Keynote Talks

Tuesday
	Prof. Dr. Dr. James Oliver (USA) Virtual reality research challenges and opportunities
	Dr. Serena Graziosi (Indesit Company) Design and Engineering in the 21th century
Wednesday
	Prof. Dr. Umberto Cugini (I) Human and social aspects of virtual engineering
	Dr. Herman van der Auweraer (B) Virtual engineering at work:the challenges for designing intelligent products abstract (html) presentation (pdf)
	Prof. Dr. Peter Vink (NL) Human modeling in industrial product development context
	Prof. Dr. Aparajita Ojha (IN) Intelligent Path Planning: Methods and Tools
Thursday
	Prof. Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta (USA) A Computational Framework for Simulation Driven Innovation and Discovery abstract (html) presentation (pdf)
	Prof. Dr. Filippo A. Salustri Visualizing information in the early stages of engineering design abstract (html) presentation (pdf)
	Eng. Arianna Pozzi (Spa) Design quality improvement in industrial product development

Tutorials of TMCE 2010

Virtual Engineering
	Dr. Theo Lim Virtual engineering and manufacturing
	Dr. Bart Gerritsen Ubiquitous product technologies and their industrial and personal appliance
	Prof. Dr. Hyung Seok Kim Modeling for virtual reality presentation (pdf)
	Prof. Dr. Monica Bordegoni Haptics in applications
	Dr. Pierre Vercruysse Use of haptic devices in virtual engineering abstract (html) presentation (pdf)
Virtual Engineering
	Prof. Dr. Albert Albers Using design theories in engineering design
	Prof. Dr. Oscar Ruiz Industrial application of shape modeling abstract (html) presentation (pdf)
	Prof. Dr. Yong Zeng Theoretical & experimental approach to understanding design activities
	Prof. Dr. Joze Duhovnik New design and engineering methods
Humans and artifacts
	Prof. Dr. Alain Bernard The future of rapid prototyping
	Eng. Massimo Manzi Geometric computing over the Internet
	Prof. Dr. Johan FM Molenbroek Virtual ergonomics abstract (html) presentation (pdf)
	Prof. Dr. Niels Moes New developments in human body modeling Presentation (pdf)
Technology and management
	Eng. Marco Morotti Recent advancement in manufacturing process planning and control
	Prof. Rajit Gadh Mobile and ubiquitous technologies and applications
	Prof. Dr. Deon de Beer Technology Management in developing countries
	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reiner Anderl Towards next generation life cycle management systems

Plenary panel Sessions of TMCE 2010

Discussion Panel

The discussion panel is scheduled on Thursday April 15, between 11:50-12:40 hours, and will host a range of international speakers to reflect on the symposium topic.

Closing Workshop

Traditionally, the TMCE closing workshop has been scheduled to set the agenda for the next TMCE. At Friday April 16th, this event will be hosted in a premium location, from 9:00-12:00 'o clock. Expect lively discussions, all of you are invited to contribute your opinions to ensure our 2012 event will be even better!

Closing workshop title: Mobile and ubiquitous technologies in design and engineering

Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Albert Albers (D)
Prof. Dr. Alberto Giretti (I)
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Ehlers (ZA)
Prof. Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta (USA)

Academic Workshop: Meaning of materials

In today’s design practice, traditional sayings such as ‘wood is cosy’, ‘metal is aloof’ or ‘plastic is cheap’ are less relevant and strict. Without a doubt, any material can inherit any meaning in a particular context. Therefore, this workshop is not about a design method that will guarantee material ‘x’ will evoke meaning ‘y’ in product ‘z’. Instead, this workshop is about (1) How people appraise materials, (2) How materials obtain their meanings, and (3) How product designers can involve meaning considerations into their materials selection processes?

Preparation for the workshop

The workshop attendances are required to bring one or two materials (a material sample or a material embodied in an object, see Figure 1) which they think is ‘strange’, or which they think is ‘elegant’. (In other words, you are supposed to select one (or both) of the given meanings: a strange material or an elegant material).