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  • Optimal control of an underactuated bipedal robot

    Creator:
    Jones, Mikhail S.
    Abstract:
    Bipedal robots represent a unique class of control problems that combine many of the most difficult elements of nonlinear control. These robots are typically designed to be mobile and as such have limited energy and actuator authority making efficiency a prime concern. Unlike wheeled robots, legged robots must transition between...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ) ∂q̇i − ∂L(q, q̇) ∂qi + ∂R(q̇) ∂q̇i = τi, i = 1, ..., 3 (3.12) where τi = [f 01×2] T are the

  • Using Conceptual Change to Improve Lean Implementation Quality

    Creator:
    Mirdad, Waleed K.
    Abstract:
    Change initiatives have a 70 percent failure rate, but effective change is necessary if a company is to remain competitive. Current organizational change research around lean process improvement links unsatisfactory implementation results to organizational behaviors, but does not assess how individual cognitive characteristics affect successful lean implementation. Although a range...
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    Dissertation
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    Chinweike I. Eseonu Change initiatives have a 70 percent failure rate, but effective change is

  • Towards a Conceptual Change Model to Support Organizational Change Efforts

    Creator:
    Hille, Joshua D.
    Abstract:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Chinweike I. Eseonu

  • A tool to support conceptual change : identifying methods to ensure employee satisfaction along Lean implementation

    Creator:
    Grijalva, Paola E.
    Abstract:
    To address several challenges faced in healthcare, the Triple Aim (3A) was targeted by institutions to improve health outcomes and patient experience while reducing the costs of health. Process improvement techniques in manufacturing, such as Lean systems, were applied as tools to achieve the 3A framework. Unfortunately, the high level...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Chinweike I. Eseonu To address several challenges faced in healthcare, the Triple Aim (3A) was

  • Work Experience and Improvement Behavior: A Preliminary Study

    Creator:
    Azhar, Mina
    Abstract:
    Improvement behaviors, specifically double loop, have been linked to successful lean implementations. Although the lean literature supports individual cognitive transformation to double loop learning as an important element of lean success, there remains a strategic methodology to achieve sustainable double loop behavior. Perceptions toward behavior and employee satisfaction have been...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Chinweike I. Eseonu Improvement behaviors, specifically double loop, have been linked to

  • Care Team Burnout in Human and Veterinary Medicine

    Creator:
    Alshaiji, Rawan
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    Medical professionals experience higher rates of burnout than other professions due to the highly stressful nature of their environment. In 2018, 94 percent of physicians reported experiencing burnout – characterized by emotional fatigue, and feelings of depersonalization and low personal accomplishment – at some point in their careers. As emotional...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Chinweike I. Eseonu Medical professionals experience higher rates of burnout than

  • Automated Assembly Planning : From CAD Model to Virtual Assembly Process

    Creator:
    Rafibakhsh, Nima
    Abstract:
    Assembly planning is a crucial task for every manufacturing product. In general, assembly operations consume more than 30% of the total manufacturing time and cost. Therefore, any effort in optimizing assembly will have a significant impact on the economic success of manufacturing. Finding an optimal assembly plan by hand is...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Matthew I. Campbell Assembly

  • Dividing Complex Parts into Multiple Pieces for Advanced Joining and Additive Manufacturing

    Creator:
    Massoni, Brandon R.
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    Poor material utilization is inherent to conventional manufacturing processes, leading to high material waste and machining times. Additive manufacturing processes attempt to solve this issue by allowing production of near-net shapes, but the processes may be too expensive or infeasible. By leveraging both processes in a single part, the waste...
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    Masters Thesis
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    R. Massoni, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my master thesis advisor

  • Automated decomposition of complex parts for manufacturing with advanced joining processes

    Creator:
    Massoni, Brandon R.
    Abstract:
    Recent advancements in joining operations and additive manufacturing now allow complex metal parts to be built up from raw materials, as opposed to being machined down from solid blocks. This not only opens up the design space, but also allows for much more efficient manufacturing. By decomposing a complex part...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Brandon R

  • Applications of Bayesian Optimization and Classification Surrogate Modeling to User-Guided Design

    Creator:
    Jetton, Cole M.
    Abstract:
    In engineering problems not all constraints can be explicitly written as mathematical functions. There needs to be a way integrate designer knowledge into the design process and preferably use that to guide an optimization problem. In this thesis, these constraints are modelled using classification surrogate models and integrated with Bayesian...
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    Masters Thesis
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    𝑟given 𝑔𝑘 𝑟 = −1 and 𝑔𝐴(𝑥𝑛) ≤ 0) 13. For i = 1,2, … 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑥 do 14. Construct surrogate