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	Research in the Concurrent Virtual Design Laboratory at 
the University of Wisconsin - Madison involves developing 
innovative methodologies for computer-aided intelligent design 
and research.  
	Issues being researched involve :
	
	- Developing a set of high level features to allow a 
	  designer to design within a virtual environment.
	- Developing new means of interaction between the user 
	  and the virtual environment that are particularly 
	  useful in Computer-based Mechanical Design.
	- Providing on-line feedback to the designer on 
	  downstream manufacturing issues using object-oriented 
	  knowledge-based systems.  Smart user interfaces are 
	  being developed to handle such feedback.
	- Developing efficient modes of physical interaction 
	  between the user's hands and the geometric forms in 
	  the environment.
	- Developing a concurrent design environment where 
	  several users can interact with each other in addition
	  to interacting with the design within the virtual 
	  environment.

For further information contact:
Rajit Gadh, PhD
Assistant Professor
347 Mechanical Engineering Building
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI 53706

phone:	 	(608) 262 9058
e-mail:	 	gadh@engr.wisc.edu
fax:		(608) 265 2316