Dissertations / Theses: 'Design change'

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Hindmarch, Helen Louise. "Design change management : developing a software application to support the evaluation of construction design changes." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/design-change-management-developing-a-software-application-to-support-the-evaluation-of-construction-design-changes(f84cf1fc-8d6f-447a-83be-75edf482ebdb).html.

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It is widely accepted that design changes, occurring during construction projects, can account for a significant proportion of the engineering design consultant’s total cost. Projects with multidisciplinary, distributed and virtual project teams, working on technically challenging problems, make the impact of design changes increasingly difficult to predict. Existing guidance suggests ‘best practice’ protocols for recording, reporting and communicating design changes. However, best practice protocols do not provide guidance for predicting the impact in terms of project cost and duration. Impact assessments are essential in the decision to implement changes and subsequently being in a position to justify fee claims to clients. Decisions in the construction process are normally based on experience and professional knowledge of practitioners, such as architects, engineers, project managers and contractors. There is evidence, however, that, in design management, sharing of professional knowledge tends to be tacit and socially constructed (where team members draw on their own experience and the experience of those around them). Although practitioner experience and intuition is invaluable in determining the impact of a design change, this research is based on the position that a more structured process is required. It is argued that a software based approach, to better inform practitioners’ existing knowledge, is required to improve the quality and accuracy of impact assessments. The current practice for managing and assessing change was examined through studying the operations of the case study organisation, undertaking a literature review and conducting interviews with representatives from organisations in other industries. A new project management tool was then developed which provides support for practitioners to make better-informed impact assessments. This is achieved through providing: (a) a process map to visualise rework, (b) instant access to previous similar impact assessments and (c) an embedded, standardised method for knowledge sharing. The concept for this tool was developed by combining appropriate techniques and tools found in the design management and knowledge management literature. Users are further encouraged to use the software tool through a system to automate the updating of Microsoft Project schedules, thus eliminating time currently spent scheduling rework. The validation and verification stages consisted of formal interviews with potential users and preliminary user testing. Regular feedback on the support tool was obtained from a wide range of peers and potential users and this was then used to develop its functionality. Positive feedback has included comments about the concept of the tool, user-friendliness and need for implementation.

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Egelhofer, Regina. "Aircraft design driven by climate change." München Verl. Dr. Hut, 2009. http://d-nb.info/99994228X/34.

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Egelhofer, Regina. "Aircraft design driven by climate change." kostenfrei, 2008. http://mediatum2.ub.tum.de/node?id=657088.

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Basnet, Subarna. "Modeling technical performance change using design fundamentals." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103497.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204).
Technical performance improvement exhibits exponential trends, but the rates of improvement for the 28 selected technological domains vary from 3 to 65%. Why does performance improve exponentially? Why do the improvement rates vary widely across the domains? This thesis presents a simple theoretical model that provides an explanatory foundation based on two sets of well-known design fundamentals. The first set conceptualizes inventions arising through combinatorial analogical transfer where new operating ideas are created by combining operating ideas from an existing pool of ideas. This inventive process proceeds on a cumulative basis over time and is perpetuated by injection of basic operating ideas through synergistic exchange between science and technology. The combinatorial analogical transfer coupled with exchange between science and technology naturally leads to exponential behavior. These operating ideas are then embedded in domain artifacts to improve technical performance. Interactions in artifacts and scaling of design variables - two domain specific effects from the second set of design fundamentals- modulate this process. Interactions in artifacts influence the ability of the domains to successfully assimilate the operating ideas. Assimilated ideas change design variables in the artifacts to improve their performance. The relative performance improvement depends on the scaling of design variables of the artifacts. Together these two domain parameters can potentially yield a wide variation in performance improvement rates. According to the model, higher domain interaction parameters retard, whereas higher scaling parameters accelerate, performance improvement rates. The model is shown to be consistent with what is known in the technical change literature. An empirical study tests the model's prediction that higher domain interactions retard performance improvement rates of technological domains. A method for extracting domain interactions using a keyword-based text-mining approach on patents is presented. High normalized counts of keywords representing domain interactions are found to be negatively correlated with low performance improvement rates, thus supporting the model positively. The thesis also presents an independent case study on performance improvement of permanent magnetic materials, and tests two regression models, which predict improvement rates using patent data. Performance of magnetic materials follows an exponential, but halting, improvement trend, and predicted rates from the regression models are consistent with prior result for the 28 technological domains.
by Subarna Basnet.
Ph. D.

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Eger, Tido. "Design freeze during product development : supporting change prediction during detail design." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612771.

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Johnson, Michael. "Mapping design things : making design explicit in the discourse of change." Thesis, Glasgow School of Art, 2016. http://radar.gsa.ac.uk/4386/.

