Background
Suh, Nam Pyo was born on April 22, 1936 in Seoul. Arrived in the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1963. Son of Doo Soo and Joon Joo (Lee) Suh.
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Nam P. Suh focussed his axiomatic design theories on methods to understand and deal with complexity. Suh is a well-respected designer and researcher in the fields of manufacturing and composite materials. He is best known for his systems that aim to speed up and simplify the process of design for manufacturing. The 'axioms' in axiomatic design refer to a process to help engineers reduce design specifications down to their simplest components, so that the engineers can produce the simplest possible solution to a problem. Complexity, besides being a key area of burgeoning research in disciplines interested in complex systems and chaos theory (like computer science and physics), is a complicating factor in engineering design that many engineers find difficult to overcome. Suh's multidisciplinary exploration of complex systems is meant to eliminate much of the confusion and allow engineers to accommodate complexity within simple, elegant design solutions.
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The idea that materials can be designed to satisfy specific performance requirements is relatively new. With high-performance composites, however, the entire process of designing and fabricating a part can be worked out before manufacturing. The purpose of this book is to present an integrated approach to the design and manufacturing of products from advanced composites. It shows how the basic behavior of composites and their constitutive relationships can be used during the design stage, which minimizes the complexity of manufacturing composite parts and reduces the repetitive "design-build-test" cycle. Designing it right the first time is going to determine the competitiveness of a company, the reliability of the part, the robustness of fabrication processes, and ultimately, the cost and development time of composite parts. Most of all, it should expand the use of advanced composite parts in fields that use composites only to a limited extent at this time. To achieve these goals, this book presents the design and fabrication of novel composite parts made for machine tools and other applications like robots and automobiles. This book is suitable as a textbook for graduate courses in the design and fabrication of composites. It will also be of interest to practicing engineers learning about composites and axiomatic design. A CD-ROM is included in every copy of the book, containing Axiomatic CLPT software. This program, developed by the authors, will assist readers in calculating material properties from the microstructure of the composite. This book is part of the Oxford Series on Advanced Manufacturing.
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Mechanical engineering educator
Suh, Nam Pyo was born on April 22, 1936 in Seoul. Arrived in the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1963. Son of Doo Soo and Joon Joo (Lee) Suh.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1964.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Massachusetts, Lowell, 1988. Doctor of Technology (honorary), Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2000.
D. Eng (honorary), University Queensland, Australia, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), Technion Island, 2007. Doctor of Science, Canegie Mellon University, 2008.
Doctor (honorary), Babes Bolyai University, Romania, 2009.
Development engineer Guild Plastics Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1960. Senior research engineer, project manager USM Corporation, Beverly, 1961-1965. Assistant professor University South Carolina, Columbia, 1965-1968, associate professor, 1968-1969.
Associate professor mechanical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1975, professor, since 1975, Ralph E. and Eloise F. Cross professor, since 1989, director Laboratory Manufacturing and Productivity, 1977-1984, director industry polymer processing program, 1973-1984, director Manufacturing Institute (now Park Center for Complex Systems), 1989—2006, Cross professor, department head mechanical engineering, 1991-2001. Presidential appointee assistant director for engineering National Science Foundation, Washington, 1984-1988. President Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, since 2006.
Board directors Axiomatic Design Software, Inc., Boston, Tribotek, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, Parker Vision, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. Former consultant Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Advisor Korea Electrical Power Research Institute.
Former member science and technical review board National Engineering Laboratory, member National Research Council review panel, 1986—1990. Member visiting committee (statutory) National Institute Standards and Technology, 1990—1994. Member technical advisory committee Alcan Aluminum Corporation, 1989—1990.
Editor advanced manufacturing series Oxford University Press. Honorary professor University Hong Kong, since 2003. Distinguished visiting professor Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, since 2002.
Consultant professor Shangai Jiatong University, 2005.
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Former chairman board Korean-American Society New England, 1979. Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Gustus L. Larson Memorial award 1976, Blackall award 1982, W.T. Ennor Manufacturing Technical award 1993, Best Tribology Paper award 1993, House-American prize for Engineering House-American committee 1997, Inchon prize 2008, Pony Chung award 2008, Distinguished Alumni award 2008, medal 2009, Carnegie Mellon University Distinguished Alumni award 2008), Society Manufacturing Engineers (F.W. Taylor Research award 1986). Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Korean Academy of Sciences and Engineering, Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Science (foreign), International Academy Production Engineering, American Society Engineering Education (Centennial medal 1993, General Nicolau award 2006), Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi.
Married Young Ja Surh. Children: Mary M., Helen H., Grace J., Caroline Y.