Aims and Scope

Journal of Computational Design and Engineering is an international, fully open-access, online-only journal. It serves as a platform for academia and industry to rapidly publish research manuscripts reporting innovative computational methods and applications aimed at achieving breakthroughs, practical advancements, and pioneering research directions across diverse fields of design and engineering.

Theory and its progress in computational advancement for design and engineering
Development of a computational framework to support large scale design and engineering
Interaction issues among human, designed artefacts, and systems
Knowledge-intensive technologies for intelligent and sustainable systems
Emerging technology and convergence of technology fields presented with convincing design examples
Educational issues for academia, practitioners, and future generation
Proposal for new research directions as well as surveys and retrospectives on the mature field.

Examples of relevant topics include traditional and emerging issues in design and engineering but are not limited to:

Field-specific issues in mechanical, aerospace, shipbuilding, industrial, architectural, civil, electrical, and biomedical engineering
Geometric modelling and processing, solid and heterogeneous modelling, computational geometry, features, and virtual prototyping
Computer graphics, image processing, virtual and augmented reality, and scientific visualisation
Human modelling and engineering, user interaction and experience, human-computer interaction (HCI), human-machine interface (HMI), human-vehicle interaction (HVI), cognitive engineering, and human factors and ergonomics with computers
Knowledge-based engineering, intelligent CAD, AI and machine learning in engineering, and ontology
Product data exchange and management, interoperability, data mining and analytics, and database issues
Design theory and methodology, sustainable design and engineering, concurrent engineering, and collaborative engineering
Digital and virtual manufacturing, rapid prototyping (3D/4D printing) and tooling, and CNC machining
Computer-aided inspection, geometric and engineering tolerancing, and reverse engineering
Finite element analysis, optimization, meshes and discretization, and virtual engineering
Bio-CAD, Nano-CAD, and medical applications
Aesthetic design, new media, and design education
Survey and benchmark reports.