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Puhachova, Anna, and L. V. Roienko. "Is graphic design art or science?" Thesis, Наукова платформа Open Science Laboratory, 2020. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16302.
Full textGraphic design is described as the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography, iconography and illustration.
Dresch, Aline. "Design Science e Design Science Research como Artefatos Metodológicos para Engenharia de Produção." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2013. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/4075.
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Para garantir que uma pesquisa seja reconhecida como sólida e potencialmente relevante, tanto pelo campo acadêmico quanto pela sociedade em geral, ela deve demonstrar que foi desenvolvida com rigor e que é passível de debate e verificação. É neste âmbito que um método de pesquisa robusto se torna imprescindível para o sucesso na condução de um estudo. Este estudo busca contribuir para a comunidade de Engenharia de Produção argumentando pela necessidade de adotar-se um método de pesquisa centrado na evolução de uma “Ciência do Projeto” (Design Science), evidenciando seu sentido e suas formas de operacionalização. Para desenvolvimento deste estudo utilizou-se uma abordagem metodológica teórico-conceitual fundamentada em ampla revisão da literatura. A partir da revisão da literatura, foi possível verificar que os conceitos da proposta metodológica associada à pesquisa em Design Science, são pertinentes e aplicáveis à Engenharia de Produção. O trabalho apresenta um histórico conceitual a respeito da Design Science e da Design Science Research, a importância da definição das Classes de Problemas e dos Artefatos gerados no âmbito da pesquisa, e os principais passos para operacionalizar a Design Science Research. Para aprofundar o entendimento da pauta em questão, o trabalho também propõe comparações e análises sobre a Design Science e a sua relação com as ciências tradicionais. Ao final, o estudo busca apresentar alguns cuidados para a utilização e validação da Design Science Research.
To ensure that research is recognized as potentially relevant and solid, by both academic field and society in general, it must demonstrate that it was developed with rigor and is liable to debate and verification. It is in this context that a robust research method becomes essential to successfully conduct a study. This study seeks to contribute with the Production Engineering community debating the need to adopt a method of research focused on the evolution of Design Science, showing its meaning and its ways of operation. For this study was used an approach based on theoretical and conceptual extensive literature review. From the literature review, was possible to assert that the concepts associated with the proposed methodological research on Design Science are relevant and applicable to Production Engineering. This dissertation presents a conceptual history about the Design Science and Design Science Research, the importance of defining the Classes of Problems and Artifacts generated from a research, and key steps to operationalize the Design Science Research. To deepen the understanding of the staff concerned, this study also proposes comparisons and analyzes on the Design Science and its relationship with the traditional sciences. Finally, the study discusses some attenttion points for the use and validation of Design Science Research.
Ralph, David Paul. "Fundamentals of software design science." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29536.
Full textFelix, Allison. "Design Based Science and Higher Order Thinking." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71746.
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林煜 and Yuk Lam. "Hong Kong Science Park." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31982001.
Full textBowser, Anne Elizabeth. "Cooperative design, cooperative science| Investigating collaborative research through design with floracaching." Thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10129884.
Full textThis dissertation presents a case study of collaborative research through design with Floracaching, a gamified mobile application for citizen science biodiversity data collection. One contribution of this study is the articulation of collaborative research through design (CRtD), an approach that blends cooperative design approaches with the research through design methodology (RtD). Collaborative research through design is thus defined as an iterative process of cooperative design, where the collaborative vision of an ideal state is embedded in a design. Applying collaborative research through design with Floracaching illustrates how a number of cooperative techniques—especially contextual inquiry, prototyping, and focus groups—may be applied in a research through design setting. Four suggestions for collaborative research through design (recruit from a range of relevant backgrounds; take flexibility as a goal; enable independence and agency; and, choose techniques that support agreement or consensus) are offered to help others who wish to experiment with this new approach. Applying collaborative research through design to Floracaching yielded a new prototype of the application, accompanied by design annotations in the form of framing constructs for designing to support mobile, place-based citizen science activities. The prototype and framing constructs, which may inform other designers of similar citizen science technologies, are a second contribution of this research.
Karlsson, Jimmy, and Emanuel Niska. "Tidsdistortion i metodkomponenter - En design science-ansats." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-44366.
Full textTobias, Eklund, and Joakim Spehar. "CPlanner : Kursplaneringsprototyp med Design Science och Scrum." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-202215.
