NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

A system-engineering approach is essential for an efficient design in a complex system. Comprehension of conflicting requirements of participating subsystems and integrated designs are key elements ...

In a recent column in this space, TRIZ Plus – A Modern Tool for Enhancing Design Innovation, I discussed a modern version of TRIZ some refer to as TRIZ Plus, an approach to innovation that involves ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Aviation and Missile Command is a big winner this year in the Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards. AMCOM and its partners were presented with four VE ...

In this chapter, we report our broad conclusions related to each of the themes we introduced at the start of the report. These conclusions reflect detailed consideration of (1) our research into ...