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Managing Design Variants in Formula Student Race Cars: A Digital Engineering Approach Across Multiple Teams

  • Julian Borowski,
  • Hinrich Emsmann,
  • Jannis Kneule,
  • Rico Ruess and
  • Stephan Rudolph

23 February 2026

Increasing product complexity, shorter development cycles and cross-domain integration demands pose significant challenges for modern race car engineering teams. In Formula Student teams, heterogeneous toolchains, manual data exchange, late system in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vehicle Design Processes, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,975 Views
25 Pages

12 December 2022

This paper outlines the path towards a method focusing on a process model for the integrated engineering of Digital Innovation (DI) and Design Science Research (DSR). The use of the DSR methodology allows for achieving both scientific rigor and pract...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,662 Views
39 Pages

Towards a Novel Digital Twin Framework Proposal Within the Engineering Design Process for Future Engineers: An IoT Smart Building Use Case

  • Angeliki Boltsi,
  • Dimitrios Kosmanos,
  • Apostolos Xenakis,
  • Periklis Chatzimisios and
  • Costas Chaikalis

1 June 2025

The continuous evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies presents significant opportunities and challenges within the domain of engineering education. This paper introduces a novel and comprehensive framework that extends the established Eng...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
808 Views
19 Pages

Managing classroom tablets involves more than electrical charging; it also requires repeated retrieval and return, storage, plug alignment, custody, and queue control. This article presents the human-centered engineering design and field validation o...

(This article belongs to the Topic Innovation, Communication and Engineering, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,199 Views
27 Pages

21 April 2023

In the era of digital transformation, industry is facing multiple challenges due to the need for implementation of the Industry 4.0 standards, as well as the volatility of customer demands. The latter has created the need for the design and operation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Machines and Intelligent Manufacturing)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,321 Views
18 Pages

Digital Engineering Methods in Practical Use during Mechatronic Design Processes

  • Benjamin Gerschütz,
  • Christopher Sauer,
  • Andreas Kormann,
  • Simon J. Nicklas and ,
  • Stefan Goetz,
  • Matthias Roppel,
  • Stephan Tremmel,
  • Kristin Paetzold-Byhain and
  • Sandro Wartzack
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

14 July 2023

This work aims to evaluate the current state of research on the use of artificial intelligence, deep learning, digitalization, and Data Mining in product development, mainly in the mechanical and mechatronic domain. These methods, collectively referr...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,261 Views
23 Pages

17 November 2023

The last years have seen propagating Metaverse and Mixed Reality (Extended Reality, XR) technologies into everyday applications. Due to their immersion and digitalization capability, sustainability issues can be addressed to optimize resource consump...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Products and Services)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,963 Views
14 Pages

24 August 2022

This research considers the problem of digital twin engineering in organizational and technical systems. The theoretical and methodological basis is a fundamental scientific work in the field of digital twins engineering and applied models. We use me...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Collaborative Networks, Decision Systems, Web Applications and Services for Supporting Engineering and Production Management)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,473 Views
24 Pages

Technological Innovations in Sustainable Civil Engineering: Advanced Materials, Resilient Design, and Digital Tools

  • Carlos A. Ligarda-Samanez,
  • Mary L. Huamán-Carrión,
  • Domingo J. Cabel-Moscoso,
  • Doris Marlene Muñoz Sáenz and ,
  • Jaime Antonio Martinez Hernandez,
  • Antonina J. Garcia-Espinoza,
  • Dante Fermín Calderón Huamaní,
  • Carlos Carrasco-Badajoz,
  • Darwin Pino Cordero and
  • Yolanda Aroquipa-Durán
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

29 September 2025

Civil engineering today faces the challenge of responding to climate change, rapid urbanization, and the need to reduce environmental impacts. These factors drive the search for more sustainable approaches and the adoption of digital technologies. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,189 Views
18 Pages

22 January 2026

The development of modern vehicles faces an increase in complexity, as well as a need for shorter development cycles and a seamless cross-domain integration. In order to meet these challenges, a graph-based design language which formalizes and automa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vehicle Design Processes, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,085 Views
24 Pages

