CIM Lab Research Activities

Research activities in the CIM Lab covers a wide variety of topics related to design and manufacturing: product design (including manufacturability analysis), process planning, production planning and scheduling, manufacturing system design, and system integration. The following information lists our research sponsors and the research areas. In general, more recent projects are listed first in each area. Note that many projects overlap multiple areas.

See also the CIM Lab technical reports and faculty home pages (under People) for publications.

• Government:
  • DARPA, ONR, NIST, NSF, US Army TACOM, Wright Patterson AFB
• Industry:
  • Bentley Systems, Black & Decker, IBM, Kopflex Inc., LAI, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman ESSD, Pangborne Corp., Pepco, Simmons Mattress, Spatial Technologies, Semiconductor Research Corporation, TechView, Texas Instruments, TTW, Washington Aluminum

• Design for Production
• Design to Cost
• Web-based Manufacturability Analysis
• Automated Design and Fabrication of Molds for Making Complex 3D Parts
• Design Decision Models for Product Evolution
• Information Based Manufacturing
• Integrated Product and Process Automation Tool for Manufacturing Microwave Modules
• Integrated Product Design and Production: Design for Time-to-market
• EDAPS: Plan-Based Evaluation of Designs for Microwave Modules
• IMACS -- Manufacturability evaluation for complex machined parts
• Virtual Manufacturing
• Manufacturability Evaluation and Partner Selection for Agile Manufacturing

• Process Planning for Small Batch Manufacturing
• Design Classification and Hybrid Variant-Generative Process Planning
• Process Specification Language
• Case-Based Planning
• The F-Rex Feature Recognizer

• Process Planning and Production Scheduling for Affordable Space Systems (also known as IPPS and ASSIST)
• Operational Methods for Semiconductor Manufacturing: Integrating Product Dynamics and Process Models (IPDPM)
• Rescheduling Manufacturing Systems
• Input Control for Job Shop Manufacturing
• Hierarchical Production Management Systems
• Petri Nets for Manufacturing Systems

• Integrated Manufacturing Facility Design
• Hybrid Facility Master Planning

• Adaptable Simulation Models for Manufacturing
• Object Modeling of Dynamic Web-Based Enterprise Systems
• An Operator Information System for Parallel Workstations
• Group Technology Code Generation over the Internet