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  • Data Mining a Design Repository for Automating and Validating Functional Modeling

    Creator:
    Mikes, Alex B.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this work is to build a foundation of understanding and methodologies as the steps toward automating functional modeling. We have achieved significant progress in the automatic generation of functional representations, which can be connected at the interface of components to create a functional model. This work highlights...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Design Repository to Automate Functional Modeling Alex Mikes, Katherine Edmonds, Robert B. Stone, Bryony

  • Understanding Designer Mental Models to Support Computer Directed Analogical Design

    Creator:
    Arlitt, Ryan M.
    Abstract:
    Analysis of alternative concepts has a significant impact on design project outcomes, and yet many design teams fail to consider a significantly broad range of conceptual solutions. Within the realm of conceptual design exists a technique called design by analogy (DBA) -- the practice of reapplying old solutions to new...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Robert B. Stone Analysis of

  • A Preliminary Methodology For Automating Functional Modeling

    Creator:
    Edmonds, Katherine N.
    Abstract:
    This thesis is the combination of two research publications working towards automating functional modeling. Functional modeling is an underutilized yet critical tool for concept generation and product design. Understanding the difficulty both novice and expert designers have in implementing functional modeling in their design process, this research sets out to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Methodology For Automating Functional Modeling Abstract approved: Robert B. Stone Bryony DuPont This thesis

  • The Function-Human Error Design Method (FHEDM)

    Creator:
    Soria Zurita, Nicolás F.
    Abstract:
    This research presents a methodology to identify and analyze human-system interactions, and their potential failure modes using a functional decomposition approach during the early system design stage. The fundamental research contribution of this work is the development of a framework to identify associations between physical user-product interactions, generic human errors...
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    Dissertation
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    and Dr. Rob Stone. Like my advisors, they inspired many of the thoughts and ideas that have defined

  • Vehicle dynamic validation and analysis from suspension forces

    Creator:
    Murray, William S.
    Abstract:
    Several standardized courses for Formula SAE (FSAE) testing are introduced and described with sufficient detail to be reproduced by any Formula SAE team. Basic analysis methods for the courses are given as well as explanations of how those analyses could be used. On-car data from the Global Formula Racing (GFR)...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    tools. • Alex Ursin contributed a large of the amount of the labor required in implementing the

  • Data-Driven Environmentally Sustainable Product Design: A Shift Toward Increased use of Sustainable Design Activities in the Early Design Phase

    Creator:
    Ferrero, Vincenzo J.
    Abstract:
    Modern product design drives the boundaries of innovation by encompassing complex Design-for-X objectives, and the inclusion of multidimensional stakeholders. This growing complexity in product design has left design teams unequipped, as classical design theory is bounded by designer experience, expertise, and cognition. One novel approach to tackling product complexity is...
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    Dissertation
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    . Dr. Rob Stone has bestowed a wealth of design knowledge through numerous courses I took with him

  • Computational Design for Metal Organic Responsive Frameworks (MORFs)

    Creator:
    Manion, Charles A.
    Abstract:
    Metal organic Frameworks (MOFs) that experience stimuli induced structural transformation could enable a whole new class of materials with remarkable properties. Photoactuating moieties in the structure could effect changes in the pore space or macroscale shape change enabling light driven gas separation and actuators. Here, we present a novel approach...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Environmental Sustainability During the Early Design Phase: Understanding the Uncertainty in the Use Phase, Visualization, and Automating Design Repository Curation

    Creator:
    Tensa, Melissa
    Abstract:
    The objective of this research is to support DfX considerations in the early phases of design, particularly Design for the Environment. In order to include DfX considerations, especially early in the design process, there needs to be access to knowledge and information that is usually only applicable further downstream in...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    contributed to the research in Chapters 2 and 3. Dr. Rob Stone contributed to the formulation of the research

  • High-Dimensional Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback

    Creator:
    Curran, William
    Abstract:
    State-of-the-art personal robots need to perform complex manipulation tasks to be viable in complex scenarios. However, many of these robots, like the PR2, use manipulators with high degrees of freedom. High degrees of freedom are desirable from a functionality standpoint, but make the learning task more difficult by adding a...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Coevolution and transfer learning in a point-to-point fleet coordination problem

    Creator:
    Yliniemi, Logan Michael
    Abstract:
    In this work we present a multiagent Fleet Coordination Problem (FCP). In this formulation, agents seek to minimize the fuel consumed to complete all deliveries while maintaining acceptable on-time delivery performance. Individual vehicles must both (i) bid on the rights to deliver a load of goods from origin to destination...
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    Masters Thesis
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    utilized, to great e↵ect. In 2007, Taylor and Stone showed that transfer learning is possible amongst