Dr. Timothy W. Simpson
Professor
329 Leonhard Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-7136 / Fax: 814-863-4745
E-mail: tws8@psu.edu
Profile
Dr. Simpson is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department. He also has a joint appointment with Mechanical Engineering.
Education
Ph.D. , Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. , Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. , Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
Honors and Awards
PSES
Research Interests
Engineering Design and Design Methodologies
Product Family and Product Platform Design
Statistical Approximations and Design of Experiments
Applied Optimization and Robust Design
Memberships
ASME
Selected Publications
Simpson, T. W., Rosen, D., Allen, J. K., and Mistree, F., 1998, "Metrics for Assessing Design Freedom and Information Certainty in the Early Stages of Design", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, in press.