Full textDevelopment of planning system is a complex design problem that requires both a high degree of flexibility but also structure. In the context of planning, there are several actors, activities and resources that must be considered. Expertise in planning is often concentrated in a few key individuals. It is therefore no coincidence that many businesses, organizations and even universities currently conducts its planning in proven single-user system like Excel even though there is a strong need for standardized multi-user system. Uppsala University is no exception, despite its size, with over 40,000 students, 6,200 employees, 130 programs and 2000 courses. Course planning is conducted using single-user system and which is dependent on a number of key individuals to plan to work. The essay aims to investigate and illustrate the problems that are associated with the development of the planning system by developing a prototype of a course scheduling system. The research strategy used is Design Science and the development methodology that is used is Scrum. The prototype has been evaluated regularly during development through formative evaluation. The essays knowledge contribution is methodological knowledge that shows both how Scrum and Design Science can be combined and model knowledge, which shows the basic structure of a course scheduling system.
Matias, Ana Cátia António. "Design science : gamificação para a sustentabilidade ambiental." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19529.
Full textÉ imperativo alterar a forma como consumimos e como tratamos os resíduos que advêm desse mesmo consumo, e as crianças são o mais potente motor desta mudança. Assim, é importante conhecermos esta geração e adaptar a forma como nos dirigimos à mesma. A geração Alfa nasceu, e está a crescer, rodeada de tecnologia e é muito facilmente motivada por todas as características da mesma. Como tal, importa incluir ferramentas de ensino que entusiasmem e cativem esta geração. A gamificação é uma técnica que pode ser um complemento muito poderoso ao ensino, permitindo aos educadores motivar, mais facilmente, os seus alunos. Através da Design Science Research, foi desenhado um artefacto com o objetivo de educar crianças para a sustentabilidade ambiental e para as questões ambientais mais pertinentes. Este artefacto consiste num sistema gamificado, que poderá ser aplicado em contexto escolar. O artefacto foi validado através de seis entrevistas ao público-alvo e a especialistas. Essas entrevistas tiveram como objetivo compreender a adequação das técnicas utilizadas ao público-alvo e, se estas poderão solucionar o problema identificado. Através destas, foi possível perceber que a gamificação pode ser um motivador eficaz para as crianças. Dado que a solução desenhada lhes permite aplicarem os conhecimentos adquiridos quase imediatamente, os jogadores/alunos estão a consolidar os conceitos adquiridos de uma forma muito interativa e intuitiva. A utilização de jogos no ensino mostrou ser uma mais valia não só para os alunos como também para os professores, através da análise da informação recolhida pelo sistema.
It is imperative to change the way we consume and dispose of the waste that comes from it, and children are the most powerful engine for this change. Thus, it is important to know this generation and adapt the way we address them. The Alpha generation was born, and is developing, surrounded by technology and is very easily motivated by its characteristics. As such, it is important to include tools that excite and captivate this generation. Gamification is a technique that can be a very powerful complement to teaching, allowing educators to more easily motivate their students. Through Design Science Research, an artifact was designed with the purpose of educating children on environmental sustainability and some of the most relevant environmental issues. This artifact is a gamified system, that can be applied in a school context. The artifact was validated through six interviews with the target audience and specialists. Those interviews aimed to understand the adequacy of the techniques used to the target audience and, if those could be a solution for the identified problem. Through these it was possible to realize that gamification can be an effective motivator for children. Given the fact that the designed solution allows them to apply their acquired knowledge almost immediately, players/students are consolidating the acquired concepts in a very interactive and intuitive way. The use of games in teaching was proven to be an asset not only for students but also for teachers, through the analysis of the data collected by the system.
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Klaasen, I. T. "Knowledge-based design developing urban & regional design into a science /." Delft : Delft University Press, 2004. http://www.ebrary.com/.
Full textPickard, Michael. "Informing pictorial design through visual science understanding- a design based approach." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511328.
Full textKlaasen, Ina T. "Knowledge-based design : developing urban & regional design into a science /." Delft : Delft University Press, 2004. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0607/2005377632.html.
Full textMcColl, Paul. "A curriculum design framework for science education based on the history of science /." Connect to thesis, 2003. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000604.
Full textTarnoff, David. "Episode 0.0 – Prologue." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/computer-organization-design-oer/3.
Full textBriselli, Jennifer. "Demanufacturing Doubt: A Design Strategy for Science Communication." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2013. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/50.
Full textTen, Po-Kiong. "Organophilic pervaporation : engineering science analysis and design tool." Thesis, University of Bath, 2001. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343769.
Full textMattsson, Jesper, and Rasmus Mazetti. "RESOLVING USABILITYISSUES IN WEBGIS : A Cognitive Science Approach." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184596.
