Kevin Otto

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

Increasing energy efficiency in passenger ships by novel energy conservation measures

El Geneidy, Rami; Otto, Kevin; Ahtila, Pekka; Kujala, Pentti; Sillanpää, Kari; Mäki-Jouppila, Tero

2017 in JOURNAL OF MARINE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)

ISSN: 2046-4177

Thermal comfort improvement of naturally ventilated patient wards in Singapore

Lan, Lan; Tushar, Wayes; Otto, Kevin; Yuen, Chau; Wood, Kristin L.

2017 in Energy and Buildings (Elsevier Science)

ISSN: 0378-7788

Relative impact of early versus late design decisions in systems development

Tan, James J.Y.; Otto, Kevin N.; Wood, Kristin L.

2017 in Design Science (Cambridge University Press)

ISSN: 2053-4701

Global Views on Modular Design Research Linking Alternative Methods to Support Modular Product Family Concept Development

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Simpson, Timothy W.; Krause, Dieter; Ripperda, Sebastian; Moon, Seung Ki

2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Designettes An Approach to Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Education

Otto, Kevin

2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

A Systematic Method for Design Prototyping

Otto, Kevin

2015 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Quantifying economic benefits in the ancillary electricity market for smart appliances in Singapore households

Otto, Kevin; Tushar, Wayes ; Yuen, Chau ; Huang, Shisheng

2015 in Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (Elsevier Limited)

Design knowledge representation to support personalised additive manufacturing

Otto, Kevin N.; Ko, Hyunwoong; Moon, Seung Ki

2015 in VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)

ISSN: 1745-2759

Designing biologically inspired leaf structures computational geometric transport analysis of volume-to-point flow channels

Otto, Kevin

2015 in ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS (SPRINGER)

ISSN: 0177-0667

Fundamental studies in Design-by-Analogy A focus on domain-knowledge experts and applications to transactional design problems

Moreno, Diana; Hernandez, Alberto; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Linsey, Julie ; Wood, Kristin; Linden, Adriana

2014 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0142-694X

Design-by-analogy experimental evaluation of a functional analogy search methodology for concept generation improvement

Otto, Kevin

2014 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Function based design-by-analogy A functional vector approach to analogical search

Otto, Kevin

2014 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Analyzing module commonality for platform design using dendrograms

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin

2008 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Effecting product reliability and life cycle costs with early design phase product architecture decisions

Salonen, Mikko; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin

2008 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)

ISSN: 1477-9056

Options-based multi-objective evaluation of product platforms

Gonzalez-Zugasti, Javier P.; Otto, Kevin N.; Whitcomb, Clifford A.

2007 in NAVAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL (AMER SOC NAVAL ENG INC)

ISSN: 0028-1425

A multi-criteria assessment tool for screening preliminary product platform concepts

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja

2007 in JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING (SPRINGER)

ISSN: 0956-5515

Incorporating design effort complexity measures in product architectural design and assessment

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.

2005 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

An empirical foundation for product flexibility

Rajan, PKP; Van Wie, M; Campbell, MI; Wood, KL; Otto, Kevin

2005 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0142-694X

Modular product architecture

Dahmus, Jeffrey B. ; Otto, Kevin N.; Gonzalez-Zugasti, Javier P.

2001 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0142-694X

Key inspection characteristics

Frey, Daniel D.; Otto, Kevin N.

2001 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Assessing value in platformed product family design

Gonzalez-Zugasti, JP; Otto, KN; Baker, JD

2001 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Manufacturing block diagrams and optimal adjustment procedures

Otto, Kevin N.

2001 in JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1087-1357

Manufacturing system robustness through integrated modeling

Otto, Kevin

2001 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Reverse engineering and redesign Courses to incrementally and systematically teach design

Wood, Kristin L.; Jensen, Daniel; Bezdek, Jozeph; Otto, Kevin N.

2001 in JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION (American Society for Engineering Education)

ISSN: 1069-4730

A method for architecting product platforms

Gonzalez-Zugasti, Javier P.; Otto, Kevin N.; Baker, John D.

2000 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Evaluating process capability during the design of manufacturing systems

Otto, KN

2000 in JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1087-1357

Product architecture definition based upon customer demands

Otto, K. N.

