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Estimating Project Volatility and Developing Decision Support System in Real Options Analysis
(2008-09-09)
Today’s uncertain world requires firms to have a system in place that can analyze the flexibility of their projects. Real options are utilized frequently to quantify the benefits of taking a particular risk. The real options ...
Patient Handling: Restrictions & Conditions
(2008-09-09)
Injuries to healthcare personnel performing patient transfers are a worldwide problem and have been listed as a primary research interest by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) since the 1980’s. ...
Aisle Designs for Unit-Load Warehouses with Multiple Pickup and Deposit Points
(2008-09-09)
This thesis focuses on unit load warehouses having multiple pickup and deposit (P&D) locations on the warehouse dock(s) — i.e., a P&D region. Our aim is to design a cross aisle structure that will reduce the cost of operating ...
PBGA Reliability of Lead Free Solder Balls Assembled with Tin Lead Solder Paste for Harsh Environment Electronics
(2008-09-09)
The demand for high-temperature electronics is growing rapidly in the automotive industry. This stems directly from the fact that these electronics are being transferred from their passive environments to under-the-hood ...
SMT Line Improvements for High Mix, Low Volume Electronics Manufacturing
(2011-06-03)
This work covers two major projects aimed at increasing quality and efficiency on a high mix, low volume surface mount electronics production line. Specifically the installation of a ten zone reflow oven and an enhanced ...
Test Planning and Validation through an Optimized Kriging Interpolation Process in a Sequential Sampling Adaptive Computer Learning Environment
(2012-07-27)
This dissertation explores Kriging in an adaptive computer learning environment with sequential sampling. The idea of this Design for Kriging (DFK) process was first mentioned in [1] titled “Kriging for Interpolation in ...
Modeling Human Perception of Postural Stress
(2013-04-22)
This work investigated the discomfort-time sequences of SPH tasks in an effort to determine the existing relationship between perceived discomfort and posture holding time. This study proposed the power function as an ...
The Effects of Thermal Aging on the Mechanical Behavior of Fine Pitch Electronics Packages
(2013-01-07)
The direction of Electronics packaging industry is to design smaller packages
with higher complexity while focusing on Sn-Ag-Cu as the alloy of choice for lead free
electronics assembly. While performance capabilities ...
Iterative and Incremental System Lifecycle Development
(2013-04-17)
One of the fundamental changes in our technologically advanced society is the breadth of technologies available and the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets of the many inventors and developers. Traditional ...
An Operating Model and Economic Analysis for Integrating Wind Electric Power in Manufacturing
(2011-04-21)
Among the renewable sources of generating electricity, wind power costs less to produce and produces fewer CO2 emissions. In addition, the Department of Energy (DOE) has stated that wind power should provide 20% of U.S. ...