Full textDenna studie har fokuserat på att använda kognitiva principer i design, för att försöka lösa de fyraproblemområden (PO) som finns i kartlagerpanelen i Umeå kommuns webGIS. En litteratursökninggjordes och identifierade kognitiva teorier som fungerade som principer för att genomföra designval.Fyra low fidelity (lo-fi) prototyper skapades. Lo-fi-prototyperna testades med hjälp av tänka-högtuppgifter och en semistrukturerad intervju. Sex deltagare, tre experter och tre nybörjare användes.Deltagarens åsikter och tankar samlades för att möjliggöra utvecklingen av en high fidelity (hi-fi)prototyp. Hi-fi-prototypen baserades på lo-fi-resultaten och de kognitiva principerna.Hi-fi-prototypen testades med tänka-högt uppgifter och en semistrukturerad intervju. Tre experterrekryterades tillsammans med tre nybörjare. Åsikter och tankar från testet transkriberades ochkategoriserades med hjälp av kombinerad deduktiv och induktiv kodning. Resultaten av analysenanvändes för att besvara vår forskningsfråga: löser användningen av kognitiva principer vidutformningen av kartlagerpanelen i Umeå kommuns webGIS de tidigare identifieradeanvändbarhetssvårigheter som identifierats? Huvudsakligen verkade det som att två problem ärlösta, när det gäller de andra två problemen verkade det fortfarande finnas svårigheter. Bland annat,diskuterades det om de olösta frågorna berodde på bristande funktionalitet i prototypen ellerotillräckliga kognitiva principer.
McManus, Paulette Marion. "Communication with and between visitors to a science museum." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295042.
Full textMattsson, Jesper, and Rasmus Mazetti. "RESOLVING USABILITY ISSUES IN WEBGIS : A Cognitive Science Approach." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184596.
Full textDenna studie har fokuserat på att använda kognitiva principer i design, för att försöka lösa de fyraproblemområden (PO) som finns i kartlagerpanelen i Umeå kommuns webGIS. En litteratursökninggjordes och identifierade kognitiva teorier som fungerade som principer för att genomföra designval.Fyra low fidelity (lo-fi) prototyper skapades. Lo-fi-prototyperna testades med hjälp av tänka-högtuppgifter och en semistrukturerad intervju. Sex deltagare, tre experter och tre nybörjare användes.Deltagarens åsikter och tankar samlades för att möjliggöra utvecklingen av en high fidelity (hi-fi)prototyp. Hi-fi-prototypen baserades på lo-fi-resultaten och de kognitiva principerna.Hi-fi-prototypen testades med tänka-högt uppgifter och en semistrukturerad intervju. Tre experterrekryterades tillsammans med tre nybörjare. Åsikter och tankar från testet transkriberades ochkategoriserades med hjälp av kombinerad deduktiv och induktiv kodning. Resultaten av analysenanvändes för att besvara vår forskningsfråga: löser användningen av kognitiva principer vidutformningen av kartlagerpanelen i Umeå kommuns webGIS de tidigare identifieradeanvändbarhetssvårigheter som identifierats? Huvudsakligen verkade det som att två problem ärlösta, när det gäller de andra två problemen verkade det fortfarande finnas svårigheter. Bland annat,diskuterades det om de olösta frågorna berodde på bristande funktionalitet i prototypen ellerotillräckliga kognitiva principer.
Mary, Michael Todd. "An investigation of the impact of science course sequencing on student performance in high school science and math." Thesis, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3721730.
Full textHigh school students in the United States for the past century have typically taken science courses in a sequence of biology followed by chemistry and concluding with physics. An alternative sequence, typically referred to as “physics first” inverts the traditional sequence by having students begin with physics and end with biology. Proponents of physics first cite advances in biological sciences that have dramatically changed the nature of high school biology and the potential benefit to student learning in math that would accompany taking an algebra-based physics course in the early years of high school to support changing the sequence. Using a quasi-experimental, quantitative research design, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of science course sequencing on student achievement in math and science at a school district that offered both course sequences. The Texas state end-of-course exams in biology, chemistry, physics, algebra I and geometry were used as the instruments measuring student achievement in math and science at the end of each academic year. Various statistical models were used to analyze these achievement data. The conclusion was, for students in this study, the sequence in which students took biology, chemistry, and physics had little or no impact on performance on the end-of-course assessments in each of these courses. Additionally there was only a minimal effect found with respect to math performance, leading to the conclusion that neither the traditional or “physics first” science course sequence presented an advantage for student achievement in math or science.
Toriseva, Jenni. "Biofonia : A citizen science service to monitor biodiversity." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-155160.
Full textGingold, Chaim. "Play Design." Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10140206.
Full textThis thesis argues that it is productive to consider playthings, playmates, playgrounds, and play practices as constituting a set with shared design characteristics.
Before turning to the case studies that lead to the principles of play design, we must first address two foundational methodological points:
First, in order to analyze something as play, we must be able to speak constructively about play itself, which is a bewildering subject. In chapter 1, Play, we review the literature on play, reconciling multiple perspectives and definitions, and distill seven play characteristics that underpin the thesis.
