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Journal articles on the topic "Degree Discipline: Sustainable Engineering Systems"
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Van Sumeren, Hans, Liesl Hotaling, Ed Bailey, and Jason Slade. "Ocean Technology Field Academy—Empowering Ocean Stakeholders for a Sustainable Future." Marine Technology Society Journal 55, no. 3 (May 1, 2021): 100–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.55.3.36.
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Abstract Data generated from ocean observing, or ocean-atmosphere coupled observing, permeates every facet of ocean research, ocean sustainability efforts, and the blue economy and offers workforce opportunities for all education levels. The Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the Seabed 2030 effort will capitalize on the data availability and place a spotlight on the increased need for a workforce capable of analyzing and applying these data to generate solutions for sustainable ocean uses.Although most jobs will not require advanced degrees in engineering or science, the preparation of the 21st century ocean technology workforce demands an understanding of marine science and other disciplines, an ability to resolve complex environmental issues, and the ability to communicate complex ideas to a broad audience. Fostering these critical abilities will require a new set of learning opportunities. Developing and maintaining such a workforce will rely on innovative and flexible educational programs that break through the traditional “siloed” approach to education, while offering multiple and rapid pathways for degree and certification attainment.In response, we propose a program to prepare a workforce with the ability to utilize sensors, sensor platforms, sensor networks, crewed and uncrewed surface/underwater vehicles, sonar systems, and data processing capabilities.
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Doa’ei, Yaser, and Amir Muhammad Jahan. "Application of Artificial Intelligence and Meta-heuristic Algorithms in Civil Health Monitoring Systems." Civil Engineering Journal 4, no. 7 (August 1, 2018): 1653. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-03091102.
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After the discovery and manufacturing of every accomplishment, the mankind tends to make it sustainable in terms of different aspects that one of them can be its durability. Nowadays, a science titled “health monitoring” has provided such a consideration in different fields. For example, civil engineering sciences, in various branches, aim to construct various civil engineering accomplishments, followed by the higher goals of making them durable and healthy. The present study tries to give an account about the various study fields like structural engineering, bridge construction, dam construction, hydraulic and on-beach constructions, road engineering and building, water resources management and so on along with the mentioning of the various methods extant for the implementation of such study fields. But, in between, there is an appropriate method that provides such objectives as cost-effectiveness, access to the entire required details, awareness of the civil infrastructures in order to estimate the remained lifetime of the structure in line with the continuation and/or change of the uses. Also, it has high precision and minimally influenced by the environment, so, it can be said that it has very little error in its collection of information. For instance, this method can be used to evaluate the ruination of the structures based on modal properties, which can have static or dynamic foundations such that the current state of the structure is compared to its ideal state to monitor the degree of the structure’s ruination or its soundness. In present study, it was tried to investigate the artificial intelligence science as one of the richest methods possessing all the prerequisites as well as having more traits in common with the various sub-disciplines of civil engineering so that it can be utilized more comprehensively and in a more centralized manner.
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Guo, Yanlong, Xinlei Geng, Denghang Chen, and Yufei Chen. "Sustainable Building Design Development Knowledge Map: A Visual Analysis Using CiteSpace." Buildings 12, no. 7 (July 7, 2022): 969. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12070969.
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Based on the Web of Science (WoS) core collection database, this article compares the research results in this subject area since 2000 with the literature data on the theme of sustainable architectural design and conducts an in-depth investigation into the research themes, basic literature, development trends, and research frontiers. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted through the CiteSpace scientific visualization software, and the degree of collaboration between authors, institutions, and countries was analysed through research power. The topical research hotspots and their evolution were explored through a word frequency analysis, cluster analysis, and timeline analysis; the origins and development of a particular issue in sustainable building design were explored in conjunction with mutation analysis; and the frontier hotspots were explored. The analysis of co-citations was used to identify important knowledge bases in the field; the flow of knowledge between disciplines was explored through biplot overlay analysis. By interpreting the scientific visualization knowledge map, it was concluded that the research trends in sustainable building design are mainly in the areas of resource control, energy consumption, renewable building materials, evaluation systems, and computer-aided tools, and so on. The major topics of future research related to sustainable building design are discussed and summarized.
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Haskins, Cecilia. "Systems Engineering for Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 15, 2021): 10293. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810293.
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Bogue, Robert. "Sustainable manufacturing: a critical discipline for the twenty-first century." Assembly Automation 34, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 117–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aa-01-2014-012.
