Design has an important role in shaping the modes of production, consumption and disposal. Decisions made early in the product, service and system development influence the majority of the environmental impact and social consequences. With sustainabi...
The design of components and elements comprising industrial machinery, as well as those that are part of an industrial system, has been carried out in recent years using various design methodologies. Currently, the products demanded by customers, as...
Educational serious games are primarily intended to teach about or train on a subject. However, a serious game must also be catchy for the player to want to play it multiple times and thus learn while playing. The design of educational serious games...
Since the emerging of its idea circa four decades ago, Appropriate Technology (AT) had been proven as a comprehensive solution in a limited condition. However, practitioners & academia have different opinions with engineers on how an AT must be d...
Standard video games are applications whose development process often follows a traditional software methodology. Serious Games (SGs) are a tool with an immensely positive impact and great success. SGs enable learning and provide entertainment and se...
Smart clothing plays a big role to foster innovation and to. boost health and well-being, improving the quality of the life of people, especially when addressed to niche users with particular needs related to their health. Designing smart apparel, in...
Transformability is one of the essential attributes of social systems. To improve transformability, one should create the preconditions for strategic intervention on the underlying social structures. This paper proposes a design-driven conflict (DDC)...
Human motion capture (MoCap) is widely recognised for its usefulness and application in different fields, such as health, sports, and leisure; therefore, its inclusion in current wearables (MoCap-wearables) is increasing, and it may be very useful in...
This work proposes a methodology for the automated sizing of transistors in analog integrated circuits, based on a modular and hierarchical representation of the circuit. The methodology combines structured design techniques and systematic design flo...
This study introduces a general methodology for the design of analog integrated bell-shaped classifiers. Each high-level architecture is composed of several Gaussian function circuits in conjunction with a Winner-Take-All circuit. Notably, each imple...
In this work, a unified design methodology for front-end RF/mmWave receivers is presented, aiming to significantly accelerate the design procedure of the front-end RF blocks in complex RX/TX chain implementations. The proposed design methodology is b...
This paper proposes a methodology from the conception to the manufacture of soft wearable devices (SWD). This methodology seeks to unify medical, therapeutic and engineering guidelines for research, development and innovation. The aforementioned meth...
This work describes a new photovoltaic (PV) sun tracker design methodology that utilizes the advantages that the orientation and efficiency of the PV panel offer due to the latitude of the installation zone. Furthermore, the proposed design methodolo...
This article presents a methodology for the design of rehabilitation devices that considers factors involved in a clinical environment. This methodology integrates different disciplines that work together. The methodology is composed by three phases...
In this study, we propose a bioinspired design methodology for a multifunctional lever based on the morphological principle of the lever mechanism in the Salvia pratensis flower. The proposed divide-and-conquer contour design methodology does not tre...
This paper proposes a design methodology for linear actuators, considering thermal and electromagnetic coupling with geometrical and temperature constraints, that maximizes force density and minimizes force ripple. The method allows defining an actua...
This paper proposes a methodology for the design of fuzzy inference systems based on Boolean relations. The approach using Boolean sets presents limited performance due to the abrupt transitions that occur during its functioning, therefore, fuzzy set...
Multifunctional aerostructures that carry mechanical loadings while conducting electrical currents offer a promising approach to reduce the weight of Electrical Power Systems (EPS) of aircraft. However, Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), when us...
Surface texture is regarded as a promising solution for enhancing the tribological features of industrial materials due to its outstanding benefits, such as minimization of the contact area, enhancement of the load bearing capacity, storage of the lu...
Innovative Internet of Things (IoT) applications with strict performance and energy consumption requirements and where the agile collection of data is paramount are arising. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) represent a promising solution as they can b...
A high-performance diffuser is crucial for a high-pressure ratio centrifugal compressor to achieve high efficiency. Pipe diffusers have been proven effective in enhancing the performance of such compressors. However, detailed design methodologies for...
This paper proposes a high-efficiency and dimmable current sink topology along with a design methodology for low node processes. The design methodology is demonstrated using a boost-based WLED driver application. In this work, the focus is on current...
Concerns over the environmental influence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have encouraged researchers to develop alternative power technologies. Among the most promising, environmentally friendly power technologies for large-scale applications are...
In the context of the circular economy, materials in scientific development present opportunities for material design processes that begin at a raw state, before being introduced into established processes and applications. The common separation of t...
Over the last few decades, life expectancy has increased significantly. However, elderly people who live on their own often need assistance due to mobility difficulties, symptoms of dementia or other health problems. In such cases, an autonomous supp...
This research investigates enhancing the performance of an Archimedes screw-type hydrokinetic turbine (ASHT). A 3D transient computational model employing the six degrees of freedom (6-DOF) methodology within the ANSYS Fluent software 2022 R1, was se...
