Irem Tumer's Publications

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    Archival Journal Articles:

  1. T. Kurtoglu and I. Y. Tumer, A graph based fault identification and propagation framework for functional design of complex systems. Journal of Mechanical Design. Vol. 30, No. 5, May 2008.

  2. D. A. McAdams, D. Comella, I. Y. Tumer, Exploring effective methods for simulating damaged structures with geometric variation. Journal of Applied Mechanics. JAM-05-116, March 2007.

  3. R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer, M. E. Stock, Linking product functionality to historical failures to improve failure analysis in design. Journal of Research in Engineering Design. 16(2): 96-108. 2006.

  4. D. A. McAdams and I. Y. Tumer, Toward Intelligent fault detection in turbine blades: Variational vibration models of damaged pinned-pinned beams. ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. 127 (5), 467-474. 2005.

  5. A. Farhang Mehr and I. Y. Tumer, Risk based decision making for managing resources during the design of complex aerospace systems. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. Special Issue on Robust and Reliability Based Design. Vol. 128, No. 4, pp. 1014-1022. July 2006.

  6. R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer, M. VanWie, The Function-Failure Design Method. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. 127(3): 397-407. 2005.

  7. S. G. Arunajadai, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer, Failure mode identification through clustering analysis. Quality and Reliability Engineering International Journal. 20:511-526. 2004.

  8. I. Y. Tumer, R. B. Stone, Mapping Function to Failure during High-Risk Component Development. Journal of Research in Engineering Design. Vol. 14, 2003, pp.25-33.

  9. I. Y. Tumer, E. M. Huff, Analysis of Triaxial Vibration Data for Health Monitoring of Helicopter Gearboxes. ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. Vol.125, No.1, pp.120-128. 2003.

  10. I. Y. Tumer, E. M. Huff, On the Effects of Production and Maintenance Variations on Rotating Machinery Component Performance. Journal of Quality in Maintenance and Engineering. Vol. 8, No. 3, pp.226-238. 2002. (Highly Commended Award, 2002 Journal Volume, Emerald Literati Club.)

  11. E. M. Huff, I. Y. Tumer, E. Barszcz, M. Dzwonczyk, J. McNames, Analysis of Maneuvering Effects on Transmission Vibrations in an AH-1 Cobra Helicopter. Journal of the American Helicopter Society. Volume 47, No. 1, pp. 42-49. January 2002.

  12. I. Y. Tumer, K. L. Wood, I. J. Busch-Vishniac, Monitoring of Manufacturing Signals Using the Karhunen-Loeve Transform. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Journal. 2000, 14(6), pp.1011-1026.

  13. I. Y. Tumer, K. L. Wood, I. J. Busch-Vishniac, A Mathematical Transform to Improve Part Surface Quality in Manufacturing. The ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. Volume 122, No. 1, pp. 273-279. February 2000.

  14. I. Y. Tumer, D. C. Thompson, R. H. Crawford, K. L. Wood, Characterization of Surface Fault Patterns, with Application to a Layered Manufacturing Process. The Journal of Manufacturing Systems. Volume 17, No.1, pp.23-36, 1998.

  15. I. Y. Tumer, R. S. Srinivasan, K. L. Wood, Investigation of Characteristic Measures for the Analysis and Synthesis of Precision-Machined Surfaces. The Journal of Manufacturing Systems. Volume 14, No.5, pp.378-392, 1995.

    Journal Articles Accepted or in Review:

  16. N. Patransky Robson, J. M. McCarthy, I. Y. Tumer. The algebraic synthesis of a spatial TS chain for a prescribed acceleration task. Accepted. Mechanisms and Machine Theory. 2008.

  17. K. Grantham, R. B. Stone, and I. Y. Tumer. The risk in early design method. Accepted. Journal of Engineering Design. 2008.

  18. K Grantham-Lough, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Promoting risk communication in early design through linguistic analyses. Accepted. Research in Engineering Design. 2008.

  19. K Grantham-Lough, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Prescribing and Implementing the Risk in Early Design (RED) Method. Accepted. Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering. 2008.

  20. R. S. Hutcheson, D. A. McAdams, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Function-based behavioral modeling. In review. 2008.