1999 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Variation modeling for a sheet stretch forming manufacturing system

Otto, Kevin; Suri, Rajiv

1999 in CIRP ANNALS: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (Elsevier USA)

ISSN: 0007-8506

Designing the design course sequence

Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin

1999 in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 0025-6501

Process capability to guide tolerancing in manufacturing systems

Suri, Rajiv; Painter, Christopher; Otto, Kevin N.

1999 in Society of Manufacturing Engineers - Technical Paper MS (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)

ISSN: 0161-6382

Simultaneous engineering of quality through integrated modeling

Otto, K. N.

1998 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Product Evolution A Reverse Engineering and Redesign Methodology

Otto, KN; Wood, KL

1998 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Swept envelopes of cutting tools in integrated machine and workpiece error budgeting

Otto, K. N.

1997 in CIRP ANNALS: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (Elsevier USA)

ISSN: 0007-8506

Modeling manufacturing quality constraints for product development

Otto, Kevin

1996 in CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS (TECHNOMIC PUBL CO INC)

ISSN: 1063-293X

Research on application of fuzzy sets to design and manufacturing integration

Otto, KN

1996 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

ISSN: 0165-0114

Imprecision in engineering design

Antonsson, E. K.; Otto, K. N.

1995 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Constructing membership functions using interpolation and measurement theory

Otto, Kevin N.

1995 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

ISSN: 0165-0114

Membership induced on manifolds by vector fields and flows

Otto, Kevin N.

1995 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

ISSN: 0165-0114

MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR PRODUCT EVALUATION

Otto, Kevin N.

1995 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Design parameter selection in the presence of noise

Otto, Kevin N.

1994 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Extensions to the Taguchi method of product design

Otto, K. N.; Antonsson, E. K.

1993 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Approximating α-cuts with the vertex method

Otto, Kevin N.; Lewis, Andrew D.; Antonsson, Erik K.

1993 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

ISSN: 0165-0114

Determining optimal points of membership with dependent variables

Otto, Kevin N.

1993 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

ISSN: 0165-0114

Tuning parameters in engineering design

Otto, K. N.; Antonsson, E. K.

1993 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Engineering design calculations with fuzzy parameters

Wood, Kristin L.; Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.

1992 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

ISSN: 0165-0114

RESEARCH ON IMPRECISION METHODS FOR QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AT CALTECH

Otto, Kevin; ANTONSSON, EK

1991 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

ISSN: 0165-0114

Trade-off strategies in engineering design

Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.

1991 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)

ISSN: 0934-9839

Review article, Literature review, Systematic review

Design for sustainable use of appliances A framework based on user behavior observations

Withanage, Chathura; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin

2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)

ISSN: 1050-0472

Book section, Chapters in research books

Defining modules for platforms An overview of the architecting process

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Simpson, T.W.

2014

ISBN: 9781461479376

Platform concept evaluation making the case for product platforms

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin

2006

ISBN: 0387257217

Conference proceedings

A rapid algorithm for multi-objective pareto optimization of modular architecture

Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja

2017

ISBN: 978-1-904670-92-6

A comparison of design decisions made early and late in development

Tan, James; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin

2017

ISBN: 978-1-904670-92-6

A Tether-Less Legged Piezoelectric Miniature Robot using bounding gait locomotion for bidirectional motion

Hariri, Hassan H.; Prasetya, Leonardus A. ; Foong, Shaohui; Soh, Gim Song; Otto, Kevin N.; Wood, Kristin

2016

ISBN: 978-1-4673-8026-3

User-centered design for additive manufacturing as a customization strategy

Ko, Hyunwoong; Enea, Sacco; Chua, Zhong Yang; Moon, Seung Ki; Otto, Kevin N.

2016 in Proceedings of the International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (RESEARCH PUBLISHING SERVICES)

ISSN: 2424-8967

Trade-off analysis of system architecture modularity using design structure matrix

Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Luo, Jianxi

2016

ISBN: 978-0-7918-5708-3

Incorporating constraints in system modularization by interactive clustering of design structure matrices

Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin L.

