scholarly journals Green Interactive Installations as Conceptual Experiments towards a New Meaning of Smart Design

Buildings ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Anamaria Andreea Anghel ◽  
Diana Giurea ◽  
Irina Mohora ◽  
Alma-Dia Hapenciuc ◽  
Octavian Camil Milincu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Interactive Installation ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Intensive Use ◽  
Interactive Installations ◽  
Development And Evolution

Nature-based design process with its embedded concept of form that follows function can be materialized as products capable of incorporating aesthetics and functionality similar to the characteristics of its natural role models. The paper addresses the topic of green installations created through a design process that simulates nature’s smart developmental mechanisms. The aim is to create an interactive installation capable of receiving and interpreting external factors that would determine the ensemble’s behavior and influence its future development and evolution. The main challenge lies in the fact that the smart feature is often achieved by intensive use of technology, which often overshadows inventive ways in which the behavioral and aesthetic properties of the material can be reinterpreted. The interactive green installation “Modgrew” investigates the possibilities of obtaining smart features through the experimental testing of two main types of configurations. The results underline the fact that, by applying the principles of biomimetic design, technologies from different fields can be combined towards obtaining a smart product. The conclusions highlight the need for future studies cover subjects such as the efficiency of automation, the possible reconfiguration of modules, behavioral optimization over time, the identification of minimal tech alternatives and the reduction of maintenance necessities.

scholarly journals MANFAAT KETERLIBATAN PETANI DALAM POLA KEMITRAAN AGRIBISNIS SAYURAN DI JAWA BARAT

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ninuk Purnaningsih ◽  
Basita G. Sugihen
Keyword(s):  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Small Farmers ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Intensive Use

The main problems for vegetable farmers are low technology and intensive use of pesticide, therefore farmers cannot produce vegetables with good quality continually. By applying agribusiness partnership it is expected the farmers would be able to overcome the limitation of technology and capital for small farmers attainment a good quality of vegetables, and problem of marketing. This study was aimed to analyze benefit involvement of farmers in agribusiness partnership. Collective case study method was used in five agribusiness companies and one co-operation which applying partnership of agribusiness in West Java: i.e. Bogor, Cianjur, Bandung, and Garut. The population are farmers around company and co-operation, the unit of analysis is farmers household counted of the 285 farmers. Involvement of farmers in partnership has effect on the improvement of farmers income, the use of technology (production and handling), appropriate pesticide use use, labor absorption, and capital usage. Involvement of farmers in partnership also has effect on continuity of farmers business.

Optioneering of long viaducts via parametric design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Sobota
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Parametric Design ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Parametric Modelling ◽  
Parametric Approach ◽  
Early Design Stage ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Suitable Approximation

<p><br clear="none"/></p><p>During the optioneering phase, engineers face the challenge of choosing between myriads of possible designs, while, simultaneously, several sorts of constraints have to be considered. We show in a case study of a 380 m long viaduct how parametric modelling can facilitate the design process. The main challenge was to satisfy the constraints imposed by several different stakeholders. In order to identify sustainable, aesthetic, economic as well as structurally efficient options, we assessed several key performance indicators in real time. By automatically estimating steel and concrete volumes, a simple, yet suitable approximation of the embodied carbon (considering 85-95%) can be obtained at a very early design stage. In summary, our parametric approach allowed us to consider a wider range of parameters and to react more flexibly to changing conditions during the project.</p><p><br clear="none"/></p>

scholarly journals Argus Vision: A Tracking Tool for Exhibition Designers

i-com ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Moritz Skowronski ◽  
Daniel Klinkhammer ◽  
Harald Reiterer
Keyword(s):  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Real World ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Exhibition Design ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Camera Tracking ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
Interactive Installations

Abstract Contemporary exhibitions are increasingly staged using extensive and often interactive media. To create such exhibitions, exhibition design companies employ professionals from a wide range of different disciplines. The support of interdisciplinary exhibition designers in the design process is one goal of research in Human-Computer Interaction. This includes the deployment of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Tools that enable professionals from all disciplines involved to design and create interactive media themselves. In this paper, we will present Argus Vision, a DIY Tool, which allows exhibition designers the use of camera-tracking to rapidly prototype and develop immersive exhibitions and interactive installations. We successfully used Argus Vision in two real-world case studies both in the prototyping and in the deployment of two installations in exhibitions. Additionally, we conducted expert interviews with exhibition designers, investigating the tool’s usefulness for them.

