Home Page for Matthias Messer

Status and Contact Information

Status:

Project Manager "Global Projects" at Freudenberg

Education:

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology

M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology

Dipl.-Ing. Technische Universität Darmstadt

B.S. Technische Universität Darmstadt

Office:

   Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG

   INNOVATIONCENTER

   Global Projects

   D - 69465 Weinheim

   www.freudenberg-ds.com

   www.freudenberg.com

Phone: +49 (0) 62 01 80 35 50

Fax: +49 (0) 62 01 88 35 50

Email: matthias.messer@freudenberg-ds.com

URL: www.srl.gatech.edu/Members/mmesser

Research Interests

My research interests center around systematic function-based design of products (complex engineering systems), multifunctional material concepts, and associated embodiment design-processes in an integrated fashion from a systems perspective.
Specifically, my research is focused on:

function-based concept generation and evaluation,
innovation management,
robust concept exploration to manage uncertainty and complexity, as well as
integrated product, process, and materials design.

Publications and Awards

Bachelor Thesis: Messer, M., 2003, "Design of an Environmental Friendly Kitchen Machine". Fachgebiet Produktentwicklung und Maschinenelemente, Fachbereich Maschinenbau, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Advanced Design Project: Messer, M., 2004, "Material and Component Behavior under Complex Load". Fachgebiet Werkstoffkunde, Fachbereich Maschinenbau, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Master of Science Thesis: Messer, M., 2005, "Pulsed Ultrasound Doppler Velocimetry for Measurement of Velocity Profiles in Small Channels and Capillaries". G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Award: NSF Student Travel Award for the 2006 DMII Grantees Conference - Poster Presentation - Messer, M., 2006, A First Step Towards Integrated Product-, Process-, and Material-Design.

Award: NSF Student Travel Award “A Scientific Formalism for Product Realization in a Global Manufacturing Enterprise” for the ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Paper - Messer, M., 2006, Product Realization in the Year 2025.
Semester Project: Messer, M, A. Scripture, 2006, "Business Plan - Innovative Forms of Lightweight Personal-, Vehicle-, and Building-Protection", ME4903 - Technological Business Creation and Innovation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, GA, U.S.A.

Conference Paper: Messer, M., K. Pedersen, J.K. Allen and F. Mistree, 2006, "Domain Independent Approach to Designing Hierarchical Platforms on Multiple Levels of Abstraction and Scales". In ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Advance in Design Automation. Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: ASME, DETC2006/DAC-99474.
Conference Paper: Schnell, A.R., M. Messer, J.H. Panchal, J.K. Allen, P.J.H. Hesketh and F. Mistree, 2006, "Extending Reusable Decision-Centric Templates to Facilitate Collaboration Using Game Theory". In AIAA/ISSMMO 2006 Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Portsmouth, VA, U.S.A.: AIAA-2006-6991.
Award: NSF Student Travel Award “A Scientific Formalism for Product Realization in a Global Manufacturing Enterprise” for the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences - Paper - Messer, M., 2007, Product Realization in the Year 2030.
Conference Paper: Messer, M., J.H. Panchal, J.K. Allen, D.L. McDowell, and F. Mistree, 2007, "A Function-Based Approach for Integrated Design of Material and Product Concepts". In ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Advance in Design Automation. Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.: ASME, DETC2007/DAC-35743.

Presentations

2006 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., Technical Presentation: “Domain Independent Approach to Designing Hierarchical Platforms on Multiple Levels of Abstraction and Scales”.
2006 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, PA, U.S.A., Poster Presentation: “Product Realization in the Year 2025”.
2006 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conferences, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A., Poster Presentation: “A First Step Towards Integrated Product-, Process-, and Material-Design”.

2007 Center for Computational Materials Design Winter Meeting, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., Poster Presentation: “Robust Multifunctional Materials Design: Preliminary Study of the Robust Design of Blast Resistant Panels”.

2007 Georgia Tech Savannah Research Symposium, Savannah, GA, U.S.A., Poster Presentation: “A Systematic Approach Towards Simulation-Based Integrated Product, Materials, and Design Process Design”.

2007 Center for Computational Materials Design Fall Meeting, Albany, NY, U.S.A., Poster Presentation: “Template-Based Robust Design of Blast Resistant Panels”.
2007 Center for Computational Materials Design Fall Meeting, Albany, NY, U.S.A., Technical Presentation: “Systems-Based Robust Design Methods that Account for Both Risk and Uncertainty”.
2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A., Poster Presentation: “Product Realization in the Year 2030”.
2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A., Technical Presentation: “A Function-Based Approach for Integrated Design of Material and Product Concepts”.

2007 Undergraduate-Level Class ME3180, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, GA, U.S.A., 2 Lectures: “Failure Criteria I”, and "Failure Criteria II".
2007 Graduate-Level Class ME6101, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., 3 Lectures: “Conceptual Design I”, "Conceptual Design II", and "Embodiment and Detail Design".
2008 GTS-Colloquium Series, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, GA, U.S.A., Technical Presentation: "Integrated Design of Product and Material Concepts".
2008 Center for Computational Materials Design Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., Poster Presentation: “Systems-Based Robust Design Methods”.
2008 Center for Computational Materials Design Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., Technical Presentation: “Systems-Based Robust Design Methods”.
2008 Graduate-Level Class ME6102, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., Lecture: "Integrated Design of Products, Materials, and Design-Processes".

Workshop

2008 Center for Computational Materials Design Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.: Workshop on “Systems-Based Robust Design Methods”.

Publications "in Progress"

Dissertation: Messer, M., 2008, "A Function-Based Systematic Approach for Integrated Design of Products, Materials, and Design-Process". G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A, Full Draft Submitted.
IDETC 2008: A Value-Of-Information-Based Approach to Design-Process Design in the Context of Integrated Product and Materials Design for an Optoelectronic Communication System.
IDETC 2008: Robust Design of Photonic Crystal Waveguides with Imperfections.
AIAA/ISSMO 2008: A Value-Of-Information-Based Approach to Design-Process Design in the Context of Integrated Product and Materials Design for Blast Resistant Panels.
CLEO 2008: Robust Design of Multi-Layered Photonic Structures Using a Matrix-Free Planewave Based Modal Approach, Abstract Submitted.
IMS 2008: Robust Design of Multi-Layered Photonic Structures Using a Matrix-Free Planewave Based Modal Approach, Abstract Submitted.
Flow Measurement and Instrumentation 2008: Accuracy of Pulsed-Ultrasound-Doppler-Velocimetry in the Presence of Non-Intrusive Walls, Paper Submitted.
Journal of Mechanical Design 2008: Domain-Independent Approach to Hierarchical Platform Design.
Research in Engineering Design, Science, or Nature: Function-Based Systematic Approach for the Integrated Design of Product and Material Concepts.
Research in Engineering Design: Increased Concept Flexibility Through Integrated Design of Product and Material Concepts.
ICED or TMCE: Design Catalogs to Facilitate Integrated Design of Product and Material Concepts.
ICED or TMCE: Design of Multifunctional Blast Resistant Panels.
Monograph: Function-Based Systematic Approach to Conceptual Materials Design.