Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:
Dr. Shapour Azarm
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Deterministic and stochastic (robust) design (single- and multi-objective; classical and evolutionary; single and multi-disciplinary) optimization; Multi-attribute design decision making under uncertainty; Multi-disciplinary multi-objective sensitivity analysis; Reduced-order modeling (approximation): Design of experiments and metamodeling; Integration of engineering design and marketing in retail dominated markets for single product, product line and product bundling design.
(301) 405-5250 | azarm@umd.edu | Rm. 2155, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, George Washington University, Washington D.C., 1979
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 1977
Recent Publications
Gunawan, S., and S. Azarm, "Non-Gradient Based Parameter Sensitivity Estimation for Single Objective Robust Design Optimization," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 126, No. 3, pp. 395-402, 2004.
Gunawan, S., A. Farhang-Mehr, and S. Azarm, "On Maximizing Solution Diversity in a Multi-Disciplinary Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for Design Optimization," Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 491-514, 2004.
Gunawan, S., and S. Azarm, "Multi-Objective Robust Optimization Using a Sensitivity Region Concept," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 50-60, 2005.
Luo, L., P. K. Kannan, B. Besharati, and S. Azarm, "Design of Robust New Products under Variability: Marketing Meets Design," Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 22, pp. 177-192, 2005.
Farhang-Mehr, A., and S. Azarm, "Bayesian Meta-Modeling of Engineering Design Simulations: A Sequential Approach with Adaptation to Irregularities in the Response Behavior," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 62, pp. 2104-2126, 2005.
Maddulapalli, K., S. Azarm, and A. Boyars, "Interactive Product Design Selection with an Implicit Value Function," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, pp. 367-377, 2005.
Gunawan, S., and S. Azarm, "A Feasibility Robust Optimization Method using a Sensitivity Region Concept," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127 , pp. 858-868, 2005.
Gopinath, D., Y. Joshi, and S. Azarm, "An Integrated Methodology for Optimal Component Placement and Cold Plate Sizing for Power Electronics," IEEE Trans. on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 869-876, 2005.
Li, G., S. Azarm, A. Farhang-Mehr, and A. Diaz, "Approximation of Multi-Response Engineering Simulations: A Dependent Meta-Modeling Approach," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 31, pp. 260-269, 2006.
Li, M., S. Azarm, and A. Boyars, "A New Deterministic Approach using Sensitivity Region Measures for Multi-Objective and Feasibility Robust Design Optimization," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 128, No. 4, pp. 874-883, 2006.
Besharati, B., L. Luo, S. Azarm, and P. K. Kannan, "Multi-Objective Single Product Robust Optimization: An Integrated Design and Marketing Approach," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 128, No. 4, pp. 884-892, 2006.
Besharati, B., and S. Azarm, "Deterministic Feasibility and Multi-Objective Robustness Measures for Engineering Design Optimization," International Journal of Reliability and Safety, Vol. 1, Nos. 1/2, pp. 40-58, 2006.
Maddulapalli, K., and S. Azarm, "Product Design Selection with Preference and Attribute Variability for an Implicit Value Function," Journal of Mechanical Design, Volume 128, No. 5, pp. 1027-1037, 2006.
Besharati, B., S. Azarm, and P. K. Kannan, "A Decision Support System for Product Design Selection: Generalized Purchase Modeling Approach," Decision Support Systems, Volume 42, No. 1, pp. 333-350, 2006.
Maddulapalli, K., S. Azarm, and A. Boyars, "Sensitivity Analysis for Product Design Selection with an Implicit Value Function," European Journal of Operational Research, 180, pp. 1245-1259, 2007.
Li, G., M. Li, S. Azarm, J. Rambo, and Y. Joshi, "Optimizing Thermal Design of Data Center Cabinets with a New Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm," Distributed and Parallel Databases, Volume 21, No. 2-3, pp. 167-192, 2007.
Li, M., G. Li, and S. Azarm, "A Kriging Metamodel Assisted Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for Design Optimization," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 130, No. 3, 2008.
Williams, N., S. Azarm, and P.K. Kannan, "Engineering Product Design Optimization for Retail Channel Acceptance," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 130, No. 6, 2008.
Li, M., and S. Azarm, "Multiobjective collaboration Robust Optimization (McRO) with Interval Uncertainty and Interdisciplinary Uncertainty Propagation," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 130, No. 8, 2008.
Scientific and Professional Membership
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (1993-1995; 2004-present); Associate Editor, Mechanics-Based Design of Structures and Machines (1998-present); Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Reliability and Safety (2005-present); Past Chair, ASME Design Engineering Division (DED); Past Chair and Current Member, ASME DED Advisory Committee Member; Past Paper Review Chair/Conference Chair, ASME Design Automation Conference; Past Chair of the ASME Design Automation Committee; Professional Engineer, State of Maryland.
Honors And Awards
Westinghouse Professorship (1989); Proctor & Gamble Paper Awards (1989, 1991); ASEE Faculty Fellowships (1994, 1995); ASME Service Awards (1996, 1999, 2007); ASME Fellow;
2007 ASME Design Automation Award "For his sustained and meritorious contributions to research in Design Automation, specifically in computational design optimization and engineering design decision making."
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