Micro Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber Design and CFD Analysis

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao Parente ◽  
Giulio Mori ◽  
Viatcheslav V. Anisimov ◽  
Giulio Croce
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Micro Gas Turbine

In the framework of the non-standard fuel combustion research in micro-small turbomachinery, a newly designed micro gas turbine combustor for a 100-kWe power plant in CHP configuration is under development at the Ansaldo Ricerche facilities. Combustor design starts from a single silo chamber shape with two fuel lines, and is associated with a radial swirler flame stabiliser. Lean premix technique is adopted to control both flame temperature and NOx production. Combustor design process envisages two major steps, i.e. diagnostics-focussed design for methane only and experimentally validated design optimisation with suitable burner adaptation to non-standard fuels. The former step is over, as the first prototype design is ready for experimental testing. Step two is now beginning with a preliminary analysis of the burner adaptation to non-standard fuels. The present paper focuses on the first step of the combustor development. In particular, main design criteria for both burner and liner cooling system development are presented. Besides, design process control invoked both 2D and 3D CFD analysis. Two turbulence models, FLUENT standard k-ε model and Reynolds Stress Model (RSM), are refereed and the results compared. Here both a detailed analysis of CFD results and a preliminary analysis of main chemical kinetic phenomena are discussed.

scholarly journals Influence of COVID on the educational use of Social Media by students of Teaching Degrees

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. e23623
Author(s):  
Alicia León-Gómez ◽  
Raquel Gil-Fernández ◽  
Diego Calderón-Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Virtual Universities ◽  
Intensive Use ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Way

The situation caused by SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in the intensive use of technology in all fields, including education and interactions between students. This research seeks to identify changes in the way social media have been used for educational purposes by students of teaching degrees both before and after lockdown. Based on an online survey administered to a sample of 424 students from different Spanish universities in which it has been observed how their use has generally been very similar, although significant differences have been detected according to the kind of university. In this capacity, the use of social media for academic purposes has increased in universities offering traditional classroom-based courses, while it has remained the same in virtual universities which, due to their particular idiosyncrasies, have not been directly affected.

scholarly journals dwelling + design: exploring the potential for dwelling to inform media design with the installation dark; and the light

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Meredith Crowe
Keyword(s):  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Interactive Installation ◽  
Media Design ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Research Through Design ◽  
Limited Success

<p>The theory of dwelling is a valuable topic for media designers to explore in order to further our understanding of the connection individuals make with designs. This research suggests that to promote dwelling successfully, digital design must prompt people to understand it in essence and balance, must encourage private or communal reflection and development, and must encourage people to connect meaningfully with the design; this manifests by people caring for it and being conscious of it. dwelling + design explores the theory of dwelling as research through design and research for design; through the interactive installation dark; and the light. Dwelling is discussed with reference to three main philosophers; Martin Heidegger, Christian Norberg-Schulz, and Pavlos Lefas. As a wider investigation of how dwelling can inform design practice, the theory is also investigated both as an informative theory for creative practice and an attitude that can be embraced by people when receiving or encountering creativity. dwelling + design finds that dwelling is valuable to designers as an attitude towards the design process, but has limited success as an informer of aesthetics or as an intended experience for participants.</p>

scholarly journals UTILIZING TELEPSYCHOLOGY AT SCHOOL: NEW CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stergiani Giaouri
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Ongoing Care ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Development And Evolution

Today, the development of telepsychology and the use of technology as a means of service and ongoing care was considered as a potentially feasible and effective alternative or as a complement to the psychological services provided by experts in various fields or in emergency situations. The following text presents the theoretical and empirical data on the forms and main types of telepsychology and then highlights the benefits and potential challenges of providing distance mental health services in the field of education and in different population groups. This trend creates new conditions and gives another impetus to the future, development and evolution of school psychology in Greece. In particular, the effort to connect theory, research and practical application at many levels, alternatively or complementarily through the use of new technologies marks this dynamic process of change focusing on the multifaceted needs, rights and care of members of the educational community. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0774/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