  21. C. Hoyle, A.F. Mehr, I.Y. Tumer, W. Chen. Cost-benefit quantification of ISHM in aerospace systems. In review. 2008.

  22. R. S. Hutcheson, D. A. McAdams, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. A Function-Based methodology for analyzing critical events. In review. 2008.

    Book Chapters:

  23. I. Y. Tumer, R.S. Srinivasan, K. L. Wood. Analysis and Synthesis of Engineering Surfaces to Bridge Manufacturing and Design. Invited book chapter, Computer Aided and Integrated Manufacturing Systems Techniques and Applications, Volume VI: Manufacturing Systems Processes. pp. 1:1-45. CRC Press. 2001.

  24. I. Y. Tumer, Sytsem Design Methods for Effective Fault Prevention and Management. Invited book chapter, Systems Health Monitoring. In preparation. 2008.

  25. I. Y. Tumer, Prognostics Health Monitoring Design Guidelines for Enhancing System Reliability. Invited book chapter, Design for Reliability. In preparation. 2008.

    Fully Refereed Conference Articles:

  26. T. Kurtoglu and I.Y. Tumer. A risk-informed decision making methodology for evaluating failure impact of early system designs. 2008 ASME International Design Theory and Methodology Conference, IDETC/CIE2008.

  27. A. Brown, I.Y. Tumer, R. Paasch. Early stage failure modeling and safety analysis applied to the design of wave energy converters. 2008 ASME International Design Theory and Methodology Conference, IDETC/CIE2008.

  28. R. S. Hutcheson, D. A. McAdams, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Function-based behavioral modeling. 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences; Design Theory and Methodology Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 2007.

  29. T. Kurtoglu and I. Y. Tumer. A graph-based framework for early assessment of functional failures in complex systems. 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences; Design Theory and Methodology Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 2007.

  30. F. Barrientos, I. Y. Tumer, D. Ullman. Modeling uncertainty reduction in concurrent engineering design teams. 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. RSAFP Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 2007.

  31. C. Hoyle, A. F. Mehr, I. Y. Tumer, W. Chen. Cost-benefit analysis of ISHM in aerospace systems. 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences; Computers in Engineering Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 2007.

  32. T. Kurtoglu and I.Y. Tumer. FFIP: A framework for early assessment of functional failures in complex systems. The International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED'07. Paris, France. 2007.

  33. R. S. Hutcheson, D.A. McAdams, R.B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Function based systems engineering (FuSE). The International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED'07. Paris, France. 2007.

  34. J. Vucovich, R. B. Stone, X. Liu, I. Y. Tumer, I. Risk Assessment in Early Software Design Based on the Software Function-Failure Design Method 31st IEEE Computer Society Signature Conference on Software Technology and Applications (COMPSAC), Paper #21, Beijing, China. 2007.

  35. R. S. Hutcheson and I. Y. Tumer. FACE: A function-based methodology for analyzing critical events. In ASME Design Automation Conference. DETC2006-99535. Philadelphia, PA. 2006.

  36. A. Farhang Mehr and I. Y. Tumer. A multidisciplinary and multiobjective system analysis and optimization methodology for embedding integrated systems health management into NASA's complex systems. In ASME Design Automation Conference. DETC2006-99619. Philadelphia, PA. 2006.

  37. K. Grantham, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. The risk in early design (RED) method: likelihood and consequence formulations. In ASME Design Automation Conference. DETC2006-99375. Philadelphia, PA. 2006.

  38. K. Grantham, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Prescribing and implementing the risk in early design method. In ASME Design Theory & Methodology Conference. DETC2006-99374. Philadelphia, CA. 2006.

  39. J. Sauvageon, A. Agogino, A. Farhang Mehr, I. Y. Tumer. Comparison of event detection methods for centralized sensor networks. In SAS 2006, IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium. Houston, TX. 2006.

  40. I. Y. Tumer. Towards ISHM Co-Design: Methods and practices for fault avoidance and management during early phase design. 1st Integrated Systems Health Engineering and Management Forum (to be published as a book chapter). Napa, CA. November 2005.

  41. A. Farhang Mehr and I. Y. Tumer. A new approach to probabilistic risk analysis in the early stages of concurrent and distributed design of aerospace systems. ASME Design Automation Conference. 2005. DETC2005-85056. Long Beach, CA. 2005.

  42. K. Grantham, M. VanWie, R. Stone, I. Y. Tumer, and F. Barrientos. An Analysis of Risk and Function Information in Early Stage Design. In ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference. DETC2005-85405. Long Beach, CA. 2005.

