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  • 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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    provided. The first was published in the 2016 International Conference on Design Creativity. The second

  • Development of a remotely piloted aircraft for the Design/Build/Fly competition as a capstone engineering design project

    Creator:
    Wilcox, Joshua R.
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    The Design/Build/Fly competition (DBF) is an annual aerospace engineering competition hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Oregon State University's AIAA chapter competed for the first time at DBF in 2013 and finished in the top 25% which is a respectable finish for a first year team....
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    competition (DBF) is an annual aerospace engineering competition hosted by the American Institute of

  • A product development process measurement methodology applied to small manufacturing companies

    Creator:
    Schlegel, Stephen C.
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    The implementation of concurrent engineering into many large companies has greatly improved their product development processes. These companies have seen significant gains in quality and customer satisfaction with reduced product costs, defects, and time-to-market (Lake, 1992). Many large companies have successfully employed this relatively new product development philosophy. However, smaller...
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    and net annual sales of 10 million dollars or less. The first step provides a general outline for

  • Expressive Motion in Simple Robotics

    Creator:
    Berger, Jaden E.
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    This thesis follows two studies performed with simple robots. The first follows a robot interacting with eight improvisers to create scenes and perform five isolated gestures (towards, away, sideways, spin, and circle) for interpretation. The second follows a group of three robots performing the same five isolated gestures at two...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    . The second follows a group of three robots performing the same five isolated gestures at two

  • Computer-assisted inventory control model for automobile spare parts distribution

    Creator:
    Stephanides, Photis Gregory
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    A model was developed for the inventory control of the Volkswagen spare parts distribution in Greece. The model utilizes the capabilities of a digital computer, and features four systems, the necessary system files and various routines. Flexible statistical forecasting techniques are included for forecasting the distributor parts demand. Computerized procedures...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master File Contents 32 Daily Data Distribution 39 Distributor Inventory Status Report 42 V. FACTORY

  • Operation and maintenance procedures for improving compressed air system efficiency

    Creator:
    Bessey, Eric G.
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    Air compressors are a significant industrial energy user and therefore a prime target for industrial energy audits. The project goals were to develop a software tool, AIRMaster, develop a methodology for performing compressed air system audits, and conduct field audits to refine the methodology and assess savings potential from six...
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    4,056,000 kWh, or 49.2% of annual compressor energy use, for a cost savings of $152,000. Total

  • Experimental combustion analysis and development of representative fuel specifications for selected wood and refuse derived fuel pellets from the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Haluzak, Charles Craig
    Abstract:
    An experimental biomass combustion facility has been built and established at Oregon State University. The furnace, or Biomass Combustion Unit ( BCU ), uses an augertype fuel feed system, grate-type fuel support with under and over fire air supply. Fourteen pellet species from five States - Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho,...
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    burn wood biomass pellets under "reasonable" operating conditions and report the relative combustion

  • Mechanical design history content : the information requests of design engineers

    Creator:
    Kuffner, Tom A.
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    This thesis reports on research conducted to determine the information which should be included in a mechanical design history. This is part of a larger research effort aimed at developing a computer tool for storing and replaying mechanical design history information. Three question-asking protocols were conducted to determine what information...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Electronic Design Notebook -- Performing Medium and Processing Medium". This is a report on the development

  • The wave energy resource of the US Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Lenee-Bluhm, Pukha
    Abstract:
    The substantial wave energy resource of the US Pacific Northwest (i.e. off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and N. California) is assessed and characterized. Archived spectral records from ten wave measurement buoys, operated and maintained by the National Data Buoy Center and the Coastal Data Information Program, form the basis...
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    annual energy, but are critical to consideration of reliability and survivability. To characterize the

  • HV Battery Cooling

    Creator:
    Coleman Boyd
    Abstract:
    0.1 Purpose of Report During my time on this project, I have written two reports. My SAE22 ePowertrain report details last year's design, the design process, design changes, and manufacturing in extreme detail. The capstone course report will be useful for future students looking to educate themselves on everything that...
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    :_____________________________________________________ Robert Paasch 0. Abstract/Design Specification 0.1 Purpose of Report During my time on