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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Interdisciplinary Design"”.
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Designers' Perceptions of Interdisciplinary Design Education.
<p>The perceived value of interdisciplinary design among designers and the application of the design process was investigated. The research was designed to determine if interdisciplinary design was perceived to be beneficial to practitioners and educators. An 11-item survey was produced by the …
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Exploring Electronic Storyboards as Interdisciplinary Design Tools for Pervasive Computing
… computational worlds poses challenges for the design of these systems - what disciplines should be involved in their design and what tools and processes should they follow? We address these issues by advocating for interdisciplinary design of pervasive computing systems. Based upon our …
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Recommendations for Interdisciplinary Design of Buildings and Other Facilities in Rural East Africa
… rural East Africa face unique challenges in the design and construction of buildings and other facilities in support of their efforts. Failure to address these issues can result in financial consequences hindering success and there is very little information available providing recommendations or …
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Organizing Around a Center: A Design Incubator and Business Center
<p>This thesis explores the development of an interdisciplinary design incubator and community business center in Richmond, Virginia through the adaptive reuse of a retired, historic school building. In contrast to the deteriorating conditions of Patrick Henry School, renewed growth abounds in its …
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Mechanical design of high frequency, high power density electric machine
… density (> 13 kW/kg), MW level electric motor design for the application to augment the power of turbo engines on future 737 class hybrid-electric aircrafts. The thesis will focus on the mechanical design for the innovative motor architecture, in order to facilitate an interdisciplinary design …
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A User-Centred Design Approach to Ubiquitous Computing and Framing Communication in Football
The purpose of this interdisciplinary design research study is to explore the nature of communication during a football game, to identify the needs of athletes and coaches based on their specific contexts, and to uncover opportunities relating to ubiquitous computing for improving their …
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Integrating constructability into conceptual structural design and optimization
This thesis encourages interdisciplinary design exploration through consideration of constructability in conceptual structural design. Six new metrics are introduced to measure variability in structural components, impose reasonable construction constraints, and encourage standardization of …
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Multidisciplinary optimization of high-speed civil transport configurations using variable-complexity modeling
… placement are described. Variable-complexity design strategies are used to combine conceptual and preliminary-level design approaches, both to preserve interdisciplinary design influences and to reduce computational expense. The preliminary-design-level analysis methods used to estimate …
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Designing for empathy in higher education: a multiple case study of team-based learning with the empathic user experience research process (EUXRP)
… competency, yet its integration into interdisciplinary design education often remains superficial, instrumentalized, or unevenly applied. This dissertation introduces and examines the Empathic User Experience Research Process (EUXRP)—a structured, iterative pedagogical framework …
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The design of a panelized roof system for residential construction
… wood composite faces. This thesis focuses on the design of a panelized roofing system for residential construction. The roof was chosen for various reasons. It includes some of the most complicated geometrical and structural challenges. It is often the most difficult area of the house to frame …
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Explaining state cooperation with the international criminal courts and tribunals
The dissertation applies an innovative interdisciplinary design to explain which conditions or combinations of conditions are causally relevant for effective state cooperation with international criminal courts and tribunals. I answered the research question by conducting two empirical analyses.The …
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Thinking Safety: Making the Familiar Strange and the Strange Familiar: Body/Space Investigations of Womens Safety in Cape Town
… The creation of this series used an interdisciplinary design-based ethnographic research methodology to prompt actionable discussions around the physical manifestations of the lack of structural safety. This paper explores the ways in which this methodology renders women's experiences …
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The application of visualisation tools to enable architects to explore the dynamic characteristics of smart materials in a contemporary Shanashil building design element for hot arid climates
… of building façades and this affects the design identity, forms and aesthetics, yet despite the advantages of modern technology, architectural elements have difficulties in fulfilling the idea of beauty that once traditional elements provided. This problem calls for an interdisciplinary …
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Children's cross-platform media preferences: a sense of kindness and a want for learning?
… knowledge is said to sit within its multi-method interdisciplinary design, which as well as foregrounding participant voice, operates in a tactual and reflective fashion. The study looks to explore children’s preferences within media made for them, but also to question the extent to which …
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The design process of a collaborative orchestration tool and its implications for instructor uptake
As design-based research becomes a widely used methodology in the Learning Sciences, research is needed to understand how this methodology is applied in practice. The present study responds to calls from the field, for researchers to disseminate the design processes when conducting design-based …
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“Value-laden”: exploring constructivist values in the design and implementation of digital inquiry modules for middle school science classrooms
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Dr. Lillie Jackson Center for the Arts and Social Justice
… social justice initiatives and architectural design, buildings have the power to provide equity, strengthen communities, and encourage dialogue. Empowerment of residents and the disruption of mass incarceration are the goals of this proposal, implemented through community engagement techniques …
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The place of complete streets: aligning urban street design practices with pedestrian and cycling priorities
… engineering, architecture, and urban design considerations. The results of this research exemplify the interdisciplinary involvement required for creating streets as both links and places. Recommendations for Canadian municipalities include aligning municipal design practices with …
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Neuroscience for Engineering Sustainability: Measuring Cognition During Design Ideation and Systems Thinking Among Students in Engineering
… on understanding of cognition of thinking and designing for sustainability. In this thesis, a nascent neuroimaging technology called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure cognition among engineering students thinking about sustainability. fNIRS provides an …