  43. K. Grantham, R. Stone, and I. Y. Tumer. Function-Based Risk Assessment: Mapping Function to Likelihood. In ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference. DETC2005-85053. Long Beach, CA. 2005.

  44. I. Y. Tumer, F. Barrientos, A. F. Mehr. Towards Risk Based Design for NASA Missions: A Review of Practice and Research Trends at NASA. ASME Reliability, Safety, and Failure Prevention Conference. DETC2005-85100. Long Beach, CA. 2005.

  45. R. Hutcheson and I. Y. Tumer. Function-based design of a spacecraft power subsystem diagnostics testbed. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2005-81120. Orlando, FL. 2005.

  46. I. Y. Tumer, A. F. Mehr, F. A. Barrientos, D. Ullman. An Information-Exchange Tool for Capturing and Communicating Decisions during Early-Phase Design and Concept Evaluation. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2005-81690. Orlando, FL. 2005.

  47. B. Mitchell, D. A. McAdams, R.B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Computational Methods to Predict and Avoid Failure. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2005-79907. Orlando, FL. 2005.

  48. L. P. Chao, I. Y. Tumer, K. Ishii. Design process error-proofing: Lessons from and challenges for NASA. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2005-79451. Orlando, FL. 2005.

  49. M. VanWie, M. Bohm, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer, and F. A. Barrientos. Learning from failures: archiving and designing with failure and risk. Computer Aided Industrial Design and Conceptual Design Conference, Delft, Netherlands, May 2005.

  50. A. F. Mehr, I. Y. Tumer, E. Barszcz. Optimal Design of Integrated Systems Health Management (ISHM) Systems for Improving the Safety of NASA's Exploration Missions: A Multidisciplinary Design Approach. WCSMO'06, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005.

  51. F. A. Barrientos, E. R. Pedersen, I. Y. Tumer. Towards Failure-Based Decision Making during Design: User-Centered Design Approach. In IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Oct 2005.

  52. R. Hutcheson and I. Y. Tumer. Function-based Co-design Paradigm for Robust Health Management. The 5th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Stanford, CA. September 2005.

  53. A. F. Mehr, I. Y. Tumer. Two-Level Optimization of Systems Health Monitoring in Systems with Top-Down Hierarchical Architecture. The 5th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Stanford, CA. September 2005.

  54. S. J. Uder, R. B. Stone, and I. Y. Tumer. Failure analysis in subsystem design for space missions. ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference. DETC2004-57338. Salt Lake City, UT 2004.

  55. L. P. Chao, I. Y. Tumer, K. Ishii. Design process error-proofing: engineering peer review lessons from NASA. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC2004, Salt Lake City, UT 2004.

  56. I. Y. Tumer, F. A. Barrientos, L. Meshkat. Risk Based Design for NASA's missions: Past and Future. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2004-60829. Anaheim, CA. 2004.

  57. S. J. Uder, R.B. Stone, and I. Y. Tumer. Functional Modeling for Failure Cause and Effect Identification in the Design of Space Subsystems. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2004-60846. Anaheim, CA. 2004.

  58. M. E. Stock, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Comparing two levels of functional detail for mapping historical failures: you are only as good as your knowledge base. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2003-41593. Washington, D.C. November 2003.

  59. D. A. McAdams, D. Comella, I. Y. Tumer. Developing variational vibration models of damaged beams: toward intelligent failure detection. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2003-42540. Washington, D.C. November 2003.

  60. R. A. Roberts, I. Y. Tumer, R. B. Stone, A.F. Brown. A function-based exploration of JPL's problem and failure reporting database. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2003-42769. Washington, D.C. November 2003.

  61. M. E. Stock, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Going back in time to improve design: The Elemental Function-Failure Design Method. ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference. DETC2003/DTM-48633. Chicago, IL. September 2003.

  62. I. Y. Tumer, R. B. Stone, D. G. Bell. Requirements for a failure mode taxonomy for use in conceptual design. International Conference on Engineering Design, Paper No. 1612, Stockholm, Sweden. August 2003.

  63. N. Oza, I. Y. Tumer, K. Tumer, E. M. Huff. Classification of aircraft maneuvers for fault detection. Multiple Classifier Systems Workshop. Surrey, England, July 2003.

