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A risk-informed decision making framework accounting for early-phase conceptual design of complex systems

Creator:

Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.

Abstract:

A gap exists in the methods used in industry and available in academia that prevents customers and engineers from having a voice when considering engineering risk appetite in the dynamic shaping of early-phase conceptual design trade study outcomes. Current methods used in Collaborative Design Centers either collect risk information after...

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Dissertation
Mechanical engineering design across cultures : a method of designing for cultures

Creator:

Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.

Abstract:

Mechanical design is often based on formal methodologies such as Quality Function Deployment. Techniques to quantitatively account for attractability, sensory perception, and affective design have been successfully incorporated into these methods and are receiving growing acceptance across many industries. Although the adoption of these methods marks a large improvement for...

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Masters Thesis
The Eyes of Tunis

Creator:

Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.

Abstract:

People often grow increasingly culturally confused when spending significant amounts of time in a foreign land. Identity can become lost only to reform in the image of the host society. This thesis presents a creative nonfiction series of essays that explore the author’s loss of self and contextual identity, the...

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Honors College Thesis