Design, Optimization, & Informatics


Max Yi Ren
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Arizona State University
yiren at asu.edu
Journal papers
Ren, Y. and Papalambros, P. Y., "A Design Preference Elicitation Query as an Optimization Process", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133, No. 11, 2011. (pdf)

Burnap, A., Ren, Y., Papalambros, P. Y., Gonzalez, R. and Gerth, R., "When Crowdsourcing Fails: A Study of Expertise on Crowdsourced Design Evaluation", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 137, No. 3, 2015, 031101.



Peer reviewed conference papers
Ren, Y., Bayrak, A., and Papalambros, P. Y., "Ecoracer: Optimal Design and Control of Electric Vehicles Using Human Game Players", Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, Aug 2-Aug 5, 2015.

Kang, N., Emmanoulopoulos, M., Ren, Y., Feinberg, F. M., and Papalambros, P. Y., "A Framework for Quantitative Analysis of Government Policy Influence on Electric Vehicle Market", Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy, Jul 27-Jul 30, 2015.

Burnap, A., Barto, C., Johnson-Roberson, M., Ren, Y., Gonzalez, R., and Papalambros, P. Y., "Crowdsourcing for Search of Disaster Victims: A Preliminary Study for Search System Design", Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy, Jul 27-Jul 30, 2015.

Bayrak, A. E., Ren, Y., and Papalambros, P. Y., "Optimal Dual-Mode Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Architecture Design for a Variety of Loading Scenarios", Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Buffalo, Aug 17-Aug 20, 2014. (pdf, presentation)

Burnap, A., Ren, Y., Lee, H., Gonzalez, R., and Papalambros, P. Y., "Improving Preference Prediction Accuracy with Feature Learning", Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Buffalo, Aug 17-Aug 20, 2014. (pdf, presentation)

Ren, Y. and Papalambros, P. Y., "Enhanced Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis Incorporating Engineering Knowledge", Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Buffalo, Aug 17-Aug 20, 2014. (pdf, presentation)

Ren, Y., Scott, C. and Papalambros, P. Y., "A Scalable Preference Elicitation Algorithm Using Group Generalized Binary Search", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Portland, 2013. (pdf, presentation)

Burnap, A., Ren, Y., Papalambros, P. Y., Gonzalez, R. and Gerth, R., "A Simulation Based Estimation of Crowd Ability and its Influence on Crowdsourced Evaluation of Design Concepts", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Portland, 2013. (pdf, )

Bayrak, A. E., Ren, Y., and Papalambros, P. Y., "Optimal Design of Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Architectures Using Auto-Generation of Feasible Driving Modes", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Portland, 2013. (pdf, )

Ren, Y., Burnap, A. and Papalambros, P. Y., "Quantification of Perceptual Design Attributes Using a Crowd", 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, 2013. (pdf, )

Ren, Y. and Papalambros, P. Y., "On Design Preference Elicitation with Crowd Implicit Feedback", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Chicago, 2012. (pdf, presentation)

Ren, Y. and Papalambros, P. Y., "On the Use of Active Learning in Engineering Design", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Chicago, 2012. (pdf, presentation)

Ren, Y. and Papalambros, P. Y., "Design Preference Elicitation Using Efficient Global Optimization", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Washington D.C., 2011. (pdf, slides)

Ren, Y. and Papalambros, P. Y., "Design Preference Elicitation: Exploration and Learning", International Conference on Engineering Design, Technical University of Denmark, 2011. (pdf)

Ren, Y. and Papalambros, P. Y., "Design Preference Elicitation, Derivative-Free Optimization and Support Vector Machine Search", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Montreal, Canada, 2010. (pdf)