Kevin Otto
Adjunct Professor at Aalto University School of Business
Schools
- Aalto University School of Business
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Biography
Aalto University School of Business
Mechanical Design, Modularity and Platforms, Robust Design, Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis in Design, Innovation and Risk Management
BACKGROUND
Owner of Robust Systems and Strategy LLC, an innovation and quality engineering consultancy. Previously an Associate Professor of Engineering Product Development at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, as well as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Journal article-refereed, Original researchIncreasing energy efficiency in passenger ships by novel energy conservation measures
El Geneidy, Rami; Otto, Kevin; Ahtila, Pekka; Kujala, Pentti; Sillanpää, Kari; Mäki-Jouppila, Tero2017 in JOURNAL OF MARINE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)ISSN: 2046-4177Thermal 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: 0378-7788Relative 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: 2053-4701Global 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 Ki2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Designettes An Approach to Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Education
Otto, Kevin2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472A Systematic Method for Design Prototyping
Otto, Kevin2015 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Quantifying 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 Ki2015 in VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)ISSN: 1745-2759Designing biologically inspired leaf structures computational geometric transport analysis of volume-to-point flow channels
Otto, Kevin2015 in ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS (SPRINGER)ISSN: 0177-0667Fundamental 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, Adriana2014 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)ISSN: 0142-694XDesign-by-analogy experimental evaluation of a functional analogy search methodology for concept generation improvement
Otto, Kevin2014 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)ISSN: 0934-9839Function based design-by-analogy A functional vector approach to analogical search
Otto, Kevin2014 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Analyzing module commonality for platform design using dendrograms
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin2008 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)ISSN: 0934-9839Effecting product reliability and life cycle costs with early design phase product architecture decisions
Salonen, Mikko; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin2008 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)ISSN: 1477-9056Options-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: 0028-1425A multi-criteria assessment tool for screening preliminary product platform concepts
Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2007 in JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING (SPRINGER)ISSN: 0956-5515Incorporating 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, Kevin2005 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)ISSN: 0142-694XModular product architecture
Dahmus, Jeffrey B. ; Otto, Kevin N.; Gonzalez-Zugasti, Javier P.2001 in DESIGN STUDIES (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)ISSN: 0142-694XKey inspection characteristics
Frey, Daniel D.; Otto, Kevin N.2001 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Assessing value in platformed product family design
Gonzalez-Zugasti, JP; Otto, KN; Baker, JD2001 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)ISSN: 0934-9839Manufacturing 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: 1087-1357Manufacturing system robustness through integrated modeling
Otto, Kevin2001 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Reverse 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: 1069-4730A 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: 0934-9839Evaluating process capability during the design of manufacturing systems
Otto, KN2000 in JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1087-1357Product architecture definition based upon customer demands
Otto, K. N.1999 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Variation modeling for a sheet stretch forming manufacturing system
Otto, Kevin; Suri, Rajiv1999 in CIRP ANNALS: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (Elsevier USA)ISSN: 0007-8506Designing the design course sequence
Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin1999 in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 0025-6501Process 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: 0161-6382Simultaneous engineering of quality through integrated modeling
Otto, K. N.1998 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Product Evolution A Reverse Engineering and Redesign Methodology
Otto, KN; Wood, KL1998 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)ISSN: 0934-9839Swept envelopes of cutting tools in integrated machine and workpiece error budgeting