  64. S. G. Arunajadai, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. A clustering based approach for failure mode identification. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2002-DE-34422. New Orleans, LA. November 2002.

  65. I. Y. Tumer, R. B. Stone, R. A. Roberts. Towards failure-free design: Reducing dimensionality in function-failure similarity analysis for large databases. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. IMECE2002-33473. New Orleans, LA. November 2002.

  66. S. G. Arunajadai, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. A framework for creating a function-based design tool for failure mode identification. ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference. DETC2002/DTM-34018. Montreal, Canada. September 2002.

  67. D. A. McAdams and I. Y. Tumer. Towards failure modeling in complex dynamic systems: impact of design and manufacturing variations. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC2002/DFM-34161. Montreal, Canada. September 2002.

  68. R. A. Roberts, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer. Deriving function-failure similarity information for failure-free rotorcraft component design. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC2002/DFM-34166. Montreal, Canada. September 2002.

  69. I. Y. Tumer, R. B. Stone. Analytical Method to Evaluate Failure Potential during High-Risk Component Development. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC2001-DFM21173. Pittsburgh, PA. September 2001.

  70. I.Y. Tumer, E.M. Huff. Using Triaxial Vibration Data for Vibration Monitoring of Helicopter Gearboxes. ASME Mechanical Vibration and Noise Conference. DETC2001-VIB21755. Pittsburgh, PA. 2001.

  71. I. Y. Tumer, E. M. Huff. Evaluating Manufacturing and Assembly Errors in Rotating Machinery to Enhance Component Performance. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC00-DFM14006. Baltimore, MD. September 2000.

  72. I. Y. Tumer, K. L. Wood, I. J. Busch-Vishniac. Condition Monitoring Methodology in Manufacturing and Design. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC98-DFM5824. Atlanta, GA. September 1998.

  73. I. Y. Tumer, K. L. Wood, I. J. Busch-Vishniac. Monitoring Fault Condition During Manufacturing Using the Karhunen-Loeve Transform. ASME Mechanical Vibration and Noise Conference. DETC97-VIB4234. Sacramento, CA. September 1997.

  74. I. Y. Tumer, K. L. Wood, I. J. Busch-Vishniac. Improving Manufacturing Precision Using the Karhunen-Loeve Transform. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC97-DFM4347. Sacramento, CA. September 1997.

  75. I. Y. Tumer, R. S. Srinivasan, K. L. Wood. Characteristic Measures for the Representation of Manufactured Surfaces. ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference. DETC96-DFM1275. Irvine, CA. 1996.

  76. I. Y. Tumer, K. L. Wood, I. J. Busch-Vishniac. Extraction of Fault Features on SLS Part Surfaces Using the Karhunen-Loeve Expansion Technique. The 1996 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, pp. 575-585, Austin, TX. August 1996.

  77. I. Y. Tumer, D. C. Thompson, R. H. Crawford, K. L. Wood. Quantification of Part Surface Quality: Application to Selective Laser Sintering. The 1996 World Automation Conference, pp. 731-736, Montpellier, France. May 1996.

  78. I. Y. Tumer, D. C. Thompson, R. H. Crawford, K. L. Wood. Surface Characterization of Polycarbonate Parts in Selective Laser Sintering. The 1995 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, pp.181-188, Austin, TX. August 1995.

  79. I. Y. Tumer, I. J. Busch-Vishniac, K. L. Wood. Modeling of Dynamic Errors Caused by the Beam Delivery System in Selective Laser Sintering. The 1995 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, pp.353-361, Austin, TX. August 1995.

  80. I. Y. Tumer, R. S. Srinivasan, K. L. Wood, I. J. Busch-Vishniac. Fractal Precision Models of Lathe-Type Turning Machines. ASME Design Automation Conference. Volume 65-2, pp.501-513. Albuquerque, NM. September 1993.

    Short Paper Refereed Conference Articles:

  81. I. Y. Tumer & T. Kurtoglu. Designing for robust health management using a graph-based functional failure identification framework. 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. Cincinnati, OH. July 2007.

  82. I. Y. Tumer. System level analysis and design for robust ISHM. AFRL Integrated Systems Health Management Conference,. Cincinnati, OH. August 2007.