23 January 2025

This article proposes a novel methodology aimed at streamlining the system’s development process. By examining existing state-of-the-art approaches and the capabilities inherent in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools, the article intro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Model-Based Systems Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
116 Citations
15,358 Views
20 Pages

7 September 2020

A digital twin is a digital replica of a physical entity to which it is remotely connected. A digital twin can provide a rich representation of the corresponding physical entity and enables sophisticated control for various purposes. Although the con...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
573 Views
27 Pages

This study presents a novel technological framework that integrates web-based 3D modeling and digital prototyping into interdisciplinary design education. Addressing the gap between traditional theoretical assessment and modern industry demands, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,410 Views
33 Pages

PADDME—Process Analysis for Digital Development in Mechanical Engineering

  • Benjamin Gerschütz,
  • Yvonne Consten,
  • Stefan Goetz and
  • Sandro Wartzack

11 January 2024

Design processes are always in motion, since more and more data-driven methods are used for various design and validation tasks. However, small and medium enterprises especially struggle with enhancing their processes with data-driven methods due to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Simulation, Control, and Optimization of Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,213 Views
28 Pages

Digital Function Modeling in Graph-Based Design Languages

  • Michael Elwert,
  • Manuel Ramsaier,
  • Boris Eisenbart,
  • Ralf Stetter and ,
  • Markus Till and
  • Stephan Rudolph
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 May 2022

The main focus of this paper is the integration of an integrated function modeling (IFM) framework in an engineering framework based on graph-based design languages (GBDLs). Over the last decade, GBDLs have received increasing attention as they offer...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
784 Views
9 Pages

Hexagonal Green Pavement Design Based on Digital Simulation for Sustainable Urban Drainage Optimization

  • Hari Nugraha Ranudinata,
  • Tri Nugraha Adikesuma,
  • Frederik Josep Putuhena,
  • Rizka Arbaningrum and ,
  • Galih Wulandari Subagyo,
  • Fredy Jhon Philip and
  • Teddy Mohamad Darajat
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The application of computational simulation in industrial engineering plays a critical role in designing sustainable infrastructure solutions. We applied a hexagonal green pavement system developed through digital simulation to address challenges in...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Computation, Big-Data and Engineering (ICCBE))
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,286 Views
12 Pages

Developments in digital twins are driven by the availability of sensor technologies, big data, first principles knowledge, and advanced analytics. In this paper, we discuss these changes at a conceptual level, presenting a shift from nominal engineer...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Twins in Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,111 Views
18 Pages

Rethinking the Public Space Design Process Using Extended Reality as a Game Changer for 3D Co-Design

  • Mario Matthys,
  • Laure De Cock,
  • Lieze Mertens,
  • Kobe Boussauw and ,
  • Philippe De Maeyer and
  • Nico Van de Weghe
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 July 2023

Public space design processes are complex. Numerous preconditions and the involvement of stakeholders impede rapid decision making. Two-dimensional drawings remain the norm, although these are difficult for citizen stakeholders to understand. Public...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,253 Views
25 Pages

28 May 2026

The global construction sector is undergoing a major shift driven by Construction 4.0, where traditional structural design methods are increasingly complemented or replaced by advanced digital technologies. This systematic review evaluates how Artifi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,379 Views
35 Pages

2 December 2025

The objective of this article is to evaluate the viability of implementing the Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) methodology in the design and construction of complex wooden structures with non-standard geometry. The present study incorpor...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,910 Views
31 Pages

13 November 2025

In smart home projects, building data management at the design stage increasingly relies on digital-twin assets delivered via game engines. Without a clear governance workflow, however, these practices tend to generate non-standard building data on t...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
452 Views
24 Pages

16 June 2026

Engineering programs increasingly rely on simulation for early design decisions, yet a simulation’s obligations—the specific questions it must answer and observations it must provide—are often left implicit until late in development...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Engineering: Transformational Tools and Strategies)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
966 Views
16 Pages

