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Note: These occasional publications mostly from keynotes and book chapters may provide a useful research overview of our work on several topics described in more detail in the accompanying paper collections.

Papalambros, P. Y., "Optimal Design of Mechanical Engineering Systems". ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Special 50th Anniversary Design Issue (Ravani, B. ed.), Vol. 117 (B), 1995, pp. 55-62. doi: 10.1115/1.2836471.

Papalambros, P. Y., "EXTENDING THE OPTIMIZATION PARADIGM ENGINEERING DESIGN", Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium On Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (Horvath, I. and Medland, A.J., eds.), Delft, Netherland, April 18-21, 2000, pp. 29-42. See also the 2002 journal version.

Papalambros, P. Y. and Michelena, N., "Trends and Challenges in System Design Optimization". Proceedings of the International Workshop on Multidisciplinary Optimization (Snayman, J., ed.), Pretoria, S. Africa, August 8-10, 2000, pp. 1-15, Keynote Presentation.

Papalambros, P. Y., "Analytical Target Cascading in Product Development". Proceedings of the 3rd ASMO UK / ISSMO Conference on Engineering Design Optimization, Keynote Presentation (Querin, O.M., ed.), Harrogate, New Yorkshire, UK, July 9-10, 2001, pp. 3-18.

Papalambros, P. Y. and Shea, K., "Creating Structural Configurations ". in Formal Engineering Design Synthesis (Antonsson, E. and Cagan, J., eds.), Cambridge University Press, New York, 2001, pp. 93-125.

Papalambros, P. Y., "The Optimization Paradigm in Engineering Design: Promises and Challenges". Computer Aided Design, Vol. 34, No. 12, 2002, pp. 939-951. doi: 10.1016/S0010-4485(01)00148-8. See also the 2000 conference version.

Papalambros, P. Y., "Design Optimization Practice in Product Development". Engineering Design in Integrated Product Development, International Workshop and Seminar 2002, (EdiProD2002) (Rohatynski, R. and Jakubowski, J., eds.), Lagow, Poland, October 10-12, 2002, pp. 79-90, invited tutorial lecture.

Papalambros, P. Y., "An Enterprise Context for Design Optimization". Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference on Engineering, Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA 2002), Istanbul, Turkey, July 8-11, 2002, ASME, New York, NY, Keynote Presentation.

Saitou, K., Izui, K., Nishiwaki, S., and Papalambros, P., "A Survey of Structural Optimization in Mechanical Product Development", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 5, 2005, pp. 214-226. doi: 10.1115/1.2013290.

Gobbi, M., Haque, I., Papalambros, P. Y., and Mastinu, G., "Optimization and integration of ground vehicle systems", Vehicle System Dynamics, Vol. 43, No. 6-7, 2005, 437-453. doi: 10.1080/00423110500158841. See also the 2005 conference version.

Georgiopoulos, P., Jonsson, M., and Papalambros, P. Y., "Linking Optimal Design Decisions to the Theory of the Firm: The Case of Resource Allocation", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, 2005, pp.358-366. doi: 10.1115/1.1862679. See also the 2002 conference version.

Papalambros, P. Y. and Georgiopoulos, P., "A Designer's View to Economics and Finance ", in Decision Making in Engineering Design (Lewis, K., Schmidt, L., and Chen, W., eds.), ASME Press, 2006. doi: 10.1115/1.802469.ch17.

Gobbi, M., Haque, I., Papalambros, P. P. Y., and Mastinu, G., "A Critical Review of Optimization Methods for Road Vehicles Design", 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept. 6-8 , 2006, AIAA-2006-6998. doi: 10.2514/6.2006-6998.

Frischknecht, B., Gonzalez, R., Papalambros, P. Y., and Reid, T., "A Design Science Approach to Analytical Product Design", International Conference on Engineering Design, Stanford, CA, August 24-27, 2009.

Daly, S., Mcgowan, A. R., and Papalambros, P. Y., "Using Qualitative Research Methods in Engineering Design Research", Proceedings to the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea, Aug 19-Aug 22, 2013.

McGowan, A. R. and Papalambros, P. Y., "MDO in Large-Scale Complex Systems: A Portrait of Principles and Current Practice ", 15th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition 2014, Atlanta, GA, Jun 16-Jun 20, 2014. doi: 10.2514/6.2014-3143.

Papalambros, P. Y., "Special Issue on Commercial Design Optimization Software: an Introductory Note". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2002, pp. 95-96. doi: 10.1007/s00158-002-0169-3.