Second, in order to analyze software, we must have methods for doing so. Chapter 2, Software, advances an analytical framework for this purpose. This is a methodological contribution to the nascent field of software studies, which seeks to interpret the semi-visible infrastructure of computing that mediates modern life, from our bodies and our most intimate relationships to our public and political lives. To link software to play, I introduce an additional analytical framework for considering software as a resource for play.
Will Wright created SimCity to amuse himself and learn about cities. To build it, he appropriated from multiple traditions in which computers are used as tools for modeling and thinking about the world as a complex system, most notably system dynamics and cellular automata. Wright’s make believe play was scaffolded by these software practices, which offered inspiration and guidance, as well as abstract computational primitives for world building. Chapters 3–5 trace the historical contexts and origins of SimCity’s many design influences, from system dynamics (chapter 3) and cellular automata (chapter 4)—two very different ways of seeing, thinking about, and computationally representing the world—to Pinball Construction Set and Raid on Bungling Bay (chapter 5).
Taking up the evolution of software in this way allows us to see how it is formed, what it is made of, and how ideas are embedded within and perpetuated by it. Deconstruction also helps us to understand software as a medium of dynamic representation, a scaffold for thought, an aesthetic experience, and its appeal as a resource for play.
In Chapter 5, SimBusiness, I give a historical account of SimCity’s creation and the social circumstances that shaped its design, and sketch the history of Maxis, the company that marshaled and published SimCity. The trajectory of Maxis offers a parable about play and creativity. We see in Maxis’s formation and unraveling the inescapable tension between play and capitalism, and between intrinsic and extrinsic play—the private autotelic play that innovates and creates, and the public play of player-consumers that pays the bills.
Chapter 6, SimCity, completes the SimCity case study by considering it as play artifact and experience. Using extensive diagrams that translate and map its code, I perform a close reading of SimCity, explaining how it conjures the illusion of a miniature living city, and how this living world scaffolds play.
Two non-digital examples round out the play design case studies. In chapter 7, City Building Education, we look at Doreen Nelson’s practice of building and role playing model cities with children in classrooms. Nelson’s simulation is an excellent counterpoint to Wright’s, and their comparison elucidates many play design principles. Chapter 8, Adventure Playground, looks at an unusual playground in which children build with junk, and play with risks and materials, like wood, paint, and nails, that are typically withheld from them. In addition to illuminating principles of play design, the adventure playground tradition reveals play’s “refructifying” (Sutton-Smith 1999) capacity to sweep up everything, even the detritus of civilization, and creatively reimagine it. Conceived amidst the darkness of World War II, adventure playgrounds illustrate how life transcends ruin through play—an important lesson for the 21st century’s unfolding challenges.
In chapter 9, Play Design, I articulate play design principles drawn from the case studies. The principles are analytical, enabling us to see how play is scaffolded, as well as generative, prescribing design strategies for scaffolding play. This analytical-generative pairing enables us to deconstruct the design of a plaything, and transfer these design techniques to a new project—a technique that should be of interest to the educators, marketers, and designers of all stripes who have often envied the deep focus, enthusiasm, and pleasure afforded by make believe caves, dungeons, cities, and computationally animated living worlds. Play design is also deeply relevant to new embodiments of computation on the horizon, such as augmented reality and tangible dynamic media. Play is profoundly appropriative, and good play designs teach us how to robustly accommodate unpredictable environments and activities. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Zhu, Xun. "Static verification of concurrent system design." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18732.
Full textL'élaboration d'une bonne architecture dans un système concurrent est une tâche extrêmement difficile. Ceci s'explique par un nombre infini de combinaison de comportement d'exécution possible causé par l'interaction des processus exécutant de fac¸on concurrente (ou pseudoconcurrente). La consistance de donnée, l'interblocage, l'insuffisance de ressources et le partage juste des ressources sont les problhmes les mieux connus dans les environnements concurrents. La vérification exacte d'une architecture de système concurrent est une solution très dispendieuse, nécessitant des analyses de comportement d'exécution qui s'avère beaucoup trop coûteux. Cette thèse adresse ce problème en proposant plusieurs techniques statiques qui peuvent aider un développeur d'un système concurrent pendant la phase d'analyse. Dans la première partie de cette thèse, nous présentons une technique qui permet d'analyser l'architecture d'un système concurrent existant pour y découvrir des situations potentielles d'interblockage. Cette analyse nécessité le mappage de diagrammes d'interaction d'objet, tel que les diagrammes de séquence, à des diagrammes de Synchronisation de Systhme Hasse, qui peuvent être analysés à leur tour pour y découvrir des interblockages. Puisque la technique est statique, elle est sur-pessimiste. Donc, elle peut trouver des interblockages qui n'existe pas vraiment. Cependant, si aucun interblockage est trouvé, alors le programmes peut être assuré qu'aucun interblockage ne s'y trouve. Dans la deuxième section de la thèse, nous démontrons comment des spécifications munies d'information concurrent, peut être transformées en spécification sans problème d'interblockage. Cette technique débute avec des schémas opérationnels OCL munies d'information concurrent, qui décrivent toutes les fonctionnalités du système avec les préconditions, les poste-conditions et les conditions de dépendance. Ces schémas sont alors mappés à$
Araújo, Eduardo Carvalho. "Estratégia para gestão do design no Creative Science Park: Aveiro region." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17892.
