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  • Innovation strategies for product design

    Creator:
    Nix, Anthony A.
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    Innovation can be considered the driving force behind product design. This thesis strives to improve the ease at which innovation is achieved. Firstly by examining how design information is presented and comprehended by various personality types. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test is a quick, easy, and accurate way to determine...
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    Anthony A. Nix 100 Dearborn Hall Email: nixa@engr.oregonstate.edu Robert B. Stone Ph.D 406 Rogers Hall

  • 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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    : ______________________________________________________ Robert B. Stone This thesis uses the manuscript option, and consists of a previously

  • Towards reliable and survivable ocean wave energy converters

    Creator:
    Brown, Adam C.
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    Ocean wave energy is a new and developing field of renewable energy with great potential. The energy contained in one meter of an average wave off the coast of Newport Oregon could supply dozens of homes with electricity. However, ocean waves are usually quite irregular which leads to large bursts...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Abstract approved: Robert Paasch Ocean wave energy is a new and developing field of

  • The Design of a Multidisciplinary Capstone Course

    Creator:
    Rust, Nathan R.
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    The end goal of any educational program is to prepare a student for the challenges they will see after completion of their studies. In the realm of engineering, the pinnacle of this occurs during a student’s final Capstone course series, where students are asked to apply their various skills learned...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Robert Paasch The end goal of any educational program is to prepare a student for the

  • A Multi-Objective Approach for Producibility of a Formula SAE Chassis System

    Creator:
    Schwendeman, Ryan S.
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    The competitiveness level of Formula Student is consistently increasing. Teams must allocate resources to develop new innovative designs to gain a competitive edge. Managing team resources effectively is critical to a team’s success. Reducing the resources required to manufacture specific components can be used to allocate resources to other beneficial...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: A Multi-Objective Approach for Producibility of a Formula SAE Chassis System Abstract

  • Fully developed laminar natural convection in a vertical parallel plate channel with symmetric uniform wall temperature

    Creator:
    Willie, Robert H.
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    Described in this thesis is an investigation of the fully developed natural convection heat transfer in a vertical channel formed by two infinitely wide parallel plates maintained at a uniform wall temperature. Closed-form solutions for the velocity and temperature profiles are developed along with local and averaged Nusselt numbers. The...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Symmetric Uniform Wall Temperature by Robert H. Willie A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

  • Noncontact measurement of shaft torsional displacements by optical means

    Creator:
    Melendy, Robert F.
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    An optical diagnostic system capable of measuring angular displacements in a torsionally loaded shaft through noncontact means has been developed. Conventional torsion diagnostic mechanisms must come in contact with the shaft to be analyzed. The signal-to-noise ratio response of conventional systems is compromised by dirt and wear. Another consequence of...
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    Masters Thesis

  • An improved separator for use in the field distillation of peppermint oil

    Creator:
    Powne, Robert Edney
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    Masters Thesis
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    peppermint oil AN IMPROVED SEPARATOR FOR USE IN THE FIELD DISTILLATION OF PEPPERMINT OIL by ROBERT EDNEY

  • Global distributed design of a Formula SAE race car

    Creator:
    Carpenter, Trenton J.
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    Future engineers need to be competitive in today's expanding global industries. They must have capabilities beyond standard engineering practice. In an attempt to develop students capable of working in a globally distributed design and manufacturing environment, Oregon State University (OSU) and Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg (DHBW) have developed a senior...
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    Masters Thesis
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    in Mechanical Engineering presented on June 13, 2011. Title: Global Distributed Design of a

  • Application of a bayesian network to integrated circuit tester diagnosis

    Creator:
    Mittelstadt, Daniel Richard
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    This thesis describes research to implement a Bayesian belief network based expert system to solve a real-world diagnostic problem troubleshooting integrated circuit (IC) testing machines. Several models of the IC tester diagnostic problem were developed in belief networks, and one of these models was implemented using Symbolic Probabilistic Inference (SPI)....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Application of a bayesian network to integrated circuit