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Optimization of Flight Time and Distance Travelled of a Styrofoam Glider
Platanitis, George; Pop-Iliev, Remon // 2011
One of the opportunities given to third-year students enrolled in the Computer-Aided Design course at UOIT is to utilize design of experiments and design optimization techniques to determine optimal ...
PLANNING INDUSTRIAL PHD PROJECTS IN PRACTICE: SPEAKING BOTH 'ACADEMIA' AND 'PRACTITIONESE'
Kihlander, Ingrid; Nilsson, Susanne; Lund, Katarina; Ritzén, Sofia; Norell Bergendahl, Margareta // 2011
This paper discuss the planning and organising of research conducted by Industrial PhD students, i.e. PhD students conducting research studies aiming for a PhD while employed in industrial companies. ...
Preference holds priority in preference? Methodological approach to intuitive choice
Kim, SuKyoung; Cho, Youngil; Niki, Kazuhisa; Yamanaka, Toshimasa // 2011
How to design more attractive has been addressed as an important issue both in design and design education societies. Because, attractive is significant value for designing a something new, also for ...
Preparing Product Design Students for Working in the Global Production Environment through Practical Learning
Loy, Jennifer // 2011
Universities have identified the internationalisation of the curriculum as an integral part of higher education. The aim is to prepare students to perform professionally and socially in the global ...
Preparing Western Designers for the use of Contextmapping Techniques in Non-Western Situations
van Boeijen, Annemiek; Stappers, Pieter Jan // 2011
The aim of this study is to determine how to prepare design students for the use of contextmapping techniques in non-Western cultures. The skill is especially needed when designing for Base of the ...
PRODUCT AND PROCESS EVALUATION IN THE CONTEXT OF MODULARIZATION FOR ASSEMBLY
Halfmann, Niklas; Elstner, Steffen; Krause, Dieter // 2011
The determination of modular product structures requires a continuous evaluation of the measures taken. Modularization is an appropriate method for product structuring. It provides the opportunity of ...
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES IN SMALL AND MIDDLE-SIZED ENTERPRISES - IDENTIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF INEFFICIENCY CAUSED BY PRODUCT VARIETY
Eben, Katharina G. M.; Helten, Katharina; Lindemann, Udo // 2011
Competiveness of small and middle-sized enterprises (SME) represents recognizing customer needs and being able to efficiently react to it. As SMEs face a limitation of their resources, it is crucial ...
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR COMPLEX MECHATRONIC SYSTEM ENGINEERING– CASE FUSION REACTOR MAINTENANCE
Leino, Simo-Pekka Sakari; Mäkinen, Harri; Uuttu, Olli; Järvenpää, Jorma // 2011
Development of a multidisciplinary mechatronic system, like a remote operated maintenance system of ITER fusion reactor, requires system engineering approach. System engineering is leadership ...
PRODUCT FAILURE: A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
Del Frate, Luca // 2011
The aim of this paper is to introduce a life cycle perspective on the notion of failure of engineered products. Usually failure is seen as an event that can occur during the utilization stage of ...
PROPERTY RIGHTS THEORY AS A KEY ASPECT IN PRODUCT SERVICE ENGINEERING
Dill, Anna Katharina; Birkhofer, Herbert; Bohn, Andrea // 2011
Product service systems (PSS) are a field of research which is supported by research in a large number of other areas. Product development and engineering design is the basis for most research ...
PROPOSAL ABOUT THE USE OF DATA BASE IN ENGINEERING DESIGN
Rosa, Francesco; Rovida, Edoardo; Viganò, Roberto // 2011
Design can be defined as the human activity aimed to conceive and develop the “best” constructive solution, capable to perform a given function. In this paper we will present the conception of a data ...
PROTOTYPYING IN ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS ENGINEERING
Macrì, Diego Maria; Vignoli, Matteo; Bertolotti, Fabiola // 2011
Organizations are increasingly developing new forms of integration. With the support of Design, it is now possible to attain new forms of competitive advantage through organizational changes not ...
REALIZING A TRULY 3D PRODUCT VISUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT – A CASE FOR USING HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS
Opiyo, Eliab Zephania // 2011
Recent advancements in the areas of visualization have led to realization of a large variety of three-dimensional (3D) visualization technologies. As adopting a new technology can sometimes result ...
