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Integration Of Hydrogeophysical Datasets And Empirical Orthogonal Functions For Improved Irrigation Water Management, Catherine E. Finkenbiner, Trenton E. Franz, Justin P. Gibson, Derek M. Heeren, J. D. Luck

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Precision agriculture offers the technologies to manage for infield variability and incorporate variability into irrigation management decisions. The major limitation of this technology often lies in the reconciliation of disparate data sources and the generation of irrigation prescription maps. Here the authors explore the utility of the cosmic-ray neutron probe (CRNP) which measures volumetric soil water content (SWC) in the top ~ 30 cm of the soil profile. The key advantages of CRNP is that the sensor is passive, non-invasive, mobile and soil temperature-invariant, making data collection more compatible with existing farm operations and extending the mapping period. The objectives …

Assessing Learning Outcomes Of A Mooc Incorporated Into An On-Campus Management Information Systems Class, Manying Qiu, Yaquan Xu

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Massive open source online course (MOOC) platform enables enterprises to introduce their new innovations and deliver basic knowledge to handle the new products. We incorporated an openSAP course into a management information systems (MIS) class. Students learned the latest development of SAP customer relationship management (CRM) solutions along with the SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) business processes integration that they learned in the classroom. 46.2% of the students obtained Record of Achievement and Confirmation of Participation certificates, which is higher than the average success rate of MOOCs. More importantly, the students experienced a way of sustainable and lifelong learning.

Table Of Contents Jitim Vol 27 Issue 1, 2018

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Table of Contents JITIM volume 27, issue 1 - 2018

Development Of An Mrm Federation System Using Cots Simulations, Jaeho Kim

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this research is to build an experimental environment for the Simulation Interoperability Laboratory (SIL) of the University of Central Florida (UCF). The Simulation Interoperability Laboratory (SIL) is researching about multi-resolution modeling(MRM), with a focus on military field uses. This thesis proposes steps to develop an MRM federation system and build two different MRM systems using COTS simulations (SIMBox, VR-Forces, and MASA Sword). This report is written to provide the basis for a time-based MRM federation study in the Simulation Interoperability Laboratory. The report describes many definitions and notions related to Multi-Resolution Modeling(MRM) and discusses examples to make …

Amplifying The Social Intelligence Of Teams Through Human Swarming, Louis Rosenberg, Gregg Willcox, David Askay, Lynn Metcalf

Industrial Technology and Packaging

Artificial Swarm Intelligence (ASI) is a method for amplifying the collective intelligence of human groups by connecting networked participants into real-time systems modeled after natural swarms and moderated by AI algorithms. ASI has been shown to amplify performance in a wide range of tasks, from forecasting financial markets to prioritizing conflicting objectives. This study explores the ability of ASI systems to amplify the social intelligence of small teams. A set of 61 teams, each of 3 to 6 members, was administered a standard social sensitivity test —"Reading the Mind in the Eyes” or RME. Subjects took the test both as …

Investigation Of Compression Strength Of Bliss Style Corrugated Fiberboard Boxes, Javier De La Fuente, Jay Singh, Rebecca Kisch, Soma Roy, Daan Peleman

Industrial Technology and Packaging

The global demand for corrugated fiberboard is projected to experience a significant upsurge in the near future. Based on the end-use, packaging for processed and fresh food categories accounted for approximately 39% of the overall consumption of corrugated fiberboard in 2015. With key advantages such as providing an uninterrupted bottom, laminated corners for higher stacking strength, increased material use efficiency, side cutout options for display at retail and a wide range of styles over other styles of containers, Bliss style boxes find prominence in the agriculture sector. While numerous predictive strength models associating corrugated fiberboard material specifications to the box …

Driving Under Weather: An Exploration Of The Traveling Salesman Problem With Probabilistic Unfavorable Driving Conditions, Andrew Wright

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Inclement weather has a visceral impact on transportation systems, but it has been made undeniably clear. Reliable ground transportation is absolutely fundamental in global logistics, and the need to deliver goods to customers in a timely manner has never been more important. The field of operations research offers some quality logistics problems with the foresight to provide efficient transportation solutions. One of the most prevalent problems in operations research is the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Although much research has gone into solving the classic TSP and some of its variants, none have been truly dedicated to integrating meteorological sciences.

