Current & Recent Projects

1. National Science Foundation (NSF): A Unified Cellular Self-Organizing Approach to Design Automation and Operation of Complex Systems, 2012/6/1 — 2015/5/31. Principal Investigator.
2. National Science Foundation (NSF): A Framework for Modeling and Measuring Collaborative Creativity in Engineering Design teams, 2011/9/1 — 2014/8/30. Principal Investigator.
3. National Science Foundation (NSF): A DNA Based, Cellular and Self-Organizing Approach to Adaptive System Development, 2009/9/1 — 2011/8/31. Principal Investigator.
4. DoD/NPS (Dept of Defense), Structure, Entropy and Self-Organizing: Toward a Theory of Edge Organizations, 2008/7/28 – 2010/12/27, Principal Investigator.
5. National Science Foundation (NSF): Second International Workshop on Design Creativity, 2008/7/1—2010/12/31. Principal Investigator.
6. Japan Marine Science, Collaboration Process Modeling and Management, 2006/5-2010/12, Principal Investigator.

Past Projects

1. NASA/JPL, Decision-Based Engineering Structure for Space Mission System Design, 2005/5 – 2005/10, Principal Investigator
2. Toyota Motor Corporation, Toward Innovative Engineering Technologies, 2003/7 – 2005/6, Principal Investigator.
3. Toyota Motor Corporation, AEKM: Agent-based Engineering Knowledge Management, 2000/7 – 2002/12, Principal Investigator
4. Ford Motor Company, ASIC: Agent-based System Integration and Collaboration Support 1999/6-2001/12, Principal Investigator
5. Toyota Motor Corporation, Capturing, Storing and Utilizing Design Know-How to Support Automotive Design, 1999/1-1999/12, Principal Investigator
6. Ford Motor Company, Agent-Based System for Collaborative Engineering, 1999/1 – 1999/10, Principal Investigator
7. Ford Motor Company, Matching Fund for NSF CAREER Award, 1998/9-2000/8, Principal Investigator
8. NSF, CAREER: Building Knowledge Infrastructure for Collaborative Design, 1998/4- 2002/3, Principal Investigator (NSF CAREER Award)
9. US DoD/Transcom, A Computer Integrated Environment for High Speed Sealift Vessel Development, 1997/6-1998/12, Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. P. Iannou)
10. Mitsubishi Research Institute, A Process-Driven and Agent-Supported Approach to Collaborative Engineering, 1998/6 – 2001/5, Principal Investigator
11. Ford Motor Company, Dynamic Process Management for Collaborative Design, 1998/1 – 1998/12, Principal Investigator
12. Toyota Caelum Inc., Intelligent Work Support for Collaborative Engineering, 1997/2 – 1998/12, Principal Investigator
13. NSF, Toward a Better Understanding of Engineering Models, 1997/9 – 1999/8, Principal Investigator
14. Toyota Motor Corp., Collaborative Inner Panel Design, 1997/6-8, Principal Investigator
15. Philips Corp., Virtual Learning Environment for Collaborative Learning, 1997/1 – 1997/12, Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. G. Shiflett)
16. Japan Ship & Ocean Foundation, Engineering Design and Collaboration Workshop, 1996/11, Principal Investigator
17. Toyota Motor Corporation, Agent Supported Approach to Collaborative Automotive Design, 1993/9 – 1997/12, Principal Investigator
18. NSF, Product, Process and Organization Prototyping for Concurrent Engineering, 1995/3 – 1996/9, Team Leader (with Dr. Ray Levitt)
19. NSF, Computational Enterprise Modeling: Tools to Enhance Quality in Organizations, 1995/1 – 1996/9, Team Leader (with Dr. Ray Levitt)
20. Stanford CIFE, Modeling Impact of Collaboration Technology on Organizational Change and Performance, 1994/9 – 1995/8, Project Leader (with Dr. Ray Levitt)