SEARCH FOR SIMILAR TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS BY OBJECT ABSTRACTION USING AN ONTOLOGY
Kohn, Andreas; Lindemann, Udo // 2011
The search for existing solutions in mechanical engineering is a key-factor for successful product development. By reusing existing solutions, the amount of work and costs within the product ...
SIGNIFICANCE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES USING SHAPE MEMORY TECHNOLOGY
Lygin, Konstantin; Langbein, Sven; Sadek, Tim // 2011
In this paper the assumption of a conflict between existing requirements and the application of new technologies will be illustrated by using examples based on shape memory technology. For this ...
SOFTWARE SUPPORTED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Krebber, Sönke; Kloberdanz, Hermann; Birkhofer, Herbert; Bohn, Andrea // 2011
The pinngate project aims to display product development knowledge appropriately und user-specific. To achieve this objective the following considers the knowledge transfer process starting at a ...
STAKEHOLDERS’ ANALYSIS TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE OPEN INNOVATION PROCESS MANAGEMENT – CASE STUDY
de Paula, Istefani Carisio; Yang, Samanta; Korzenowski, André; Cortimiglia, Marcelo Nogueira // 2011
Open Innovation (OI) is a strategy to buster R&D productivity that introduces business flexibility via an open approach, either to external ideas or to collaborative work. Considering that the OI ...
STEERING THE VALUE CREATION IN AN AIRPLANE DESIGN PROJECT FROM THE BUSINESS STRATEGIES TO THE ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS
Rianantsoa, Ndrianarilala; Yannou, Bernard; Redon, Romaric // 2011
The objectives of the designers have above all been the achievement of the aircraft mission and the certification rules. Today, the competition between airplane manufacturers leads to bring more ...
Stimulating Creative Solutions by Visualizing the Design Vision
Eggink, Wouter // 2011
Since Jean Baudrillard, it has become apparent that we live in a world that is dominated by visual images. At the same time Anna Valtonen has argued that the design profession is shifting its ...
Strategic Questions for Design Education for Sustainability
Claes, Merel; O'Rafferty, Simon; O'Connor, Frank // 2011
The world we live in is in a dynamic process of social, environmental, political, economical and infrastructural change. The educational system can prepare future professionals for operating in this ...
Strategies for Teaching Universal Design
Vavik, Tom // 2011
This paper presents a framework for teaching the complexity of Universal Design (UD). At the Institute of Design at Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) the theme 'Universal Design' is ...
Structure Sharing in Logo Design
Chakrabarti, Amaresh; Kumari, M.C. // 2011
Structure Sharing means fulfillment of several functions by the same physical structure, and is an important concept in product design. The aim of this paper is to translate and expand the concept of ...
STUDY ON THE INTRODUCTION OF DESIGN MANAGEMENT IN THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF BRAZILIAN CLOTHING COMPANIES
Bernardes, Mauricio Moreira e Silva; Kauling, Graziela Brunhari // 2011
Design is generally associated with the aesthetic and functional factor of products. However, since the 90s, this concept has changed and the meaning of this term has become more comprehensive. ...
SUPPORTING INCLUSIVE PRODUCT DESIGN WITH VIRTUAL USER MODELS AT THE EARLY STAGES OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Kirisci, Pierre Taner; Thoben, Klaus-Dieter; Klein, Patrick; Modzelewski, Markus // 2011
The aim of inclusive product design is to successfully integrate human factors in the product development process with the intention of making products accessible for the largest possible group of ...
Boolean Searches
The following examples demonstrate some search strings that use boolean operators:
- design community
Find rows that contain at least one of the two words. - +design +community
Find rows that contain both words. - +design community
Find rows that contain the word “design”, but rank rows higher if they also contain “community”. - +design -community
Find rows that contain the word “design” but not “community”. - +design ~community
Find rows that contain the word “design”, but if the row also contains the word “community”, rate it lower than if row does not. - +design +(>community <decisions)
Find rows that contain the words “design” and “community”, or “design” and “decisions” (in any order), but rank “design community” higher than “design decisions” - design*
Find rows that contain words such as “design”, “designs”, “designing”, or “designer”. - "some words"
Find rows that contain the exact phrase “some words” (for example, rows that contain “some words of wisdom” but not “some noise words”). Note that the " characters that enclose the phrase are operator characters that delimit the phrase. They are not the quotation marks that enclose the search string itself.