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Purpose – This paper aims to provide an introduction to sustainable manufacturing concepts and practices. Design/methodology/approach – Following an introduction to sustainable manufacturing, this article first considers various government programmes and information sources. It then discusses life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques and standards and certain product design issues. The benefits of sustainable manufacturing concepts are then identified, together with some examples of applications. Finally, brief conclusions are drawn. Findings – Sustainable manufacturing involves a multitude of practices which seek to minimise the impact of a product or process on the environment. It encompasses the entire product cycle from “cradle to grave” and many standards and techniques have been developed to assist in its implementation, including LCA. In addition to meeting growing consumer demands for “greener” products, sustainable manufacturing can yield operational and financial benefits, including reduced material use, improved designs, lower energy consumption and reduced waste and scrap levels. Originality/value – This article provides a timely review of sustainable manufacturing principles, practices and benefits.
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Rampasso, Izabela S., Rosley Anholon, Dirceu Silva, Robert Eduardo Cooper Ordóñez, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas, and Luis Antonio De Santa-Eulalia. "Developing in engineering students a critical analysis about sustainability in productive systems." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 20, no. 2 (February 4, 2019): 229–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-03-2018-0048.
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PurposeThe Mechanical Engineering course at the University of Campinas is composed of different disciplines in the areas of materials, mechanical design, manufacturing (production and manufacturing), computational systems, thermal and fluids. In the manufacturing area, in particular, there is a discipline entitled Productive Systems whose main objective is to offer to the student a global vision about operations management. In the field of operations management, sustainability is gaining more and more importance; thus, it is important to develop in the students a critical sense about social and environmental aspects. Thus, this paper aims to present the main initiatives developed in the discipline to promote sustainability in engineering students.Design/methodology/approachSince 2015, the professors responsible for the Productive Systems discipline, assisted by post-graduate students and professors from other universities, have begun to redesign the discipline, including debates, lectures, projects and other initiatives to provide a critical view concerning the traditional concepts taught. The discipline has been performed three times with this new conception. The methodology to structure this research was literature review, documental analyses of the discipline records and meetings with professors that participated in the initiatives. An Action Research approach was performed by two professors and a graduate student. The authors of this paper also compared the results with those obtained by initiatives performed at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden).FindingsThis study allowed to reinforce some results from initiatives performed at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); however, some differences were identified. For example, similar to the initiatives mentioned, the professors of University of Campinas had problems with didactic books, as they loosely integrate the basic operations management concepts with sustainable development fundamentals. On the other hand, debates related to social sustainability were considered positive from the point of view of the professors and students, differing from initiatives performed at Chalmers University of Technology.Research limitations/implicationsResults come from one field study (University of Campinas) when professors of the Mechanical Engineering course try to integrate operations management concepts and sustainable development. Different results may be observed by other higher education institutions.Practical implicationsThe authors of this paper believe that the diffusion of these initiatives can stimulate other professors and researchers in the field to broaden the academic debate about the insertion of sustainability into engineering courses.Originality/valueThere are few papers presenting didactic experiences and empirical results about the integration of operations management concepts and sustainable development. Results of this paper reinforce some good practices and they also present other ones, in a way that extend the debate about educational engineering.
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Armashova-Telnik, Galina, Anna Zubkova, Alexandra Melnichenko, Veronika Semenova, Polina Sokolova, and Yulia Terentyeva. "Industrial sector engineering staff development systems." E3S Web of Conferences 258 (2021): 10025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202125810025.
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This article discusses methods for the employees quality and performance improvement in the electric power industry enterprises. The characteristics of the factors influencing the development of personnel are given. The foreign experience of corporate training is analyzed, which identifies ways to improve labor activity, maintain labor discipline, increase the level of labor motivation, develop corporate culture and increase the employee loyalty at industrial enterprises. The structure of personnel training methods at the enterprise is schematically presented. The article substantiates the need for the formation of a qualified human resource that provides the company with the growth of economic indicators of production activity, a high degree of competitiveness in the industry market, and a positive image of the organization
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Fryd, Ole, Torben Dam, and Marina Bergen Jensen. "A planning framework for sustainable urban drainage systems." Water Policy 14, no. 5 (June 5, 2012): 865–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2012.025.
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Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) call for collaborative and interdisciplinary practices. The problem with this is the social and technical complexities involved, and the absence of a shared understanding of the challenge and the scope of integrated solutions. It is necessary to clarify the contributions and interactions between disciplines in order to achieve integrated planning and design of SUDS. This paper reviews the literature across disciplinary fields and outlines key messages and uncertainties within each discipline. The outcome is a framework comprising time, space and human values, as well as biophysical processes (e.g. engineering), spatial strategies (e.g. urban design) and adaptive strategies (e.g. management). It identifies the planning of SUDS as a collective learning process with continuous iterations between disciplines, while also reflecting the past, present and future of a specific site.