Full textEsta tese foca em vários cenários de modelos de gestão do Design que ultrapassam o entendimento do design restrito às suas qualidades formais e morfológicas. Nesta tese design é entendido como um fator a levar em consideração para a gestão estratégica do Parque de Ciência e Inovação (PCI). Partindo do modelo Triple Helix (TH) estudamos o PCI com a ambição de contribuir para que este fique mais bem posicionado para gerir os fluxos de conhecimento, tecnologias e inovação liderando a implementação efetiva destes fluxos e oportunidades na indústria e na competividade territorial. É neste contexto que discutimos o papel da Design Factory (DF) e do Design no PCI, com a ambição de estimular um ambiente relacional de uma rede de parceiros com entendimentos holísticos sobre os papeis da inovação e do Design. Metodologicamente combinamos a análise teórica com o trabalho de campo etnográfico com recurso a análise descritiva e análise qualitativa. A dimensão da amostra usada assim como a natureza desta pesquisa pede o modelo indutivo informado pela codificação das relevâncias estruturais. As interpretações das relevâncias estruturais guiaram a demonstração e a apresentação das várias interpretações, as quais são fundamentadas na informação coletada e dão indicações claras sobre os vários papeis do Design em organizações como o PCI. A informação coletada mostra evidência que as organizações que integram o Design nos mais altos níveis decisórios têm sido consistentemente as organizações mais bem-sucedidas. Esta pesquisa apresenta três cenários resultantes de três entendimentos diferenciados relativamente ao papel do Design em organizações como o PCI e propõe o cenário em que a Gestão Estratégica do Design é entendida por todos nos diferentes níveis de decisão, começando nos mais altos níveis de decisão na organização, assim como é percepcionada em toda a organização enquanto facilitadora para a inovação em sistemas de negócio abertos e dinâmicos. No sentido de diferenciar o PCI de organizações similares, sugerimos uma alteração da designação do PCI para: Design Innovation Park. Na conclusão defendemos que todos os parceiros envolvidos nesta organização são de facto parte de uma rede sustentada na competição e sustentabilidade, particularmente em Portugal e Brasil, para os quais será relevante entender o Design enquanto facilitador para estimular a estratégia, sustentabilidade e competividade.
This thesis focuses on the different scenarios of Design management models beyond the design approaches guided only by an understanding of design informed by its formal and morphological qualities. In this thesis Design is perceived as a factor to take in consideration for strategic management of the Creative Science Park (CSP). Departing from the Triple Helix model (TH) we studied the CPS aiming to contribute for making it better positioned for managing the flows of knowledge, technologies and innovation leading to the effective implementation of these flows in the industry and territorial competiveness. In this context we discuss the role of Design Factory (DF) and of Design at the CSP aiming at stimulating a relational environment of partners network with holistic approaches and praxis concerning the roles of innovation and Design. Methodologically we integrated theoretical framework and ethnographic approaches in the field by means of descriptive and qualitative analysis. The sample size used and the nature of this research calls for an inductive approach, informed by the encoding of structural relevancies. The interpretation of structural relevancies guided the demonstration and presentation of various interpretations grounded on the collected data and gave clear indicators concerning the multiple roles of Design in organizations such as CSP. The collected data shows evidence that organizations that have Design embedded at the highest levels of decision making have been consistently the most successful organizations. This research presents three scenarios resulting of three different understandings concerning the role of Design in organizations such as CSP and proposes the scenario, in which Strategic Design Management is perceived at multilevel decision making by all, starting at the highest levels of decision making in the organization and is perceived throughout the organization as a facilitator for innovation in dynamic and open business systems. For better differentiating of similar organizations we do suggest CSP to change to a new designation: Design Innovation Park. In conclusion we argue that all partners involved at this organization are indeed part of a creative network based in competiveness and sustainability, in particular in Portugal and Brazil, for which will be relevant to perceive Design as a facilitator for stimulating strategy, sustainability and competiveness.
Lin, Chung-Hung. "Establishing a development process for science museum exhibition design." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272155.
Full textLambie, Anthony Graham. "Dialogue understanding and dialogue design : from science to engineering." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394354.
Full textRenon, Anne-Lyse. "Design et esthétique dans les pratiques de la science." Paris, EHESS, 2016. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01802325.
