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Jay McCormack
Research/Focus Areas
  • Design
  • Design Methodology
  • Computational Design
  • Design Pedagogy
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • ME 223 Mechanical Design Analysis
  • ME 410 Lean Manufacturing
  • ME 424 Mechanical Design I
  • ME 426 Mechanical Design II
  • ME 404/504 Computational Synthesis
  • ME 401 Integrated Architecture and Engineering Design Project
  • ME 401 Design Reuse and Knowledge Management
  • ME 401 Computational Problem Solving

Jay McCormack, Ph.D.

College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor

Home Town
Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania

Campus Locations
Moscow

With UI Since
2007
Office: GJ 234H
Phone: 208-885-7134
Email: mccormack@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
c/o Mechanical Engineering Department
PO Box 440902
Moscow, Idaho 83844-0902

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998

Jay McCormack received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. While at CMU, he developed patented algorithms for hierarchical shape recognition for use in computational design applications. After graduation, Jay co-founded DesignAdvance Systems Inc., which developed design reuse automation for the printed circuit board design industry. Jay joined the mechanical engineering department at the University of Idaho in 2007.



Selected Publications

  • Support For the Use of Hierarchical Temporal Memory Systems in Automated Design Evaluation: A First Experiment, Hartung J, McCormack J, and Jacobus F, Proceedings of the 2009 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference: Design Theory and Methodology DETC2009/DTM-87702 San Diego, CA, August 30 – September 6
  • Methodology for Selection, Sequencing, and Deployment of Activities in a Capstone Design Course Using the TIDEE Web-based Assessment System, McCormack J, Beyerlein S, Feldon D, Davis D, Wemlinger Z, Gerlick R, Davis H, and Howe S, Proceedings of the 2009 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference: International Design and Design Education DETC2009/DED-87478 San Diego, CA, August 30-September 6
  • Aligning Shape Rule Creation with Modular Design: Minimizing the Cost of Using Shape Grammars McCormack J, Cagan J, and Antaki J, Proceedings of the 2008 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference: Design Theory and Methodology DETC08/DTM-49366 New York, NY, August 3-6
  • Rationale and Methodology for Deploying Axiomatic Design in Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Courses Gallup L, McCormack J, Beyerlein S, and Odom E, Proceedings of the 2008 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference: International Design and Design Education DETC08/DED-49885 New York, NY, August 3-6
  • Curve-based Shape Matching: Supporting Designers' Hierarchies Through Parametric Shape Recognition of Arbitrary Geometry McCormack J and Cagan J, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (2006) Vol 33 pp 523-540
  • McCormack, J.P., “Implementing Parametric Shape Grammars to Capture and Explore Product Languages,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, May 2003.