Abstract
In 1984 the National Research Council issued a report on industrial competition in the US, noting that the US was successful at new product innovation but was falling behind others notably Japan and Western Europe in bringing these products into the market place. Since 1985 the National Science Foundation has established 18 university based Engineering Research Centers as centers of excellence, each with a major goal to respond to this report. Our Engineering Design Research Center (EDRC) was started as a part of this program in May, 1986. The goal of the EDRC is to play a leadership role in developing and integrating concepts and methodologies that will allow US industry to design much better products much more quickly.
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