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Comm, Clare L., and Dennis F. X. Mathaisel. "Designing an Engineering System for Sustainability." Applied Mechanics and Materials 704 (December 2014): 474–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.704.474.
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How does one design an engineering system for sustainability? Sustainability engineering design is a discipline that has become increasingly important as systems become more complex, life cycle costs increase, and long run endurance becomes an elusive goal. To assist in mitigating this elusiveness, this paper introduces the concept of a System Sustainability Architecture (SSA) to organize the activities in an enterprise for designing an engineering system to be sustainable. The architecture is the application of systems engineering and information technology methods to design, develop, produce, construct, integrate, validate, and implement a sustainable engineering design. SSA is a framework used to align the people, operations, projects, and information technology assets in an enterprise with its sustainability characteristics. The architecting process incorporates lean manufacturing values as sustainable design requirements in creating the product. The application of the SSA is predicted to be less resource intensive and disruptive to the enterprise in the system’s life cycle than previous sustainability methods and practices. It is also essential that the merits of the SSA approach are communicated to the stakeholders to encourage its acceptance.
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Marcos, Esperanza, Valeria De Castro, María-Luz Martín-Peña, and Juan Manuel Vara. "Training New Professionals in Service Engineering: Towards a Transdisciplinary Curriculum for Sustainable Businesses." Sustainability 12, no. 19 (October 8, 2020): 8289. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12198289.
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The service sector provides employment for more than 70% of the active population in developed countries, in areas as varied as tourism, commerce, logistics, finances, services, and personnel, amongst others. Despite the fact that society increasingly needs more professionals who are oriented towards this sector, there are hardly any specific plans that will provide them with appropriate training. The appearance of service science, management, and engineering (SSME) has led to a significant advance as regards understanding the skills required by a service professional. It is a transdisciplinary field that integrates aspects of business management, along with information and communication technologies and engineering, and social sciences, in addition to providing the foundations for the growth of sustainable business. This paper presents a curriculum for the training of professionals in service engineering, which has been designed and taught at a Spanish public university. This curriculum, which the university created in collaboration with SSME experts and service sector companies, stands out for two reasons: the transdisciplinary approach employed, which is one of the features of this emerging and integrative knowledge discipline, and the fact that it is providing a response to the need for higher education curricula for sustainable business development. The paper describes the method followed to create the curriculum for the Bachelor’s Degree in Service Engineering, a comparative study with other related degrees, and the results of the deployment of the degree in terms of employability.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Degree Discipline: Sustainable Engineering Systems"
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Murray, Phillip Edward. "Designing sustainable distributed generation systems for rural communities : an application of optimisation modelling and decision analysis to include sustainability concepts and uncertainty into design optimality : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering (Renewable Energy) at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1566.
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The deregulation of the electricity supply industry in New Zealand has led to an increased level of interest in the security of electricity supply to rural communities. This in turn has led to questions about sustainable alternatives to conventional methods of electricity supply. A solution may be the adoption of sustainable community sized renewable energy (RE) based distributed generation systems. However, choosing between the myriad of possibilities requires much data and analysis. An accurate analysis of electricity load and RE resource matching is normally required. In most cases, this is an expensive and time-consuming assessment. In order to minimise these costs, and yet give due consideration to stakeholder preferences and technical uncertainty, a process incorporating the economic, social, environmental, and technical aspects of sustainable design in a relatively short timeframe will be required. This study developed such a method through the integrated use of the wind atlas assessment and analysis program (WAsP), the micropower optimisation model (HOMER), and three methods of decision analysis using Logical Decisions for Windows (LDW) software, which formed the decision analysis framework, SPiRAL (Sustainable Power in Rural Areas and Locations). The efficacy of the integrated use of the software in the SPiRAL framework was tested through two analyses using electricity load and RE resource data from a case study site. The first was an analysis using a full-year of data in a multi-method decision analysis process thus setting the framework in place. A further analysis then tested the minimum monitoring time required to obtain and analyse the data for modelling meaningful results. In both analyses, the results were ranked based on stakeholder preferences between the economic, social, environmental, and technical aspects of sustainable energy systems. The clear representation of the uncertainty of the electricity loads and the RE resources was paramount in the results. The short-term analysis results differed in small ways from the full-term, but were essentially similar. This study developed a decision analysis framework that delivered transparent results in a manner likely to instil insight and confidence in them, and this would provide the decision-maker with much valuable information on which to base their decision.
Books on the topic "Degree Discipline: Sustainable Engineering Systems"
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Lobanov, Aleksey. Medical and biological bases of safety. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1439619.