A design methodology for minimum volume of LCL filters applied to grid connected converters is proposed. It combines the determination of filter parameter values (inductances and capacitances) to hardware design (component technology and inductor con...
Tactile sensors are essential if robots are to safely interact with the external world and to dexterously manipulate objects. Current tactile sensors have limitations restricting their use, notably being too fragile or having limited performance. Mag...
This article presents a new and powerful freeware software called MotorAnalysis-PM and discusses its application in electromagnetic design and analysis of permanent magnet (PM) motors for the electric vehicle (EV) industry. This new PM motor software...
Permanent magnet motors have become very important in recent years due to the popularization of electric vehicles in the context of the efforts to transition to zero-emission transportation. This has encouraged researchers and hobbyists to learn abou...
This review aims to present the Quality by Design (QbD) model as a suitable methodology to perform research in the academic Costa Rican institutions that teach Pharmacy. Pubmed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases were screened for original...
In the landscape of Industry 4.0, advanced robotics awaits a growing use of bioinspired adaptive and flexible robots. Collaborative robotics meets this demand. Due to human–robot coexistence and interaction, the safety, the first requirement to...
The overall goal of the novel Functionality, Usability, Look-and-Feel, and Evaluation (FULE) user-centered methodology for product design proposed in this paper is to develop usable and aesthetic products. Comprising several product design methods, t...
The main goal of this paper is to design and justify optimized compositions of thermoplastic–matrix wear-resistant composites based on polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and polyphenylene sulfide (PPS). Their mechanical and tribological properties hav...
Aiming to achieve resonance suppression of a controllable mechanism welding robot end using dynamic modeling and experimental verification, this paper applies a central composite design methodology to optimize suppression resonance using three variab...
The development of electromechanical linear actuators (EMLAs) aims at compactness, energy efficiency, and high reliability. Conventional design methods often rely on costly prototypes and individual considerations of mechanics, electromagnetics, and...
This work proposes a general methodology for the design and experimental validation of dual-arm robotic platforms intended for intelligent manipulation tasks in real-world environments. The proposed framework formalizes the complete engineering proce...
Recent advances in mobile technology have shown that augmented unisensory feedback can be leveraged to improve gait using wearable systems, but less is known about the possible benefits and usability of multisensory (i.e., multimodal) feedback. This...
To provide ancillary services in HVDC applications, modular multilevel converters (MMCs) with integration of energy storage systems are a promising solution as they take advantage of the modularity and the controllability of the stored energy. In the...
The removal of boron by Donnan dialysis from aqueous solutions has been studied according to response surface methodology (RSM). First, a preliminary study was performed with two membranes (AFN and ACS) in order to determine the experimental field ba...
In this paper, the fabrication and optimization of a spiral-tube heat exchanger (STHE) were considered for improving the heat transfer rate and efficiency of traditional instantaneous water heaters. The large number of instantaneous water heaters exp...
This paper proposes a design methodology for a six-wheeled rover that adapt to different stairs and maintain its stability based on the robot’s parameters, the kinematics constraints, the maximum height, and the minimum length of the step requi...
In DC microgrids, CLLC topology is commonly applied for battery integration. It provides galvanic separation, the ability to integrate a high-frequency transformer into the resonance circuit, and the ability to operate in a wide range of voltage. Mor...
In road transportation, the market for electric vehicles (EVs) is considered a potential solution for addressing issues related to gas emissions and noise pollution. Due to the limited driving range of the EV battery pack, the charging process must b...
Response surface methodology (RSM) has been widely recognized as an essential estimation tool in many robust design studies investigating the second-order polynomial functional relationship between the responses of interest and their associated input...
The dual-permanent-magnet-excited (DPME) machine employs permanent magnets (PMs) both on the stator and the rotor. It relies on the bi-directional field modulation effect (BFME) to achieve stable electromechanical energy conversion. Therefore, this n...
In this paper, in view of the low efficiency of the traditional finite element method (FEM), which has been widely used in the insulation design of power transformers, the response surface methodology (RSM) is proposed to optimize the insulation stru...
This paper proposes a design methodology for a power split type plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) by considering drivetrain losses. Selecting the input split type PHEV with a single planetary gear as the reference topology, the locations of the...
This research is in response to the question of which aspects of package design are more relevant to consumers, when purchasing educational toys. Neuromarketing techniques are used, and we propose a methodology for predicting which areas attract the...
In soft robotics, the most used actuators are soft pneumatic actuators because of their simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and safety. However, pneumatic actuation is also disadvantageous because of the strong non-linearities associated with using a com...
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