New World Situation: New Directions in Concurrent Engineering

A Novel Bio-inspired Approach for Adaptive Manufacturing System Control.- Ongoing Research on Adaptive Layered Manufacturing from Overtraced Freehand Sketch.- An Application of Neural Network in Recognizing of the Tooth Contact of Spiral and Hypoid Bevel Gears.- Integration of Time Management in the DigitalFactory.- Concurrent Development of Products, Processes and Manufacturing Systems in PLM Environments.- Development of Accuracy Evaluation System for Curved Shell Plate by Laser Scanner.- Managing Demand Uncertainty with Knowledge Utilized Forecasting.- An Application of Simulation Based Process Design.- The Use of Expert Systems Associated to Agents for Routing Suggestions for Service Orders.- Augmented Reality for Machinery Systems Design and Development.- Development of a Virtual Environment to Implement a Computer-based Tool for Interactive Simulation of Lathe Operation.- Interoperability of Complex Business Networks by Language Independent Information Models.- A Kansei Clustering Method for Emotional Design Using Design Structure Matrix.- User's Subjective Interpretation of Bodily Movements as Gestural Commands to Robot Companions.- A Study on Color Emotion for Plastic Eyewear.- A Strategy for Customer-oriented Human-centric Product Conceptualization.- Investigating Persuasion in Sustainable Design to Change Behaviour and Attitude.- The Consistency Between the Real Affordance and the Perceived Affordance-in the Case of Gripping a Mug.- A Design Method of Product Family for Unpredictable Customer Requirements Using Fuzzy Sets.- A Modular Design Method for Scenario Embedded Product.- Version Control Management for Federated Service-oriented File Sharing.- Ontology-based Approach in Hybrid Engineering Knowledge Representation for Stamping Die Design.-Documentation and Management of Product Knowledge in a System for Automated Variant Design - A Case Study.- Knowledge Base of Computer-Aided System for Design of Safe Ship Power Plants.- Knowledge Managementand

Jerzy Pokojski is the author of IPA - Concepts and Applications in Engineering (Springer) and the host of CE2010 in Poland. Shuichi Fukuda received his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tokyo. After working in the Department of Precision Machinery, University of Tokyo, he moved to the Welding Research Institute, Osaka University. Later he worked concurrently at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. He became Full Professor of Systems and Management Engineering at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology and was also Visiting Professor at West Virginia University, Stanford University, Osaka University and Cranfield University. Since his retirement, he has continued in his position as Visiting Professor at Cranfield University, as well as working as Consulting Professor at Stanford University and concurrently as Visiting Professor at the Open University of Japan. Józef Salwinski is Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics at AGH University of Science and Technology. He is the author of various scientific articles and publications concerning machine design.