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The textbook considers the subject and tasks of the discipline, highlights the medical and biological foundations of ensuring human security in the conditions of natural, man-made and biological-social emergencies, as well as when using modern weapons of destruction by a probable enemy.
Briefly, but quite informative, the structure of the human body and the basics of its functioning are described. The specificity and mechanism of the toxic effect of harmful substances on a person, the energy effect and the combined effect of the main damaging factors of the sources of emergency situations of peacetime and wartime are shown. The article highlights the medical and biological aspects of ensuring the safe life of people in adverse environmental conditions, including in regions with hot and cold climates (the Arctic). The methods of forecasting and assessing the medical situation in emergency zones and lesions are presented.
The means and methods of medical and biological protection and first aid to the affected are shown. The main tasks and organizational structure of formations and institutions of the medical rescue service of the GO, the All-Russian Service of Disaster Medicine and medical formations of the EMERCOM of Russia are considered. Organizational issues of medical and biological protection in emergency situations are highlighted. The features of the organization of medical support for those affected by terrorist attacks are considered.
It is intended for students and cadets of educational institutions of higher education studying under the bachelor's degree program in the following areas of training: "Technosphere security", "Infocommunication technologies and communication systems", "Information systems and technologies", "State and municipal management", "Economics", "Mechatronics and robotics", "Operation of transport and technological machines and complexes", "Informatics and computer engineering", "Air Navigation", "System analysis and management". It can also be useful for researchers and a wide range of specialists engaged in practical work on planning and organizing medical and biological protection of the population.
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Mura, Anna, and Tony J. Prescott. A sketch of the education landscape in biomimetic and biohybrid systems. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199674923.003.0064.
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The Living Machines approach, which can be seen as an exemplar methodology for a wider initiative towards “convergent science,” implies and requires a transdisciplinary understanding that bridges from between science and engineering and to the social sciences, arts, and humanities. In addition, it emphasizes a mix of basic and applied approaches whilst also requiring an awareness of the societal context in which modern research and innovation activities are conducted. This chapter explores the education landscape for postgraduate programs related to the concept of Living Machines, highlighting some challenges that should be addressed and providing suggestions for future course development and policy making. The chapter also reviews some of the within-discipline and across-discipline programs that currently exist, particularly within Europe and the US, and outlines an exemplar degree program that could provide the multi-faceted training needed to pursue research and innovation in Living Machines.
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Olsson, Gustaf. Water Interactions – A Systemic View. IWA Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/9781789062908.
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Abstract During the last two decades, the interrelationship between water and energy has become recognized. Likewise, the couplings to food and agriculture are getting increasingly obvious and alarming. In the last year, a record number of extreme weather events have been reported from most parts of the world. This is a visible demonstration how consequences of climate change must be understood and alleviated. The impacts of economics, lifestyle, and alarming inequalities are becoming increasingly recognisable. If the wealthy part of the world is not willing not make radical changes it does not matter what the less wealthy half of the global population will do to meet the climate and resource crisis. The purpose of the book is to demonstrate and describe how climate change, water, energy, food, and lifestyle are closely depending on each other. It is not sufficient to handle one discipline isolated from the others. This is the traditional “component view”. The book defines and describes a systems view. The communications and relationships between the “components” have to be described and recognized. Consequently, the development of one discipline must be approached from a systems perspective. At the same time, the success of the systems perspective depends on the degree of knowledge of the individual parts or disciplines. The catchphrase of systems thinking has been caught in the phrase, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts”. The idea is not new: the origin of this phrase is to be found already in Aristotle's Metaphysics more than 2300 years ago. The text may serve as an academic text (in engineering, economics, and environmental science) to introduce senior undergraduate and graduate students into systems thinking. Too often education encourages a “silo” thinking. Current global challenges can't be solved in isolation; they depend on each other. For example, water professionals should have a basic understanding of energy issues. Energy professionals ought to understand the dependency on water. Economic students should learn more how economy depends on natural resources like energy and water. Economics must include the environmental impact and ecological ceiling of economic activities. ISBN: 9781789062892 (print) ISBN: 9781789062908 (eBook) ISBN: 9781789062915 (ePUB)
Book chapters on the topic "Degree Discipline: Sustainable Engineering Systems"
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Kithsiri, Udalamattha Gamage, Ambaga Pathirage Thanushka Sandaruw Peiris, Tharanga Wickramarathna, Kumudu Amarawardhana, Ruchira Abeyweera, Nihal N. Senanayake, Jeevan Jayasuriya, and Torsten H. Fransson. "A Remote Mode Master Degree Program in Sustainable Energy Engineering: Student Perception and Future Direction." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 673–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73210-7_79.
