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Research Interests

In general, my passion lies in the field of Engineering Design. Specifically, my current research focus is on the development of theoretical and computational foundations to advance the scientific knowledge of simulation-based multidisciplinary design of complex multilevel systems. Examples of such multilevel systems are materials that can be designed at multiple scales.

Publications

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• Panchal, J. H., M. G. Fernández, C. J. J. Paredis, J. K. Allen and F. Mistree, 2007, "Leveraging Design Process Related Intellectual Capital – A Key to Enhancing Enterprise Agility," Collaborative Product Design & Manufacturing Methodologies and Applications (W. Li, S. Ong, C. McMahon and A. Nee, Eds.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 201-228.
• Panchal, J. H., H.-J. Choi, J. K. Allen, D. Rosen and F. Mistree, 2007, "An Adaptable Service-based Framework for Distributed Product Realization," Collaborative Product Design & Manufacturing Methodologies and Applications (W. Li, S. Ong, C. McMahon and A. Nee, Eds.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 1-32.
• McDowell, D. L., H.-J. Choi, J. H. Panchal, R. Austin, J. K. Allen and F. Mistree, 2007, “Plasticity-Related Microstructure-Property Relations for Materials Design,” Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 340-341, pp. 21-30.
• Panchal, J. H., H.-J. Choi, J. K. Allen, D. L. McDowell and F. Mistree, 2007, “A Systems Based Approach for Integrated Design of Materials, Products, and Design Process Chains,” Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design, Vol. 14, pp.265-293.
• Panchal, J. H., C. J. J. Paredis, J. K. Allen, and F. Mistree, 2006, “A Value-of-Information Based Approach to Simulation Model Refinement,” Engineering Optimization, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 223 - 251.
• Panchal, J. H., M. G. Fernández, C. J. J. Paredis, J. K. Allen, and F. Mistree, 2006, “A Modular Decision Centric Approach for Reusable Design Processes,” Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, in press.
• Panchal, J. H. and D. Schaefer, 2007, “Towards Achieving Agility in Web Based Virtual Enterprises: A Decision-Centric Approach,” International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services: Special Issue on Web-Based Approach to Design, Manufacturing and Life-Cycle Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 51-74.
• Panchal, J. H., M. G. Fernández, J. K. Allen, C. J. J. Paredis, and F. Mistree, 2008, “An Interval Based Constraint Satisfaction (IBCS) Method for Decentralized Multifunctional Design,” Concurrent Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 309-323.
• Schaefer, D., J. H. Panchal, 2007, "Incorporating Research into Undergraduate Design Courses: A Patent-Centered Approach", International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, in press.
• Schaefer, D., Panchal, J.H., Choi, S.K and F. Mistree, 2008, “Strategic Design of Engineering Education for the Flat World,” International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE), Vol 24, No. 2, pp. 274-282.
• Fernández, M. G., J. H. Panchal, J. K. Allen and F. Mistree, 2007, “Moving Beyond Strategic Collaboration Towards Co-design,” Research in Engineering Design, under review.
• Fathianathan, M. and J. H. Panchal, 2007, “Designing Collaborations – Incorporating Design Outsourcing Decisions within the Design Processes,” Computers in Industry, under review.
• Panchal, J.H., C. J. J. Paredis, J. K. Allen and F. Mistree, 2008, "Design Process Simplification Via Scale and Decision Decoupling – A Value-of-information Based Approach," Journal of Computing and Information Sciences in Engineering, under review.

Conference Papers

• Panchal, J. H. and M. Fathianathan, 2008, Product Realization in the Age of Mass Collaboration, in 34th ASME Design Automation Conference, New York City, NY, USA. Paper Number: DETC2008-49865.
• Chen, K., J. H. Panchal, and D. Schaefer, 2008, An Integrated Approach to Design Mechatronic Systems: Cross-Disciplinary Constraint Modeling, in 28th ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, New York City, NY, USA. Paper Number: DETC2008-49796.
• Messer, M., J. H. Panchal, J. K. Allen, F. Mistree, V. Krishnamurthy, B. Klein, and D. P. Yoder, 2008, Designing Embodiment Design Processes Using a Value-of-Information based Approach with Applications for Integrated Product and Materials Design, in 34th ASME Design Automation Conference, New York City, NY. Paper Number: DETC2008/DAC-49395.
• Messer, M., J. H. Panchal, G. Puri, J. K. Allen, and F. Mistree, 2008, Designing Embodiment Design Processes for Blast Resistant Panels, in 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Paper Number: 134856.
  
• Panchal, J.H., C. J. J. Paredis, J. K. Allen and F. Mistree, 2007, "Design Process Simplification Via Scale and Decision Decoupling – A Value-of-information Based Approach," ASME Design Automation Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Paper Number: DETC2007-35686.
  
• Messer, M., J. H. Panchal, J. K. Allen, D. L. McDowell and F. Mistree, 2007, "A Function-Based Approach for Integrated Conceptual Design of Materials and Products," ASME Design Automation Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Paper Number: DETC2007-35743.
• Fathianathan, M. and J. H. Panchal, 2007, "Design Nodes: An Approach for Modeling Design Processes," 4th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology, September 19-21, Bath, United Kingdom.
  
• Schaefer, D. and J. H. Panchal, 2007, "Linking Research and Teaching: Two Design Courses Orchestrated Around A Rotary Diesel Engine Patent," 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, USA. Paper Number: IMECE2007-41336.
  
• Schaefer, D., J. H. Panchal, S.-K. Choi and F. Mistree, 2007, "Strategic Design of Engineering Education for the Flat World", Mudd Design Workshop VI: Design and Engineering Education in a Flat World, May 23-25, Claremont, CA.
  