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From innovation-driven cultures (Neumeier, 2009; Kelly, 2010) to democratic, participatory approaches (Sanders and Stappers, 2008; Binder, De Michelis, Ehn, Jaccuci, Linde and Wagner, 2011), engagement with increasingly complex disciplinary situations means that design is becoming “a more integrated activity involving collaboration among many different professions” (Cross, 2011:91). For designers, this emerging notion of design has resulted in an expansive array of approaches, co-design tools, activities, data gathering techniques and visualisations. In addition, one could argue that there is now a requirement for designers to acquire communication and facilitation skills to demonstrate and share how such methods can shape new ways of working. The meaning of these design things (Binder et al., 2011) in practice can’t be taken for granted as ‘matters of fact’ (Latour, 2005), which raises a key challenge for design. As Bruno Latour puts it: ‘where are the visualization tools that allow the contradictory and controversial nature of matters of concern to be represented?’ (Latour, 2008:9) This thesis investigation addresses Latour’s call to design for organisational and social change. Focusing on the role of design things in organisational discourse, an emerging rhetoric for design is critiqued that has driven the rise of design-led innovation in disciplines such as User-Centred Design, Design Management and Participatory Design. An exploration of the existing models and management literature for implementing change, alongside shifting representations of design knowledge, is explored to discern the ways in which organisational discourse, manifested in the power-broking devices that shape ways of working, could become an object of design. Reflective practice is explored as a mode of inquiry to position an approach to design-led innovation that is both object-oriented and reflexive, shifting the thesis towards a performative case for inquiry. The author’s approach has been to develop a visual method of mapping translated from actor-network theory (ANT). Foregrounding ANT’s focus on observation and description, the approach was applied as a frame (Callon, 1986) for representing the performative agency of design things across three case studies of design-led innovation. In case study one, designers and entrepreneurs were brought together and funded by Design in Action to develop business ideas tackling type 2 diabetes. This design-led project allowed the first iteration of actor-network mapping to represent the role of design things in its development. In case study two, a design intervention with an SME textiles manufacturer in Scotland aimed to develop a sustainable culture of innovation. This allowed exploration of the role of design things using actor-network mapping and situational analysis (Clarke, 2005), applied as interpretative overlays, on their impact with the designers. In case study three, experience-focused design labs aimed to innovate digital, product and service solutions in the context of health. This allowed for live iterations of actor-network mapping with design participants, and their emergent articulations of matters of concern. Across all three case studies, a grounded theory analysis (Charmaz, 2006) was performed on the participant interviews and mapping discussions to reveal core categories tracing the performative agency of design things as matters of concern. Actor-network mapping seeks to bring the matters of concern affecting the organisation of such work into focus as an object of design by facilitating reflexive, participatory dialogue between designers and the actors they collaborate with. The suggestion is that any notions of strategic value, of engendering meaningful change, of making things better by design, through design work, should be grounded in the reflexive interpretations of matters of concern that emerge. The contribution to knowledge, therefore, is a theory/methods package framing design as a performative act that reflexively explicates design in practice, as well as the wider discursive boundaries of design-led innovation.

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Wittmann, Maria [Verfasser], and Karl [Akademischer Betreuer] Wilbers. "Change-Design für Change Agents in universitären Veränderungsprozessen / Maria Wittmann. Gutachter: Karl Wilbers." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2014. http://d-nb.info/1065045123/34.

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Scudieri, Paul Anthony. "A Constraint Based Model of the Design Process: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Change." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376579182.

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Jungkvist, Sophie. "Shifty Weaves : Woven pleats which change upon viewing angle." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23804.

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This work places itself in the field of woven textile design and the lenticular effect in a spatial context. The lenticular effect refers to a ribbed surface structure which changes appearance depending on from which angle it is viewed. The aim is to combine woven pleats with colours and patterns to create a lenticular effect. Bindings, patterns and colours have been investigated in both handweaving and jacquard weaving. Three suggestions for a woven, pleated, shifting textile have been developed. The three tracks are a colour shift and gradient with a surface structure, a pattern shift taking place across all sides of a pleat and a jacquard pattern hidden between the pleats. By creating a textile which shifts as it is viewed from different angles and distances, the motive is to encourage movement around the woven piece, broaden the possible uses of woven textiles and invite the viewer to take a closer look at the woven structure.

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Giffin, Monica L. (Monica Lee). "Change propagation in large technical systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42351.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77).
Propagation of engineering changes has gained increasing scrutiny as the complexity and scale of engineered systems has increased. Over the past decade academic interest has risen, yielding some small-scale in-depth studies, as well as a variety of tools aimed at aiding investigation, analysis and prediction of change propagation. This thesis applies many of the methods and seeks to apply and extend prior reasoning through examination of a large data set from industry, including data from more than 41,000 change requests (most technical, but others not) over nearly a decade. Different methods are used to analyze the data from a variety of perspectives, in both the technical and managerial realms, and the results are compared to each other and evaluated in the context of previous findings. Macro-level patterns emerge independent of smaller scale data patterns, and in many cases offer clear implications for technical management approaches for large, complex systems development.
by Monica L. Giffin.
S.M.

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Wilson, James St Stephen. "Web-based change management support tool." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91743.

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Greiner, Karen P. "Exploring Dialogic Social Change." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1273197688.

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Ariyo, Owolabi Opeyemi. "Change propagation in complex design : predicting detailed change cases with multi-levelled product models." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612492.

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Egelhofer, Regina [Verfasser]. "Aircraft design driven by climate change / Regina Egelhofer." München : Verl. Dr. Hut, 2009. http://d-nb.info/99994228X/34.

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Moinian, Mahtab Maxene. "Future Earth Catalog : urban design in climate change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118240.

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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2018.
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What is the agency of urban planning and design in climate change? This project explores new ways of engaging with the environmental narrative of our time. I present Future Earth Catalog as six representations of the same body of research, spanning a spectrum from academic thesis to media object, and catalog to playbook. The project departs from convention, both in process and product, in order to place learning and practice into an unfamiliar territory and form a new dynamic with climate change. This is a work in progress, to see the full project please visit www.futureearthcatalog.com.
by Mahtab Maxene Moinian.
M.C.P.

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Shaw, Jeremy A. (Jeremy Andrew). "Standard values : change in urban arterial street design." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38656.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-91).
The highway-building industry and highway governance was born in the minds of progressive engineers bent on ushering in a new era of efficiency, progress and modern transport. Governance and standards in California heavily influenced other state highway organizations. This research traces the evolution of values in urban arterial street design and standards in the United States and California. For nearly 100 years, the design criteria of geometric street standards have been based on increasing automobility, as if without end. Since the 1960s, liability concerns have guided significant changes in design standards, mostly based on passive driver safety design. Since then, legal action has given rise to bicycle and ADA-based design standards. Right-of-way constraints have lowered minimum widths and "flexibility" has impacted design philosophy and process. However, these latter forces are not driving fundamental or enforceable change to design standards. Change to mandatory standards remains driven by automobility and liability concerns. Despite conventional standards, unconventional values manifest in the design and planning of streets.
(cont.) Using the case of El Camino Real in Palo Alto, this research explores the difficulty of implementing unconventional street design through the process of changing standards. It then draws on the case of Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles to demonstrate that individual projects under local jurisdiction are more likely to impact the design of streets. Further research is warranted on state highway relinquishment, the philosophy of context-sensitive design, and methods of selecting design speed.
by Jeremy A. Shaw.
M.C.P.