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Kithsiri, Udalamattha Gamage, Ambaga Pathirage Thanushka Sandaruw Peiris, Tharanga Wickramarathna, Kumudu Amarawardhana, Ruchira Abeyweera, Nihal N. Senanayake, Jeevan Jayasuriya, and Torsten H. Fransson. "Erratum to: A Remote Mode Master Degree Program in Sustainable Energy Engineering: Student Perception and Future Direction." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, E1. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73210-7_109.
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Nagel, Robert L., Kyle G. Gipson, and Adebayo Ogundipe. "Integrating Sustainable Design and Systems Thinking throughout an Engineering Curriculum." In Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability, 136–53. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5856-1.ch007.
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The Madison Engineering Department was founded on the recognition that engineers are no longer constrained to disciplinary boundaries, and instead, must work across disciplines as members of global communities and multidisciplinary teams. The program offers a single undergraduate engineering degree that focuses on sustainable design and systems thinking. Since the inaugural class started in 2008, the faculty has been striving to integrate environmental, social, economic, and technical contexts of sustainable design and systems thinking as common curricular threads. This chapter discusses courses taken by students freshman through senior year to illustrate how content integration, developmental instruction, and a problem-based learning framework are used in Madison Engineering Department to purposefully transition students through Bloom's levels from knowing and thinking to simulating and doing to quantifying and applying with the goal of training students able to understand systems holistically, describe and analyze tradeoffs, understand resultant perturbations, and design effective, sustainable solutions.
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Jia, Lin, Barry Cumbie, Chetan S. Sankar, and Jian Yu. "The Role of a Sustainability Informatics Framework in Transportation Systems." In Transportation Systems and Engineering, 470–86. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8473-7.ch023.
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This article develops a Sustainability Informatics Framework, a framework that connects Information Technology with sustainability and is based on the Belief-Action-Outcome and Energy Informatics frameworks. The triple-bottom line (People, Planet, and Profit) is adopted as a criterion for measuring sustainability and three sustainability indices are first formulated and then visualized using Sustainability Dashboards. This framework is then used to analyze transportation systems. This leads to the development of research propositions that can expand the role of the Information Systems discipline to research on areas of sustainable nation building.
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Gipson, Kyle G., and Robert J. Prins. "Semester-Long Team Project Integrating Materials and Mechanics Concepts." In Materials Science and Engineering, 1254–64. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1798-6.ch049.
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The Madison Engineering Department is an undergraduate non-discipline specific engineering program. The program maintains the university-wide liberal arts core and blends engineering science fundamentals with sustainable design to integrate environmental, social, economic, and technical contexts plus systems thinking within the academic experience. Madison Engineering is dedicated to the development of engineering versatilists who can readily integrate knowledge from historically different fields of engineering. In support of this development, several courses within the curriculum integrate topics to provide space for future engineers to not be constrained by disciplinary boundaries but demonstrate the ability to adapt and work across disciplines within team atmospheres. The focus of this paper is on a course project that integrates concepts from the traditional content of stand-alone courses (materials science and mechanics of materials) via a semester long design project in which students must incorporate knowledge of both sets of content.
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Gipson, Kyle G., and Robert J. Prins. "Materials and Mechanics." In Materials Science and Engineering, 45–70. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1798-6.ch003.
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The Madison Engineering Department is an undergraduate non-discipline specific engineering program at James Madison University. The program acknowledges that future engineers should not be constrained by disciplinary boundaries but demonstrate the ability to adapt and work across disciplines within team atmospheres. The program blends engineering science fundamentals with sustainable design to integrate environmental, social, economic, and technical contexts plus systems thinking while maintaining the university-wide liberal arts core. Madison Engineering is dedicated to the development of engineering versatilists who can readily integrate knowledge from historically different fields of engineering. In support of this development, several courses within the curriculum integrate topics that are traditionally taught separately. This chapter described ENGR 314: Materials & Mechanics, a course that integrates concepts from the traditional content of stand-alone courses (materials science and mechanics of materials) via a semester long design project in which students must incorporate knowledge of both sets of content.
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Favre, Liliana. "A Framework for Modernizing Non-Mobile Software." In Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics, 192–224. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3805-9.ch007.
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New paradigms such as pervasive computing, cloud computing, and the internet of things (IoT) are transforming the software industry and the business world. Organizations need to redesign their models and processes to be sustainable. Smartphones are at the core of these paradigms, letting us locate and easily interact with the world around us. Frequently, the development of mobile software requires of the adaption of valuable and tested non-mobile software. Most challenges in this kind of software modernization are related to the diversity of platforms on the smartphones market and to the need of systematic and reusable processes with a high degree of automation that reduce time, cost, and risks. This chapter proposes a modernization framework based on model-driven engineering (MDE). It allows integrating legacy code with the native behaviors of the different mobile platform through cross-platform languages. Realizations of the framework for the migration of C/C++ or Java code to mobile platforms through the Haxe multiplatform language are described.