Otto, K. N.1997 in CIRP ANNALS: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (Elsevier USA)ISSN: 0007-8506Modeling manufacturing quality constraints for product development
Otto, Kevin1996 in CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS (TECHNOMIC PUBL CO INC)ISSN: 1063-293XResearch on application of fuzzy sets to design and manufacturing integration
Otto, KN1996 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)ISSN: 0165-0114Imprecision in engineering design
Antonsson, E. K.; Otto, K. N.1995 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Constructing membership functions using interpolation and measurement theory
Otto, Kevin N.1995 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)ISSN: 0165-0114Membership induced on manifolds by vector fields and flows
Otto, Kevin N.1995 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)ISSN: 0165-0114MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR PRODUCT EVALUATION
Otto, Kevin N.1995 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)ISSN: 0934-9839Design parameter selection in the presence of noise
Otto, Kevin N.1994 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)ISSN: 0934-9839Extensions 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: 1050-0472Approximating 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: 0165-0114Determining optimal points of membership with dependent variables
Otto, Kevin N.1993 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)ISSN: 0165-0114Tuning parameters in engineering design
Otto, K. N.; Antonsson, E. K.1993 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Engineering 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: 0165-0114RESEARCH ON IMPRECISION METHODS FOR QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AT CALTECH
Otto, Kevin; ANTONSSON, EK1991 in FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS (Elsevier Science B.V.)ISSN: 0165-0114Trade-off strategies in engineering design
Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.1991 in RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD)ISSN: 0934-9839Review article, Literature review, Systematic reviewDesign for sustainable use of appliances A framework based on user behavior observations
Withanage, Chathura; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2016 in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN (ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG)ISSN: 1050-0472Book section, Chapters in research booksDefining modules for platforms An overview of the architecting process
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Simpson, T.W.2014 ISBN: 9781461479376Platform concept evaluation making the case for product platforms
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin2006 ISBN: 0387257217Conference proceedingsA rapid algorithm for multi-objective pareto optimization of modular architecture
Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2017 ISBN: 978-1-904670-92-6A comparison of design decisions made early and late in development
Tan, James; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2017 ISBN: 978-1-904670-92-6A 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, Kristin2016 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: 2424-8967Trade-off analysis of system architecture modularity using design structure matrix
Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Luo, Jianxi2016 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5708-3Incorporating constraints in system modularization by interactive clustering of design structure matrices
Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin L.2016 ISBN: 9780791850114Trade-offs among system architecture modularity criteria
Sanai, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2016 ISBN: 9781904670803The design of crowd-funded products
Song, Chaoyang; Luo, Jianxi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Seering, Warren2016 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5717-5Concept design trade-offs considering performance margins
Tan, James; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2016 ISBN: 9781904670803RISK AND INNOVATION BALANCE IN CROWDFUNDING NEW PRODUCTS
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Song, CY; Luo, JX; Seering, W2015 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISSN: 2220-4334EVALUATION OF A STRATEGIC METHOD TO IMPROVE PROTOTYPE PERFORMANCE WITH REDUCED COST AND FABRICATION TIME
Otto, Kevin; Camburn, Bradley Adam; Jensen, Daniel; Crawford, Richard; Wood, Kristin2015 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISSN: 2220-4334From 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: 9788132222286ISSN: 2190-3018Mini-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, Kevin2015 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, Kevin2014 ISBN: 978-981-09-0446-3A comparison of the popular home automation technologies
Otto, Kevin; Withanage, C.; Ashok, R.; Yuen, C.2014 ISBN: 9781479913008Integrated 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: 2153-5868Facilitating 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: 9780791846315IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE USER BEHAVIOR
