“…Other research groups and institutions promptly followed these initial discussions, using these CCD ideas to design chemical reactors 9,10 and aircraft. 11 Since the mid-1990s up to the present, the CCD methodology has been applied to numerous engineering areas, including underwater vehicles, 12,13 networked control systems, 14 wastewater treatment plants, 15 automotive suspensions, 16,17 wind turbines, 3,18 bicycles, 19 motorcycles, 20 composite smart antennas and mechanical structures, 21 flexible space structures, 22 airborne wind energy systems, 23 grid and power systems, 24 very flexible actuated structures, 25 variable stiffness actuators and robotics, 26 communication networks for intelligent vehicles, 27 automotive motor-transmission powertrains, 28 floating offshore wind turbines, 2,29-31 and tidal and wave energy converters. 29,30 Other relevant potential areas are biological and medical systems, digesters, water desalination, energy storage, conventional and renewable power generation, and power electronics.…”