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Gipson, Kyle G., and Robert J. Prins. "Materials and Mechanics." In Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Materials Science and Corrosion Engineering Education, 230–53. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8183-5.ch012.
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The Madison Engineering Department is an undergraduate non-discipline specific engineering program at James Madison University. The program acknowledges that future engineers should not be constrained by disciplinary boundaries but demonstrate the ability to adapt and work across disciplines within team atmospheres. The program blends engineering science fundamentals with sustainable design to integrate environmental, social, economic, and technical contexts plus systems thinking while maintaining the university-wide liberal arts core. Madison Engineering is dedicated to the development of engineering versatilists who can readily integrate knowledge from historically different fields of engineering. In support of this development, several courses within the curriculum integrate topics that are traditionally taught separately. This chapter described ENGR 314: Materials & Mechanics, a course that integrates concepts from the traditional content of stand-alone courses (materials science and mechanics of materials) via a semester long design project in which students must incorporate knowledge of both sets of content.
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Pandey, Akhilesh Kumar, and Syed Mohammad Haider Rizvi. "Private Universities' Participation in Open and Distance Learning for Enhanced Access to Higher Education Among Underserved in India." In Optimizing Open and Distance Learning in Higher Education Institutions, 213–27. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2624-7.ch009.
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It is now well recognised and understood that the higher education is one of the important components in accomplishing the Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations for the countries. However this important sector continues to remain a matter of concern in India primarily because of supply demand gaps, poor quality of teaching-learning, disparities in access and constraints on research & innovation. The conventional mainstream systems of education are able to serve a very small segment of the society. Alongside, new demands of education are fast emerging from the working class and who are away from the centre of activities. The scarce financial allocations from the Government are not able to meet the demand of education. Such a scenario threatens the sustained high growth of the Indian economic engine. The advent of private sector and the opening of private universities and other institutions for higher and professional education has now emerged as important factors that are, now, running sizeable number of professional degree programmes particularly management and engineering and accounts for 59% of all the tertiary enrolments in India. Despite a lot of scepticism about the role of private sector, there has been a policy thrust for private sector's participation in higher education. This paper discusses the needs of private universities and their roles in making access of higher education in masses. The authors have tried to explore the roles of vast network of private universities in expansion of open and distance learning in accordance with the issues and challenges.
Conference papers on the topic "Degree Discipline: Sustainable Engineering Systems"
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Bolea, Yolanda, and Antoni Grau. "Virtual laboratory for simulation and modeling systems in engineering degree: A sustainable approach." In 2010 4th IEEE International Conference on E-Learning in Industrial Electronics (ICELIE). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icelie.2010.5669822.
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Leleve, Arnaud, Minh Tu Pham, Mahdi Tavakoli, and Richard Moreau. "Towards Delayed Teleoperation With Pneumatic Master and Slave for MRI." In ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2012-82782.
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Over the last 50 years, master-slave teleoperation has become a widespread and successful field of research. This discipline explores how to perform tasks using a robot on an environment with haptic feedback about robot-environment interaction being provided to the human operator. Most of the master and slave manipulators used in teleoperation are electrically actuated. However, in some particular applications such as inside an MRI for image-guided surgery, ferromagnetic materials including electrical wiring is prohibited. Thus, non-ferromagnetic actuators like pneumatic or hydraulic actuators are a solution to this problem. This specific application also requires teleoperation in the sense of “tele-actuation” because of the lack of space inside the MRI chamber to put the robot’s actuators and the presence of electrical components in pneumatic servovalves. In this paper, we study the case of a teleoperation system composed of two identical pneumatic cylinders (as the master and the slave) equipped with servovalves, making a symmetric teleoperation system. This serves as a one-degree-of-freedom system to outline the design and analysis in terms of teleoperation transparency and stability. Simulation and experimental results check the validity of the theory without and with classical transmission delays.
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Abeyweera, Ruchira, Nihal S. Senanayake, Jeevan Jayasuriya, and Torsten H. Fransson. "A remote mode high quality international master degree program in environomical pathways for sustainable energy systems (SELECT)-pilot program experiences during first year of studies." In 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/educon.2018.8363240.
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Fortuna, Fabio, Gino Bella, Mirko Barbuto, Riccardo Conti, Raffaello Cozzolino, Silvia Di Francesco, Alfredo Donno, et al. "Virtual Academic Teaching for Next Generation Engineers." In ASME 2014 12th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2014-20446.