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Tedesco, Matthew P. "Strategic change management in ship design and construction." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9851.

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Schurr, Kelly Laural. "Cognitive Structural Change and the Technological Design Process." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/22014.

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With increasing challenges from international competition and domestic demands for a technologically literate workforce, pressure is growing on the educational system to produce students that are literate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Integrative STEM education utilizes design-based pedagogical approaches to teach science/math content and practices concurrently with technology/engineering content and practices (Wells & Ernst, 2012, para. 2). The discipline of technology education has traditionally implemented design-based pedagogical approaches. However, the discipline has not demonstrated through empirical research that its existence and pedagogies are beneficial to student learning and cognition (Lewis, 1999, 2006; Petrina, 1998; Wells, 2008, 2010; Zuga, 1994, 1997, 2001).
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that the technological design-based approach to teaching biotechnology literacy supports students\' connections of science and technology concepts. Grounded in Ausubel\'s (1968) theory on meaningful learning and Novak\'s (1980) advanced organizer of concept mapping, this study examined evidence of high school students\' cognitive structural change throughout the technological design-based approach to instruction. At three key intervals throughout the technological design process, students developed concept maps to document their understanding of the biology and technology concepts presented within the instructional materials. Data for this study included the students\' constructed concept maps. To analyze the concept maps, the researcher used Hay et al.\'s (2008) three-method analysis for measuring the quality of students\' learning, and a qualitative analysis.
Data analysis across all four methods indicated that all participants experienced a varying degree of growth in biology, technology, and integrative concepts and connections. Collectively this study supports the notion that the technological design-based approach to instruction does indeed (1) encourage meaningful learning, and (2) increase students\' use of higher order thinking indicated by their abilities to demonstrate their use of schematic and strategic knowledge within their concept maps. The results of this study have direct implications within the areas of Technology Education, Science Education, classroom practice, and concept mapping. The discussion and implications suggest the need to expand the research conducted within this study, and to improve the methods for concept mapping analysis.
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O'Donnell, Hoare Nicholas. "Disruptive Futuring : a new design approach to addressing climate change." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2018. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/86428669-6bf5-498d-a47c-ae3f85788b2b.

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This thesis outlines the notion of 'Disruptive Futuring' as a new design methodology to addressing climate change. It is founded on making a connection between our behaviour as individuals and the environment. Since the publishing of 'Our Common Future' (Brundtland Commission.1987) major bodies have been publicly documenting the damage that climate change is having on the planet. This has been followed by the creation of United Nations Climate Change Conference international incentives including the Kyoto Protocol and national attempts including government departments and NGO projects. All have been directed to address the issue of climate change but have seen minimal success. Psychology plays a significant role in understanding and promoting human behavioural change and how we prioritise particular decisions or actions. However, until recently it has carried less weight in a design approach to solving behavioural problems in climate change. The primary issue is that climate change isn't a normal behavioural problem, and numerous psychologists including Stoknes (2015) highlight its incompatibility with innate human motivation. Newly explored areas within psychology and behavioural economics expose some of the reasons we may react to climate change with lower importance then other less damaging problems. Disruptive Futuring provides a new methodology based on thinkers such as Fogg (2002), Gilbert (2015), Dubner and Levitt. (2009), Marshall(2014), Pink(2009) and Stoknes (2015) to improve quantitative and qualitative adoption of designed interventions aimed at changing behaviours in order to accelerate human actions affecting climate change. This thesis takes a research through design approach that incorporates reflective practice. The research builds upon a literature review evaluating our connection with climate change, resulting in combining behavioural psychology with mapping and lens methods. Disruptive Futuring is presented as anew design methodology that develops new types of behavioural change using what Thaler & Sunstein (2009) describe as "Nudge" as a process to reroute people to new actions and flows in their everyday lives. These behavioural changes are achieved through framing climate change in ways humans are motivated by. Three practice-based projects pilot the methodology of Disruptive Futuring by exploring the topics of energy, water and food. These areas were selected because of their significance to our physiological requirements as highlighted by Maslow (1943). The projects result in three systems-based interventions aimed at changing behaviours that negatively impact climate change. It is observed through reflection that this methodology provides a context for designers to work in an oblique way; it has a preference to influence thinking and designing in systems; and that complex psychological concepts can be applied through designed interventions that reduce the conflict between our psychological composition and the human perception of climate change. This research explores the capability and capacity for Disruptive Futuring to bring climate change psychology into a unified way for designers to use during the conception and research stages of designing interventions, technology or services that target behavioural change, decisions making and create new ways of living to have less impact on climate change.

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Eriksson, Elina. "Situated Reflexive Change : User-Centred Design in(to) Practice." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-116403.