Withanage, Chathura; Ashok, Rahul; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin2014 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4640-7An 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, Katja2014 ISBN: 9789810913489Connecting 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: 2153-5868Innovation differences between new venture startups and incumbent firms
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Luo, Jianxi2013 ISBN: 9781904670469Design 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, Kristin2013 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISBN: 9781904670490ISSN: 2220-4334Uncertainty modeling to enable software development platforms that can automate complex mechanical systems design
Otto, Kevin; Levandowski, Christoffer ; Forslund, Anders; Johannesson, Hans; Söderberg, Rikard2013 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISBN: 9781904670520ISSN: 2220-4334Methods for prototyping strategies in conceptual phases of design Framework and experimental assessment
Otto, Kevin2013 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5592-8Linking 10 years of modular design research Alternative methods and tool chain sequences to support product platform design
Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2013 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5589-8Module definition for product-service systems
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Tang, Victor; Otto, Kevin2012 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4504-2Using model uncertainty to reduce verification and validation in noise and vibration problems
Otto, Kevin; Jacobson, Cias2012 ISBN: 9780791845059INCORPORATING FIELD EFFECTS INTO MODULAR ARCHITECTURE METHODS
Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2010 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4413-7MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENTERPRISE READINESS BEYOND THE POLICY OF BUILD-TEST-FIX CYCLIC REWORK
Otto, Kevin N.; Tang, Victor2010 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4905-7Using existing whole building energy tools for designing net-zero energy buildings - challenges and workarounds
Brahme, Rohini; O'Neill, Zheng Deng ; Sisson, William; Otto, Kevin2009 USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE) FOR DECISION ANALYSIS
Otto, Kevin N.2007 ISBN: 1904670024A multi-criteria framework for screening preliminary product platform concepts
Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2004 Incorporating design complexity measures in architectural assessment
Hölttä, Katja M. M.; Otto, Kevin N.2003 ISBN: 0-7918-3701-7Incorporating lifecycle costs into product architecture decisions
Dahmus, Jeffrey B. ; Otto, Kevin N.2001 A process of modularizing product families
Otto, K2001 in WDK publications (Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd)ISBN: 1-86058-356-3Modularization to support multiple brand platforms
Sudjianto, Agus; Otto, Kevin2001 Platform-based spacecraft design A formulation and implementation procedure
Otto, K. N.2000 in IEEE AEROSPACE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (IEEE)ISBN: 0-7803-5846-5ISSN: 1095-323XEvaluating variation reduction process control strategies through system modeling
Suri, Rajiv; Otto, Kevin1999 System modeling to support variation reduction in a sheet stretch forming manufacturing system
Suri, Rajiv; Otto, Kevin1999 Building better mousetrap builders courses to incrementally and systematically teach design
Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin L.; Bezdek, Jozeph; Murphy, Michael G.; Jensen, Daniel1998 ISBN: 2153-5868A survey of platform designs for portable robotic welding in large scale structures
Dharmawan, Audelia Gumarus; Vibhute, Akash Ajay; Foong, Shaohui; Soh, Gim Song; Otto, Kevin1997 ISBN: 9781479951994Mechanical development and control of a miniature nonholonomic spherical rolling robot
Niu, Xuelei; Suherlan, Adi P.; Soh, Gim Song; Foong, Shaohui; Wood, Kristin; Otto, Kevin1997 ISBN: 9781479951994A TOOL FOR IMPRECISE CALCULATIONS IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Chen, Joseph E.; Otto, Kevin N.1995 ISBN: 0-7803-2461-7Modeling manufacturing quality constraints for product development
Ho, Christopher M.; Otto, Kevin N.1995 Propagating imprecise engineering design constraints
Otto, Kevin N.1995 ISBN: 0-7803-2462-5Estimating errors in concept selection
Otto, K. N.; Wood, Kristin L.1995 Robust product design using manufacturing adjustments
Otto, Kevin1994 ISBN: 0791811700Modeling imprecision in product design
Otto, Kevin N.1994 ISBN: 0-7803-1897-8Measurement foundations for design engineering methods
Otto, Kevin N.1993 ISBN: 0791811700Method of imprecision compared to utility theory for design selection problems
Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.1993 ISBN: 0791811700Design 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: 0791807479Methodology 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)
BookProduct Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development
Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2001 ISBN: 9780130212719
Increasing energy efficiency in passenger ships by novel energy conservation measures
Thermal comfort improvement of naturally ventilated patient wards in Singapore
Relative impact of early versus late design decisions in systems development
