Principal Investigator Bruce Tidor
Co-investigators Christopher Magee , Joel Clark , Richard Roth , Jeremy Gregory
Project Website http://www.mitportugal.org/programs/engineering-design-and-advanced-manufacturi…
The goals for the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing (EDAM) focus area are to develop a new paradigm for engineering education that closely links high quality research to curricular programs, and, to promote an entrepreneurial approach to knowledge-based manufacturing and competitive product design.
The educational program offers two degrees that integrate both engineering and management practices. The degree programs involve instructors from both MIT and Portugal.
The EDAM research agenda places a high priority on projects that enhance course delivery in the two degree programs and enable new collaborations between Portuguese and MIT researchers and industrial affiliates.
The EDAM focus area has also developed relationships with companies as part of the Industrial Affiliates program. Through these relationships, companies may sponsor research, offer internships, sponsor employees to enroll in academic programs, send employees to executive seminars or identify other ways to become involved.
EDAM places a high priority on funding research projects that enhance the delivery of the courses in the two degree programs and enable new collaborations between Portuguese and MIT researchers and industrial affiliates.
The projects are based on the two main themes of the focus area: Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing. The fields of research include:
(*) EDAM in automotive(*) EDAM in aeronautics(*) EDAM in medical devices and micromanufacturing(*) Integrated cost and life cycle considerations in engineering design and manufacturing(*) Sustainable solutions(*) Social and human aspects in engineering design and manufacturing