This research presents a methodically consistent creative act related to the digitization of planar pictorial images. After the transformation based on the modular grids, completely new images are created—different from their original source. T...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 14th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2025—Engineering, Technologies and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,044 Views
22 Pages

5 September 2023

This paper examines some of the largely neglected areas of opportunity to utilize skeletal space structure systems in support of the modular, industrialized, economical, sustainable, and digital future of the construction industry. In this context, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
9,068 Views
24 Pages

Model-Based Requirements Management in Gear Systems Design Based On Graph-Based Design Languages

  • Kevin Holder,
  • Andreas Zech,
  • Manuel Ramsaier,
  • Ralf Stetter and ,
  • Hans-Peter Niedermeier,
  • Stephan Rudolph and
  • Markus Till
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 October 2017

For several decades, a wide-spread consensus concerning the enormous importance of an in-depth clarification of the specifications of a product has been observed. A weak clarification of specifications is repeatedly listed as a main cause for the fai...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
698 Views
60 Pages

Intelligent Circular Polymer Additive Manufacturing: From Recycling Pathways to Lifecycle Engineering

  • Francisco J. G. Silva,
  • Filipa Pacheco,
  • Naiara P. V. Sebbe,
  • André Pedroso and
  • Arnaldo G. Pinto

4 September 2026

Polymer Additive Manufacturing (AM) offers substantial opportunities for material-efficient and distributed production, yet its transition towards genuine circularity remains constrained by cumulative material degradation, fragmented recovery strateg...

(This article belongs to the Topic 3D Printing Materials: An Option for Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
844 Views
21 Pages

17 March 2026

This study explores the design and implementation of active learning strategies in a Digital Logic Design (DLD) course offered at Sultan Qaboos University. By shifting away from traditional lecture formats and incorporating tools such as interactive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,915 Views
13 Pages

Systems Engineering Methodology for Designing Digital Public–Private Partnership Platforms

  • Igor Nikolaevich Glukhikh,
  • Liudmila Anatolevna Tolstolesova and
  • Otabek Anzor ugli Arzikulov

The modern approach to realization of large, expensive projects with long payback periods in various sectors of infrastructure often involves combining the financial resources of public authorities and the private sector through a public–privat...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Paper Collection in Applied System Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,291 Views
25 Pages

Sustainable Design and Engineering: A Relationship Analysis between Digital Destructive and Non-Destructive Testing Process for Lightweight Concrete

  • Muhammad Ahmed Qurashi,
  • Syyed Adnan Raheel Shah,
  • Muhammad Farhan,
  • Muhammad Taufiq and ,
  • Waleed Khalid,
  • Hunain Arshad,
  • Muhammad Tayyab,
  • Gullnaz Shahzadi and
  • Muhammad Waseem
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

1 November 2019

The development of sustainable lightweight materials is a promising field solution in this era. The production of sustainable materials by replacing coarse aggregates with some lightweight alternative provides a good quality construction material. In...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Performance Measurement and Optimization for Sustainable Production Processes Improvement)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
9,887 Views
20 Pages

5 August 2024

Engineer-to-order manufacturing, characterized by highly customized products and complex workflows, presents unique challenges for warehouse management and operational efficiency. This paper explores the potential of a digital twin as a transformativ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Twins: Technologies and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,941 Views
13 Pages

Design and Development of a I4.0 Engineering Education Laboratory with Virtual and Digital Technologies Based on ISO/IEC TR 23842-1 Standard Guidelines

  • José-de-Jesús Cordero-Guridi,
  • Luis Cuautle-Gutiérrez,
  • Ricardo-Iván Alvarez-Tamayo and
  • Santiago-Omar Caballero-Morales

13 June 2022

Knowledge transfer associated with education in the automotive manufacturing and production fields is challenging due to the requirements of physical prototyping of mechanical components and laboratory-assisted testing. In this regard, aspects of Ind...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Design and Manufacturing in Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,707 Views
21 Pages

Design Concept for a Greened Timber Truss Bridge in City Area

  • Benjamin Kromoser,
  • Martin Ritt,
  • Alexandra Spitzer,
  • Rosemarie Stangl and
  • Friedrich Idam