Global Views on Modular Design Research Linking Alternative Methods to Support Modular Product Family Concept Development
Designettes An Approach to Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Education
A Systematic Method for Design Prototyping
Quantifying economic benefits in the ancillary electricity market for smart appliances in Singapore households
Design knowledge representation to support personalised additive manufacturing
Designing biologically inspired leaf structures computational geometric transport analysis of volume-to-point flow channels
Fundamental studies in Design-by-Analogy A focus on domain-knowledge experts and applications to transactional design problems
Design-by-analogy experimental evaluation of a functional analogy search methodology for concept generation improvement
Function based design-by-analogy A functional vector approach to analogical search
Analyzing module commonality for platform design using dendrograms
Effecting product reliability and life cycle costs with early design phase product architecture decisions
Options-based multi-objective evaluation of product platforms
A multi-criteria assessment tool for screening preliminary product platform concepts
Incorporating design effort complexity measures in product architectural design and assessment
An empirical foundation for product flexibility
Modular product architecture
Key inspection characteristics
Assessing value in platformed product family design
Manufacturing block diagrams and optimal adjustment procedures
Manufacturing system robustness through integrated modeling
Reverse engineering and redesign Courses to incrementally and systematically teach design
A method for architecting product platforms
Evaluating process capability during the design of manufacturing systems
Product architecture definition based upon customer demands
Variation modeling for a sheet stretch forming manufacturing system
Designing the design course sequence
Process capability to guide tolerancing in manufacturing systems
Simultaneous engineering of quality through integrated modeling
Product Evolution A Reverse Engineering and Redesign Methodology
Swept envelopes of cutting tools in integrated machine and workpiece error budgeting
Modeling manufacturing quality constraints for product development
Research on application of fuzzy sets to design and manufacturing integration
Imprecision in engineering design
Constructing membership functions using interpolation and measurement theory
Membership induced on manifolds by vector fields and flows
MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR PRODUCT EVALUATION
Design parameter selection in the presence of noise
Extensions to the Taguchi method of product design
Approximating α-cuts with the vertex method
Determining optimal points of membership with dependent variables
Tuning parameters in engineering design
Engineering design calculations with fuzzy parameters
RESEARCH ON IMPRECISION METHODS FOR QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AT CALTECH
Trade-off strategies in engineering design
Design for sustainable use of appliances A framework based on user behavior observations
Book section, Chapters in research booksDefining modules for platforms An overview of the architecting process
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Simpson, T.W.2014 ISBN: 9781461479376Platform concept evaluation making the case for product platforms
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin2006 ISBN: 0387257217Conference proceedingsA rapid algorithm for multi-objective pareto optimization of modular architecture
Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2017 ISBN: 978-1-904670-92-6A comparison of design decisions made early and late in development
Tan, James; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2017 ISBN: 978-1-904670-92-6A 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, Kristin2016 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: 2424-8967Trade-off analysis of system architecture modularity using design structure matrix
Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Luo, Jianxi2016 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5708-3Incorporating constraints in system modularization by interactive clustering of design structure matrices
Sanaei, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin N.; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Wood, Kristin L.2016 ISBN: 9780791850114Trade-offs among system architecture modularity criteria
Sanai, Roozbeh; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2016 ISBN: 9781904670803The design of crowd-funded products
Song, Chaoyang; Luo, Jianxi; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Seering, Warren2016 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5717-5Concept design trade-offs considering performance margins
Tan, James; Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2016 ISBN: 9781904670803RISK AND INNOVATION BALANCE IN CROWDFUNDING NEW PRODUCTS
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin; Song, CY; Luo, JX; Seering, W2015 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISSN: 2220-4334EVALUATION OF A STRATEGIC METHOD TO IMPROVE PROTOTYPE PERFORMANCE WITH REDUCED COST AND FABRICATION TIME
