Wayne State University

Aim Higher

The mission of the Center for e-Design is to reserve as a nucleus of excellence for the creation and dissemination of a systematic body of knowledge in intelligent e-design and product & system realization.

Event Announcements

I/UCRC Planning meeting
May 19 and 20 2011

Media News

Research Thrusts

New Design Paradigms and Processes

New Design Paradigms and Processes

Supporting functionality-based design and reasoning and... Read more
Enabling Information-Infrastructures

Enabling Information-Infrastructures

Developing an e-design platform that will seamlessly and... Read more
Design Optimization

Design Optimization

Aims to develop a system that would assist in the... Read more
Visualization and Virtual Prototyping

Visualization and Virtual Prototyping

Reduces “time to market” with respect to new... Read more

Current Center's Partners

Federal partners

  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • U.S. Army Research and Development Command (RDECOM)
  • Wright Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Tank Automotive Research and Development Command (TARDEC)

Industry partners

  • Respironics
  • BAE Systems
  • Raytheon
  • Boeing
  • Lockheed Martin
More Current Center's Partners

Benefits of Membership

  • Innovative and competitive design solutions via collaborative research partnership among industries, federal agencies, and unive
  • Lower in-house R&D costs through utilization of R&D efforts of the CENTER
  • Multi-disciplinary solutions to solve most pressing global design challenges with multiple industries, federal agents, and unive
  • First fights and access to developments including patents, licenses, and publications
  • Sustainable research network that results in a better national economy
  • Direct access to a pool of talented (best in class) students trained within the Center.
  • Consultative services and short courses for industry representatives
  • Cutting edge e-design research partnerships between scientific researchers in industrial and academic centers