2016

ISBN: 9780791850114

Trade-offs among system architecture modularity criteria

Sanai, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja

2016

ISBN: 9781904670803

The design of crowd-funded products

Song, Chaoyang; Luo, Jianxi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Seering, Warren

2016

ISBN: 978-0-7918-5717-5

Concept design trade-offs considering performance margins

Tan, James; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin

2016

ISBN: 9781904670803

RISK AND INNOVATION BALANCE IN CROWDFUNDING NEW PRODUCTS

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Song, CY; Luo, JX; Seering, W

2015 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)

ISSN: 2220-4334

EVALUATION OF A STRATEGIC METHOD TO IMPROVE PROTOTYPE PERFORMANCE WITH REDUCED COST AND FABRICATION TIME

Otto, Kevin; Camburn, Bradley Adam; Jensen, Daniel; Crawford, Richard; Wood, Kristin

2015 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)

ISSN: 2220-4334

From concept to specification maintaining early design intent

Otto, Kevin; Sosa, R.; Lee, J. B.; Abarran, D.

2015 in Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH)

ISBN: 9788132222286

ISSN: 2190-3018

Mini-design projects in capstone Initial design experiences to enhance students' implementation of design methodology

Otto, Kevin; Cooper, C.A.; Anderson, M. L.; Bruce, C.; Dorman, C.G.; Jensen, D.D.; Wood, K.L.

2015

Risk and innovation balance in crowd funding new products

Song, Chaoyang; Luo, Jianxi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Seering, Warren; Otto, Kevin

2015

Heuristics-based prototyping strategy formation Development and testing of a new prototyping planning tool

Dunlap, Brock U.; Hamon, Christopher L.; Camburn, Bradley A.; Crawford, Richard H.; Jensen, Dan D.; Green, Matthew G.; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin L.

2014

CUSTOMIZATION DESIGN KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION TO SUPPORT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Ko, Hyunwoong; Moon, Seung Ki; Otto, Kevin

2014

ISBN: 978-981-09-0446-3

A comparison of the popular home automation technologies

Otto, Kevin; Withanage, C.; Ashok, R.; Yuen, C.

2014

ISBN: 9781479913008

Integrated 2D design in the curriculum Effectiveness of early cross-subject engineering challenges

Otto, Kevin; Camburn, Bradley Adam; Wood, K.L.; Nannicini, G.; Bouffanais, Roland; Kyoseva, Elica S.; Yong, Jean W. H.; Simpson, Robert E.; Mathur, Aditya P.

2014

ISBN: 2153-5868

Facilitating design-by-analogy Development of a complete functional vocabulary and functional vector approach to analogical search

Otto, Kevin; Murphy, J.; Fu, K.; Yang, M.

2014

ISBN: 9780791846315

IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE USER BEHAVIOR

Withanage, Chathura; Ashok, Rahul; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin

2014

ISBN: 978-0-7918-4640-7

An overview of design cognition between experts and novices

Yuan, James Tan Jun; Kong, Kuan Yoke; Parveen, Hashina; Zhixiang, Huang; Rajasekaran, Ganeshkumar; Behera, Jitendra Kumar; Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja

2014

ISBN: 9789810913489

Connecting design problem characteristics to prototyping choices to form a prototyping strategy

Camburn, Bradley Adam; Dunlap, Brock U.; Viswanathan, Vimal K. ; Linsey, Julie ; Jensen, Daniel; Crawford, Richard H.; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin L.

2013

ISBN: 2153-5868

Innovation differences between new venture startups and incumbent firms

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Luo, Jianxi

2013

ISBN: 9781904670469

Design with the developing world A model with seven challenges for the future

Kuhr, Rachel Sara; Otto, Kevin; Sosa, Ricardo; Raghunath, Nilanjan; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin

2013 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)

ISBN: 9781904670490

ISSN: 2220-4334

Uncertainty modeling to enable software development platforms that can automate complex mechanical systems design

Otto, Kevin; Levandowski, Christoffer ; Forslund, Anders; Johannesson, Hans; Söderberg, Rikard

2013 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)

ISBN: 9781904670520

ISSN: 2220-4334

Methods for prototyping strategies in conceptual phases of design Framework and experimental assessment