Otto, Kevin; Camburn, Bradley Adam; Jensen, Daniel; Crawford, Richard; Wood, Kristin2015 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISSN: 2220-4334From 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: 9788132222286ISSN: 2190-3018Mini-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, Kevin2015 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, Kevin2014 ISBN: 978-981-09-0446-3A comparison of the popular home automation technologies
Otto, Kevin; Withanage, C.; Ashok, R.; Yuen, C.2014 ISBN: 9781479913008Integrated 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: 2153-5868Facilitating 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: 9780791846315IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE USER BEHAVIOR
Withanage, Chathura; Ashok, Rahul; Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin2014 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4640-7An 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, Katja2014 ISBN: 9789810913489Connecting 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: 2153-5868Innovation differences between new venture startups and incumbent firms
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Otto, Kevin N.; Luo, Jianxi2013 ISBN: 9781904670469Design 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, Kristin2013 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISBN: 9781904670490ISSN: 2220-4334Uncertainty modeling to enable software development platforms that can automate complex mechanical systems design
Otto, Kevin; Levandowski, Christoffer ; Forslund, Anders; Johannesson, Hans; Söderberg, Rikard2013 in International Conference on Engineering Design (DESIGN SOC)ISBN: 9781904670520ISSN: 2220-4334Methods for prototyping strategies in conceptual phases of design Framework and experimental assessment
Otto, Kevin2013 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5592-8Linking 10 years of modular design research Alternative methods and tool chain sequences to support product platform design
Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2013 ISBN: 978-0-7918-5589-8Module definition for product-service systems
Hölttä-Otto, Katja; Tang, Victor; Otto, Kevin2012 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4504-2Using model uncertainty to reduce verification and validation in noise and vibration problems
Otto, Kevin; Jacobson, Cias2012 ISBN: 9780791845059INCORPORATING FIELD EFFECTS INTO MODULAR ARCHITECTURE METHODS
Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2010 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4413-7MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENTERPRISE READINESS BEYOND THE POLICY OF BUILD-TEST-FIX CYCLIC REWORK
Otto, Kevin N.; Tang, Victor2010 ISBN: 978-0-7918-4905-7Using existing whole building energy tools for designing net-zero energy buildings - challenges and workarounds
Brahme, Rohini; O'Neill, Zheng Deng ; Sisson, William; Otto, Kevin2009 USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE) FOR DECISION ANALYSIS
Otto, Kevin N.2007 ISBN: 1904670024A multi-criteria framework for screening preliminary product platform concepts
Otto, Kevin; Hölttä-Otto, Katja2004 Incorporating design complexity measures in architectural assessment
Hölttä, Katja M. M.; Otto, Kevin N.2003 ISBN: 0-7918-3701-7Incorporating lifecycle costs into product architecture decisions
Dahmus, Jeffrey B. ; Otto, Kevin N.2001 A process of modularizing product families
Otto, K2001 in WDK publications (Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd)ISBN: 1-86058-356-3Modularization to support multiple brand platforms
Sudjianto, Agus; Otto, Kevin2001 Platform-based spacecraft design A formulation and implementation procedure
Otto, K. N.2000 in IEEE AEROSPACE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (IEEE)ISBN: 0-7803-5846-5ISSN: 1095-323XEvaluating variation reduction process control strategies through system modeling
Suri, Rajiv; Otto, Kevin1999 System modeling to support variation reduction in a sheet stretch forming manufacturing system
Suri, Rajiv; Otto, Kevin1999 Building better mousetrap builders courses to incrementally and systematically teach design
Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin L.; Bezdek, Jozeph; Murphy, Michael G.; Jensen, Daniel1998 ISBN: 2153-5868A survey of platform designs for portable robotic welding in large scale structures
Dharmawan, Audelia Gumarus; Vibhute, Akash Ajay; Foong, Shaohui; Soh, Gim Song; Otto, Kevin1997 ISBN: 9781479951994Mechanical development and control of a miniature nonholonomic spherical rolling robot
Niu, Xuelei; Suherlan, Adi P.; Soh, Gim Song; Foong, Shaohui; Wood, Kristin; Otto, Kevin1997 ISBN: 9781479951994A TOOL FOR IMPRECISE CALCULATIONS IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Chen, Joseph E.; Otto, Kevin N.1995 ISBN: 0-7803-2461-7Modeling manufacturing quality constraints for product development
Ho, Christopher M.; Otto, Kevin N.1995 Propagating imprecise engineering design constraints
Otto, Kevin N.1995 ISBN: 0-7803-2462-5Estimating errors in concept selection
Otto, K. N.; Wood, Kristin L.1995 Robust product design using manufacturing adjustments
Otto, Kevin1994 ISBN: 0791811700Modeling imprecision in product design