Full textThis work questions from an anthropological and demiotic point of view the construction of scientific knowledge by graphic expression. In general, it studies a panorama of both historical examples of the visual culture of science, and contemporary research practices, including the importance of observation and displays in the construction of images, in manufacturing, dissemination of science, in terms of assumptions, methods, theories and styles of thought. As contemporary science is characterized by its very « visual » presence in society, we believe that design and imagery-related technologies are in the heart of aesthetic relationships inherent in any research process. To understand how the status of objects - in their materiality and their agentivity - is beyond the status of objectivity in knowledge production, we try to recapture it as a symbolic construction, particularly embodied by the research design
Brodeur, Marcus Stefan. "Design priorities for online laboratories in undergraduate practical science." Thesis, Open University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.699825.
Full textNakfoor, Sarah Shamus. "A Science & Mathematics Magnet School at Maymont." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1438.
Full textRibeiro, Bruno B. R. "Reshaping Visual Communication Design Curriculum to Support Collaboration with Computer Science and Engineering." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337915762.
Full textMarshall, Mark. "Physical interface design for digital musical instruments." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40788.
Full textCette thèse porte sur l'étude de l'interaction ayant lieu, en situation de jeu,entre un(e) instrumentiste et un instrument musical numérique (IMN).A l'inverse des instruments acoustiques traditionnels, il n'existe aucun couplageentre le dispositif de production du son et l'interface sur laquelle agit l'instrumentistedans le cas des IMN. L'une des implications de cette observation est que cesinstruments ne procurent pas la rétroaction tactile normalement présente dans lesinstruments de musique traditionels. Par conséquent, les IMN sont souvent perçuspar leurs interprètes comme manquant d'âme, de personnalité.Le but de ce travail de thèse est d'avancer quelques solutions permettant d'insuer un peu plus âme à un instrument musical numérique. Le point focal de larecherche étant l'étude et la conception de l'interface physique (corps de l'instrument,capteurs et dispositifs de rétroaction utilisés) d'un tel instrument.Ce mémoire présente, en premier lieu, une étude détaillée de la théorie et de lapratique actuelles dans le domaine de la conception d'interfaces physiques pour lesIMN. L'inventaire des 266 instruments recensés depuis la création de la conférenceNIME constitue l'un des points majeurs de cette partie du travail. En effet, ce tour d'horizon permet de faire ressortir les incohérences entre théorie et pratique. Cesdifférences sont particulièrement frappantes en ce qui concerne les capteurs et lesdispositifs de rétroaction.Le travail de recherche de cette thèse a donc pour objectif de mieux comprendrecomment réduire ces incohérences. Des expériences portant sur le choix optimaldes capteurs à utiliser dans un IMN ont donc été menées. Différents dispositifs derétroaction vibrotactile ont aussi été étudiés en regardant d'abord quels actuateursutiliser, et en évaluant les effets de la modication de leur réponse en fréquencesur la discrimination fréquentielle de stimuli vibrotactiles chez des sujets humains.Des exemp
Park, Daekwon. "Multiscale Thermal Design for Buildings." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:30499027.
Full textSpiekermann-Hoff, Sarah, and Marie Caroline Oetzel. "A systematic methodology for privacy impact assessments: a design science approach." Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2013.18.
Full textMalitsky, Nikolay. "Mutable Class Design Pattern." NSUWorks, 2016. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/956.
Full textBomström, H. (Henri). "Improving video game designer workflow in procedural content generation-based game design:a design science approach." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201812063237.
Full textNASCIMENTO, ELEN CRISTINA CARVALHO. "ELECTRONIC ART: THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN DESIGN, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=30067@1.
Full textCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Este trabalho propõe a reflexão sobre a relevância da Arte Eletrônica no processo de formação e produção para o conhecimento contemporâneo, bem como suas afinidades com o campo do Design, desde os princípios históricos até as práticas de produção e experimentação transdisciplinares que ampliam os limites entre Arte, Ciência e Tecnologia. Os capítulos refletem os problemas epistemológicos encontrados e trazem à análise, conceitos e exemplos de obras de Arte Eletrônica, desde estágios iniciais de experimentação até modelos publicamente apresentados. Foram também realizadas entrevistas com professores, alunos, especialistas e pesquisadores de áreas relacionadas para auxiliar em análises comparativas de interpretação.
This work proposes to reflect on the relevance of Electronic Art in the process of formation and production of the contemporary knowledge, as well as its affinities with the field of Design, from historical principles to practices of transdisciplinary production and experimentation that expands the boundaries between Art, Science, and Technology. The chapters reflect the epistemological problems encountered, and bring the analysis, concepts, and examples of works of Electronic Art, from initial stages of experimentation, to publicly presented models. In addition, interviews were conducted with teachers, students, specialists, and researchers from related areas to assist in comparative analysis of interpretation.
