Technical design

Autonomous Positioning of Piezoactuated Mechanism for Biological Cell Puncture gives a systematic and almost self-contained description of the many facets of advanced design, optimization, modeling, system identification, and advanced control techniques for positioning of the cell puncture mechanism with a piezoelectric actuator in micro/nanorobotics systems.

This book investigates human-machine systems through the use of case studies such as crankshaft maintenance, liner piston maintenance, and biodiesel blend performance.

Actively Caring for Safety: The Psychological Science of Injury Prevention outlines proactive applications of applied behavioural science and humanism (i.

This book addresses aspects of human factors in engineering and provides a detailed discussion of novel approaches, systems engineering tools, artificial cognitive systems, and intelligent technologies and automation.

This book addresses aspects of human factors in engineering and provides a detailed discussion of novel approaches, systems engineering tools, artificial cognitive systems, and intelligent technologies and automation.

Focused on the United States, this book summarizes the secondary impacts of COVID-19 due to the increased use of technology.

Focused on the United States, this book summarizes the secondary impacts of COVID-19 due to the increased use of technology.

Experiential Learning presents an evolving form of education that fundamentally involves "e;learning by doing"e; and having students reflect on the work.

Future IT leaders won't be technology leaders, they'll be business leaders who understand technology.

Future IT leaders won't be technology leaders, they'll be business leaders who understand technology.

This Handbook seeks to examine and advance current understanding of the confluence of construction health, safety and well-being and the broad range of Industry 4.

Experiential Learning presents an evolving form of education that fundamentally involves "e;learning by doing"e; and having students reflect on the work.

This Handbook seeks to examine and advance current understanding of the confluence of construction health, safety and well-being and the broad range of Industry 4.

A safe and healthy working environment is a vital aspect of the food and beverage processing industry.

When accidents occur in the oil and gas industry, the impacts can be profound.

A safe and healthy working environment is a vital aspect of the food and beverage processing industry.

Interior designers use AutoCAD software for their drafting and rendering, but where do they learn to apply basic AutoCAD drafting standards and procedures to their specific needs?

This book draws on almost five decades of entrepreneurial experience and innovation and offers a broad perspective on ethical tech startups.

Linear motion is richly present in various industries, from direct electric propulsion in urban and interurban people movers on wheels or on magnetic "e;cushions"e; (MAGLEVs) to indoor transport of goods (conveyors, etc.

Shows why plastics, in aggregate, have become a toxin to humans, wildlife, and the planet, and proposes novel solutions that involve neither traditional recycling nor giving up plastic.

The second edition of the classic data book, The Effect of Creep and Other Time Related Factors on Plastics and Elastomers (originally published in 1991), has been extensively revised with the addition of an abundance of new data, the removal of all out-dated information, and the complete rebuilding of the product and company listings.

This book reports on innovations and engineering achievements of industrial relevance, with a special emphasis on mechanical engineering developments applied to modeling, simulation, and design of mechanical systems, and synthesis of new materials  for advanced manufacturing applications.

Whereas innovation has become part of daily language, in practice, realizing new product and new service development is a complex and daunting task for engineers, design engineering managers, managers, and those involved in other functions in organizations.

Technisches Zeichnen beschaftigt sich mit der Darstellung von Planungen in allen Projektphasen.

Like a good story, successful design is a series of engaging moments structured over time.

Behavior change design creates entrancing—and effective—products and experiences.

Micromanufacturing Engineering and Technology presents applicable knowledge of technology, equipment and applications, and the core economic issues of micromanufacturing for anyone with a basic understanding of manufacturing, material, or product engineering.

Proven methods for achieving environmental excellence while increasing profitability"e;If your goal is to design and develop environmentally sustainable products that also drive shareholder value, then this book is a must read.

In 1963, British inventor Alex Moulton (1920-2012) introduced an innovative compact bicycle.

Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Second Edition, discusses the role of materials and processes in product design.

This book describes the growing field of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) as applied to materials selection in product design.

Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging and Inverse Problems, Volume 7 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the seventh volume of sseven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book presents simple design paradigms related to lightweight design, that are derived from an in-depth and theoretically sound analysis based on Pareto theory.

This book is about mechanical design engineering, in particular design for mechanical system durability and performance density.

This volume, the result of an ongoing bridge building effort among engineers and humanists, addresses a variety of philosophical, ethical, and policy issues emanating from engineering and technology.

Understanding and applying the principles of ergonomics consistently in an organization not only reduces the risk of employee injuries, but it also reduces an organization's costs and increases productivity.

This book brings together investigations which combine theoretical and experimental results related to such systems as capsule micromechanisms, active micro catheters, nanotube vascular stents, mechanisms for micromilling, different compliant mechanisms including grippers and compliant systems with actuators and sensors, microrobots based on vibrations, tactile sensors, tooth brackets, compliant valves, and space reflectors.

The articles in this book review hybrid experimental-computational methods applied to soft tissues which have been developed by worldwide specialists in the field.

This book highlights the latest innovations and applications in robotics, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the ROMANSY 2020, the 23rd CISM IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators.

This book gathers the peer-reviewed and revised versions of papers from the Seventh International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'16), held at Northwestern University, Evanston (Chicago), USA, from 27-29 June 2016.

Childhood learning is now more screen-based than ever before, and app developers are flocking in droves to this lucrative and exciting market.

This book features state-of-the-art contributions from two well-established conferences: Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2020) and Mass Customization and Personalization Conference (MCPC2020).

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 2014 New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture (NT2F14) Conference, which was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

AI for Product Development explores the transformative role of artificial intelligence in reshaping modern industries.

This book describes the inventions and designs of ancient engineers who are the precursors of the present.

This book presents a series of high performance product design (PD) and development best practices that can create or improve product development organization.

This book addresses corrosion problems and their solutions at facilities in the oil refining and petrochemical industry, including cooling water and boiler feed water units.

Improving your craft is a key skill for product and user experience professionals working in the digital era.

This book focuses on novel design and systems engineering approaches, including theories and best practices, for promoting a better integration of people and engineering systems.