Otto, Kevin N.1994 ISBN: 0-7803-1897-8Measurement foundations for design engineering methods
Otto, Kevin N.1993 ISBN: 0791811700Method of imprecision compared to utility theory for design selection problems
Otto, Kevin N.; Antonsson, Erik K.1993 ISBN: 0791811700Design 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: 0791807479Methodology 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)
BookProduct Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development
Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2001 ISBN: 9780130212719
Defining modules for platforms An overview of the architecting process
Platform concept evaluation making the case for product platforms
A rapid algorithm for multi-objective pareto optimization of modular architecture
A comparison of design decisions made early and late in development
A Tether-Less Legged Piezoelectric Miniature Robot using bounding gait locomotion for bidirectional motion
User-centered design for additive manufacturing as a customization strategy
Trade-off analysis of system architecture modularity using design structure matrix
Incorporating constraints in system modularization by interactive clustering of design structure matrices
Trade-offs among system architecture modularity criteria
The design of crowd-funded products
Concept design trade-offs considering performance margins
RISK AND INNOVATION BALANCE IN CROWDFUNDING NEW PRODUCTS
EVALUATION OF A STRATEGIC METHOD TO IMPROVE PROTOTYPE PERFORMANCE WITH REDUCED COST AND FABRICATION TIME
From concept to specification maintaining early design intent
Mini-design projects in capstone Initial design experiences to enhance students' implementation of design methodology
Risk and innovation balance in crowd funding new products
Heuristics-based prototyping strategy formation Development and testing of a new prototyping planning tool
CUSTOMIZATION DESIGN KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION TO SUPPORT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
A comparison of the popular home automation technologies
Integrated 2D design in the curriculum Effectiveness of early cross-subject engineering challenges
Facilitating design-by-analogy Development of a complete functional vocabulary and functional vector approach to analogical search
IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE USER BEHAVIOR
An overview of design cognition between experts and novices
Connecting design problem characteristics to prototyping choices to form a prototyping strategy
Innovation differences between new venture startups and incumbent firms
Design with the developing world A model with seven challenges for the future
Uncertainty modeling to enable software development platforms that can automate complex mechanical systems design
Methods for prototyping strategies in conceptual phases of design Framework and experimental assessment
Linking 10 years of modular design research Alternative methods and tool chain sequences to support product platform design
Module definition for product-service systems
Using model uncertainty to reduce verification and validation in noise and vibration problems
INCORPORATING FIELD EFFECTS INTO MODULAR ARCHITECTURE METHODS
MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENTERPRISE READINESS BEYOND THE POLICY OF BUILD-TEST-FIX CYCLIC REWORK
Using existing whole building energy tools for designing net-zero energy buildings - challenges and workarounds
USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE) FOR DECISION ANALYSIS
A multi-criteria framework for screening preliminary product platform concepts
Incorporating design complexity measures in architectural assessment
Incorporating lifecycle costs into product architecture decisions
A process of modularizing product families
Modularization to support multiple brand platforms
Platform-based spacecraft design A formulation and implementation procedure
Evaluating variation reduction process control strategies through system modeling
System modeling to support variation reduction in a sheet stretch forming manufacturing system
Building better mousetrap builders courses to incrementally and systematically teach design
A survey of platform designs for portable robotic welding in large scale structures
Mechanical development and control of a miniature nonholonomic spherical rolling robot
A TOOL FOR IMPRECISE CALCULATIONS IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Modeling manufacturing quality constraints for product development
Propagating imprecise engineering design constraints
Estimating errors in concept selection
Robust product design using manufacturing adjustments
Modeling imprecision in product design
Measurement foundations for design engineering methods
Method of imprecision compared to utility theory for design selection problems
Design parameter selection in the presence of noise
Extensions to the Taguchi method of product design
Methodology for capturing mechanical design expertise
Scientific books (monographs)
BookProduct Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development
Otto, Kevin; Wood, Kristin2001 ISBN: 9780130212719
Product Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development
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