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The Education DesignShop : broadening non-designers' solutions for big issues
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Education in America can benefit from innovation. Creating problem-solving and inventive, innovative thinking from a diverse array of people and experiences can help redefine and reinvent this important public mission. ...
Using the principles of set-based design to realize ship design process improvement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Set-based design (SBD) is a relatively new complex product development method. Its use has been well researched in the automotive and aerospace industries and, although it requires an upfront investment in resources, it ...
Automation as a manpower reduction strategy in navy ships
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Since the early 2000's, the US Navy has endeavored to decrease the Total Ownership Cost (TOC) of their ships through a decrease in Operating and Support costs. This led to a large-scale effort by ship program managers to ...
Hydrophobicity of rare-earth oxide ceramics and their application in promoting sustained drop-wise condensation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Hydrophobic surfaces that are robust can have widespread applications in various industries including energy, hydropower, and transportation. In particular, hydrophobic materials promote dropwise condensation, which results ...
Improving the impact of digital volunteers in disaster response: user-centered design and policy approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Emergency and disaster management has been transformed by mobile technologies and social media. There has been growing interest and research on how to leverage the deluge of social media data for disaster management, ...