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Design and Manufacture of Surface Topography with Additive Manufacturing: Properties and Applications
(2018-05-31)
The first study investigates the impact of surface texture parameters of natural surface specimens on the attachment of algae communities. The primary objective of this effort is to show feasibility in the approach of ...
A Data Driven Framework to Predict the Fatigue among Manufacturing Workers Using Wearable Sensors
(2018-07-25)
Worker fatigue has been known as a significant phenomenon in the manufacturing occupations. In these occupations, physical fatigue is a challenging ergonomic/safety issue as it lowers productivity and boosts the incidence ...
Using Real Options Analytics to Improve the Capital Budgeting Process under Uncertainty
(2018-04-13)
Capital allocation processes are complex and time consuming in large organizations because of the diverse choices from projects proposed by various departments within the organization. Invariably these projects reveal ...
A Web-Based Personal Driving Assistant Using Real-Time Data and a Dynamic Programming Model
(2018-07-24)
Eco-driving and eco-routing have recently attracted paramount attention from both academia and transportation industry. Multiple studies have approached this problem from a variety of angles. The goal of the first two parts ...
Evaluation of Physical Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders among Reforestation Workers in the Southeastern United States
(2018-11-30)
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a major concern for society due to their high prevalence and the magnitude of their direct and indirect costs. Exposure to physical risk factors in the work environment ...
The Development and Evaluation of a Cumulative Exposure Integration Method Based on Fatigue Failure Theory
(2018-12-07)
Cumulative exposure to physical risk factors has been identified as one of the major contributors to the development of workplace musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Linear integration methods have been widely used to quantify ...
Lead-free Doped Solder Joint Reliability under Harsh Temperature Cycling Environment to study the Long Term Isothermal Aging Effects of Heat Sinks, Solder Paste Volume, Board Substrate Material, Component Substrate Material and Component Sizes
(2018-07-23)
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) organizations have restricted the use of lead in solder materials for consumer electronics. The electronic industry ...
Evaluating Responses to One-handed Carrying among Older and Obese Individuals
(2018-11-30)
Manual material handling (MMH) is associated with the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Older and obese workers are more susceptible to MSDs in comparison to younger, non-obese workers. One-handed ...
Profile Monitoring of Multivariate Processes for Efficient Detection of Parameter Changes
(2018-10-31)
Profile monitoring has been extensively studied when the profile of a quality characteristic is normally distributed. There are a limited number of studies for the case when a profile follows other distributions such as ...
3D-printed custom substratum to accentuate fast functional responses from microbial colonization
(2018-12-03)
Recent studies have shown the feasibility of growing benthic organisms on customized substratum by using Additive Manufacturing (AM). Their proven capabilities to fabricate objects at high speed and with complex geometries ...