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  • Development of Human Body Flight

    Creator:
    Kelsay, Connor Bryce
    Abstract:
    Human body flight is a relatively young sport with a largely undocumented history. Human body flight is an umbrella term for any sport involving maneuvering one’s body in a meaningful way through a column of relative wind. Human body flight includes skydiving, which was the origin of human body flight,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    history of sport skydiving and human body flight. The focus of this research was in-depth interviews

  • Achieving Transparency in Human-Collective Systems

    Creator:
    Roundtree, Karina A.
    Abstract:
    Collective robotic systems are biologically-inspired and exhibit behaviors found in spatial swarms (e.g., fish), colonies (e.g., ants), or a combination of both (e.g., bees). Collective robotic system popularity continues to increase due to their apparent global intelligence and emergent behaviors. Many applications can benefit from the incorporation of collectives, including...
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    Dissertation
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    : Achieving Transparency in Human-Collective Systems Abstract approved: H. Onan Demirel Julie A. Adams

  • 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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    errors from a single functional model. The research presented in this dissertation constructs a human

  • One Service Robot’s Exploration of Entertainment Methods During COVID-19

    Creator:
    Tsai, Yao-Lin
    Abstract:
    The study focuses on how to use entertainment method approach to prompt people with best practices for COVID safety. During COVID times, there have been many robots deployed in public places such as social distancing enforcer or a robot that provide facial masks, but few investigations have been done to...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    . 4.1 University Permission to Conduct Research In order to run a human subjects experiment during the

  • Human gait analysis by gait pattern measurement and forward dynamic model combined with non linear feedback control

    Creator:
    Ko, Seung-uk
    Abstract:
    Normal gait of human is believed to be an adapted motor control result of optimal behavior of individual. Normal gait would be altered by aging or injury without being perceived. Subtle changes in gait which is not easy to detect, can cause many serious problems including joint pains and even...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    ankle in frontal plane ....................75 2 HUMAN GAIT

  • Quality driven collaborative decision making for product development under the influence of trustworthiness

    Creator:
    Meier, Stefan
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    The focus of this study is the effective prioritization of customer requirements in collaborative product development. The CR priorities are often retrieved by questioning and interviewing targeted customers. But the targeted customer might not always be easily questioned, because they might not always be obvious or clearly known. If customers...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    customer requirements in collaborative product development. The CR priorities are often retrieved by

  • A design framework for identifying automation opportunities

    Creator:
    Nagel, Robert Lewis, 1982-
    Abstract:
    Since the Industrial Revolution, automated systems have increasingly become a part of everyday life. Automated systems range in scale and scope from simple assists to complete robotic replacements. Inexpensive integrated circuits, sensors and microprocessors have allowed automated systems to become smaller, cheaper and more prevalent. Identifying appropriate opportunities for automation,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    in this dissertation for identifying automation opportunities based on error prone human-centric

  • Pre-Prototyping Framework: An Early Design Prototyping Methodology for Human-Centered Products and Workplaces

    Creator:
    Ahmed, Salman
    Abstract:
    Prototyping is a crucial step in product design and development, but it is also known as the highest sunk cost. The top 20 Research and Development (R&D) department spends 142 billion dollars, yet 40 to 46 percent of this money goes into developing products that cannot even make to the...
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    Dissertation
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    Abstract approved: Onan Demirel Prototyping is a crucial step in product design and development, but it

  • Design of an accessible sleeper compartment for next generation passenger rail : investigation of user needs and application of human factors through digital human modeling

    Creator:
    Tabattanon, Kamolnat
    Abstract:
    As the trend of increasing age, weight, size, and disability within the population continues to increase, the demand for accessible transportation is expected to increase as well. Accessible and inclusive transportation is key in providing independent, barrier-free mobility for persons with accessibility needs. This thesis describes work completed in partial...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ]. In the literature, research and development of accessible transportation been more common in

  • A Framework to Evaluate the Risk of Human- and Component-related Vulnerability Interactions

    Creator:
    Irshad, Lukman
    Abstract:
    Most accidents and malfunctions in complex engineered systems are attributed to human error. However, a closer inspection would reveal that such mishaps often emerge as a result of poor design and human- and component-related vulnerabilities acting together. To fully understand and mitigate potential risks, the effects of such interactions between...
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    Dissertation
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    effects of human errors and component failures acting in tandem. • Research Objective 2 derives a fault