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  • Alternative design considerations for a wave energy converter : a sustainability approach

    Creator:
    Collins, Erin
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    As the negative impacts of a fossil fueled electricity market are becoming more prevalent and destructive, the necessity for alternative energy techniques increases as well. However, before commercial implementation is underway, these alternatives must be assessed from three important perspectives: environmentally, economically, and socially, which are known as the three...
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    Masters Thesis
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    an environmental life cycle assessment (LCA), which analyzes a product, system, or industrial

  • 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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the entire life cycle of the product. Life cycle assessment is necessary to prove that all criteria

  • Assisting decision making in component design for sustainable manufacturing

    Creator:
    Eastlick, Dane D.
    Abstract:
    Current life cycle assessment tools are often deficient in assisting design for sustainable manufacturing efforts. Integrating an improved assessment method into a decision support framework will provide a means for designers and engineers to better understand the impacts of their decisions. A unit process modeling-based sustainability assessment method is presented...
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    Masters Thesis
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    during the product life cycle. Since product design dictates the manufacturing process, decisions made