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Identification of leading indicators for producibility risk in early-stage aerospace product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Producibility is an emergent property of product development and manufacturing systems that encapsulates quality, product compliance, cost, and schedule. Detailed product definition and process variation have traditionally ...
Value chain concept for power electronics based products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Integration of renewable energy, general decentralization of generating power and a high degree of automation may trigger a technological change in grid infrastructure, away from electromechanical products and towards more ...
Qualification and characterization of metal additive manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as an effective and efficient way to digitally manufacture complicated structures. Raytheon Missile Systems seeks to gain limited production capability with metals AM, which can only ...
A risk analysis of unmanned aircraft systems in the National Airspace system for utility applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
A need exists for utility companies to incorporate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into their operations to reduce the cost and increase the safety of asset inspections. The FAA is allowing the use of UAS for commercial ...
Airline operating cost reduction through enhanced engine health analytics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Engine Health Management (EHM) is a comprehensive maintenance service offered by engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney (PW) to its airline customers. In its current form, engine performance is monitored through recorded ...
Analysis of urban air transportation operational constraints and customer value attributes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a concept that proposes to provide short-range transportation solutions that enable customers to travel point-to-point more quickly than they can today using cars or public transportation. The ...
Systems thinking applied to automation and workplace safety
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This thesis presents the results of a study to compare Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), a hazard analysis methodology based on a new model of accident causation called Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes ...
Ranking CubeSat communication systems using a value-centric framework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This work focuses on the application of a streamlined version of Multi-Attribute Tradespace Exploration (MATE) as a first-order analysis tool to aid in the selection of CubeSat communication systems. As CubeSats have become ...
Determining appropriate levels of robotic automation in commercial aircraft nacelle assembly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis examines the application of reconfigurable industrial robotics in the assembly of the engine nacelle inlet for a commercial aircraft. In addition to addressing the achievable level of automation, this thesis ...
Use of isoperformance, constraint programming, and mixed integer linear programing for architecture tradespace exploration of passive Optical Earth Observation Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis presents work performed during the course of an internship at An Aerospace Company (AAC) and research performed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory as part of a fellowship. Both ...