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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
78
Citations
30608
World Ranking
235
National Ranking
113

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Timothy W. Simpson is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within Engineering, with a focused body of work in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Human-Computer Interaction.

The main topics of Timothy W. Simpson's research include Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Design Education and Practice, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, High Entropy Alloys Studies, and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts.

Timothy W. Simpson has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, with notable recent papers listed below:

  • Research and application of machine learning for additive manufacturing, 2022, Additive manufacturing
  • Mechanical properties of additively manufactured metal lattice structures: Data review and design interface, 2020, Additive manufacturing
  • Is Additive Manufacturing an Environmentally and Economically Preferred Alternative for Mass Production?, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Six-Sigma Quality Management of Additive Manufacturing, 2020, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Effect of processing parameters on pore structures, grain features, and mechanical properties in Ti-6Al-4V by laser powder bed fusion, 2022, Additive manufacturing

The scientist collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Nicholas A. Meisel
  • Rohan Prabhu
  • Scarlett R. Miller
  • Allison M. Beese
  • Qixiang Luo

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Journal of Mechanical Design
  • Data in Brief
  • Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
  • Journal of Engineering Design

Timothy W. Simpson was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Metamodels for Computer-Based Engineering Design: Survey and Recommendations

    Timothy W. Simpson;J. D. Poplinski;P. N. Koch;J. K. Allen

  • Comparative studies of metamodelling techniques under multiple modelling criteria

    R. Jin;W. Chen;Timothy William Simpson

  • Kriging Models for Global Approximation in Simulation-Based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

    Timothy W. Simpson;Timothy M. Mauery;John J. Korte;Farrokh Mistree

  • Product family design and platform-based product development: a state-of-the-art review

    Jianxin (Roger) Jiao;Timothy W. Simpson;Zahed Siddique

  • Use of Kriging Models to Approximate Deterministic Computer Models

    Jay D. Martin;Timothy W. Simpson

  • Product platform design and customization: Status and promise

    Timothy W. Simpson

  • Product platform design: method and application

    Timothy W. Simpson;Jonathan R. Maier;Farrokh Mistree

  • Comparison of response surface and kriging models for multidisciplinary design optimization

    Timothy W. Simpson;John J. Korte;Timothy M. Mauery;Farrokh Mistree

  • 3D Printing Disrupts Manufacturing: How Economies of One Create New Rules of Competition

    Irene J. Petrick;Timothy W. Simpson

  • Analysis of Support Vector Regression for Approximation of Complex Engineering Analyses

    Stella M. Clarke;Jan H. Griebsch;Timothy William Simpson

  • Sampling Strategies for Computer Experiments: Design and Analysis

    T. Simpson;L. Dennis;W. Chen

  • Approximation methods in multidisciplinary analysis and optimization: a panel discussion

    T.W. Simpson;A.J. Booker;D. Ghosh;A.A. Giunta

  • Product platform and product family design: Methods and applications

    Timothy W. Simpson;Zahed Siddique;Jianxin Roger Jiao

  • Metamodeling in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization: How Far Have We Really Come?

    Felipe A. C. Viana;Timothy W. Simpson;Vladimir Balabanov;Vasilli Toropov

  • Computationally inexpensive metamodel assessment strategies

    Martin Meckesheimer;Russell R. Barton;Timothy W. Simpson;Andrew J. Booker

  • Design and analysis of computer experiments in multidisciplinary design optimization: A review of how far we have come - Or not

    Timothy Simpson;Vasilli Toropov;Vladimir Balabanov;Felipe Viana

  • A concept exploration method for product family design

    Timothy W. Simpson

  • Computationally Inexpensive Metamodel Assessment Strategies

    Martin Meckesheimer;Andrew J. Booker;Russell R. Barton;Timothy W. Simpson

  • A Variation-Based Method for Product Family Design

    Raviraj U. Nayak;Wei Chen;Timothy W. Simpson

  • A Variation-Based Methodology for Product Family Design

    Raviraj U. Nayak;Wei Chen;Timothy W. Simpson

  • Comparative studies of metamodeling techniques under multiple modeling criteria

    Ruichen Jin;Wei Chen;Timothy W. Simpson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Frecker
Mary Frecker Pennsylvania State University
Patrick M. Reed
Patrick M. Reed Cornell University
Carolyn Conner Seepersad
Carolyn Conner Seepersad The University of Texas at Austin
Long Qing Chen
Long Qing Chen Pennsylvania State University
Achille Messac
Achille Messac Howard University
Kevin Otto
Kevin Otto Aalto University
David W. Rosen
David W. Rosen Singapore University of Technology and Design
Jeremy J. Michalek
Jeremy J. Michalek Carnegie Mellon University
Jianxin Jiao
Jianxin Jiao Georgia Institute of Technology

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