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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Engineering design process"”.
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Evaluation activity in the conceptual phase of the engineering design process
… the synthesis and development of a Conceptual Design Evaluation Method (CDEM) that is an amalgam of a number of methods and approaches taken principally from the probability, reliability, and quality domains. Decomposition of design is employed to enable evaluation at design characteristic …
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ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY: IDENTIFYING INSTANCES OF COLLABORATION DURING THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS
… for students to successfully address the complex engineering challenges facing society. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practice, Crosscutting Concepts and Core Ideas (NRC, 2012) acknowledges that advances in knowledge occur through collaboration, with many minds working together to …
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Development of a management framework to improve the building services engineering design process; a case study of engineering management in an Irish consultancy practice
The building services engineering (BSE) design process is a major source of problems at construction stage, even to the extent of undermining systematic management. Managerial practitioners have wrestled with this productivity gap for many years, and the time has come to innovate. The current …
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Searching for deep understanding : implementing a mechanical engineering design process in K9-K12 physics classrooms to identify and improve levels of physics intuition and content
… school by having them implement a mechanical engineering design process to solve open-ended design problems. Using MIT's 2.009 and 2.72 Mechanical Engineering project-based classes as models for project planning, a fully hands-on collaborative project was developed whereby students designed, …
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CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND THE USE OF HAND-SKETCHING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
In the Mechanical Engineering Design Process, sketching has been used as a tool to foster engineers' work. However, with the integration of the computer, computer tools and software are replacing what many previously did by hand. Capstone Mechanical Engineering sketching assignments and final …
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Decision making in complex collaborative engineering design.
Engineering design process has often been an independent decision-making process, in which mainly design engineers are involved. With the market globalization and increasing competition, in order to fully satisfy the customers' requirements, products become more and more customized and complex. …
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Healthcare product-service system characterisation - implications for design
The engineering design process transforms stakeholders’ needs and desires into design specifications. In this process, manufacturers make decisions that impact how much value can be generated from a new product/service. Clear design specification can enhance the value of a product/service. This …
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Empirical Investigation of Sociotechnical Issues in Engineering Design
… pressure to improve their product development processes. The engineering design process is an important component of the overall product development process. This research considers the relationship of both social and technical variables to the engineering design process. The theoretical …
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Engineering design : search and evaluation; coherence and correspondence; intuition and analysis
This thesis discusses the engineering design process. Specifically, it addresses the methods and metrics used and motivation behind decisions made during the design process. The design process was divided along several "cognitive dimensions": search and evaluation, coherence and correspondence, and …
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Teaching Strategies Promoting Student Informed Decision-Making During Technological and Engineering Design
… informed decisions during the technological and engineering design process. An exploratory mixed-method research design, specifically the Delphi method, was employed. The Delphi method involves multiple rounds of questionnaires sent to participants. The study recruited 35 teachers from the USA, …
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The Impact of a Design-Based Engineering Curriculum on High School Biology: Evaluating Academic Achievement and Student Perceptions of Epistemology, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Determination in Life Science
<p>Integration of the engineering design process (EDP) into the high school biology classroom may improve academic achievement, alter epistemological beliefs about learning science, and positively influence student perceptions of science self-efficacy and self-determination. This quasi-experimental …
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The conceptualization and parameterization of a gaseous detector rasterizing pinhole gamma camera
… that explored the performance of various sets of design parameters, and, finally an iterative engineering design process that converged at a final set of design parameters. Ultimately, a set of design parameters, from which a prototype may be constructed, were developed.
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Design of a Mechanically Divinatory I Ching Split-Flap Display Device
This project centered around the design and modeling of a mechanical split-flap display device with anthropological applications in connections to the I Ching, an ancient Chinese divination technique. The device was designed to be an interactive mechanical system to introduce new perspective on …
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Hydrochar Enhanced Wood Pellets
The goal of this project was to design a process to manufacture industrial wood pellets with superior handling capabilities to traditional wood pellets without sacrificing the energy density of the pellets and conforming to standards. In the design of the process, the objectives were to minimize …
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A study and critical review of design evaluation methodologies
… recognition of the significant potential of design to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the resulting product, system, or structure. Moreover, the design process itself is undergoing a metamorphosis. Its largely sequential nature is giving way to greater concurrency and to the …
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An exploration and review of ethics instruction methods for undergraduate engineering students and an examination of the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department's current practices in teaching ethics
All accredited undergraduate engineering programs are required to teach ethics based on the ABET mandated Student Outcomes. How programs choose to do this is highly variable, but curriculum typically falls into one of three categories: the case method, theory-based method, and professional codes …
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Pembangunan control system trainer sebagai alat bahan bantu mengajar (ABBM) bagi kursus control system di Kolej Vokasional
… di Kolej Vokasional. Kajian menggunakan model Engineering Design Process (EDP) dalam proses membangunkan Control System Trainer ini. Fasa yang terlibat dalam kajian ini adalah mengenalpasti idea, penjanaan idea, perancangan, penciptaan dan penilaian. Proses ini bersifat menyeluruh dan …
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Manufacturing and design of low cost stackable drawer for mass production
… thesis explores a next generation storage unit design for warehouses that increases stiffness, decreases assembly time, maintains or improves gross cubic utilization (GCU) - the amount of total available space that is actually utilized by product within the unit-while minimizing costs related to …
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Introduction to kinetic sculpture : a one-week course for middle school students
A one-week course in kinetic sculpture was designed to introduce middle school students to the marriage of art and engineering. Because art can appeal to different sensibilities than engineering alone, it can serve as a means to broaden perspectives of students with different motivations. In light …
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Service ORiented Computing EnviRonment (SORCER) for Deterministic Global and Stochastic Optimization
… rapid growth in the complexity of large scale engineering systems, the application of multidisciplinary analysis and design optimization (MDO) in the engineering design process has garnered much attention. MDO addresses the challenge of integrating several different disciplines into the design …
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