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Showing 1 to 20 of 238 for “"Process Design"”.
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Ergonomic product and process design
… floor, an evaluation tool for product and process design was developed. This tool incorporates risk factors of force, motion repetition, and posture while determining ergonomic scores for products and process steps. Tool validation was achieved by comparing ergonomic scores with worker …
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On Steam Based Recovery Process Design
Steam-based thermal recovery process is the most commonly used recovery process for bitumen production from oil sands reservoirs. The most used thermal methods are Steam Flooding (SF), Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), and Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD). The choice of method depends on the …
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Manufacturing cost modeling and robust process design
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1992 and Thesis (M.S.)--Sloan School of Management, 1992.
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Pharmaceutical tablet compaction : product and process design
… A systematic strategy for formulation and process design of pharmaceutical tablets is proposed. A modified nanoindenter method was used to test the mechanical behavior of diametrally compressed excipient granules. X ray micro computed tomography and Terahertz pulsed spectroscopy (TPS) and …
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Semiconductor process design : representations, tools, and methodologies
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1991.
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Product and process design optimization by quality engineering /
This research is concerned with product and process design optimization by quality engineering based on the work of Dr. Taguchi, with emphasis on the optimization of dynamic systems and tolerance design. Various quality loss functions are presented in this thesis which can be used for quality …
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A distributed software architecture for semiconductors process design
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
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A multi-domain process design and improvement framework
Processes in manufacturing, services, and healthcare are complex socio-technical systems composed of intricately sequenced activities supported by elements drawn from multiple domains. While many of these processes offer high performance, their complexity can make their design, improvement, …
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New approach to drug product process design : leveraging first principles modeling and cross-product process monitoring to improve process design robustness
… and efficient operations research studies. Process design is traditionally developed by performing experiments, but other approaches can be used to improve cost, efficiency, and robustness. The scope of this internship included the use of First Principles, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), …
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Awarding Equitably: a process design framework for city grantmakers
Internal processes such as hiring, procurement, and grantmaking are the hidden engine that power the delivery of local government services. My research begins with a case study on designing the City of Boston’s organization-wide grantmaking process to standardize procedures. This effort became a …
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Decision support tools for environmentally conscious chemical process design
… the performance of the modern chemical industry. Process engineering in the 21st century needs to evolve to include environmental issues as part of the design objectives, rather than as constraints on operations. A frequently cited objection to the use of quantitative indicators of environmental …
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Framework Development for Remote Clinical Trials: Assembly Process Design
… regions. This thesis focuses on the assembly process of this framework, detailing the steps from receiving trial materials to shipping out the finished trial box. For more depth into the other aspects of this project, please refer to the other theses from the project group: Imane Ait Mbiriq, …
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Manufacturing Process Design and Control Based on Error Equivalence Methodology
… part features. This could have dual effects on process variation reduction: it significantly increases the complexity of root cause diagnosis in process control, and provides an opportunity to use one error source as based error to compensate the others. There are fruitful research …
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Place of process : design for a High Sierra artworking center
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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A Framework for Clinical Healthcare Process Design: Investigating Applicability to Lean
<p>Healthcare delivery is a process-driven sequence of patient care treatments and services. A prescribed method for process design is required in order for healthcare organizations of the future not just to innovate, but to safely provide highly-reliable patient care. Some healthcare organizations …
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Heat Transfer and Thermal Process Design in Scraped-Surface Heat Exchangers
… (SSHE) for use in ultra-high temperature processing of low-acid liquid foods was evaluated using a Contherm 6 x 2 pilot-scale unit. Independent variables tested were steam pressure, blades rotational speed, inlet
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Combining artificial intelligence and robotic system in chemical product/process design
Product design for formulations is an active and challenging area of research. The new challenges of a fast-paced market, products of increasing complexity, and practical translation of sustainability paradigms require re-examination the existing theoretical frameworks to include the advantages …
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Oxygen defect engineering for silicon solar cell applications : process design and modeling
… in the least harmful form possible, a new cell processing step call tabula rasa (TR) is explored. TR is a high temperature process for a short duration. In this work, TR is found to be a kinetically-limited process through several oxygen precipitate dissolution experiments from which the …
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Human-aided, computer-based design paradigm : the automation of conceptual process design
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1994.
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Integrated Process Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of A Grape Pomace Biorefinery
… goal of this study is to develop an integrated process for the comprehensive utilization of GP by the production of multiple value-added products and evaluate its economic feasibility at a commercial scale. First, the chemical composition of different industrial GPs was analyzed to lay the …
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