16 April 2020

Properly designed wooden truss bridges are environmentally compatible construction systems. The sharp decline in the erection of such structures in the past decades can be led back to the great effort needed for design and production. Digital paramet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Construction and Architecture 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
804 Views
29 Pages

BOOLE: Iterative Engineering Design and Prototype Demonstration of a Modular AI-Assisted Electronics Learning Platform

  • Hamza Abdul Kader,
  • Taline Ouayjan,
  • Hazar Ghazzawi,
  • Ali Chrakie and ,
  • Moustapha El Hassan and
  • Mantoura Nakad
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 September 2026

BOOLE is a four-face educational platform integrating analog, combinational-logic, and sequential-logic activities with optional AI-assisted component identification and datasheet support. The system was developed through requirements translation, ci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,623 Views
21 Pages

16 October 2025

The implementation of K–12 engineering education presents significant challenges for current teachers. To strengthen the instructional readiness of elementary school teachers in Taiwan for engineering education, this study developed a STEM-orie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Develop, Educate and Communicate Sustainability Through STEM Education and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,544 Views
20 Pages

21 May 2025

Automation in textile manufacturing plays a pivotal role in enhancing production efficiency, precision, and innovation. This study investigates the integration of intelligent technologies in the knitting sector, focusing on industrial flat knitting m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Technologies in Intelligent Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
925 Views
29 Pages

Responsive Architecture in Practice: BIM/DT/AI/IoT for Dynamic Fire Evacuation—A Comparative Case Study Analysis

  • Przemysław Konopski,
  • Wojciech Bonenberg,
  • Anna Szymczak-Graczyk,
  • Barbara Ksit and
  • Roman Pilch

9 June 2026

This study presents a comparative analysis of six DFS implementations representing different maturity levels and investigates the systemic gap between technological capabilities and regulatory approaches. A structured narrative review with case-based...

(This article belongs to the Section Green Building)
  • Article
  • Open Access
510 Views
41 Pages

Conceptual System Design Case Study for Decision Analysis

  • Paul T. Beery,
  • Matthew V. Cilli,
  • Gregory S. Parnell and
  • C. Robert Kenley

11 August 2026

As part of organizations pursuing innovation, systems engineering teams include experts in decision-driven data generation, analysis, and synthesis. These experts provide skill in crafting decision support models that show the relationship between de...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital and Data-Driven Systems Engineering: Bridging Theory and Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Views
21 Pages

7 November 2026

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is document-centered in many organizations: project charters, control plans, measurements, analyses, approvals, and verification records are maintained as separate files whose consistency depends on manual reconciliation. This pa...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
89 Citations
15,188 Views
33 Pages

17 September 2021

Plant projects, referred to as Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC), generate massive amounts of data throughout their life cycle, from the planning stages to the operation and maintenance (OM) stages. Many EPC contractors struggle with the...

(This article belongs to the Collection Digitalization and Sustainable Development)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
939 Views
10 Pages

Design and Integrated Verification of Hybrid-Electric Power System for Regional Aircraft

  • Andrea Terracciano,
  • Pierpaolo Borrelli,
  • Elias Allegaert,
  • Gerardo Carbonaro and ,
  • Danilo Ciliberti,
  • Vito Primavera,
  • Alfredo Renzetti,
  • Fabien Retho and
  • Novella Saccenti
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

The design of Hybrid-Electric Regional (HER) aircraft represents a great challenge due to the systems’ complexity and their level of integration and results in a great expense of resources. To overcome these issues, the Open Digital Environment...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 15th EASN International Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space Towards Sustainability Today & Tomorrow”)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,057 Views
25 Pages

26 November 2025

Companies in asset-intensive industries, such as aviation and railways, face unique digital transformation challenges due to the misalignment between the rapid evolution of digital technologies and decades-long asset lifecycles. Existing innovation f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
613 Views
22 Pages

AI-Driven Knowledge Engineering for the Advancement of Modular Prosthetic Legs

  • Zhuming Bi,
  • Morgan E. Hissim,
  • Giovana Alonso Villapando,
  • Muzi Li and ,
  • Donald Mueller and
  • Hosni Abu-Mulaweh
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 July 2026

