Enabling Information Infrastructure
Research in this area supports the development of an e-design platform that will seamlessly and dynamically integrate distributed design objects and engineering tools over the Internet thus ensuring:

• Collaboration among design stakeholders;
• Interoperability of remote and heterogeneous systems; and
• Scalability, extensibility, and portability of engineered tools.

Also an Information Security Management Model is being developed to cohesively operate with the information infrastructure unit to ensure that optimal security operational levels exist between users of the design platform during design sessions and transactions.

Other Research Thrusts

Enabling Information Infrastructure

Design Optimization

New Design Paradigm and Processes

Visualizing and Virtual Prototyping