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Selected
Refereed Journal Articles and Conference Papers
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full text files.)
A Network Approach to Define Modularity of Components in Complex Products
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, forthcoming 2007 PDF
A Network Approach to Define Modularity of Product Components
Manuel E. Sosa, Anupam Agrawal, Steven D. Eppinger, Craig M. Rowles
A Simulation-Based Process Model for Managing Complex Design Projects
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 316-328, August 2005 PDF
Soo-Haeng Cho, Steven D. Eppinger
The
Misalignment of Product Architecture and Organizational Structure in Complex
Product Development
Management Science, vol. 50, no. 12, pp. 1674-1689, December 2004 Article
PDF, On-line Appendix PDF
Manuel E. Sosa, Steven D. Eppinger, Craig M. Rowles
Information
Hiding in Product Development: The Design Churn Effect
Research in Engineering Design, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 131-144, 2003 PDF
Ali Yassine, Nitin Joglekar, Dan Braha, Steven Eppinger, Daniel Whitney
Identifying
Modular and Integrative Systems and Their Impact on Design Team Interactions
ASME
Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 125, pp. 240-252, June 2003 PDF
Manuel E. Sosa, Steven D. Eppinger, Craig M. Rowles
Modeling Impacts of Process Architecture on Cost and Schedule Risk in Product Development
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 428-442, November 2002 PDF
Tyson R. Browning, Steven D. Eppinger
Adding
Value in Product Development by Creating Information and Reducing Risk
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 443-458,
November 2002 PDF
Tyson R. Browning, John J. Deyst, Daniel E. Whitney, Steven D. Eppinger
Factors that Influence Technical Communication in Distributed Product Development: An Empirical Study in the Telecommunications Industry
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 45-58, February 2002 PDF
Manuel E. Sosa, Steven D. Eppinger, Michael Pich, David G. McKendrick, Suzanne K. Stout
Performance of Coupled Product Development Activities with a Deadline
Management Science, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 1605-1620, December 2001 PDF
Nitndra R. Joglekar, Ali A. Yassine, Steven D. Eppinger, Daniel E. Whitney
A
Decision to Support Tool for Predicting the Impact of Development Process Improvements
Journal of Engineering Design, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 177-199, September 2001 PDF
Peter Cronemyr, Steven D. Eppinger, Anna. Öhrwall-Rönnback
Product
Development Process Modeling Using Advanced Simulation
ASME Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Pittsburgh, PA, September
2001 PDF
Soo-Haeng Cho, Steven D. Eppinger
Patterns
of Product Development Interactions
International Conference on Engineering Design, Glasgow, Scotland, August 2001 PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, Vesa K. Salminen
Sourcing
By Design: Product Complexity and
the Supply Chain
Management Science, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 189-204, January 2001 PDF
Sharon Novak, Steven D. Eppinger
Evaluation
of Design Process Alternatives Using Signal Flow Graphs
Journal of Engineering Design, vol. 11, no. 3, pp.211-224, September 2000 PDF
Ola Isaksson, Sven Keski-Seppälä, Steven D. Eppinger
Designing
Modular and Integrative Systems
ASME Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Baltimore, MD, September
2000 PDF
Manuel E. Sosa, Steven D. Eppinger, Craig M. Rowles
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual International Symposium of INCOSE, Minneapolis,
MN, July 2000
Tyson R. Browing, Steven D. Eppinger
Product
Development Process Capture and Display Using Web-Based Technologies
IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, La Jolla, CA, October 1998 PDF
Nader Sabbaghian, Steven D. Eppinger
A
Design Process Modeling Approach Incorporating Nonlinear Elements
ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Atlanta, GA, no. DETC98-5663,
September 1998 PDF
Johan Andersson, Jochen Pohl, Steven D. Eppinger
Using
the Design Structure Matrix to Estimate Product Development Time
ASME Design Automation Conference, Atlanta, GA, no. DETC98-6013, September 1998 PDF
Robert P. Smith, Steven D. Eppinger
Simplifying
Iterations in Cross-Functional Design Decision Making
Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 119, no. 4, pp. 485-493, December 1997 PDF
Viswanathan Krishnan, Steven D. Eppinger, Daniel E. Whitney
A
Planning Method for Integration of Large-Scale Engineering Systems
International Conference on Engineering Design, Tampere, Finland, pp. 199-204,
August 1997 PDF
Steven D. Eppinger
A
Predictive Model of Sequential Iteration in Engineering Design
Management Science, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1104-1120, August 1997 PDF
Robert P. Smith, Steven D. Eppinger
A
Model-Based Framework to Overlap Product Development Activities
