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SUMMARY:A Flexible Integrated System for the Conceptual Design of Space Sy
 stem - Deepak Santhanakrishnan - Engineering Design Centre
DTSTART:20090513T153000Z
DTEND:20090513T163000Z
UID:TALK17946@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Tiziano Ghisu
DESCRIPTION:Deepak is currently a second year PhD candidate in the computa
 tional design group within the Engineering Design Centre (EDC).\n\nDeepak'
 s research in the EDC focuses on 'A Flexible Integrated System for the Con
 ceptual Design of Space Systems'. His research focuses on three key areas 
 in the preliminary design of complex multidisciplinary systems (Space syst
 ems\, automobiles\, aircraft) which are often challenging in practice. Fir
 st\, formalising a methodology that brings overall "System flexibility" in
  the preliminary designs. Second\, demonstrating "System optimisation" off
 ers better performance measures in the preliminary designs by multi-object
 ive optimisation algorithms. Third\, addressing the "System decomposition"
  issues through this integrated design approach\, enabling better trade-of
 fs between the competing performance measures to be identified.\n\nThis pr
 esentation describes the development of a flexible integrated system and h
 ow the methodology chosen for this research can be particularly beneficial
  to the Decision makers/Stake holders/Systems engineer in the conceptual d
 esign phase of the mission life-cycle. It will also cover two space missio
 n case studies selected for validating his work.
LOCATION:Marshall's meeting room (next to EDC loft)\, Inglis Building\, En
 gineering Department
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