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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
5869
World Ranking
2796
National Ranking
970

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Best Publications

  • Collaborative Sketching (C-Sketch)--An Idea Generation Technique for Engineering Design.

    Jami J. Shah;Noe Vargas-Hernandez;Joshua D. Summers;Santosh Kulkarni

  • Case Study Method for Design Research: A Justification

    Sudhakar Teegavarapu;Joshua D. Summers;Gregory M. Mocko

  • Mechanical Engineering Design Complexity Metrics: Size, Coupling, and Solvability

    Joshua D. Summers;Jami J. Shah

  • Compliant hexagonal periodic lattice structures having both high shear strength and high shear strain

    Jaehyung Ju;Joshua D. Summers

  • Engineering design complexity: an investigation of methods and measures

    Farhad Ameri;Joshua D. Summers;Gregory M. Mocko;Matthew Porter

  • Predicting requirement change propagation, using higher order design structure matrices: an industry case study

    Beshoy Morkos;Prabhu Shankar;Joshua D. Summers

  • Sampling in design research: Eight key considerations

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  • Influence of Design Representation on Effectiveness of Idea Generation

    Felicia L. McKoy;Noé Vargas-Hernández;Joshua D. Summers;Jami J. Shah

  • Reasons for change propagation: a case study in an automotive OEM

    Prabhu Shankar;Beshoy Morkos;Joshua D. Summers

  • Design of Cellular Shear Bands of a Non-Pneumatic Tire -Investigation of Contact Pressure

    Jaehyung Ju;Balajee Ananthasayanam;Joshua David Summers;Paul Joseph

  • A user study of interpretability of engineering design representations

    Rachel Hannah;Shraddha Joshi;Joshua D. Summers

  • Development of a systematic classification and taxonomy of collaborative design activities

    Karen J. Ostergaard;Joshua D. Summers

  • A review of computer-aided fixture design with respect to information support requirements

    Sertac Pehlivan;Joshua D. Summers

  • Developing Measures of Complexity for Engineering Design

    Joshua D. Summers;Jami J. Shah

  • Design of Honeycombs for Modulus and Yield Strain in Shear

    Jaehyung Ju;Joshua D. Summers;John Ziegert;George Fadel

  • Assembly time modelling through connective complexity metrics

    James L. Mathieson;Bradley A. Wallace;Joshua D. Summers

  • Rolling Resistance of a Nonpneumatic Tire Having a Porous Elastomer Composite Shear Band

    Jaehyung Ju;Mallikarjun Veeramurthy;Joshua D. Summers;Lonny Thompson

  • Evaluation of the functional basis using an information theoretic approach

    Chiradeep Sen;Benjamin w. Caldwell;Joshua d. Summers;Gregory m. Mocko

  • Design of Honeycomb Mesostructures for Crushing Energy Absorption

    Jesse Schultz;David Griese;Jaehyung Ju;Prabhu Shankar

  • Size effects in lattice structures and a comparison to micropolar elasticity

    Marcus Yoder;Lonny Thompson;Joshua Summers

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