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Recent advances in web technology have transformed the World-Wide-Web from delivering static text to providing an easily accessible multimedia channel for dynamic, interactive communication. By using such technologies, academic teaching may evolve toward the next-generation way to transfer knowledge. At present time, there are two approaches that can be found: the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) approach that delivers video interactive classes to the vast audience with an open-access philosophy and Restrict-Access Courses (RAC) that deliver classes and, more important, standard degrees to limited audience [1]. While the two approaches are comparable when dealing with most academic disciplines, teaching engineering has some peculiarities that let the restricted–access course a more viable solution. First of all, engineering schools must prepare the student for the profession. In most countries, after the degree there is a professional practice period, thus a closer relation between teacher and students allows bringing the professional knowledge embedded in the academy. Being also a scientific discipline, engineering takes advantage from a close contact between teaching and research, especially for cutting-edge technologies. Finally, student projects are one of the most important steps of the educational path of the young engineers. Good student projects need one to one supervision, an adequate environment in particular for lab practice, and campuses that only restricted-access academies may provide.
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Kuzlyakina, Valentina V., and Jury N. Slepenko. "Automation of Structuring and Research of Lever Mechanisms Kinematics." In ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2007-34612.
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The procedure of lever mechanisms structuring being the basis of the majority of mechanical systems is complicated and labor-consuming. The generalized structural modules allow to automate and repeatedly to speed up process of lever mechanisms schemes creation and research of their kinematics in the specialized system “Visual Structure Editor (VSE)”. Ten types of generalized structural modules are offered, which allow to create schemes and to investigate kinematics of lever mechanisms of the second class of any degree of complexity. In this work structuring of various flat mechanisms schemes with any possible number of members based on only 5 types of generalized structural groups is presented. These are a rotating initial link, an onward moving link, a two-driver group with three rotary kinematics couples and two-driver groups with two rotary and one external forward kinematics couples of two types. VSE is broadly used in education process when performing the course designing on engineering discipline.
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Lin, Cheng-Xian, Nipesh Pradhananga, and Shahin Vassigh. "An Evaluation of the Effects of Team Projects and Augmented Reality on Student Learning in Sustainable Building Science." In ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2019-11982.
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Abstract Sustainable building design and construction involves complex systems that require multidisciplinary teams from engineering, construction, and architecture, to design and analyze the systems at every stage of the process during the building’s life cycle. However, students who are the future work force are often trained in different disciplines across different colleges. When these students are grouped together to work on the building design and analysis, learning in a multidisciplinary environment could be both beneficial and challenging due to the difference in their background. In this paper, we report our experience and analysis of data examining the learning effectiveness of the undergraduate students from three cross-college departments in architecture, construction, and engineering. Using pre- and post-semester tests on selected building science problems, we have investigated how the student’s understanding of building science had changed through team projects. Particularly, for mechanical engineering students in the design of thermal/fluid systems classes, we analyzed whether a cross-college multidisciplinary team could do better as compared to a disciplinary-specific team within the same class. We also examined the potential effects of emerging technology, augmented reality, on student learning in the same team environment. It was interesting to find that students’ learning in discipline-specific teams can be improved as in the multidisciplinary teams, due to the challenges in the complexity of the projects.
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Sun, Xuan, Kjell Andersson, and Ulf Sellgren. "Towards a Methodology for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Haptic Devices." In ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2015-47181.
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Design of haptic devices requires trade-off between many conflicting requirements, such as high stiffness, large workspace, small inertia, low actuator force/torque, and a small size of the device. With the traditional design and optimization process, it is difficult to effectively fulfill the system requirements by separately treating the different discipline domains. To solve this problem and to avoid sub-optimization, this work proposes a design methodology, based on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) methods and tools, for design optimization of six degree-of-freedom (DOF) haptic devices for medical applications, e.g. simulators for surgeon and dentist training or for remote surgery. The proposed model-based and simulation-driven methodology aims to enable different disciplines and subsystems to be included in the haptic device optimization process by using a robust model architecture that integrates discipline-specific models in an optimization framework and thus enables automation of design activities in the concept and detail design phase. Because of the multi-criteria character of the performance requirements, multi-objective optimization is included as part of the proposed methodology. Because of the high-level requirements on haptic devices for medical applications in combination with a complex structure, models such as CAD (Computer Aided Design), CAE (Computer Aided Engineering), and kinematic models are considered to be integrated in the optimization process and presenting a systems view to the design engineers. An integration tool for MDO is used as framework to manage, integrate, and execute the optimization process. A case study of a 6-DOF haptic device based on a TAU structure is used to illustrate the proposed methodology. With this specific case, a Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) with an initial population based on a pseudo random SOBOL sequence and Monte Carlo samplings is used for the optimization.
