Proceedings of the ASME Desgin Engineering Tech Conferences andComputers and Information in Engineering Conference-September 9-12,2001, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Printed compilation of 43full-length, peer-reviewed technical papers on the followingtopics: Concurrent and collaborative design; Rapid prototyping;Design and manufacturing representation; Design for cost;Intelligent design and planning; Design for reliability; Qualityimprovement;Emerging design for X methods; Integrated design andassembly.