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  • Utilizing emergent web-based software tools as an effective method for increasing collaboration and knowledge sharing in collocated student design teams

    Creator:
    Koch, Michael D.
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    Over the last few decades, the methods and tools through which humans collaborate, share knowledge and generally communicate have been advancing at a rapid pace. Thanks mostly to advances in broadband internet, cheap data storage and fast microprocessors, humans now have the ability to work together in ways that even...
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    continually search for and question what I’m truly passionate about and how I can apply such skills for the

  • Theory and application of vector space similarity measures in computer assisted conceptual design

    Creator:
    Poppa, Kerry R.
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    A number of computational tools now exist to aid in developing conceptual solutions based on a functional description of a design problem. A key limitation of these tools is the way results are organized for presentation to the user. In general, results are an undifferentiated mass of potential solutions. Analysis...
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    presented on August 22, 2001 Title: Theory and Application of Vector Space Similarity Measures in

  • Swept time-space domain decomposition on GPUs and heterogeneous computing systems

    Creator:
    Magee, Daniel J.
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    Modern scientific and engineering problems often require simulations with a level of resolution difficult to achieve in reasonable amounts of time—even in effectively parallelized programs. Therefore, applications that exploit high performance computing (HPC) systems have become invaluable in academia and industry over the past two decades. Addressing the questions that...
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    programming library for large scale, multinode parallel applications to parallelize the applications across

  • Exploration of the Integration of Markerless Motion Capture and Virtual Reality for Ergonomics Assessment of Products in Early Design

    Creator:
    Zhang, Jianfu
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    This thesis uses the manuscript option. The First Manuscript proposed a markerless Motion Capture (MOCAP) system with a Virtual Reality (VR) setup, which has the potential to eliminate excess cost and time associated with physical prototyping. Validation of the proposed virtual ergonomics analysis was made by measuring L4/L5 compression forces....
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    , architecture, sports, digital arts, and manufacturing industry. This thesis focuses on the application of VR

  • Achieving Transparency in Human-Collective Systems

    Creator:
    Roundtree, Karina A.
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    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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    applications can benefit from the incorporation of collectives, including environmental monitoring, disaster

  • Advanced Computational Modeling Methods for Floating Offshore Wind Systems

    Creator:
    Devin, Michael C.
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    Floating offshore wind energy is anticipated to become a competitive source of renewable energy by the late 2020s, but the industry must reduce costs and uncertainties associated with the technology to do so. Identifying solutions to these problems frequently relies on computational modeling, which presents technical shortcomings limiting the versatility...
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    very similar behavior, enabling us to draw valuable conclusions about the mooring system design and

  • Non-Myopic Distributed Coordination and Planning for Robotic Teams

    Creator:
    Smith, Andrew
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    As robotic systems become increasingly prevalent in our lives (e.g., by harvesting food, assisting with disaster response and defense, and transporting persons and our goods around the world) there is a growing need to ensure that they can cooperate to achieve their intended goals. Robotic cooperation in the real-world is...
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    the independent agent, perhaps because of different communication meth- ods, we can observe what

  • A design framework for identifying automation opportunities

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    Nagel, Robert Lewis, 1982-
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    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,...
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    control with the fi- nal outcome of a task. Applications of this research include automated sys- tems

  • An empirical study on the process of mechanical design

    Creator:
    Stauffer, Larry A.
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    An information processing model of the problem-solving performance of mechanical designers is presented for four design tasks: conceptual assembly design, layout component design, detail component design, and catalog selection. These tasks are organized into six kinds of segments called episodes, which describe the goal structure of the designer while performing...
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    also presented to solidify what is known or not known about mechanical design. This information has

  • Systematic design of biologically-inspired engineering solutions

    Creator:
    Nagel, Jacquelyn Kay
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    Biological organisms, phenomena and strategies, herein referred to as biological systems, provide a rich set of analogies that can be used to inspire engineering innovation. Biologically-inspired, or biomimetic, designs are publicly viewed as creative and novel solutions to human problems. Moreover, some biomimetic designs have become so commonplace that it...
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    2006b). Furthermore, engineers can not only mimic what is found in the natural world, but also learn