  83. C. Hoyle, A. Farhang Mehr, I. Y. Tumer, W. Chen. On quantifying cost-benefit of ISHM in Aerospace systems. 2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MN 2007.

  84. L. P. Chao, I. Y. Tumer. Risk assessment practices at NASA: Studies of design and review methods. In IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MN, 2006.

  85. L. P. Chao, I. Y. Tumer, and K. Ishii. Design process error-proofing: Benchmarking of the NASA development cycle. In IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MN, 2005.

  86. K. V. Ngo and I. Y. Tumer. Impact of variations on 1-D flow in gas turbine engines via MC simulations. IEEE Aerospace Conference. March 2004.

  87. I. Y. Tumer and E. M. Huff. Principal components analysis of triaxial vibration data from helicopter transmissions. The 56th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, pp. 331-341. Virginia Beach, VA, April 2002.

  88. E. M. Huff, I. Y. Tumer, M. Mosher. An Experimental Comparison of Transmission Vibration Responses from OH-58c and AH-1 Helicopters. The Vertical Flight Society's 57th Annual Forum, American Helicopter Society, Washington, D.C., May 2001.

  89. E. M. Huff, I. Y. Tumer, E. Barszcz, D. Lewicki, H. Decker. Experimental Analysis of Mast Lifting and Bending Forces on Vibration Patterns before and after Pinion Reinstallation in an OH-58 Transmission Test Rig. The Vertical Flight Society's 56th Annual Forum, American Helicopter Society, VA. May 2000.

  90. E. M. Huff, E. Barszcz, I. Y. Tumer, M. Dzwonczyk, J. McNames. Experimental Analysis of Steady-State Maneuvering Effects on Transmission Vibration Patterns Recorded in an AH-1 Cobra Helicopter. The Vertical Flight Society's 56th Annual Forum, American Helicopter Society, Virginia Beach, VA. 2000.

  91. I. Y. Tumer and A. Bajwa. A Survey of Aircraft Engine Health Monitoring Systems. The 1999 Joint Propulsion Conference, Aerospace Systems Condition Monitoring session, Los Angeles, CA. June 1999.

  92. D. A. McAdams, I. Y. Tumer, and K. L. Wood. An Overview of Tolerance Design for Function and Manufacturing Precision in Product Design. T1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, January 5-8, 1998.

  93. K. L. Wood, R. S. Srinivasan, I. Y. Tumer, R. Cavin. Fractal-Based Tolerancing: Theory, Dynamic Process Modeling, Test Bed Development and Experiments. The 1993 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Charlotte, NC, Volume1, pp.731-740. September 1993.

    Educational Conference Articles:

  94. I. Y. Tumer and A. Bajwa. Learning about how Aircraft Engines Work and Fail. The 1999 Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion Education session, Los Angeles, CA. June 1999.

  95. I. Y. Tumer and L. F. Arthur. Benefits of Team-Teaching for Doctoral Students Preparing for an Academic Career. The 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Graduate Studies Division, Seattle, Washington. June 1998. (Best Paper Award.)

  96. E. Matsumoto, L. F. Arthur, I. Y. Tumer, J. Gray. How to Establish an ASEE Student Chapter? The 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997, Paper No.2312.

  97. R. Cavin, I. Y. Tumer, M.W. Foohey. Design of Work Jigs to Assist the Disabled in Sheltered Workshops in the Production of Sample Display Chains. The 1995 Rehab. Engineering Society of North America Conference (RESNA '95), Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp.725-727. June 1995. Winner of the Design Competition.

    Dissertation:

  98. I. Y. Tumer. Foundations of Condition Monitoring for Design and Manufacturing. The University of Texas at Austin. May 1998.

    NASA Technical Reports:

  99. Sandra Hayden, I. Y. Tumer. Preliminary report of mission design and operations for critical events. NASA CR-2005-213472. 2005.

  100. Khiem Ngo and I. Y. Tumer. Impact of variations on 1-D flow in gas turbine engines. NASA TM 2004-212844.

  101. Larry Chao and I. Y. Tumer. Case study of engineering peer meetings in JPL's ST-6 project. NASA TM 2004-212842.

  102. Larry Chao, I. Y. Tumer, and D. G. Bell. A study of technical engineering peer reviews at NASA. NASA TM 2004-212843.

  103. Sandra Hayden and I. Y. Tumer. Design of integrated system health management for critical events. In Review. 2007.
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