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Technology used in the Swedish workplace is perceived to be controlling, gener- ally still difficult to use, and with a low degree of usability. Even though the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has been concerned with researching different ways of developing usable systems for at least half a century, there seem to be problems with the diffusion of the results into practice. One of the possible approaches to developing usable systems is user-centred design, and in this thesis I am concerned with the issue of introducing user-centred design and usability work in public authorities and institutions. I will present work done in two different research projects with a focus on change, where the aim has been to introduce or enhance usability work. Through a lens of social construction- ism and reflexivity I will explore the outcome of the projects and the implica- tions for the introduction of user-centred design in practice. Furthermore, I will explore whether the focus on the introduction of usability work might hinder the formation of a sustainable change in the organizations interested in devel- oping usable systems. The research question then becomes; can we introduce usability work in organizations? The answer to this question is no. Instead, we need to change our perspective from introduction to situated reflexive change: focusing on sensemaking and a situated process of ongoing change, where the stakeholders in the organization themselves must play an active and responsible part. This entails a shift from dualism to duality and a reconsideration of what our usability methods can con- tribute with. Furthermore, I will explore possible approaches to working with situated reflexive change with tools that are familiar in the field of HCI, but with an expanded scope. In particular I will discuss field studies conducted by system developers as a tool for making sense of usability issues, personas as a tool for inducing reflexivity in and on practice, and usability coaching as a sensemaking tool for both organizational stakeholders and researchers in order to understand and reflect upon change.

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Rivard, Robin L. "Inherent discipline required in large system change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35103.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, February 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90).
Recent electrical architectures of land vehicles have shown a marked increase in networking and integration of electronic controls into traditionally electro-mechanical devices, which results in complex functional interactions throughout the electrical system. This trend often drives a large system change that modifies the engineering roles of the component level engineer and also creates a need for an evolution to a vehicle level systems engineering approach. In this paper, a claim was put forth that without a certain level of inherent discipline in place and functional, no successful large system change can occur. Inherent discipline was decomposed into three parts: process, personal, and organizational disciplines. Each of these was described and relationships between them were investigated. The correlation between parenting and organizational discipline was explored. A case for the business value of inherent discipline was made by examining two examples; one of organizational progress and one of manufacturing progress. Then a case study of an emerging large system change, feature ownership, was presented. Details on the engineering roles required for feature based development at each of the hierarchical levels of the electrical system were presented.
(cont.) Using the Design Structure Matrix as a tool, the interactions of the development process used for implementing distributed features were analyzed. Elements of inherent discipline required for a successful implementation of feature ownership were identified, as well as feedback from engineers in the organization implementing this large system change. The criticality of organizational discipline, in particular, to the feature ownership change initiative was emphasized. Recommended next steps for process, personal, and organizational discipline were detailed and possible effects of lack of discipline on feature ownership were postulated. The three types of discipline form a balance for the large system change initiative. The absence of any of the three can have a detrimental effect on the progress and effectiveness of the change, leading to poor quality, application or implementation of the change.
by Robin L. Rivard.
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Strachan, Glenn Edward. "Catalysing change for sustainability in education : the relationship between sustainable building design and institutional change." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2015. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/3270/.

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This PhD thesis is concerned with the influence of sustainable design in further education (FE) college buildings on whole institutional change for sustainability. The research focuses on the first decade of the 21st century in England and Wales when increasing engagement with the sustainability agenda in the FE sector included linking sustainability criteria to the funds for new building projects. The original contribution of the thesis is twofold. Firstly, it reveals the extent to which these new buildings contributed to institutional change for sustainability in the FE sector and identifies ways to maximise future sustainable building projects as a resource for institutional change. Although there was substantial investment in new buildings and a growing interest in sustainability during the period of the study, no evidence exists of research into the links between sustainable design and institutional change in the FE sector. Secondly, the thesis develops an original research approach, contributing to the multi-disciplinary field of research into sustainability and sustainable development. The thesis adopts a biographical approach from social science research and adapts it to produce narrative accounts of the development of two buildings with recognised sustainability qualities, one in England and one in Wales. These biographies are then analysed for evidence of institutional change for sustainability using the systems perspective that underpins the view of sustainability presented in the thesis. The thesis establishes two frameworks, one for recognising sustainable design within FE college buildings and one for identifying change for sustainability in FE institutions. The biographies of the buildings were developed using data collected by biographical research methods and the focus of the analyses is on the relationships that existed around each building’s development and its physical presence on campus. The thesis reveals that even colleges with a reputation for sustainability have not fully exploited the introduction of a sustainably designed building onto a campus as a catalyst for institutional change. The outcomes from the research offer key points for maximising the influence of future building projects in terms of achieving institutional change for sustainability and identify areas for further research into the influence of sustainable design on institutions in the FE and other education sectors. The development of the research approach in this thesis presents an alternative for researching sustainability in education and other fields.

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Lockton, Daniel. "Design with intent : a design pattern toolkit for environmental and social behaviour change." Thesis, Brunel University, 2013. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7546.

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This thesis describes a systematic research enquiry into influencing more sustainable behaviour through design, which has produced communicable new knowledge in the form of a design pattern toolkit, called Design with Intent, developed and evaluated through an action research process. The toolkit aims to help designers create products, services and environments which in_uence the way people use them, primarily for environmental and social bene_t; it brings together techniques for understanding and changing human behaviour from a range of psychological and technical disciplines, illustrated with examples, with the aim of enabling designers to explore and apply relevant strategies to problems. `Design for behaviour change' has grown signi_cantly as a _eld in the past few years, to a large extent due to recognition of the contributions that user behaviour makes to the environmental and social impact of technology_and designed systems in general. People's behaviour is inevitably in_uenced by the design of the systems which they use, and it is not a great leap to consider that design could be used intentionally to in_uence behaviour where some benet would result. This thesis starts by identifying the need for a guide for designers working on behaviour change. It extracts insights from reviews of perspectives on in_uencing behaviour from di_erent disciplines, inside and outside of `design', which could be usefully applied in a design context. Through an action research process of iterative development and workshops with design practitioners and students, these insights are incorporated into a toolkit for designers, which is applied mainly to environmental and social behaviour change briefs. Versions of the toolkit are made publicly available, and feedback from early users in different contexts is analysed and implications for continuing development discussed.

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Löwnertz, Kurt. "Change and exchange : electronic document management in building design." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Real Estate and Construction Management, 1998. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-867.

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Producing documents using computer supported methods hasbecome common practice in the construction industry, but themanagement of documents is still to a large degree done withmanual methods. Some pioneering users in design, constructionand facility management respectively have applied electronicdocument management (EDM) within their organisations or forprojects. However, the introduction has hitherto beennoticeably slow.

This thesis discusses the benefits of the new documentmanagement techniques to the construction and facilitymanagement process, with focus on building design, as well asthe obstacles when implementing these techniques. Theconstruction sector process has some particular properties,differing from other industry sectors, in that a projectorganisation is formed anew for each project and involves anumber of specialists with varying requirements for theircompanyinternal production and management of documents. Themain themes for EDM in building design are therefore how tomanage the change of information and the exchange or sharing ofinformation between the different organisations.

The thesis contains a state-of-the-art description ofdocument management in building design, including reviews ofcommercial applications, standards and current best practice.Basic techniques on a scale from file-hierarchy-based toproduct-model-based systems are classified and analysed from abuilding design perspective.

Five cases of document management in practice have beenstudied. The companies studied are active within differentdesign disciplines and have chosen to introduce and use EDM indifferent ways, with respect to technology as well as theinformation content that is managed. It is concluded that thedifferent requirements can not be met by uniform methods fordocument management, but that the exchange of documents andtheir meta-data has to be supported by information standardswhich need to cover a number of levels from hardware toconstruction-specific classification. As a starting-point forfurther development a conceptual schema for document meta-datasuited for building design is discussed.

The overall result of the research provides requirements forspecifying applications, standards and implementationprocedures for electronic document management suited to theactivities of building design and the interfaces to longterminformation management concerning buildings.

Keywords:construction, building design, electronicdocument management, requirements, meta-data, standardisation,state-of-the-art, case studies

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Bentzen, Armand. "Frisk: Showcasing Design Opportunities in a World of Change." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-98034.

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Three global trends are about to greatly influence the world we live in; collaborate consumption, a strong environmental awareness and a third industrial revolution that includes 3D printing, advanced robotics and open source software. This project is addressing these changes in order to evoke new enthusiasm for cars among the general public and again be a creative and positive driving force in our modern society. The proposal is illustrated through a halo car for a local car sharing fleet targeted at the Norwegian market. The car seeks to create immediate attention through dynamic design elements as well as long lasting enthusiasm through non-compromised usability.

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Datta, Deepshikha Goddard William A. "Protein-ligand interactions : docking, design and protein conformational change /." Diss., Pasadena, Calif. : California Institute of Technology, 2003. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03242003-111426.

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Gurusamy, Jayakumar. "Design of Michelin calender 800 quick pace change assembly." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38147.

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Falck, Libby(Elizabeth Judith). "Play for change : educational game design for grassroots organizing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128395.

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This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2019
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-174).
by Libby Falck.
S.M. in Comparative Media Studies
S.M.inComparativeMediaStudies Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing

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Li, Huan. "Design of Wet Surface Traffic Signal Timing Change Intervals." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78112.

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Driver violations of traffic signals are a major cause of intersection vehicle crashes. The duration of yellow intervals is highly associated with driver yellow/red time stopping behavior. Rainy weather and wet pavement surface conditions may result in changes in both driver behavior and vehicle performance. The research presented in this thesis quantifies the impact of wet pavement surface and rainy weather conditions on driver perception-reaction times (PRTs) and deceleration levels, which are used in statistical models for the design of yellow intervals. A new dataset with a total of 648 stop-run records were collected as part of the research effort during rainy weather and wet pavement surface conditions at the Virginia Department of Transportation's Smart Road facility. This experiment was conducted at a 72.4 km/h (45 mi/h) approach speed where participant drivers encountered a yellow indication initiation. The participant drivers were randomly selected in different age groups (under 40 years old, 40 to 59 years old, and 60 years of age or older) and genders (female and male). Combined with an existing dataset that was collected by the same research group under clear weather conditions during the summer of 2008, statistical models for driver PRT and deceleration levels are developed, considering roadway surface and environmental parameters, driver attributes (age and gender), roadway grade, and time to the intersection at the onset of yellow. Using the state-of-the-practice procedures with the modeled PRT and deceleration levels, inclement weather yellow timings are then developed as a function of different factors (e.g., driver age/gender, roadway grade, speed limits, and precipitation levels). The results indicate that an increase in the duration of change interval is required for wet roadway surface and rainy weather conditions. Lookup tables are developed with different reliability levels to provide practical guidelines for the design of yellow signal timings in wet and rainy weather conditions. These recommended change durations can be integrated within the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) initiative to provide customizable driver warnings prior to a transition to a red indication.
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Alfraidi, Yahya. "Developing building design resilience strategies to climate change risks." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2011360/.

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A resilient building design assessment tool is developed and presented to assist architects in preparing designs to meet the challenges of climate change. The tool incorporates a set of resilience factors that have been selected as a result of information gathered from an extensive literature review (from 1980 on) and a detailed questionnaire sent out to a sample of architects working in the field, together with a statistical analysis of the collected data. Climate change poses the built environment with an increasing threat of more frequent and severe meteorological events, including heavy precipitation, flooding, powerful storms and winds, lengthy and intense heat waves, and globally rising temperatures. The literature review revealed that there have as yet been few attempts to develop systematically models that integrate climate change risks (CCRs) with corresponding resilience factors in order that CCR resilience can be included in all aspects of a building and its site from the outset. The methodology adopted in this research is based on a critical analysis of the literature and the development of a prototype assessment model. Central to the success of this model is the capture of a set of resilience factors (SFs). As a first step, the researcher clustered climate change risks (CCRs) into four categories: physical, social, economic and management. Next, six aspects of resilience as applied to buildings were identified: site, layout, structure, envelope, system and operation. To ensure that appropriate resilience factors were chosen and incorporated into the model, the author extracted the most relevant factors from the review and divided them among the six key building aspects. In total 85 SFs were incorporated into the model. A questionnaire was prepared and sent out to a large number of practicing and academic architects of differing levels of experience. A statistical analysis of the replies, which included a scoring by the respondents of the effectiveness of each resilience factor, was used to refine and reduce the number of resilience factors, to 28, for inclusion in the assessment tool. The tool was then trialled on three projects to demonstrate its capabilities and effectiveness in assessing the resilience of a building against CCRs. It is hoped that the tool described here will, with further refinements and improvements, become a practical aid to architects faced with designing buildings in a world of increasingly severe hydro-meteorological events.

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Tonaszuck, David M. (David Michael) 1966. "The impact of leadership on systematic organizational change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82679.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2000.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82).
by David M. Tonaszuck.
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Warwick, Laura Elizabeth. "Can design effect transformational change in the voluntary community sector?" Thesis, Northumbria University, 2015. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/24459/.

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This qualitative, exploratory investigation provides insight into the relevance and applicability of adopting a Design for Service (DfS) approach to effect transformation in Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) contexts. Using Action Research and a case study structure, the DfS approach was introduced and applied within three VCS organisations in succession. In each organisation, data on the impact and perceived value of the approach to a range of stakeholders was captured during, immediately after, and in the year following the engagement. An inductive analysis process was then employed to build theory from the collated case study data. The research has established that the use of design at a systemic level of a VCS organisation can incite transformational change. It has shown that stakeholders' initial trust in the designer is more important than their trust in the DfS approach (methods and processes), which becomes crucial to increasing the influence of design in the organisation. Once the designer becomes a 'friend' to the organisation, they can operate at an embedded level as a 'critical friend', which allows them to challenge the status quo and create new organisational perspectives. Finally, it defines five organisational factors that are critical to using the DfS approach to effect transformational change in a VCS setting. The study has multiple contributions to knowledge, including: detailed evidence that design can be used to transform VCS organisations; a 'critical friend' model depicting how design can be used to effect transformation in such settings; and a prototype 'design-readiness' self-assessment tool for VCS organisations. This thesis represents the first doctoral length study into the application of the DfS approach in a VCS context, and provides both evidence and insight into its capacity to incite transformational change at a critical time for the sector.

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Rah-Khem, Shabazz A. "DEALING WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: THE MIDDLE MANAGERS’ ROLE IN CONTRIBUTING TO PLANNED AND EMERGENT CHANGE." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1504813145895963.

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Wagenborg, David. "MDA development by design or by policy." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/08Mar%5FWagenborg.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Information Systems and Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2008.
Thesis Advisor(s): Gallup, Shelley. "March 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on May 16, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60). Also available in print.

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Scott, Daniel. "Designing for Social Change - Social responsibility and the graphic designer." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22517.

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The aim of this thesis is to study social responsibility and find out what responsibilities the graphic designer may have and what they can do using their skill set as a designer to contribute in helping to better their community. Social responsibility needs to be addressed more within the design field. It needs to be introduced and taught to students at an early stage of their education, so as they fully understand the power and influence that their creations will have over society, and the role this plays in materialism, overconsumption and our modern day consumer-culture. Change needs to be made within graphic design and the urgency for this grows more and more for each day that passes. The graphic designer needs to critically reflect over the purpose of their work and answer the question of whom it stands to serve: their audience or consumer-culture. They need to move away from the creation of artificial needs and the promotion of unnecessary products, and move towards the creation of more useful and lasting communication that contributes to society.

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THIBBLIN, CECILIA. "Managing a business change : framework for measuring and controlling businesses." Thesis, KTH, Entreprenörskap och Innovation, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147787.

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Todays changing market makes it increasingly important for companies to be able to change and adopt to different market dynamics. Companies that manage to undergo a change often differ from those that fail. Key performance indicators is a tool that enables companies to measure where they stand in relation to other companies, but also to know where they want and where they´re going. Looking at change as inevitable, it´s becoming more common for companies to take outside help from companies who are experts when it comes to change. Studies also shows that a trend shift has taken place the last 15 years, where businesses have become more likely to take help from experts to reduce burden on its own staff but also to be bale to focus on theirordinary activities. Transformator Design is one of those experts and their desire to select the "best" key performers indicators, with a focus on the customer, are the foundation of this thesis. Moreover, the objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how companies, in general, should work with change management. The study has, after examination of theory and previous empirical studies, conducted interviews with the five companies SEB, Netsurvey, Telia, Ica and Skandia. Common to these companies is that they are all engaged in change management. The result of the theories shows that there is no general panacea when it comes to the choice of KPI, but it varies depending on the type of business that a company carries. When it comes to the selection of KPI, all firms, regardless of business, should select those that reflect the firm´s business, employees and customers. This is because the customer indirectly is affected by a satisfied business with satisfied employees.
Dagens föränderliga marknad gör det allt mer viktigt för företag att kunna förändra och anpassa sig till olika marknaders dynamik. Företag som lyckas genomgå en förändring skiljer sig ofta från de som går i konkurs. Nyckeltal är ett verktyg som gör det möjligt för företag att mäta var de står i förhållande till andra företag, men också för att veta vart de vill och vart de är på väg. I och med att förändring är nödvändigt blir det allt vanligare för företag att ta hjälp utifrån av företag som är experter på förändring. Studier visar även på detta, då en trendförskjutning har skett de senaste 15 åren, där företag har blivit mer benägna att ta hjälp av experter gällande förändringsarbete, dels för att minska belastningen på den egna personalen men också för att kunna fokusera på den ordinarie verksamheten. Transformator Design är en av dessa experter och deras önskan om att välja ut "de bästa" nyckeltalen, för förändring, med fokus på kunden, är grunden till detta examensarbete. Fortsättningsvis är målsättningen med studien att bidra med förståelse för hur företag, i allmänhet, bör arbeta med förändringsarbete Studien har, efter granskning av teori och tidigare empiriska studier, utfört intervjuer med de fem företagen SEB, Netsurvey, Telia, Ica och Skandia. Gemensamt för dessa företag är att de alla bedrivit förändringsarbete. Resultatet av teorierna visar på att det inte finns någon generell patentlösning när det kommer till val av nyckeltal, utan att det varierar beroende på vilken typ av verksamhet som ett företag bedriver. Vid val av nyckeltal bör dock samtliga företag, oavsett verksamhet, välja ut sådana som speglar både verksamheten, medarbetarna och kunden. Detta eftersom kunden indirekt påverkas av en nöjd verksamhet med nöjda medarbetare.

