SPEAKER: Friedrich (Fritz) B. Prinz
Rodney H. Adams Professor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and
Materials Science and Engineering,
ABSTRACT:
SPEAKER BIO:
Stanford University
Scaling Down, the Optimal Choice?
Being the right size is frequently an issue of controversy. In most scaling
up or down improves certain performance parameters while degrading others.
This contribution will discuss scaling relations for mechanical properties
of engineering materials and manufacturing scenarios for massively parallel
mechanical systems. Comments will also be made regarding benefits of small
versus large hovering and flying devices.
Dr. Friedrich (Fritz) B. Prinz is the Rodney H. Adams Professor of
Engineering in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Material
Science & Engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, CA. In addition to
his faculty positions, he is a co-chairperson of Stanford Integrated
Manufacturing Association (SIMA). He received his Ph.D degree in physics at
the University of Vienna, Austria. Beginning in 1981 he was a faculty member
of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
and from 1989 through 1994, he held the position as Director of the
Engineering Design Research Center at Carnegie Mellon, a National Science
Foundation research center. Dr. Prinz's current research activities address
a wide range of problems related to intelligent design, rapid prototyping
and manufacturing. He is a member of the National Research Council Board
on Design and Manufacturing.