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  • Investigating socio-technical factors in short-term continuous improvement project effectiveness

    Creator:
    Stelson, Paul Martinez
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    Lean manufacturing, or more generally continuous improvement (CI), has been the methodology behind significant improvements in quality, work in process inventory reductions, lead time reduction and cost reduction while conversely being associated with failed implementations and occasionally with unpopular work practices. This research focused on promoting understanding of CI methodology...
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    : Investigating Socio-technical Factors in Short-term Continuous Improvement Project Effectiveness Abstract

  • D₊₊ : Structural Credit Assignment in Tightly Coupled Multiagent Domains

    Creator:
    Rahmattalabi, Aida
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    Autonomous multiagent teams can be used in complex exploration tasks to both expedite the exploration and improve the efficiency. However, use of multiagent systems presents additional challenges. Specifically, in domains where the agents' actions are tightly coupled, coordinating multiple agents to achieve cooperative behavior at the group level is difficult....
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    : Calculate Dn++ using (3.2) 10: if Dn++ > D n−1 ++ then 11: Return Dn++ 12: until (n ≤ totalAgents − 1) 13

  • Towards a Conceptual Change Model to Support Organizational Change Efforts

    Creator:
    Hille, Joshua D.
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    Many projects fail because employees and managers have different understandings of project "success" or "value". Other projects fail because managers are unable to effectively align organizational values with those of their employees. This problem is widely understood, but there is little empirical research that specifies the nature and effect of...
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    Joshua D. Hille for the degree of Master of Science in Industrial Engineering presented on May 13, 2016

  • Development and Trial of a Usability Testing Protocol for Biomass Cookstoves : An Interdisciplinary Approach

    Creator:
    Moses, Nicholas D.
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    Improved cookstoves have been designed and disseminated for several decades in an effort to address the human health and environmental issues caused by the inefficient, traditional biomass cooking and heating methods used by 40% of the world’s people. Engineers and designers working on these improved stoves have tended to focus...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nicholas D. Moses for the

  • Robots Against Infectious Diseases : A Technologically Grounded, Human-Centered Exploration

    Creator:
    Kraft, Kory
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    Robots have the potential to protect health care workers, provide patient care, and ultimately save lives in infectious disease outbreaks. Nevertheless, infectious disease outbreak scenarios present unique technological and social challenges for robotics. This work explores what robots can and should do in the fight against infectious diseases. We present...
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    Technologically Grounded, Human-Centered Exploration Abstract approved: William D. Smart Robots have the

  • Exploring the Ductility Minimum of Niobium C103 at Intermediate Temperatures using Triaxial Tensile Specimens

    Creator:
    Wood, Thomas N., II
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    This work explores the mechanical properties of single-phase niobium alloy C103 from room temperature to 600°C for the purpose of expanding safe uses of the material into new applications. The study utilizes a symmetrically notched triaxial tensile specimens to manipulate the internal stress field in order to observe the changes...
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    Julie D. Tucker This work explores the mechanical properties of single-phase niobium alloy C103

  • Initial Designs for Improving Conversations for People Using Speech Synthesizers

    Creator:
    Nguyen, Duy M.
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    This thesis aims to determine the impact that Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices have on social interactions, and then improves the AAC user experience through a user focus design process. AAC devices enable people who cannot speak to communicate with others. Unfortunately, they are tedious to use and make...
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    first interaction and second interaction (normal time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 D.11

  • Evaluation of Materials for Use in Open-Cycle Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation

    Creator:
    Bowen, Michael S.
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    Recent interest in oxy-fuel combustion for carbon capture, as well as advancements in technologies such as magnetics, materials, and computational modeling has sparked renewed interest in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation. The increased temperatures of oxy-fuel combustion versus air-fuel combustion poses a challenge in the selection of materials for plasma exposed...
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    Engineering Aspects of Magnetohydrodynamics. From this work, major technical challenges prevented feasible

  • Learning approaches for the early detection of kickback in chainsaws

    Creator:
    Arnold, Drew D.
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    Among the many safety hazards facing chainsaw operators, the phenomenon known as kickback is the most dangerous. Kickback occurs when the chain at the tip of the chainsaw is caused to stop abruptly, and transfers the energy of the cutting chain to motion of the saw. The saw will rotate...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Drew D

  • How personality affects creativity in concept ideation

    Creator:
    Berthelsdorf, Friederich A.
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    This thesis uses the manuscript option, and consists of a previously-published paper and a paper that has been accepted for publication. Manuscript One details an independent confirmatory study to Choo et al. (2014), which demonstrated that correlations exist between personality type and the outcome of concept ideation methods. This is...
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    paper was accepted for publication in the ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical