《工程設計研究》是一本國際性期刊，發表了有關工程各領域設計理論和方法的研究論文，主要研究機械、土木、建筑和制造工程。該雜志是專為對設計實踐相關研究問題感興趣的學術界、工業界和政府專業人士設計的。論文強調了工程設計和學科導向研究的基本原則，這些原則的結果是有意義的或可擴展到其他工程領域。一般感興趣的領域包括設計理論、設計環境的基礎、表示和語言、設計過程的模型以及設計和制造的集成。代表性主題包括功能表示、基于特征的設計、形狀語法、流程設計、重新設計、產品數據庫模型和實證研究。該雜志還發表最新的評論文章。

Research in Engineering Design is an international journal that publishes research papers on design theory and methodology in all fields of engineering, focussing on mechanical, civil, architectural, and manufacturing engineering. The journal is designed for professionals in academia, industry and government interested in research issues relevant to design practice. Papers emphasize underlying principles of engineering design and discipline-oriented research where results are of interest or extendible to other engineering domains. General areas of interest include theories of design, foundations of design environments, representations and languages, models of design processes, and integration of design and manufacturing. Representative topics include functional representation, feature-based design, shape grammars, process design, redesign, product data base models, and empirical studies. The journal also publishes state-of-the-art review articles.