Otto, Kevin

2013

ISBN: 978-0-7918-5592-8

Linking 10 years of modular design research Alternative methods and tool chain sequences to support product platform design

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja

2013

ISBN: 978-0-7918-5589-8

Module definition for product-service systems

Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Tang, Victor; Otto, Kevin

2012

ISBN: 978-0-7918-4504-2

Using model uncertainty to reduce verification and validation in noise and vibration problems

Otto, Kevin; Jacobson, Cias

2012

ISBN: 9780791845059

INCORPORATING FIELD EFFECTS INTO MODULAR ARCHITECTURE METHODS

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja

2010

ISBN: 978-0-7918-4413-7

MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENTERPRISE READINESS BEYOND THE POLICY OF BUILD-TEST-FIX CYCLIC REWORK

Otto, Kevin N.; Tang, Victor

2010

ISBN: 978-0-7918-4905-7

Using existing whole building energy tools for designing net-zero energy buildings - challenges and workarounds

Brahme, Rohini; O'Neill, Zheng Deng ; Sisson, William; Otto, Kevin

2009

USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE) FOR DECISION ANALYSIS

Otto, Kevin N.

2007

ISBN: 1904670024

A multi-criteria framework for screening preliminary product platform concepts

Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja

2004

Incorporating design complexity measures in architectural assessment

Hölttä, Katja M. M.; Otto, Kevin N.

2003

ISBN: 0-7918-3701-7

Incorporating lifecycle costs into product architecture decisions

Dahmus, Jeffrey B. ; Otto, Kevin N.

2001

A process of modularizing product families

Otto, K

2001 in WDK publications (Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd)

ISBN: 1-86058-356-3

Modularization to support multiple brand platforms

Sudjianto, Agus; Otto, Kevin

2001

Platform-based spacecraft design A formulation and implementation procedure

Otto, K. N.

2000 in IEEE AEROSPACE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (IEEE)

ISBN: 0-7803-5846-5

ISSN: 1095-323X

Evaluating variation reduction process control strategies through system modeling

Suri, Rajiv; Otto, Kevin

1999

System modeling to support variation reduction in a sheet stretch forming manufacturing system

Suri, Rajiv; Otto, Kevin

1999

Building better mousetrap builders courses to incrementally and systematically teach design

Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin L.; Bezdek, Jozeph; Murphy, Michael G.; Jensen, Daniel

1998

ISBN: 2153-5868

A survey of platform designs for portable robotic welding in large scale structures

Dharmawan, Audelia Gumarus; Vibhute, Akash Ajay; Foong, Shaohui; Soh, Gim Song; Otto, Kevin

1997

ISBN: 9781479951994

Mechanical development and control of a miniature nonholonomic spherical rolling robot

Niu, Xuelei; Suherlan, Adi P.; Soh, Gim Song; Foong, Shaohui; Wood, Kristin; Otto, Kevin

1997

ISBN: 9781479951994

A TOOL FOR IMPRECISE CALCULATIONS IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

Chen, Joseph E.; Otto, Kevin N.

1995

ISBN: 0-7803-2461-7

Modeling manufacturing quality constraints for product development

Ho, Christopher M.; Otto, Kevin N.

1995

Propagating imprecise engineering design constraints

Otto, Kevin N.

1995

ISBN: 0-7803-2462-5

Estimating errors in concept selection

Otto, K. N.; Wood, Kristin L.

1995

Robust product design using manufacturing adjustments

Otto, Kevin

1994

ISBN: 0791811700

Modeling imprecision in product design

Otto, Kevin N.

1994

ISBN: 0-7803-1897-8

Measurement foundations for design engineering methods

Otto, Kevin N.

1993

ISBN: 0791811700

Method of imprecision compared to utility theory for design selection problems

Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.

1993

ISBN: 0791811700

Design parameter selection in the presence of noise

Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.

1992

Extensions to the Taguchi method of product design

Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.

1991

ISBN: 0791807479

Methodology for capturing mechanical design expertise

Esterline, A.; Rosen, D.; Otto, K.; Nelson, L.; Hessburg, T.; Riley, D. R.; Erdman, A. G.

1988

Scientific books (monographs)

Book

Product Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development

Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin

2001

ISBN: 9780130212719