Management Science, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 437-451, April 1997 PDF
Viswanathan Krishnan, Steven D. Eppinger, Daniel E. Whitney
Management Science, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 276-293, March 1997 PDF
Robert P. Smith, Steven D. Eppinger
Generalized
Models of Design Iteration Using Signal Flow Graphs
Research in Engineering Design, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1122-123, 1997 PDF
The
Coupling of Product Architecture and Organizational Structure Decisions
MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper, no. 3906, May 1996 PDF
Rosaline K. Gulati, Steven D. Eppinger
Accelerating
Product Development by the Exchange of Preliminary Product Design Information
Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 117, pp. 491-498, December 1995 PDF
Vishwanathan Krishnan, Steven D. Eppinger, Daniel E. Whitney
MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper 3716, rev. November 1995
Marcie J. Tyre, Steven D. Eppinger, Eva M.H. Csizinszky
Predicting
Technical Communication in Product Development Organizations
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 215-222,
August 1995 PDF
Mark D. Morelli, Steven D. Eppinger, Rosaline K. Gulati
Journal of Manufacturing Systems , vol. 14, no. 1, January-February 1995, pp. 20-34.
A
Model-Based Method for Organizing Tasks in Product Development
Research in Engineering Design , vol. 6, no. 1, pp.1-13, 1994 PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, Daniel E. Whitney, Robert P. Smith, David A. Gebala
Integration
Analysis of Product Decompositions
ASME Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Minneapolis, MN, pp. 343-351,
September 1994 PDF
Thomas U. Pimmler, Steven D. Eppinger
Managing
the Integration Problem in Concurrent Engineering
MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper, no. 3594, August 1993 PDF
Kent R. McCord, Steven D. Eppinger
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 8, no. 6, December 1992, pp. 751-758.
ASME Conference on Design Theory and Methodology , Scottsdale, AZ, September 1992, pp. 267-276.
Robert P. Smith,
Organizing
Tasks in Complex Design Projects: Development of Tools to Represent Design Procedures
NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference , Atlanta, GA, January 1992, pp. 301-309. PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, Daniel E. Whitney, David A. Gebala
Methods
for Analyzing Design Procedures
ASME Conference on Design Theory and Methodology , Miami, FL, September 1991, pp. 227-233. PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, David A. Gebala
Model-Based Approaches to Managing Concurrent Engineering
Journal of Engineering Design, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 283-290, 1991. PDF
Steven D. Eppinger
Interdisciplinary
Product Design Education
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. vol. 37, no. 4, November 1990, pp. 301-305. PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, Charles H. Fine, Karl T. Ulrich
Modeling
and Experimental Evaluation of Asymmetric Pantograph Dynamics
Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. ASME, vol. 110, June 1988, pp. 168-174. PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, David N. O'Connor, Warren P. Seering, David N. Wormley
The New Practice of Global Product Development
MIT Sloan Management Review, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 22-30, Summer 2006 PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, Anil R. Chitkara
Product
Design and Development
McGraw-Hill,
New York,
1st edition 1995, 2nd edition 2000, 3rd edition 2004, 4th edition 2007 (forthcoming)
Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger
The
Influence of Architecture in Engineering Systems
MIT Engineering Systems Monograph, March 2004. PDF
The ESD Architecture Committee: Edward Crawley, Olivier de Weck, Steven Eppinger, Christopher Magee, Joel Moses, Warren Seering, Joel Schindall, David Wallace, Daniel Whitney (chair)
Interdisciplinary
Product Development Education at MIT and RISD
Design Management Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 58-61, Summer 2002 PDF
Steven D. Eppinger, Matthew S. Kressy
Innovation at the Speed of Information
Harvard Business Review, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 149-158, January 2001
Steven D. Eppinger
Taguchi Airplanes
Games and Exercises for Operations Management, J. N. Heineke and L. C. Meile, Eds., Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, pp. 213-224, 1995. PDF
Educating
Product Development Leaders
Design Management Journal. vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 47-53, Summer 1992 PDF
Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger
Working
Papers in Progress:
(If not found below, request
current papers from Prof. Eppinger by email.)
Improving Product Development Processes to Manage Development Risk
Darian Unger, Steven Eppinger
A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development
Anshuman Tripathy, Steven Eppinger PDF