1. Guest Editorial

   • R.J. Yang
   • H.C. Gea
   • M.E. Botkin

   Guest Editorial 01 February 2004 Pages: 169 - 170

2. Order-(n+m) direct differentiation determination of design sensitivity for constrained multibody dynamic systems

   • K.S. Anderson
   • Y. Hsu

   Research paper 01 February 2004 Pages: 171 - 182

3. Control of nonlinear, continuous, dynamic systems via finite elements, sensitivity analysis, and optimization

   • S. Okubo
   • D.A. Tortorelli

   Research paper 01 February 2004 Pages: 183 - 199

4. Structural design using Cellular Automata for eigenvalue problems

   • M.M. Abdalla
   • Z. Gürdal

   Research paper 01 February 2004 Pages: 200 - 208

5. Topology synthesis of electrothermal compliant mechanisms using line elements

   • N.D. Mankame
   • G.K. Ananthasuresh

   Research paper 01 February 2004 Pages: 209 - 218

6. Parameter optimization in multiquadric response surface approximations

   • B.P. Wang

   Research paper 01 February 2004 Pages: 219 - 223

7. Applications of regional strain energy in compliant structure design for energy absorption

   • H.C. Gea

   Research paper 01 February 2004 Pages: 224 - 228

8. On the stress-based and strain-based methods for predicting optimal orientation of orthotropic materials

   • H.C. Gea
   • J.H. Luo

   Research paper 01 February 2004 Pages: 229 - 234

9. Design for six sigma through robust optimization

   • P.N. Koch
   • R.-J. Yang
   • L. Gu

   Industrial applications and design case study 01 February 2004 Pages: 235 - 248

10. Optimal design of metal seated ball valve mechanism

    • C.C. Tsai
    • C.Y. Chang
    • C.H. Tseng

    Industrial applications and design case study 01 February 2004 Pages: 249 - 255

11. Multidisciplinary design optimization of a vehicle system in a scalable, high performance computing environment

    • S. Kodiyalam
    • R.J. Yang
    • C.-H. Tho

    Industrial applications and design case study 01 February 2004 Pages: 256 - 263

12. A genetic algorithm for optimal design of an inflatable knee bolster

    • Y. Fu
    • R.J. Yang
    • I. Yeh

    Industrial applications and design case study 01 February 2004 Pages: 264 - 271

13. Reliability-based design optimization for crashworthiness of vehicle side impact

    • B.D. Youn
    • K.K. Choi
    • L. Gu

    Industrial applications and design case study 01 February 2004 Pages: 272 - 283

14. Optimal process design of sheet metal forming for minimum springback via an integrated neural network evolutionary algorithm

    • K.M. Liew
    • H. Tan
    • M.J. Tan

    Industrial applications and design case study 01 February 2004 Pages: 284 - 294