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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Sustainable Engineering"”.
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Ship design through Axiomatic Design approach, sustainable engineering principles and artificial intelligence methods
… share of transport demand, and the importance of sustainable ship design is increasingly growing, not only for ethical and legislative but also for competitive reasons. The design of a sustainable ship considering all those aspects is a complex problem in this regard. One way to manage the …
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Sustainable Engineering of Polyethylene Fiber Materials: Advancing Functional Properties of Diverse Textile-Based Structures
… these efforts propose a model for advancing sustainable textile innovation that bridges material science, circular design, and policy transformation.
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Goal Framing to Encourage More Sustainable Engineering Design Decisions for the Built Environment Across Cultures
… of its countries are the slowest in implementing sustainable construction practices. One of these countries is Kuwait, which contributes one and a half times more global greenhouse gas emissions per capita than the U.S. The dissertation starts by identifying potential barriers to more sustainable …
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Neuroscience for Engineering Sustainability: Measuring Cognition During Design Ideation and Systems Thinking Among Students in Engineering
… that were used to create these problems. Engineering education is therefore critical to advance sustainable engineering solutions. Improving education relies on understanding of cognition of thinking and designing for sustainability. In this thesis, a nascent neuroimaging technology called …
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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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Engineering Mechanocaloric Effects and Tunable Thermal Conductivity in Amorphous Elastic Polymer Fibers
… environmental footprint, two key research and engineering questions await to be answered: (1) how to pump/convert energy between thermal and other forms more efficiently, and (2) how to transport thermal energy in a tunable and scalable way for dissipation/insulation applications. …
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Development of Novel Slow-Release Micronutrient Fertilizers Using Mechanochemical Synthesis
… More generically, the aim was to combine sustainable engineering and fertilizer manufacturing. The thesis consists of 6 chapters, including an overview of the literature relevant to this project (Chapter 1). Subsequent chapters describe the development of B and Mo fertilizers using …
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Teaching Engineering Students About Cognitive Barriers During Design for Sustainable Infrastructure
… have created three case-based modules that teach engineering students how to apply sustainability principles and help them recognize potential cognitive traps, or barriers, that may prevent more consideration for sustainability during design. Each of my three case studies is built into a …
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Multiscale Damage Modelling of Natural Fibre Composites
… durability and safety, thus contributing to sustainable engineering materials and products development.
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Engineers’ Environmental Responsibility and Professional Engineering Codes of Ethics in Canada
… Canadian provincial and territorial Professional Engineering Codes of Ethics (PECoE) which are a primary resource for teaching engineering ethics [1]; notably, Ontario’s PECoE currently does not explicitly mention the environment [2]. Minimal formal ethical guidelines indicate interpretations of …