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Training the Future
of Concurrent
Engineering
TU Dresden University in Germany recently
organized a three-day training on concurrent
design and the Concurrent Design
Platform™ (CDP).
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he
design
process
of
a
complex design methodology. TU Dresden University in
engineering system or product is a Germany recently organized a three-day training
challenging task that requires the input on concurrent design and the Concurrent Design
of many different specialists and disciplines, Platform™ (CDP). Concurrent design experts Sam
including designers, manufacturers, producers, Gerene, RHEA Group’s System Engineer, and
and suppliers. While the traditional methods are Martin Fijneman, RHEA Group’s Project Engineer,
based on linear designs that pass from engineer led the training and explained the benefits of
to engineer, other collaborative methodologies like concurrent design to the 25 participants.
concurrent design are becoming more popular During the training, the university students
among companies looking to save design costs simulated the design of a lunar in-situ instrument
and product time-to-market. using a concurrent design approach. They were
As the engineering industry shifts toward split into different groups that represented the
a concurrent design approach, academia is different domains of expertise involved, including
also realizing the importance of training future system engineering, cost engineering, data
generations of system engineers in how to handling, power, thermal, and communication.
optimize engineering design using the concurrent Together they analyzed the design requirements,