Publications

Refereed Journals

Khanal, Y. P., Buchal, R. O., An object-oriented concept mapping methodology to support externalization and visualization in conceptual design. Design Research, Vol.13 Issue 4, 2015.
Khanal, Y.P., Buchal, R.O. Towards an Object-Oriented Engineering Design Pattern Language, Journal of Design Research, Vol.10 No.4, pp. 293-306, 2012.
Khanal, Y.P., Buchal, R. O. Object-Oriented Multi-perspective Framework of Technical System Design, Journal of Design Research , Vol.9 No.4, pp. 376-389, 2011.
OuYang, D., Feng, H.-Y., Van Nest, B. A., Buchal, R. O., Effective Gouge-Free Tool Selection for Free-Form Surface Machining, Computer Aided Design and Applications, 6(6), (2009), pp. 839-849.
Wang, L., Keshavarzmanesh, S., Feng, H.-Y., Buchal, R. O., Assembly process planning and its future trends to collaborative manufacturing: a review, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 46:132-144, DOI 10.1007/s00170-008-1458-9, 2009
Pan, Runling; Jiang, Jin; Buchal, Ralph O.; “Design of an Optimal Shock-Damping Isolator with Application to Casters”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.289 (2006) pp.278-293.
Buchal, R. O., Wang, A. “CMM Sequence Optimization with Collision Detection”, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Vol. 26. Nos. 1/2 (2006), pp. 65-74.
Lang, Sherman Y. T., John Dickinson, Ralph O. Buchal, Cognitive Factors in Distributed Design, Computers in Industry, Vol. 48, No. 1, May 2002, pp. 89-98.
Buchal, R.O., Incorporating Team-based Concurrent Engineering Design into Freshman Engineering Graphics, Engineering Design Graphics Journal, Vol.65, No.1, Winter 2001, pp.19-29.
Sky, R. W. E., Buchal, R. O., "Modeling and Implementing Concurrent Engineering in a Virtual Collaborative Environment", Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol.7, No.4, December 1999.
Zhou,Y.B., Buchal, R.O., Fenton, R.G., "Kinematic Analysis of the Generalized Clemens Coupling and its Variant Mechanisms", Mechanisms and Machine Theory, Vol. 32, No. 6, 1997, pp. 699-714.
Rao, N.V., Bedi, S., Buchal, R., "Implementation Of The Principal Axis Method For Machining Of Complex Surfaces", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.11, No.4, April 1996, pp. 249-257
Zhou, Y.B., Buchal, R.O., Fenton, R.G., Tan, F.R., "Kinematic Analysis of Certain Spatial Mechanisms Containing Higher Pairs", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol.30, No.5, 1995, pp.705-720
Zhou, Y.B., Buchal, R.O., Fenton, R.G., "Analysis of the General 4R and 5R Robots using a Vector Algebraic Approach", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 30, No. 3, 1995, pp. 421-432.
Ling, C.X., Buchal, R.O., "Learning to Control Dynamic Systems with Automatic Quantization", Adaptive Behavior, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1994, pp.29-49.
Jack, H., Lee, D.M.A., Buchal, R.O., ElMaraghy, W.H., "Neural Networks and the Inverse Kinematics Problem", The Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol.4, 1993, pp. 43-66.
Makaran, J.E., Dittmer, D.K., Buchal, R.O., MacArthur, D., "The SMART Wrist Hand Orthotic (WHO) for Quadriplegic Patients", Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 5, No. 3, July 1993, pp. 73-76.
Buchal, R.O. and Cherchas, D.B., An Iterative Method for Generating Kinematically Feasible, Interference-free Robot Trajectories, Robotica, Vol.7 No.2, 1989, pp.119-127.
Buchal, R.O., Cherchas, D.B., Sassani, F. and Duncan, J.P., Simulated Off-Line Programming of Welding Robots, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol.8 No.3, 1989, pp. 31-43.

