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Design of Experiment on Electrical Engineering Design Representations: Author: Patel, Dipali Dhanji; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: Over the decades humans' need and desire for artifacts has increased in quantity, variety, and complexity. Consequently, quality and first to market have become the goals of many Engineering firms. This in turn has put pressure on Engineering education programs to produce professionals proficient and able to design quality products fast. Researchers have studied design from many different perspectives. One of the perspectives is the role of representations in design. Internal representations belong in our mental world while external representations are in our physical world. This thesis provi...; Download File | View full details

A Model for a Human Factors Based Design Guidelines Handbook for Residential Living Environments for the Elderly: Author: Pendergast, Brian Daniel; Date: 2005-08-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: The elderly in America represent a significant and growing population. One relevant Engineering aspect of an aging population is the suitability of residential environments for the independent-living elderly. Engineers, architects, and designers are increasingly involved in the design and assessment of residential living environments for elderly persons. These designs should consider the fundamental principles and techniques of human factors to make certain that residential settings enhance independence and overall quality of life for the independent-living elderly. One way to help designers w...; Download File | View full details

Planning Business Improvement using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Design Structure Matrix (DSM): Author: Kristof, Gary Michael; Date: 2005-12-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: Many Management system Engineering ideas and theories have evolved to help businesses grow and achieve their goals. Applying these ideas and theories to a business system is a strategic planning issue and results in a bewildering array of strategic alternatives for business system improvement. Choosing the appropriate alternatives is a complex and difficult decision. The most appropriate strategic alternative must be executable. To be executable the strategic alternative must not only be technically feasible, but must also overcome social and cultural obstructions. This research presents a pla...; Download File | View full details

Productive Iteration in Student Engineering Design Projects: Author: Costa, Ramon; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: Iteration in design has different meanings, ranging from simple task repetition to heuristic reasoning processes. Determining productive iterations is important to improve the design process on cost, time, and quality, but currently there is no categorization of iterations conducive to this goal. After exploring the possible causes and attempts to address them, I propose to classify iterations as rework, design, or behavioral. The framework suggests that design teams, to improve productivity, should try to eliminate rework by increasing the resolution of design information (design iterations) ...; Download File | View full details

Project Task: Member Assignment Using Design Structure Matrix and Genetic Algorithm in Concurrent Engineering Project Management: Author: Mazur, Lukasz Maciej; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: In concurrent Engineering, project tasks generally require the establishment of multifunctional teams to simultaneously consider various activities throughout the entire product life cycle. Team members from different functional departments of the company interact in every phase of development activities to design products and processes concurrently. This concurrent strategy increases the complexity of product development and design processes and makes teams difficult to organize. Without effective task coordination and team organization, the lack of communication and cooperation among team me...; Download File | View full details

Scheduling Reentrant Flexible Job Shops with Sequence Dependent Setup Times: Author: Philip, Deepu; Date: 2005-08-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: This study presents a new simulation-based local search approach for solving shop scheduling problems. Results for classical problems from the literature demonstrate the effectiveness and quality of the approach. Application is also shown for reentrant flexible job shop with sequence dependent setup times (RFJSSDS), a new, very general, class of problems. RFJSSDS is a generalization of the classical job shop, reentrant flow shop and flexible job shop problems. Multiple products (routes), sequence dependent setup times at the work centers and reentrancy of the jobs make RFJSSDS one of the more ...; Download File | View full details

A simulation research framework for concurrent Engineering project Management: Author: Huang, Enzhen; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: In concurrent Engineering, project tasks usually are interdependent among each other. Iterations, which are required for the interdependent tasks, make traditional PERT/CPM not applicable for the estimation of the project completion time. In addition, carrying out a large scaled project in a dynamic environment has to deal with various factors throughout the entire project life cycle. When estimating the project completion time, previous research often focused on one subject of interests and assumed the other factors causing little effects on the overall project duration. The objective of this...; Download File | View full details

Experiments on System Level Design: Author: Ruder, Joshua Austin; Date: 2006-08-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: The goals of this study are three-fold. First, previous studies involving student design journals have indicated that Engineering effort aimed at system-level design (SLD) issues can be associated with design outcome quality. This relationship will be empirically demonstrated in this thesis. Second, a SLD method is developed to address how SLD can be leveraged to improve design outcomes. Finally, a merger of educational and empirical research objectives to aid in the further development of design process research is proposed. These goals are addressed in the context of three empirical studies ...; Download File | View full details

The study of errors, expectations and skills for medication delivery systems improvement: Author: Mazur, Lukasz Maciej; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: Medication errors occurring in hospitals are a growing national concern. The enormous gaps in knowledge related to medication errors are often seen as major reasons for increased patient safety risks and increased waste in the hospital setting. However, little research effort in Industrial and Management Engineering has been devoted specifically to medication delivery systems to improve or optimize their operations in terms of patient safety and systems efficiency and productivity. As a result, the current literature does not offer integrated solutions to overcome the workflow and Management d...; Download File | View full details

Roust schedules and disruption Management for job shops: Author: Philip, Deepu; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Industrial and Management Engineering; Abstract: This dissertation documents the results of research evaluating policies to schedule for unanticipated disruptions in job shops. The disruptions studied in this research are of two types - machine failure and job release-time. The study was conducted using modified classical job shop problems with the minimize maximum completion time (Cmax) objective. Best random non-delay schedules (BRS) provided job sequences for each machine. Different slack policies based on frequency, duration and location of slacks in the schedule were used to strategically insert slack in the BRS schedule. The resulting ...; Download File | View full details

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