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CrowdConcept : assessing the crowd's creative capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Crowdsourcing creative work - the process of outsourcing a creative task to a large online community or crowd - has grown in popularity over the last decade and is now considered a serious design strategy. However, there ...
Impact of prototyping resource environments on idea generation in product design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Some of the world's most challenging problems will require distributed innovation capacity in order to create high-quality and sustainable solutions. However, access to prototyping resources varies and design strategies ...
New product development methods : a study of open design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis explores the application of open design to the process of developing physical products. Open design is a type of decentralized innovation that is derived from applying principles of open source software and ...
Enhanced engine mechanical efficiency through tailoring of lubricant formulations to localized power cylinder wall conditions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Numerical and experimental studies were performed on an internal combustion engine power cylinder wall's lubricating oil film in order to assess the possibility of tailoring engine lubricants to specific engine configurations ...
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, ...
Metal price volatility : a study of informative metrics and the volatility mitigating effects of recycling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Metal price volatility is undesirable for firms that use metals as raw materials, because price volatility can translate into volatility of material costs. Volatile material costs and can erode the profitability of the ...
The effects of driving style and vehicle performance on the real-world fuel consumption of U.S. light-duty vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Even with advances in vehicle technology, both conservation and methods for reducing the fuel consumption of existing vehicles are needed to decrease the petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of the U.S. ...
Low cost manufacturing of light trapping features on multi-crystalline silicon solar cells : jet etching method and cost analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
An experimental study was conducted in order to determine low cost methods to improve the light trapping ability of multi-crystalline solar cells. We focused our work on improving current wet etching methods to achieve the ...
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. ...
Multi-criteria lifecycle evaluation of transportation fuels derived from biomass gasification
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The development of a domestic biofuel industry has been a major policy thrust of the United States federal government in the first decade of the 21st century. Cellulosic biofuels have been identified as the primary candidate ...