The Technology/Tactics (TEC/TAC) Plot: Explicit Representation of User Actions in the Product Design Space

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Stapleton ◽  
Trent Owens ◽  
Christopher Mattson ◽  
Carl Sorensen ◽  
Michael Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Space Structure ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Stakeholder Needs ◽  
User Actions ◽  
Early Phases ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The initial phases of the design process — including interactions with stakeholders, ideation of concept candidates, and the selection of the best candidates — have a large impact on the success of a project as a whole. They also tend to be the most unstructured portion of the project, and are often marginalized by teams who assume they already understand stakeholder needs and the best solution paths to pursue. Design researchers have developed methods shown to increase the creativity and divergent thinking of the design team during these initial phases of design. Nevertheless, these methods often rely on only a vague or amorphous representation of the design space (the set of all possible concepts the design team could feasibly select to meet the objective of the project). In this paper, we introduce a particular design-space structure that can help teams ideate and evaluate their ideation, thus improving the early phases of the design process. The design space presented here is a vector space with a basis of technology (the physical product people will use) and tactics (the procedure for using the product). Also presented are definitions, principles, and sub-theories that facilitate the creation and use of technology-tactics plots to represent the design space. Considering the design space in this structured way, the design team can gain valuable insights that improve the effectiveness of the initial stages of design, and may yield additional benefits to the design process as a whole, if further developed.

Hints for Rethinking Communities of Practice in Public Administration

2020 ◽  
pp. 342-363
Author(s):  
Joaquín Gairín ◽  
David Rodríguez-Gómez ◽  
Aleix Barrera-Corominas
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Organisational Development ◽  
Development Team ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Category ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
Intensive Use

Communities of Practice (CoP) have become one of the most widely used strategies for promoting Knowledge Creation and Management (KCM) processes in Public Administration. This chapter is based on some of the practical research and consultancy carried out by the Organisational Development Team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (http://edo.uab.cat) over the last 10 years, presenting some ideas to facilitate the introduction of improvements in the usual functioning of CoP in the public administration. Specifically, the purpose of this chapter is twofold: (1) to analyse the procedures of KCM by means of CoP in the public administration and through the intensive use of technology; and (2) to suggest elements which may allow us to rethink and improve CoP. The main results indicate that the most important factors in determining CoP participation are related in greater measure to personal processes (interest in change, curiosity, commitment to innovation, profile within the CoP) than to circumstances (professional category, age or seniority).

Complete Design of a VTOL UAV by a Large Group of Students

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renaud Kiefer ◽  
Marc Vedrines ◽  
Franc¸ois Kiefer
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Horizontal Flight ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Entire Vehicle ◽  
Electronic Parts

This paper deals with the complete design and implementation of a small unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in the framework of a project course for engineers. This project takes place within an international contest organised by the french defence and aerospace agency. The objective is to design an autonomous air vehicle that will be able to be operated by soldiers on the battlefield, with embedded sensors and camera, which will be able to explore an urban environment, and detect targets or threads such as snipers. Our team won the first edition of the contest two year ago and is again selected with eleven other teams to take part in the new challenge next year. Our way of running this project is quite unusual on the education point of view for several reasons. In the challenging scientific area of aerospace engineering, an entire vehicle (mechanical parts as well as electronic parts) is designed, manufactured, tested and operated by students, thus involving a lot of students of different background. For instance, mechatronics students are coordinating the project, helped by students in mechanical engineering, fluid mechanics, composite structures, manufacturing, topography, physics and electronics. The main challenge is to coordinate large groups of students of different faculties and different levels, as there are more than 40 students working on the same project at the same time. The group of students studying mechatronics is currently working on this project since September 2006 and will go on until they graduate in june 2009. The aerodynamics structure is an elliptic wing within a 70 cm diameter sphere. The UAV should take of and land vertically and then fly horizontally. This challenging transition between vertical and horizontal flight is currently under study and has been carried out successfully by another team operating a more classical airplane. Moreover, the project organisation and design process is currently analysed and deals as a case study for researchers in the area of engineering design. This is also interesting as it is generally not possible to analyse the entire design process in an industrial environment. The technical aspects of the project as well as the project organisation, collaborative design tools and project management tools will be presented. The success and failures of the project organisation will be explained and the analysis from problem base learning point of view commented.

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