edited version

This book contains an edited version of the lectures and selected contributions presented during the Advanced Summer Institute on "Product Engineering: Eco-Design, Technologies and Green Energy" organized at the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, July 14-21, 2004. In the last few decades Product Engineering has become a multidisciplinary field including aspects from a wide range of scientific areas. Aspects related to eco-design, aesthetic style, human factors and ergonomics are now critical issues for the success of a product on the market.

• aesthetic style
• apparently
• been shown that
• brasov romania
• computer aided design
• design computer
• design simulation
• design technologies
• divided into five
• eco design
• edited version
• green energy
• industrial experts
• multidisciplinary field
• product engineering
• product life cycle
• simulation purposes
• simulation technologies
• transilvania university
• virtual engineering