Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Linda Schmidt
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Joint Appointment with the Institute for Systems Research

0162 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Phone: 301.405.0417
Fax: 301.314.9477
Email: lschmidt@umd.edu
Website

Research Interests

System and product design theory and methodology; developing designer assistance tools for system and product design; engineering student team training; preservation of proprietary design knowledge; conceptual design processes.

Education

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1995

Select Publications

• Li, X., L. Schmidt, W. He, L. Li, and Y. Qian, “Transformation of an EGT Grammar: New Grammar, New Designs,” CD-ROM Proceedings of DETC’01 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2001/DTM-21716, September 9-12, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001.
• Schmidt, L.C., H. Shetty, and S. Chase, “A Graph Grammar Approach to Mechanism Synthesis,” Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 122, pp. 371-376, 2000.
• Chen, W., K. Lewis, and L.C. Schmidt, “The Open Workshop on Decision-Based Design: Origin, Status, Promise, and Future,” Engineering Valuation and Cost Analysis, Vol. 3, pp. 57-66, 2000.
• Schmidt, L.C., and J. Cagan, “Optimal Configuration Design: An Integrated Approach Using Grammars,” Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 120, No. 1, pp. 2-9, 1998.
• Schmidt, L.C., and J. Cagan, “GGREADA: A Graph Grammar-Based Machine Design Algorithm,” Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 9, pp. 195-213, 1997.

Scientific and Profesional Memberships

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Honors and Awards

Merryfield Design Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 2008.

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