Rowell, F., & Schweisinger, T., & Wagner, J. R. (2025, March), Exploration of Collaborative Design Spaces: Student Engineering Interactions and Workflows in Product Development  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi. 10.18260/1-2--54208

\bibitem{asee_peer_54208}
  Rowell, F., \& Schweisinger, T., \& Wagner, J. R. (2025, March), \emph{Exploration of Collaborative Design Spaces: Student Engineering Interactions and Workflows in Product Development}
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi.
  10.18260/1-2--54208

Frederick Rowell, Todd Schweisinger P.E., and John R. Wagner P.E..  "Exploration of Collaborative Design Spaces: Student Engineering Interactions and Workflows in Product Development".  2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/54208 Internet.  16 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_54208}
  Frederick Rowell, Todd Schweisinger P.E., and John R. Wagner P.E..
  "Exploration of Collaborative Design Spaces: Student Engineering Interactions and Workflows in Product Development".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/54208 Internet.  16 May, 2025

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Abstract:  Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) initiatives can improve an enterprise’s efficiency by increasing collaborative design opportunities within its business structure. PLM solutions provide mediums to collaborate on all aspects of a company’s workflow, including engineering, testing, manufacturing, marketing, and services. This paper examines the major PLM tools and software used to establish a collaborative design space: computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and product data management (PDM). The interactions between these PLM tools and a business’ organizational structure are analyzed to determine some of the most effective PLM integration strategies to improve collaboration for all business functions. Engineering enterprises split many of the major business functions into technical and non-technical categories and match them with PLM solutions to create a collaborative design space that incorporates all departments. An educational case study was conducted on a collaborative student design team whose objective is to create a digital twin of a scaled-down off-road tracked ground vehicle. Siemens Teamcenter and NX software were integrated within the team’s design procedures to observe and optimize the engineering design process using PLM tools. The results of integrating advanced PDM software into their workflow, including troubleshooting issues and problems, will be explored in this paper. PDM and workflow interactions throughout the case study produced many unique outcomes that required additional PLM engineering solutions. Overall, advanced PDM software increased the collaboration and efficiency of their design process.


AU  - Frederick Rowell
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