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Data driven manufacturing risk assessment for turbine engine programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Waste and uncertainty can be managed at all levels of a production process from a program level down to a single step in a manufacturing cell, and is done by assessing risk. Risk is defined as uncertainty in the ability ...
The design, feasibility and cost analysis of sea barrier systems in Norfolk, Virginia and the comparative cost of shoreline barriers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Protecting a coastline from the damage of a storm surge, or tidal flooding associated with sea level rise, is a challenging and costly engineering endeavor. Low lying properties located directly on an ocean coastline are ...
Engineering improvements for epicardial drug delivery systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Cardiovascular diseases continue have a large disease burden despite advancements in technology, therapeutic modalities, and prevention efforts. For various cardiovascular pathologies, epicardial drug delivery systems have ...
Container removal and replacement automation : design and development of robotic work cells for warehouse automation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Amazon has grown at a rapid pace. In 2018, Amazon retail sales amounted to $141.92B, up 19.7% from the previous year. The number of units shipped through its Prime program alone grew by 20% from 5 billion the previous year ...
Digital metal printing by in-flight melting of individual microparticles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Additive manufacturing (AM) of metal components has the potential to impact an immense range of applications and industries, but each metal AM process has key capabilities and limitations that will define its ultimate ...
Support vector machine gesture recognition for a wearable assistive robot for patients with hand osteoarthritis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Osteoarthritis affects tens of millions of adults in the US alone. A frequent form of this disease is hand osteoarthritis, which affects certain joints of each hand, typically symmetrically. While there is currently no ...
A hybrid computational and analytical model of irrigation drip emitters
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This thesis details a hybrid computational and analytical model to predict the performance of inline pressure-compensating (PC) drip emitters. A verified CFD model is used to predict flow behavior through tortuous paths. ...
Experimental validation of the Lower Leg Trajectory Error, an optimization metric for prosthetic feet
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
In India alone, there are about one million people with lower limb amputation who require significantly more effort to walk than able-bodied individuals. They are subject to social stigmas preventing them from employment ...