• Panchal, J.H., H.-J. Choi, J.K. Allen, D.L. McDowell, and F. Mistree, 2006, Designing Design Processes for Integrated Materials and Products Realization: A Multifunctional Energetic Structural Materials Example, ASME 2006, Design Automation Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Paper No. DETC2006-99449.
• Panchal, J.H., J.K. Allen, C.J.J. Paredis, and F. Mistree, 2006, Simulation Model Refinement for Decision Making via a Value-of-Information Based Metric, ASME 2006, Design Automation Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Paper No. DETC2006-99433.
• Schnell, A. R., M. Messer, J. H. Panchal, J. K. Allen, P. J. Hesketh and F. Mistree, 2006, "Extending Reusable Decision-Centric Templates to Facilitate Collaboration Using Game Theory," 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Portsmouth, Virginia. Paper Number: AIAA-MAO-63412.
• McDowell, D. L., H.-J. Choi, J. H. Panchal, R. Austin, J. K. Allen and F. Mistree, 2006, "Plasticity-Related Microstructure-Property Relations for Materials Design," The 8th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Engineering Plasticity and Its Applications, Sep 25-29, Nagoya, Japan.
  
• Panchal, J.H., H.-J. Choi, J.K. Allen, D.L. McDowell, and F. Mistree, 2005, Robust Multiscale Simulation-based Design of Multifunctional Materials, International Conference on Advanced Materials Design & Development (ICAMDD-05), Goa, India.
  
• Panchal, J.H., M.G. Fernandez, J.K. Allen, C.J.J. Paredis, and F. Mistree, Facilitating Meta-design via Separation of Problem, Product and Process Information, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL. Paper No. IMECE2005- 80013
  
• Panchal, J.H., H.-J. Choi, J. Shephard, J.K. Allen, D.L. McDowell, and F. Mistree, 2005, A Strategy for Simulation-Based Multiscale, Multifunctional Design of Products and Design Processes, ASME 2005, Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineering Conference, Long Beach, CA. Paper No. DETC2005-85316.
• Panchal, J.H., M.G. Fernandez, J.K. Allen, C.J.J. Paredis, and F. Mistree, 2005, An Interval Based Focalization Method for Decision Making in Decentralized Multifunctional Design, ASME 2005, Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineering Conference, Long Beach, CA. Paper No. DETC2005-85322.
• Fernandez, M.G., J.H. Panchal, J.K. Allen, and F. Mistree, 2005, An Interactions Protocol for Collaborative Decision Making - Concise Interactions and Effective Management of Shared Design Spaces, ASME 2005, Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineering Conference, Long Beach, CA. Paper No. DETC2005-85381.
• Panchal, J.H., Fernández, M.G., Paredis, C.J.J., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., Designing Design Processes in Product Lifecycle Management: Research Issues and Strategies, in ASME 2004 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineering Conference. 2004. Salt Lake City, Utah. Paper Number: DETC2004/CIE-57742. (Robert E. Fulton EIM Best Paper Award for 2004)
• Panchal, J.H., Fernández, M.G., Paredis, C.J.J., and Mistree, F., Template-based Design Process Modeling. in 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. 2004. Albany, New York. Paper Number: AIAA-2004-4601.

•  Seepersad, C.C., Fernandez, M.G., Panchal, J.H., Choi, H.-J., Allen, J.K., McDowell, D.L., and Mistree, F., Foundations for a Systems-Based Approach for Materials Design. in 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. 2004. Albany, New York. Paper Number: AIAA-2004-4300.
• Mocko G. M., Panchal, J.H., Fernández, M. G., Peak, R. and Mistree, F., "Towards Reusable Knowledge-Based Idealizations for Rapid Design and Analysis," 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, 19-22 April 2004, Palm Springs, CA. Paper No. AIAA-2004-2009.
• Williams C., Panchal, J. H., Rosen, D. W., "A general Decision Making Framework for the Rapid Manufacturing of Customized Parts," ASME 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2-6 September 2003, Chicago, IL. Paper No. CIE-48198.
• Choi H., Panchal, J. H., Rosen, D. W., Allen, J. K., and Mistree, F., "Towards a Standardized Engineering Framework for Distributed Collaborative Product Realization," ASME 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2-6 September 2003, Chicago, IL. Paper No. CIE-48279.
• Panchal, J. H., Rosen, D. W., Allen, J. K., and Mistree, F., “A Computer Framework for Robust Concept Exploration in a Distributed Environment”, presented at 47th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 23-26 December, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.
• Panchal, J. H., Chamberlain, M. K., Rosen, D. W., Allen, J. K., and Mistree, F., "A Service Based Architecture for Information and Asset Utilization in Distributed Product Realization," presented at 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, 4-6 September 2002, Atlanta, GA. Paper No. AIAA-2002-5480.
• Panchal, J. H., Khanna, R., Dixit, U.S., “Optimization of Turning Process using a Neuro-Fuzzy Controller” presented at the XVI National Convention of Mechanical Engineers and National Seminar on Future Trends in Mechanical Engineering, 28-29 September 2000, Roorkee, India.
• Panchal, J. H., Khanna, R., Dixit, U.S., “On-Line Optimization of Turning Process using a Genetic Algorithm based Neuro-Fuzzy Controller” presented at National Conference on Optimization Techniques in Manufacturing Practice, 18th March 2000, Coimbatore, India.

Reports

Master of Science Thesis

• Panchal, J.H., “Towards a Design Support System for Collaborative Product Realization”, presented to the faculty of The G.W.W. School of Mechanical Engineering. 2002, Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia.

PhD Dissertation

• Panchal, J.H., “A Framework for Simulation-based Integrated Design of Multiscale Products and Design Processes”, presented to the faculty of The G.W.W. School of Mechanical Engineering. 2005, Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia.

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