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Design and Construction of a Rapid Prototyping Machine: A Breakdown of the Machine Sub-Systems Used to Learn Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Skills
David Culler, Noah Anderson, & Stanley Ames
Described by local professors and students as a “semester project on steroids”, students at the Oregon Institute of Technology set the lofty goal of designing and constructing a Rapid Prototyping (RP) machine based on an international community of “Rep-Rappers” (Replicating RP Machines) that was started at the University of Bathe, England [1]. |
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Task Diminishment: Construction Value Loss Through Sub-Optimal Task Execution
John R. Patton
Ledbetter & Burati [1] defined quality as "conformance to requirements". This definition assumes that a requirement has been communicated, and mutually accepted by the contract purchaser and the contract holder. This research describes the persistent, or undiscovered and un-restored lack of conformance to requirements as value loss in the delivered project. Construction value is lost through sub-optimal execution across all tasks and events throughout the construction process. This sub-optimal execution is failure to conform to a task requirement. The contract purchaser (client) expects to receive a specified value through letting a contract to a construction service provider (contract holder). When the project is delivered, it may be significantly devalued compared to the expectations implied in the contract documents. Tasks executed in a non-conforming manner, which are never discovered through normal QAQC process and are therefore never corrected or restored, remain in the delivered project to degrade the project/contract value. These diminished tasks, persist across all trades, disciplines, and specialties in the construction process. This task diminishment impacts all tasks from the contract purchaser, and the contract holder – all tasks can be diminished through poor task execution. Diminishment of tasks from both the contract purchaser, and the contract holder, can rob the project of its implied or expected value. The task diminishments are un-restored, and uncorrected during the construction phase, and linger to degrade the value of the delivered project. |
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Global Trends in Patenting
Ben D. Cranor, Matthew E. Elam, & Jerry D. Parish
The United States’ historical dominance in the issuance of patents is being threatened. |
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Globalization Issues in the Industrial Technology Transfer Supply Chain
Todd D. Myers
As more and more equipment and tools for manufacturing are produced in one country and used in another, differences between quality dimension standards and usage specifications become apparent. |
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A Classroom/Distance Learning Engineering Course on Wireless Networking with Virtual Lab
Jai P. Agrawal & Yakov E. Cherner
Paper presents the design of an engineering course on “Wireless Networking” in a traditional classroom /distance learning format. |
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Teaching Circuits to Multiple Disciplines: Hardware, Software, Both?
Dr. Noureddine Bekhouche & Mr. Terry Marbut
The importance of appropriate laboratory activities has long been recognized in electronics technology programs. |
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Building Information Modeling: An Academic Perspective
Vivek Sah & Clark Cory
The last decade has seen a tremendous rise in object oriented and parametric modeling technology. |
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Integrating 3D Vision Measurements into Industrial Robot Applications
Frank S. Cheng & Xiaoting Chen
Vision systems are used more and more in recent industrial robot applications for enhancing robot flexibility and intelligence. |
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