The thesis explores methods for integration of structural analysis, design and production in a digital design environment. The somewhat ambiguous title implies the ambition to make such integration in relation to the explorative phase of the design process which is described by …
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The subject of this dissertation is the Description de l'Égypte , a learned work of research about Egypt, conducted by a group of young engineers and scientists that were attached to the French army that invaded Egypt in 1798. The dissertation describes the processes of the stat…
Education in South Africa has, thankfully, not escaped the winds of change. The introduction of Outcomes-based Education (OBE) has generated much debate. How have technikons responded to the educational transformation impelled by sociopolitical change? I refer here specifically …
This dissertation focuses on understanding the relationship between the communication technologies used to support geographically distributed engineering design teams and performance variables such as design quality and team satisfaction. Relevant questions include the focus on …
The Iranian economy has undergone a major transformation since the early 1960s, when the government began to promote rapid industrialization. Despite the tremendous achievement and the government's commitment to industrialization, Iranian industrialization was confronted with ma…
Titreşim ve gürültü problemleri her zaman mühendisler için zorlu bir uğraş olmuştur. Mühendisler hala bu sorunlara çözüm bulmaya devam ediyorlar. Gemicilikte ve enerji üretiminde kullanılan büyük dizel motorları için de çözülmeyi bekleyen pek çok titreşim sorunu var. Bu çalışman…
Geometry links the art of building and the physics of space-time. Mathematical breakthroughs in geometry have led to new ways of designing our structures and our ability to visualise and describe the world, phenomena in nature and the universe. However, in contemporary architect…
This dissertation explores the interaction of debt covenants and firms’ investment behaviors, especially the association between debt covenants and project-level operations. Although previous research has examined the association between contractual terms or gross measures of in…
The Global Engineers: Building a Safe and Equitable World Together, is inspired by the opportunities for engineers to contribute to global prosperity. This book presents a vision for Global Engineering, and identifies that engineers should be concerned with the unequal and unjus…
The Global Engineers: Building a Safe and Equitable World Together, is inspired by the opportunities for engineers to contribute to global prosperity. This book presents a vision for Global Engineering, and identifies that engineers should be concerned with the unequal and unjus…
Among the group of Midlands amateur experimenters who formed the Lunar Society of Birmingham were Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgewood, James Watt and Erasmus Darwin. This account uncovers the friendships, political passions and love of knowledge that drove these extraordinary men.
Among the group of Midlands amateur experimenters who formed the Lunar Society and kick-started the Industrial Revolution, were Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgewood, James Watt and Erasmus Darwin. This account uncovers the friendships, political passions and love of knowledge that …
"In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the Midlands. Most came from poor families, all lived far from the centre of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious t…