Lowey, Charlotte (Charlotte Emily). "Design and analysis of penetrator probes for planetary science applications." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113725.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-157).
Penetrator probes emplace by impact into a solid medium, carrying scientific instrumentation to fulfil specified post-impact mission objectives. They have been used successfully for multiple terrestrial applications, but only flown once unsuccessfully as a planetary exploration vehicle, with many proposed penetrator missions over several decades being cancelled at various stages of development. We examine past applications of penetrator probes alongside current Antarctic research instrumentation, setting out the context for design and analysis work carried out on the Geodetic Seismic Ice Penetrator (GSIP). GSIP is a separable two-body penetrator designed for air-deployment from LC-130 aircraft into snow pack on the Ross Ice Shelf, using existing polar research aircraft as the deployment method. The mission objective is to measure seismic readings and ice shelf displacement for a full year in order to improve understanding of the dynamic effect of ocean forcing on ice shelf stability. GSIP also aims to improve upon current Antarctic research instrumentation by reducing the on-ice footprint and therefore reducing the risk to team members, as well as reducing the deployment time and cost when compared to deployment by hand on the ground. Using an air-deployed sensor vehicle improves ease of instrumenting remote and crevassed areas to establish a wide network of seismic sensors, in order to build up a large-scale overview of dynamic response across the ice shelf. The current design of the GSIP system is presented, including the need for the penetrator to be aerodynamically stable with a low centre of gravity in order to rapidly damp oscillations during the falling phase and maximise the probability of emplacing at a vertical or near-vertical angle. This is required both to achieve stable seismic coupling with the snow pack and to fulfil the microseismometer positioning requirements. A two-body design was selected due to the ability to separately optimise the forebody design to emplace at least 100% of its length to achieve secure seismic coupling and the afterbody design to decelerate rapidly upon impact to ensure the antennas are placed sufficiently high above the surface to remain uncovered after a full year of snow accumulation. This separable design improves GSIP's robustness to the wide possible range of impact medium properties which may be encountered. Due to a strong reliance of success on the properties of the impact medium, a MATLAB simulation of snow penetration was developed and used to compare a range of design variables. Although snow mechanics is a complex field requiring large amounts of simplification to succeed in solving specific practical problems, this simulation was partially validated using data from drop testing into snow and shown to have low error values. The model was used to help refine the design for GSIP but also to aid in the development of a miniaturised earthquake-monitoring soil penetrator, broadening the range of impact medium variables which were considered by the penetration simulation.
by Charlotte Lowey.
S.M.
Castle, Courtney. "Measuring Multidimensional Science Learning: Item Design, Scoring, and Psychometric Considerations." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107904.
Full textThe Next Generation Science Standards propose a multidimensional model of science learning, comprised of Core Disciplinary Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Accordingly, there is a need for student assessment aligned with the new standards. Creating assessments that validly and reliably measure multidimensional science ability is a challenge for the measurement community (Pellegrino, et al., 2014). Multidimensional assessment tasks may need to go beyond typical item designs of standalone multiple-choice and short-answer items. Furthermore, scoring and modeling of student performance should account for the multidimensionality of the construct. This research contributes to knowledge about best practices for multidimensional science assessment by exploring three areas of interest: 1) item design, 2) scoring rubrics, and 3) measurement models. This study investigated multidimensional scaffolding and response format by comparing alternative item designs on an elementary assessment of matter. Item variations had a different number of item prompts and/or response formats. Observations about student cognition and performance were collected during cognitive interviews and a pilot test. Items were scored using a holistic rubric and a multidimensional rubric, and interrater agreement was examined. Assessment data was scaled with multidimensional scores and holistic scores, using unidimensional and multidimensional Rasch models, and model-data fit was compared. Results showed that scaffolding is associated with more thorough responses, especially among low ability students. Students tended to utilize different cognitive processes to respond to selected-response items and constructed-response items, and were more likely to respond to selected-response arguments. Interrater agreement was highest when the structure of the item aligned with the structure of the scoring rubric. Holistic scores provided similar reliability and precision as multidimensional scores, but item and person fit was poorer. Multidimensional subscales had lower reliability, less precise student estimates than the unidimensional model, and interdimensional correlations were high. However, the multidimensional rubric and model provide nuanced information about student performance and better fit to the response data. Recommendations about optimal combinations of scaffolding, rubric, and measurement models are made for teachers, policymakers, and researchers
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation
Jackson, Samuel. "Sustainability in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Interaction Design." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1329.
Full textDuignan, Patricia. "Dr. WHO?: The Science and Culture of Medical Wear Design." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3991.
Full textPokhrel, Lok R., Phillip R. Scheuerman, and Brajesh Dubey. "Evaluation of Experimental Design Options in Environmental Nano-Science Research." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2874.
