Conference Organizing Team

Margareta Norell (chair), the Royal Institute of Technology Sören Andersson, the Royal Institute of Technology Hans Johannesson, Chalmers University of Technology Lennart Karlsson, Luleå University of Technology Jan-Ove Palmberg, Linköpings Universitet Co-ordinator: Anders Folkeson, the Royal Institute of Technology Proceedings editors: Klas Gralén, Linköpings Universitet Ulf Sellgren, the Royal Institute of Technology

Scientific Advisory Board

S Ahmed, Univ. of Cambridge, UK S D Eppinger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A Albers, University of Karlsruhe, Germany USA R Anderl, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany S Evans, Cranfield University, UK S Andersson, KTH, Sweden G M Fadel, Clemson University, USA K Andersson, KTH, Sweden R A Faste, Deceased, Stanford University USA R Andrade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, D G Feldmann, Technische Universität Hamburg- Brasil Harburg, Germany M M Andreasen, Technical University of Denmark, S Finger, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Denmark A Folkeson, KTH, Sweden G Arcidiacono, Universita di Firenze, Italy D Foxley, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK P Badke-Schaub, Universität Bamberg, Germany Enrico Frankenberger, Airbus Deutschland GmbH, A H Basson, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Germany R J M Belmans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, D Freisleben, EPI-K AG, Germany Belgium P Frise, University of Windsor, Canada H Birkhofer, Darmstadt Unviersity of Technology, K Fujita, Osaka University, Japan Germany M Gawrysiak, Politechnika Bialostocka, Poland L T M Blessing , TU Berlin, Germany S D Gooch, University of Canterbury, New Zealand G Blount, Coventry University UK H Grabowski, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany R Bodington, Eurostep Ltd, UK N Grant, Coherent Scotland Ltd, UK P Boelskifte, Technical University of Denmark, G Green, University of Glasgow, UK Denmark K-H Grote, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, R Bracewell, Univ. of Cambridge, UK Germany A Breiing, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, L Hagman, KTH, Germany Switzerland P K Hansen, Aalborg University, Denmark N Brenchley, Forward Industries, UK H P Hildre, NTNU, Norway G Broman, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden I Horváth, Delft University of Technology, The S Burgess, University of Bristol, UK Netherlands C Burrows, University of Bath, UK S Hosnedl, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, C R Burvill, The University of Melbourne, Australia Czech Republic J Busby, University of Bath, UK G Höhne, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany J Cagan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA W J Ion, University of Strathclyde, UK M Cantamessa, Politecnico di Torino, Italy M M Jakobsen, NTNU, Norway A Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Science, India H Johannesson, Chalmers University of Technology, P Chiabert, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Sweden P J Clarkson, University of Cambridge, UK N P Juster, University of Strathclyde, UK S J Culley, University of Bath, UK L Karlsson, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden J Deans, University of Auckland, New Zealand B Katalinic, TU Vienna, Austria P Deasley, Cranfield University, UK T Kiriyama, Stanford University, USA P E Doepker, University of Dayton, USA T Kjellberg, KTH, Sweden K Dorst, Eindhoven University of Technology, The D Knott, Rolls-Royce plc, UK Netherlands F-L Krause, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany W E Eder, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada P Krus, LinköpingsUniversitet, Sweden K Ekman, Helsingki University of Technology, L Leifer, Stanford University, USA Finland F Lettice, Cranfield University, UK B-O Elfström, Volvo Aero Corporation, Sweden B Lewis, William Lewis and Associates, Australia Y Li, Sichuan University, PR China P W Liddell, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK N Roozenburg , Delft University of Technology, The U Lindemann, Technische Universität München, Netherlands Germany E Rosenblad, Chalmers University of Technology, R-S Lossack, Karlsruhe University, Germany Sweden C Luttropp, KTH, Sweden B Roth, Stanford University, USA J Malmqvist, Chalmers University of Technology, E Rovida, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Sweden V Salminen, MET, Finland E Manfredi, Universitá degli studi di Pisa Italy A Samuel, University of Melbourne, Australia D Marjanovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia M Schabacker, EPI-K AG Magdeburg, Germany C Marxt, ETH, Switzerland W Schweiger, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, M Mathew, Indian Institute of Science India Germany P Matthews, Univ. of Cambridge, UK U Sellgren, KTH, Sweden T McAloone, Technical University of Denmark, P Sen, University of Newcastle, UK Denmark M Shears, Arup Group Limited, UK A McKay, University of Leeds, UK D Sheldon, Anglia Polytechnic University, UK C A McMahon, University of Bath, UK S Siang-Kok, Nanyang Technological University, A J Medland, University of Bath, UK Singapore H Meerkamm, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, J Sigurjonsson, NTNU, Norway Germany J Simmons, Heriot-Watt University, UK M Meier, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland M Simon, Sheffield Hallam University, UK F Mistree, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA S Sivaloganathan, Brunel University, UK J Mudway, TRW Aeronautical Systems, UK T O Soininen, Helsinki University of Technology, G Mullineux, University of Bath, UK Finland T Murakami, The University of Tokyo, Japan J Stal le Cardinal, Ecole Centrale de Paris, France M Mörup, Nokia Mobile Phones, Denmark L Stauffer, University of Idaho, USA C Nord, Electrolux, Sweden A Stensson, KTH, Sweden M Ognjanovic, University of Belgrade, K G Swift, University of Hull, UK Yugoslavai/Serbia W Tarnowski, Politechnika Koszalinska, Poland M Oldenburg, LTU, Sweden G Thompson, UMIST, UK J Olesen, Bang & Olufsen, Denmark D L Thurston, University of Illinois at Urbana, USA K-O Olsson, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden M Tollenaere, ENS Génie Industriel, France K Ootomi, Toshiba Corp., Japan T Tomiyama, Delft University of Technology, The J-O Palmberg, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden Netherlands N Pavkovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia D G Ullman, Robust Decisions Inc., USA J-G Persson, KTH, Sweden S Vajna, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, U Pighini, Deceased, University of Rome "La Germany Sapienza", Italy R Valkenburg, Delft University of Technology, The W A Poelman, Hogeschool van Utrecht, The Netherlands Netherlands K Wallace, University of Cambridge, UK J Pokojski, Politechnika Warzawska, Poland C Weber, Saarland University, Germany D F Radcliffe, The University of Queensland, Australia M P Weiss, Technion, Israel J K Raine, University of Canterbury, New Zealand R I Whitfield, University of Strathclyde, UK Y Reich, Tel Aviv University, Israel P M Wognum, University of Twente, The Netherlands A Riitahuhta, Tampere University of Technology, M Wozny, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Finland I Wright, Coventry University, UK S Ritzén, KTH, Sweden J Wrobel, Politechnika Warzawska, Poland R Rohatynski, Technical University of Zielona Gora, R I M Young, Loughborough University, UK Poland M M F Yuen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, PR China A Zika-Viktorsson, KTH, Sweden