FUJITA, KIKUO Professor, D. Eng. Design Engineering Laboratory Design and Integration Division Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University

2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, JAPAN Telephone : +81-6-6879-7323 Facsimile : +81-6-6879-7325 E-mail : fujitamech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

His research concern is Design Engineering in general. Specifical topics are itemized as follows:

• Design Theory and Methodologies ^..... Product Design Methodologies, Synthesis Modeling, etc.
• Computer-Aided Design Engineering ^..... Knowledge Management for Design, Cooperated and Distributed Design System Architecture, Integrated Object and Process Modeling, Intelligent CAD, etc.
• Design Optimization ^..... Multidisciplinary Optimization, Response Surface, etc.

The details are described in the laboratory's research page.