Full textCacioppo, Christopher M. (Christopher Michael). "Design of an exportable digital design curriculum." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38827.
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by Christopher M. Cacioppo.
M.S.
Limér, Emelie. "Flygande bildar och kvinnliga rättigheter : Feministiskt synsätt inom science fiction." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16473.
Full textIn this thesis, I have used the creativity, design and motivation that is required to, together, change the world, with the hope that this is what it will do. In the study, I have looked closely at feminism and its place in the media, more specifically in science fiction. Using something as widespread and well-used as the media, it should be exemplary to convey a more equal outlook, and unite an otherwise splintered and oppressed group. This is what I have addressed, in order to prove it and use it. With the aid of critical speculative design, prototype development and graphic design, I have, through a figuration, also seen how we can adapt science fiction to the feminist perspective, and how we can take advantage of this exceptional way, to improve the world.
Aldous, Colleen Michelle. "University level genetics students' competencies in selected science process skills." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02092006-120752.
Full textDuh, J. C. (Jen Chow) 1958. "Strategic planning and integration of NASA Earth Science Technology Program." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91758.
Full textWang, Kang. "The design and implementation of a social accountability framework." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95206.
Full textNous présentons un cadre de responsabilisation pour l'Internet, qui lie l'action d'un utilisateur à son identité sur un réseau social en ligne. Le cadre est facultatif en ce que les utilisateurs n'ont pas besoin d'être responsables en tout temps, mais les services web différents peuvent envigueur responsabilité de la part de leurs utilisateurs en ne permettant l'accès que pour des utilisateurs responsables. Notre conception est suffisamment général pour que les applications de niveau supérieur peut placer d'autres politiques et les restrictions sur la responsabilité de base prévue. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons la conception, discutons comment les différentes applications peuvent être placés sur notre cadre, et fournissons des données de performance à partir d'un prototype expérimental.
Kybartas, Ben. "Design and analysis of ReGEN a narrative generation tool." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119760.
Full textLa génération procédurale d'histoire dans les jeux vidéo commerciaux permettre d'étendre le « gameplay » et d'approfondir l'univers du jeu à bas coup. Les jeux commerciaux qui utilisent ce genre de technologie le font de manière simpliste dont le résultat est souvent répétitif et ennuyeux. Nous avons développé un système qui crée des histoires procéduralement, ce système utilise une représentation de l'univers graphique (graphe) et réécrit cette structure afin de la faire évoluer. Cette représentation permet à notre système de comprendre l'univers, d'y modifier ce dernier et du fait créer des histoires qui respectent l'univers. Les histoires générées par le système sont validées afin d'assurer qu'elles sont logiques. De plus, nous avons défini des procédures innovatrices afin de mesurer la qualité des histoires générées. Ceci est accompli par l'entremise d'analyse de graphe. Ces procédures sont utilisées afin d'assurer une qualité minimale lors de la génération d'histoires. Par la suite, nous examinons les relations entre les histoires générées et la grandeur de l'univers ludique. Afin de valider notre approche, nous avons comparé nos histoires procédurales à d'autres systèmes procéduraux et d'histoires de jeux vidéo générées par la plume d'auteur. Nos résultats montrent que notre système se compare favorablement avec les histoires venant d'auteur humain. En sommes, notre approche permet d'analyser et mesurer des histoires en plus d'offrir une approche pratique et fonctionnelle à la génération procédurale d'histoire.
Suchow, Ariella Flora. "Alternative Science: An Examination of Practice-Linked Identity Formation Within the Context of an Art Science Program." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108784.
Full textThis dissertation documents the pilot year of an Art Science Program. This study asks: what is possible when we create learning environments modeled for the integration of theatre and other artistic media with science? What, in general, are the affordances of theatre and other art forms for fostering such meaning-making, what are good ways to make it happen, and what are the challenges? We analyze young learners’ participation and attitude changes in the context of the Art Science Program. Findings indicate that (1) access to identity resources impacts learners’ practice-linked identities (Nasir & Cooks, 2009); (2) face-saving behaviors impact practice-linked identities by inhibiting learners’ access to identity resources; (3) the development of practice-linked identities parallels the development of possible selves; (4) the extent to which a learner is able to engage in their learning as a “whole person” (Wenger, 2006) is correlated with a learner’s identity trajectory; (5) learners may fail to form new practice-linked identities despite robust access to identity resources; and (6) learners may succeed in forming new practice-linked identities despite lack of significant access to identity resources because the identity resources that they do access provide a strong hook into new, nascent practice-linked identities
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2020
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Huang, Jianyuan. "Computer science graduate project management system." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3250.
Full textPraritsantik, Supachai. "Web-based interactive self-evaluation system for computer science in generic tutorial system for the sciences project." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2273.
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