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Brown, Aaron, Jeno Balogh, and Runing Zhang. "Interaction of Undergraduate Research and Sustainable System Engineering Baccalaureate Program Development." In ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2016-65385.
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With the success of post-graduate programs in a wide range of individual sustainable development subjects such as environmental sustainability, sustainable manufacturing, infrastructure sustainability, etc. it was recognized that there was a void in undergraduate opportunity related to these areas. Consequently, the time seems appropriate for offering a relevant baccalaureate program to create a pipeline of students educated from a systems perspective in sustainable engineering practices that might feed into postgraduate programs, as well as fill a need in government and industry. This paper presents how undergraduate research supports engineering education linked to sustainable practices and influenced the development of a new degree program in Sustainable Systems Engineering (SSE) at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver). Two projects are discussed which represent an approach using sustainable systems methodology: one in the area of new sustainable structural systems and the other in development of water filtration devices to be used in Sustainable Community Development (SCD) projects. Additionally, the research on novel multi-composite structural members for new construction as well as retrofits that could be used in conjunction with solar heating technology was used as a pilot instrument in engineering courses to emphasize to students the application of sustainable engineering practices in design and holistic problem solving. This paper describes the curriculum development of the SSE program that was driven in part by these experiences. Discussed is the contribution of this applied learning approach as a contributing influence to a number of courses in the new program such as Mathematical Modeling, Structural Modeling, Humanitarian Engineering, and Sustainable Systems Design. Moreover, it discusses how these courses have been designed to incorporate elements of Undergraduate Research as part of the learning experience.
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Jacob, Anitha, Jisha Akkara, Jinesh K. J, and Jose P. Therattil. "Potential of Driver Physiological Measures for Assessing Non-Urban Highway Geometry." In International Web Conference in Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Planet. AIJR Publisher, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.112.60.
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Life is a complex phenomenon, mostly controlled by sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. And it is quite dynamic in response to numerous stimulations getting from a system called, human-vehicle-environmental ensemble. Geometry is one of the fundamental stimulus for a driver driving on a highway. His/her mental workload will be based on the input he/she gets from the above system. A system that provides an optimum workload will be the most efficient one. This study explored the capability of different physiological measures to assess the quality of geometric design of non-urban highways. Heart rate, galvanic skin resistance and rate of eye blinking and their variance from base condition were the candidate measures under consideration. Radius of curve, length of curve, length of tangent section, superelevation at curves, degree of curvature, deflection angle and minimum available sight distance at curves were the geometric variables considered. The study included driving experiments done on 114 horizontal curves of gradient less than 2 percentage, each curve being driven over by 30 car drivers. The subjects were equipped with sensors for collecting physiological measures and continuous logging of the data along with geometric coordinates made the database for study. The study revealed the relationship between significant geometric variables and workload measures. The study will be a contribution in the field of road safety auditing, planning and designing of non-urban highways.
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Mountain, Jeffrey R., and Angela D. Riddick. "Process Control System Design Experiences: A Real World Approach." In ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2005-80306.
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Hands-on, design oriented experiences have been shown to increase the visibility of the engineering profession; inspiring pre-college students to better prepare in math and science, and pursue an engineering degree. Most of these programs are successful, but they primarily focus on the creative aspects of highly specialized industries with little regard to the detail process of real world engineering design. Many students enroll in engineering programs believing the profession is solely focused on creativity and “building stuff” from a provided set of components. Once faced with the analysis and detail-oriented aspects of engineering practice, or the reality that most engineers are not employed by NASA or in robotics related industries, many students abandon engineering programs for other degree plans. The University of Texas at Tyler is using process control systems design as a theme to expose pre-college and college-level students to “common” engineering practices. This outreach program is part of a National Science Foundation funded project to provide hands-on opportunities to design, build, and test thermal/fluid based process control systems in an effort to attract and retain increased numbers of engineering students. This paper describes the proof of concept Process Control Breadboard System developed to provide a broad spectrum of students with exposure to the design of “common” engineering systems. Pre-college students come to realize that a wide range of engineering disciplines including: agricultural, chemical, electrical, mechanical, and petroleum engineering, consider process controls a part of their discipline. In addition, middle school students get exposed to the detail oriented aspects of real world engineering design; gaining experience in CAD modeling and producing bills of material prior to the hands-on build and test of their systems. Results from a variety of outreach and university level curriculum integration activities, conducted during the first two years of grant funding, will be presented, along with a summary of lessons learned and plans for future activities.