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  • Using Automation to Understand Sustainable Design Trade-Offs and to Promote Environmental Sustainability in the Early Design Phase

    Creator:
    Wisthoff, Addison K.
    Abstract:
    Sustainable product design is becoming an important component of the development of consumer products. Currently there are limited design resources to aid in the creation of environmentally sustainable products. The purpose of this research is to theorize a new method for integrating sustainable design knowledge into the early design phase...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . 5 [57]: 𝐸 = 1 2 ∑ (𝑂𝑘 − 𝑡𝑘) 2𝑁 𝑘=1 (5) 27 where the error is calculated as half

  • Bi-Criteria Batching and Scheduling in Hybrid Flow Shops

    Creator:
    Shahvari, Omid
    Abstract:
    In this research, a bi-criteria batching and scheduling problem is investigated in hybrid flow shop environments, where unrelated-parallel machines are run simultaneously with different capacities and eligibilities in processing, in some stages. The objective is to simultaneously minimize a linear combination of the total weighted completion time and total weighted...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    .................................................................................... 80 4. Percentage values and confidence intervals for Q and K

  • Bi-Criteria Batching and Scheduling in Hybrid Flow Shops

    Creator:
    Shahvari, Omid
    Abstract:
    In this research, a bi-criteria batching and scheduling problem is investigated in hybrid flow shop environments, where unrelated-parallel machines are run simultaneously with different capacities and eligibilities in processing, in some stages. The objective is to simultaneously minimize a linear combination of the total weighted completion time and total weighted...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    .................................................................................... 80 4. Percentage values and confidence intervals for Q and K

  • Bi-criteria group scheduling with learning in hybrid flow shops

    Creator:
    Bozorgirad, Mir Abbas
    Abstract:
    In this research, a bi-criteria group scheduling problem is investigated in hybrid flow shop (HFS) environments, where the parallel machines in each stage are unrelated, meaning not identical. The objective of the problem is to minimize a linear combination of the total weighted completion times as a means of complying...
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    Dissertation
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    ............................................................................................ 41 8. SJOX crossover operator. Adopted from Ruiz & Maroto (2006

  • New Graphite Intercalation Chemistry with Alkaline Earth Metals

    Creator:
    Xu, Wei
    Abstract:
    Novel graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) and associated chemistry have been explored, specifically: (1) containing alkyl- substituted imidazolium cations; (2) a series containing alkaline earth metal (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) cations with ethylenediamine (en) co-intercalates; (3) showing reversible intragallery M-M bonding and (4) via electrochemical intercalation of Mg cations with potential...
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    Dissertation
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    . 1.4.1 GICs with Alkali Metals The first donor-type GICs described were compounds with K, Rb, or Cs

  • Modeling innovativeness in consumer products with the influence of environmental sustainability

    Creator:
    Gilchrist, Brady
    Abstract:
    This thesis is the result of two research publications, which together form a framework for the evaluation of product innovativeness with potential future applications to early design. Innovation is a challenging concept to quantify. Experts seemingly have a grasp of what innovation is when they see it, however this evaluation...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • A methodology for scheduling jobs in a flexible flowshop with sequence dependent setup times and machine skipping

    Creator:
    Pandya, Vaibhav
    Abstract:
    A flexible flowshop, comprised of one or more stages having unrelated parallel machines, is investigated in this research. Unrelated parallel machines can perform the same function but have different capacity or capability. Since this problem is motivated by industry research, dynamic job release times and dynamic machine availability times have...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    all scheduling problems with setup times. Naderi, Ruiz, and Zandieh (2009) investigated a flowshop

  • Growth, characterizations and applications of copper sulfide thin films by solution-based processes

    Creator:
    Vas-Umnuay, Paravee
    Abstract:
    Copper sulfides (Cu[subscript x]S) are compound semiconductor materials that exhibit considerable optical and electrical properties varying significantly as a function of the composition. Copper sulfide thin films can be used in many applications, such as solar control coatings, solar cells, photothermal conversion of solar energy, electroconductive coatings, and microwave shielding...
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    Dissertation
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    rate against 1000/T (K) with [CuSO4] = 1 M, [thiourea] = 1 M, [TEA] = 7.55 M, and [NH3

  • Integrated Spatio-temporal Sustainability Analysis of Biofuels Using Biogeochemistry, Economic and Life Cycle Analysis

    Creator:
    Tabatabaie, Seyed Mohammad Hossein
    Abstract:
    Fossil fuels have been the main source of energy for a long period but due to growing concerns over climate change, oil depletion and energy security, the development of renewable sources of energy such as biofuels have been flourishing over the past few decades. Despite the fact that biofuels are...
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    Dissertation