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Mansfield, John. "The nature of change in complex, socio-technical systems /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18950.pdf.

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Rommelfaenger, Marijo A. "Faculty adoption of an undergraduate nursing curricular change| A correlational study." Thesis, Keiser University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10099972.

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Challenges in the implementation process of a new undergraduate nursing curriculum are multifactorial. Utilizing constructs of Hall’s (2013) Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM), and Oreg’s (2003, 2006) Resistance to Change Scale, the study examined faculty members’ personal concerns and resistance to change, regarding implementation of a new curriculum. The study is quantitative research, using correlational statistical analysis and use of descriptive statistics. Senge’s Leadership Theory and Wegner’s Community of Practice Theory formed the theoretical framework for the study. The study included participation from 11 BSN nursing program faculty from several universities in the United States that adopted a new conceptual-based nursing curriculum. Results of statistical testing showed no relationship between faculty profile scores for adoption along a change continuum and the study variables as objective measures. However, recommendations for follow-up research include qualitative research and further analysis of study demographic data not originally used in the study.

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ZAHID, NAEEM MUHAMMAD, and SHAHNAWAZ MEHMOOD. "Applications of Ultra Smart Textiles in Sportswear and Garments." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20172.

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Smart textiles especially Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are getting attention because these materials can provide regulation of wearer’s body climate and provide comfort in the temperature fluctuations during the physical activity like sports. These materials have the advantage of latent heat energy storage that can absorb and release high amount of energy over a narrow temperature range around the human’s body temperature to provide thermal comfort. Phase Change Materials (PCMs) absorb energy during the heating process as phase change takes place and release energy to the surroundings during the reverse cooling process. The types of phase change materials that are suitable for sports applications are hydrated inorganic salts, linear long chain hydrocarbons, Poly Ethylene Glycol (PEG). The concept of thermal comfort and working of PCMs in the textiles garments are important for determining the functionality of PCMs. Phase Change materials are micro capsulated in the shells by “Situ polymerization technique before application to sportswear and garments. The PCMs microcapsules are incorporated in the sportswear and garments by fiber technology, lamination, foaming and coating. The testing of clothing containing micro capsulated PCMs is discussed after the incorporation of PCMs in textiles. Quality parameters that are key for getting good results are mentioned i.e. particle size, thermal conductivity, fire hazard treatment, durability and performance of micro capsulated PCMs and clothing. In the last section findings, suggestions and conclusion are discussed.
Program: Magisterutbildning i Applied Textile Management

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Örvill, Andreas. "Concept for battery change : Mining vehicles." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353983.

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Epiroc Rock Drills AB in Örebro manufactures and develops machinery for the infrastructure required to maintain a fully operational mining industry, such as ventilation, drilling rigs, trucks and loaders etc. In these environmentally conscious times, a large market focus forzero emission machines has begun to emerge. By replacing today'sinternal combustion engines, mining companies can save large sums of money in ventilation costs and fuel while creating a more pleasant working environment in the mines. Due to these rapidly changing needs, Epiroc's machines must also change in design and performance. Epiroc has thus chosen to use interchangeable batteries in their new generation of mining machines. When the battery is discharged, it must be easy to replace with a fullycharged one. From an economic point of view, it is also important that the machine is always in production without any stops, making fast and efficient battery switches desirable. At present, the battery change is usually done with a mono-rail crane down the mine. This has proved to be very difficult and ineffective as the battery is too often jammed into the machine due to the fact that the machine is poorly positioned against the crane. Ceiling heightis also a problem, preferably one should have about 6-7 meters to accomplish a safe lift with the crane, which is not always possible down in a mine. In order to find a more long-term solution to this problem, this degree project took its start. During the course of the process, a number of methods in product development and concept generation have been used to develop different concepts and screen them based on the needs identified at the beginning of the work. The main problem was divided into four sub problems to facilitate conceptgeneration, the most promising sub concepts were visualized using CAD and then put together in different combinations. These combinations were then evaluated against today's solution to easily see what concept should be further developed. This resulted in a concept that consists of a separate platform,which can either be placed on a vehicle or as a stand-alone station. On this platform there are two telescopic arms, one on each side. These arms lifts the three ton heavy battery from the mining machine in an arcuate motion over a charged battery on the platform, placing it in a designated location and then lifts the charged battery into the machine. With this concept, it is also possible to accomplish a safe change with a limited ceiling height of approximately 3.5-4 meters, which is an improvement compared to today's solution.

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Corbo, Leonardo <1983&gt. "Collaborative Change: Environmental Jolt, Network (Re)Design and Firm Performance." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4489/.