Refereed Proceedings

Ralph O. Buchal, Collaborative Digital Design Notebooks, Proceedings of the 2017 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA 2017) Conference, Toronto, June 4-7, 2017.
Buchal, R. O., Billingsley, N., Bullock, A., Poulin, P., The Lac-Megantic Train Disaster as a Basis for a Design Project that Emphasizes Safety, Proceedings of the 2014 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Conference, Canmore AB, June 8-11, 2014.
Orr, V., Barghi, S., Buchal, R., Process Safety Management Learning Module, Proceedings of the 2014 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Conference, Canmore AB, June 8-11, 2014.
Buchal, R. O., Which Type of Design Project is Best: Narrow and Detailed or Broad and Conceptual?, Proceedings of the 2013 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Conference, Montreal, June 17-20, 2013.
Gideon, G, Buchal, R.O., Fostering Teamwork Skills using Collaboration Software in Engineering Design Education, Proceedings of the 2013 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Conference, Montreal, June 17-20, 2013.
Buchal, R.O., A Holistic, Interdisciplinary Approach to the Design of a Sustainable Personal Mobility System, Proceedings of the 2012 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Conference, Winnipeg MB, June 17-20, 2012.
Buchal, R. O., Lu, H., Engineering Design Education and Practice as Collaborative Knowledge Building, Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Second Annual Conference , St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 6-8, 2011.
Buchal, R. O., Day, A., Robinson, C., Design of a Sustainable Personal Mobility System (SPMS), Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Second Annual Conference , St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 6-8, 2011.
Buchal, R. O., Designing the Car of the Future, Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Inaugural Conference, Kingston Ontario, June 7-9, 2010.
Kurowski, P., Buchal, R.O., Reinforcing learning in engineering education by alternating between theory, simulation and experiments, Proceedings of the Canadian Design Engineering Network/Canadian Conference on Engineering Education (CDEN/C2E2) 2009 Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, July 27-29, 2009.
Khanal, Y., Buchal, R. O., An Object-Oriented Pattern Language for Engineering Design , Proceedings of the Canadian Design Engineering Network/Canadian Conference on Engineeri ng Education (CDEN/C2E2) 2009 Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, July 27-29, 2009.
Buchal, R. O., Perkins, A., Tools and Methods for Paperless Student Design Projects, Proceedings of the Canadian Design Engineering Network/Canadian Conference on Engineering Education (CDEN/C2E2) 2009 Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, July 27-29, 2009.
Buchal, R. O., Rogers, D., Krishen, P., Evaluation of Design Collaboration Tools for the SunStang Electric Car Project, Proceedings of the Canadian Design Engineering Network (CDEN) 2008 Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 27-29, 2008.
Buchal, R. O., Reflections on Engineering Design Education, Proceedings of the Canadian Design Engineering Network (CDEN) 2008 Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 27-29, 2008.
Escoto, A., Buchal, R., Factorial Experiment to Reduce and Characterize the Uncertain ty of the Flatness Tolerance Measurement, CSME 2008 Forum, Ottawa, June 6-8. 2008.
Buchal, R. O., Design and Innovation in Western’s Integrated Engineering Program, Proceedings of the Canadian Design Engineering Network/ Canadian Conference on Engineering Education (CDEN/C2E2) 2007 Conference, Winnipeg, July 22-24, 2007 (paper and presentation)
Buchal, R. O., Capstone Design in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, Proceedings of the Canadian Design Engineering Network/ Canadian Conference on Engineering Education (CDEN/C2E2) 2007 Conference, Winnipeg, July 22-24, 2007 (paper and presentation)
Lihui Wang, Shadi Keshavarzmanesha, Hsi-Yung Feng, Ralph O. Buchal, “Literature Review of Assembly Process Planning and Future Trends to Collaborative Manufacturing&#822 1;, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intellige nt Manufacturing (FAIM) 2004, Philadelphia, June 18-20, 2007, pp. 773-780.
Buchal, R. O., The Use of Product Data Management (PDM) Software to Support Student Design Projects, The 3rd CDEN/RCCI International Design Conference, Toronto, Ontario, July 24-26, 2006 (paper and presentation)

Non-refereed Proceedings

Cui, S., Buchal, R.O., Time-optimal Trajectory Planning for Sequential Robotic Tasks, Student Abstracts of the Third Annual IRIS_PRECARN Conference, Ottawa, June 8-11, 1993.

Technical Reports

Buchal, R. O., Knoch Manufacturing Simulation Study, consulting report prepared for Knoch Manufacturing Co. Ltd., October 1997.
Buchal, R. O., Distance Education and Technology-Enabled Learning for Engineering Education: A Proposal for an Engineering Education Network (EnEdNet), Industry Canada Contract No. 67SFC-4-2179HPE, March 1995.
Buchal, R., Cherchas, D.B., Duncan, J.P., Sassani, F., "Development of an Automatic Programming System for a Welding Robot - Phase II: Techniques and Software for Interference Detection and Path Planning", CAMROL Report 86-1, done for the National Research Council of Canada, Industrial Materials Research Institute, Boucherville, P.Q., Canada, February 1986 .
Buchal, R., Cherchas, D.G., Sassani, F., Duncan, J.P., "Automatic Programming of a Welding Robot: Phase I" University of British Columbia Department of Mechanical Engineering , Computer Aided Manufacturing and Robotics Laboratory (CAMROL) Report 84-1, done for the National Research Council of Canada, Industrial Materials Research Institute, Boucherville, P.Q., Canada, February 1984.