With the rapid advancement of robotic and intelligent technologies, commercially available prosthetic legs can greatly meet the functional capabilities of prosthetic systems for amputees. However, high cost, limited affordability, lack of customizati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI, Designing, Sensing, Instrumentation, Diagnosis, Controlling, and Integration of Actuators in Digital Manufacturing—3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
653 Views
19 Pages

17 August 2026

3D printed lattices have efficient mechanics for wide-ranging engineering applications, especially biomedical domains. In bone tissue engineering, lattices constructed from unit cells enable tunable mechanics and tissue growth by altering unit cell b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Design Methodologies for Additive Manufacturing in Patient-Specific Medical Solutions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,729 Views
17 Pages

27 August 2021

The development and manufacturing of high-precision micro-mechatronic systems (MMS) is a challenging task, and the high demand for individualized products complicates the engineering design process (EDP) in particular. The established EDP for MMS is...

(This article belongs to the Topic Industrial Engineering and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,415 Views
22 Pages

16 October 2021

With the influence of digital technology in our daily lives continuously growing, we investigate methods with the purpose of assessing the stability, sustainability, and design of systems of token economies that include tokens and conventional curren...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Issues and Mathematical Models of Digital Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,586 Views
11 Pages

A Digital Process for Manufacturing Customized Trays for Dental-Whitening Treatments

  • Francesco Tamburrino,
  • Beatrice Aruanno,
  • Armando V. Razionale,
  • Sandro Barone and ,
  • Marco Martini and
  • Monica Bordegoni
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 June 2022

This study presents an alternative process for designing and manufacturing customized trays for dental-whitening treatments. The process is based on a digitized approach consisting of three main stages: design of a reference model, its manufacturing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Big Data in Manufacturing, Biology, Healthcare and Life Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,767 Views
17 Pages

Systemic Conception of the Data Acquisition of Digital Twin Solutions for Use Case-Oriented Development and Its Application to a Gearbox

  • Stephan Husung,
  • Yanik Koch,
  • Peter Welzbacher,
  • Benjamin Kraus and ,
  • Felix Roehnert,
  • Faizan Faheem and
  • Eckhard Kirchner
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Digital Twins are being used more and more frequently and provide information from the Real Twin for different applications. Measurements on the Real Twin are required to obtain information, which in many cases requires the installation of supplement...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,123 Views
14 Pages

16 August 2019

Systems engineering is a methodology where an interdisciplinary approach is applied, using systems thinking, to the development of a system of interest. The systems engineering discipline has emerged as an effective way to guide the engineering of co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Systems Thinking: Concepts, Issues, and Applications in Large Complex Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,531 Views
12 Pages

Computer Aided Design to Produce High-Detail Models through Low Cost Digital Fabrication for the Conservation of Aerospace Heritage

  • Jose Luis Saorín,
  • Vicente Lopez-Chao,
  • Jorge de la Torre-Cantero and
  • Manuel Drago Díaz-Alemán

6 June 2019

Aerospace heritage requires tools that allow its transfer and conservation beyond photographs and texts. The complexity of these engineering projects can be collected through digital graphic representation. Nevertheless, physical scale models provide...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Sciences to the Study of Technical Historical Heritage and/or Industrial Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,229 Views
18 Pages

Derivative-Free Direct Search Optimization Method for Enhancing Performance of Analytical Design Approach-Based Digital Controller for Switching Regulator

  • Ghulam Abbas,
  • Muhammad Qumar Nazeer,
  • Valentina E. Balas,
  • Tsung-Chih Lin and ,
  • Marius M. Balas,
  • Muhammad Usman Asad,
  • Ali Raza,
  • Muhammad Naeem Shehzad,
  • Umar Farooq and
  • Jason Gu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

7 June 2019

Although an analytical design approach-based digital controller—which is essentially a deadbeat controller—shows zero steady-state error and no intersampling oscillations, it takes a finite number of sampling periods to settle down to a s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adaptive Fuzzy Control)

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