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Motivated by the need to understand which are the underlying forces that trigger network evolution, we develop a multilevel theoretical and empirically testable model to examine the relationship between changes in the external environment and network change. We refer to network change as the dissolution or replacement of an interorganizational tie, adding also the case of the formation of new ties with new or preexisting partners. Previous research has paid scant attention to the organizational consequences of quantum change enveloping entire industries in favor of an emphasis on continuous change. To highlight radical change we introduce the concept of environmental jolt. The September 11 terrorist attacks provide us with a natural experiment to test our hypotheses on the antecedents and the consequences of network change. Since network change can be explained at multiple levels, we incorporate firm-level variables as moderators. The empirical setting is the global airline industry, which can be regarded as a constantly changing network of alliances. The study reveals that firms react to environmental jolts by forming homophilous ties and transitive triads as opposed to the non jolt periods. Moreover, we find that, all else being equal, firms that adopt a brokerage posture will have positive returns. However, we find that in the face of an environmental jolt brokerage relates negatively to firm performance. Furthermore, we find that the negative relationship between brokerage and performance during an environmental jolt is more significant for larger firms. Our findings suggest that jolts are an important predictor of network change, that they significantly affect operational returns and should be thus incorporated in studies of network dynamics.

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Bell, Stephen Spencer. "Design Input Index as a predictor of project change behavior." Thesis, Springfield, Virginia: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28107.

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McIntosh, Richard Ian. "The impact of innovative design on fast tool change methodologies." Thesis, University of Bath, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242853.

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Parsley, Christopher M. "Anticipating Change: Integrating Off-Site Fabrication With Adaptable Design Strategies." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1242326595.

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Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2009.
Advisor: Elizabeth Riordan. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed July 28, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: adaptable; prefab; prefabrication; design for disassembly; Open Building; off-site fabrication; building adaptation. Includes bibliographical references.

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Zago, Marco. "Design for anisotropic dimensional change: new insight and practical approach." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/267158.

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The competitiveness of conventional press & sinter technology mainly depends on the ability to obtain tight tolerance on sintered products. In order to maintain this strategic advantage in spite of the rapid global market changes, a continuous improvement in the dimensional accuracy of the products has to be pursued. One of the major limits in the dimensional precision of sintered products regards the anisotropic dimensional change occurring on sintering. Despite this problem is well known, an effective design procedure accounting for the anisotropic behavior of dimensional variations is far to be reached. The main reasons concern the multiphysical mechanisms involved and the effect of material, geometry and process condition on the final results. This work aims at developing a design methodology accounting for the anisotropy of dimensional changes on sintering. This study has been performed considering both the fundamental principles and the industrial application, aiming at proposing: - a solid theory considering the mechanisms which determine the anisotropic dimensional changes; - a practical and effective design tool for the industrial application. The role of uniaxial compaction on the origin of anisotropic dimensional change was firstly investigated. AISI 316L ring shaped samples were compacted at different geometries, and four different particle sizes. During single action compaction, forces acting on the tooling and powder column, and related displacements, were recorded by the press in order to derive the compaction mechanics of the powder mixes. Further, the dimensions of the samples were measured before and after sintering. A linear trend was observed correlating the deviatoric stresses occurring in compaction to the anisotropic dimensional variations on sintering. This result offers a new perspective in the prediction of the anisotropic dimensional change, and could lay the foundation of a solid model. Aiming at developing an effective design tool to predict dimensional change on sintering, the analytical design procedure previously developed by the research group at the University of Trento was validated on real parts. A Club Project was promoted by EPMA, collecting the University of Trento and five qualified industrial partners. These companies provided five different real parts characterized by different materials and geometries, whose dimensions were measured before and after sintering. The comparison of the measured and the predicted sintered dimensions demonstrated that this design approach can be an effective tool for designers. Further work could implement the promising results obtained investigating the compaction mechanics in the design procedure, aiming at defining a powerful tool to design PM parts accounting for anisotropic dimensional changes.

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Guo, Pengfei. "Design and fabrication of photonic devices using phase change materials." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton154448809502474.

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Runquist, Josefin. "Change in motion : Investigating how to change a garment´s appearance in volume through movementand air with pleating as the main technique." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-638.

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This bachelor degree work investigates the change of the visual expression in motion. The movement of the body can change the garment´s appearance. The aim of this work is to explore how to change a garment´s visual appearance through movement and air, with the technique of pleats. The design method of this work has been to analyse the movement of a model when entering a catwalk. The air that effects the garment can change the garment´s volume. The method includes experiment with different techniques and material to analyse how the air can be used to change the garment´s appearance in volume. The result are various examples of air captured into the garment to change the garment from a minimalistic expression to a voluminous garment with light weight material. Print has been added to highlight the transformation and movement. This work shows the potential of working with a garment in movement and to gain a voluminous shape with the use of air. Light weight material has been used to create the shapes and this can be useful in the argument of sustainability in the textile industry.

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Hamraz, Bahram. "Engineering change modelling using a function-behaviour-structure scheme." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/245074.

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Engineering changes are unavoidable and occur throughout the lifecycle of products. Due to the high interconnectivity of engineering products, a single change to one component usually has knock-on effects on other components causing further changes. This change propagation significantly affects the success of a product in the market by increasing development cost and time-to-market. As such engineering change management is essential to companies, but it is a complex task for managers and researchers alike. To address this challenge, the thesis at hand investigates the state-of-the-art of research in engineering change management and develops a method to support engineering change propagation analysis, termed FBS Linkage. This method integrates functional reasoning with change prediction. A product is modelled as a network of its functional, behavioural, and structural attributes. Change propagation is then described as spread between the elements along the links of this network. The FBS Linkage concept is designed based on a comprehensive set of requirements derived from both the literature and industry practices as well as a comparative assessment of existing change methods and functional reasoning schemes. A step-by-step technique of building and using an FBS Linkage model is demonstrated. The method’s potential benefits are discussed. Finally, the application of the method to two industrial case studies involving a diesel engine and a scanning electron microscope is presented. The method evaluation indicates that the benefits of the method outweigh its application effort and pinpoints areas for further refinement.

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Peng, Fei. "Fostering Behavior Change with Interaction Design:Developing Cross-cultural Connections with Incoming International Students in the United States." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427898295.

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Devereux, Simon. "An investigation into manufacturing systems design methodologies." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245988.

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