title: Product Families and Analysis Driven Design
reg no: ETF5600
project type: Estonian Science Foundation research grant
subject: 2.10. Mechanical Engineering
status: completed
institution: Tallinn Technical University
head of project: Martin Eerme
duration: 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2005
description: The main objective of this work is to develop methods that increase competitevness of SME's, help to decrease time and cost of the design of engineering products while increasing their quality.
The objectives of this projects are:
o Combine product families with Analysis Driven Design
o Create methods for SME's to be able to incorporate product families based approach to their design work
o Train spetialists for universities and companies for solving such problems
o Create methodical training materials fo students, engineers and management personnel for the efective use of new design technologies
o Bring the new know-how on the product families based analysis design into Estonia, create possibilities for using these technologies in the industry
o Promote international cooperation in creating new methods for product design..

project group
no name institution position  
1.Martin EermeTallinn Technical Universitysenior researcher 
2.Meelis PohlakTallinn Technical Universityresearcher 
3.Leo TederTallinn Technical Universityresearcher