Research in Engineering Design, Design Margins, Change Propagation, and Additive Manufacturing.
PhD Thesis
Brahma, A. (2020).
Engineering Design Change Propagation and its Mitigation Using Margins.
Doctoral dissertation, University of Auckland.
Journal Articles
Hajali, T., Brahma, A., Isaksson, O., & Malmqvist, J. (2026).
Feasibility and suitability analysis of additive manufacturing in pre-conceptual design phase.Journal of Engineering Design, 37(3), 702–740.
Brahma, A., Hajali, T., Mallalieu, A., & Isaksson, O. (2026).
A risk analysis method for implementation of additive manufacturing.Journal of Engineering Design, 37(2), 311–338.
(Editorial) Ferguson, S., Brahma, A., Eckert, C., & Isaksson, O. (2024).
Managing and modelling margins in design as a means for confronting the challenges of a disruptive world.Journal of Engineering Design, 35(10), 1185–1192.
Brahma, A., Ferguson, S., Eckert, C., & Isaksson, O. (2024).
Margins in design – review of related concepts and methods.Journal of Engineering Design, 35(10), 1193–1226.
Al Handawi, K., Brahma, A., Wynn, D. C., Kokkolaras, M., & Isaksson, O. (2024).
Design Space Exploration and Evaluation Using Margin-Based Trade-Offs.ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 146(6): 061701.
Brahma, A. & Wynn, D. C. (2023).
Concepts of change propagation analysis in engineering design.Research in Engineering Design, 34(1), 117–151.
Brahma, A. & Wynn, D. C. (2021).
A study on the mechanisms of change propagation in mechanical design.ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(12): 121401.
Brahma, A. & Wynn, D. C. (2020).
Margin value method for engineering design improvement.Research in Engineering Design, 31(3), 353–381.
Conference Papers
Isaksson, O., Brahma, A., Hajali, T., Ohlsson, D., & Mallalieu, A. (2024).
The Importance of Digitalisation in Industrialising Additive Manufacturing: Learnings from the DIDAM P2030 Project.Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering, 52, 442–452.
Brahma, A., Hallstedt, S. I., Wynn, D. C., & Isaksson, O. (2024).
Circular Products: The Balance Between Sustainability and Excessive Margins in Design.Proceedings of the 18th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Brahma, A., Panarotto, M., Kipouros, T., Isaksson, O., Andersson, P., & Clarkson, P. J. (2023).
Function driven assessment of manufacturing risks in concept generation stages.Proceedings of the Design Society, 3, 1995–2004.
Panarotto, M., Giordano, V., Chiarello, F., Brahma, A., Fernandez, I. A., & Fantoni, G. (2023).
Text mining of resilient objects absorbing change and uncertainty.Proceedings of the Design Society, 3, 3325–3334.
Hajali, T., Mallalieu, A., Brahma, A., Panarotto, M., Isaksson, O., Stalberg, L., & Malmqvist, J. (2023).
Information flow analysis enabling the introduction of additive manufacturing for production tools – insights from an industrial case.Proceedings of the Design Society, 3, 2315–2324.
Lawand, L., Hajali, T., Al Handawi, K., & Brahma, A. (2023).
Industrialization of Additive Manufacturing: Assessing the Impact of Excess Margins on Manufacturing Costs.International Conference on Research into Design, Springer, 257–269.
Panarotto, M., Brahma, A., & Isaksson, O. (2023).
Problem decomposition: the key to Agile sprints in Design Research.Proceedings of the 25th International DSM Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 141–150.
Panarotto, M., Kipouros, T., Brahma, A., Isaksson, O., Strandh Tholin, O., & Clarkson, J. (2022).
Using DSMs in Functionally Driven Explorative Design Experiments – an Automation Approach.Proceedings of the 24th International DSM Conference, 68–77.
Bonde, J. M., Brahma, A., Panarotto, M., Isaksson, O., Warmefjord, K., Soderberg, R., Kipouros, T., Clarkson, P. J., Kressin, J., & Andersson, P. (2022).
Assessment of weld manufacturability of alternative jet engine structural components through digital experiments.The 25th ISABE Conference, 285-1-10.
Brahma, A., Wynn, D. C., & Isaksson, O. (2022).
Utilising margins to absorb changes due to variations in input specifications.Proceedings of the Design Society, 2, 323–332.
Brahma, A. & Wynn, D. C. (2020).
Calculating target thresholds for the margin value method using computational tools.Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference, 1, 111–120.
Brahma, A. & Wynn, D. C. (2018).
A new model for capturing design information with an aim to aid change propagation assessment and subsequent redesign.DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference, 1499–1510.
Preprints & Manuscripts in Review
Pradas-Gomez, A., Brahma, A., & Isaksson, O. (2026).
DUCTILE: Agentic LLM Orchestration of Engineering Analysis in Product Development Practice.arXiv preprint.
Brahma, A., Panarotto, M., Isaksson, O., Kipouros, T., Andersson, P., & Clarkson, P. J. (In review).
Risk assessment in alternative product architectures.Design Science Journal, CUP.
Brahma, A., Eckert, C., Sandeep, S., Knuts, S., Isaksson, O., & Sanjeeth, R. (In review).
Managing Uncertainty Through Margins: Insights from Aerospace Engineering Practice.Design Science Journal, CUP.
Ammersdorfer, T., Kuchenhof, J., Berschik, M., Sankowski, O., Brahma, A., Krause, D., Otto, K., Moon, S. K., Isaksson, O., Tartler, D., Kauffeld, S., & Inkermann, D. (In review).
Structured reflection to support design method evaluation and adaption in product architecture design – A case study.Design Science Journal, CUP.