Georges Fadel, Scott Ferguson, Mark Fuge,
Daniel Jensen, David Jensen, Kyoung-Yun Kim, Scarlett Miller, Bryan Thank you,
O'Halloran, Jitesh Panchal, Rahul Rai, Tahira Reid, James Rinderle,
Chiradeep Sen, Timothy Simpson, Douglas Van Bossuyt, Vimal Viswana-
than, Kristin Wood, and Maria Yang. We sincerely appreciate the time and
effort these individuals contributed to maintaining the high quality of this
DTM conference.

This year four papers were nominated for the DTM Best Paper Award:
Katja Holtta-Otto Greg Mocko
• IDETC2016-60225: The Prototype for X (PFX) Framework: Assessing
Conference Chair Program Chair
the Impact on Desirability, Feasibility, and Viability of End Designs by
Jessica Menold, Kathryn Jablokow, and Timothy Simpson Singapore University of Technology Clemson University
• IDETC2016-59333: Linking Properties of Design Problems to Optimal Singapore, Singapore Greenville, SC, United States
Team Characteristics by Christopher McComb, Jonathan Cagan, and katja.holtta-otto@aalto.fi gmocko@clemson.edu
Kenneth Kotovsky
• IDETC2016-59114: Eigenvector Rotation as an Estimation of Architec-
tural Change by Andy Dong, Somwrita Sarkar, Marie-Lise Moullec,
and Marija Jankovic

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