The …

Biomechanical Exposures Of Neck And Shoulder In Virtual Reality, Sai Akhil Penumudi

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Virtual Environment pose certain potential postural discomfort or pain of the neck and shoulder that could be different from a real environment. There has been a lack of ergonomic guidelines for the Virtual Reality (VR) usage with the hand gesture interaction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the vertical target locations on biomechanical exposures of the neck and shoulder and task performance during VR interactions. Twenty subjects performed standardized pointing and painting tasks with five different target locations (15° upward, neutral, 15° downward, 30° downward, and self-selected). Users’ postures, gravitational moments, muscle activities of the …

Evaluating The Role Of Energy Demand Prediction And Renewable Energy Utilization On Energy Dependency Management: A Generic System Dynamics Model, Emad Rabiei Hosseinabad

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Supplying energy has become one of the biggest concerns of developed countries due to the growing energy needs in the last decades. Security of energy supply has forced countries to rely more on energy imports from external sources, and become energy dependent to a greater extent. Utilizing available renewable energy resources has been characterized as a reliable indicator to mitigate energy dependency in countries as well as securing the supplying of energy-based needs in the future. This research explores the impact of renewable energies as trustful resources in mitigating energy imports form external sources with investigation of its viability with …

Biomechanical Evaluation Of Friction-Reducing Devices For Transferring Patients, Veera Aneesh Kuppam

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Professional caregivers and nurses are prone to a greater risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, which is primarily related to manual patient handling. In common various transfer devices are used to transfer patients, the efficacy of friction-reducing devices in reducing biomechanical stress in the low back and upper extremities has not been systematically evaluated. Twenty professional caregivers performed standardized lateral pulling, pushing and sliding up tasks with selected transfer devices (draw sheet, slide sheet, slide board, and air-assisted transfer device). Caregivers’ hand-pull force, shoulder, and trunk posture, shoulder moment, muscle activity in wrist flexor, wrist extensor, biceps, triceps, trapezius, and erector …

Impact Of Mortgage Characteristics On Retail Mortgage Transaction Completion Time, Kareem Atalla Tannous

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In the mortgage industry, many mortgage lenders cannot manage mortgage workflow systems while meeting and exceeding organizational objectives. Organizations with an above-industry average turnaround time (ATT) to complete a retail mortgage transaction (RMT) from origination to funding experience revenue losses. Grounded in the proposition that mortgage loan purpose (MLP), mortgage loan type (MLT), and subject property type (SPT) impact ATT to complete an RMT, the purpose of this causal-comparative study was to assess the impact of MLP, MLT, and SPT on ATT to complete an RMT. Using archival data records (N = 146) from a selected mortgage institution in the …

The Impact Of Authentic Leadership Development On Safety Climate Change, Victoria Hoyt

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Tragic, life-changing, and fatal incidents are a reality on large-scale, civil construction projects. Despite a decline following the enforcement of the 1971 Occupational Safety and Health Act, serious and fatal incidents on heavy construction projects remain higher than that of the active military and have not declined in any notable way in the past decade. Industrial-organizational literature suggested a lack of applied testing for the well-developed theory of authentic leadership (AL) to impact safety outcomes. This quasi-experiment combined the constructs of authentic leadership with safety climate perception as quantifiable measurement of potential safety outcomes in the workplace. The research question …

Moderating Effects Of Age And Experience On The Factors Influencing The Actual Usage Of Cloud Computing, Shailja Tripathi

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Cloud computing technology (CCT) has attracted extensive attention of organizations to enhance their agility, flexibility and competitive advantage. Successful implementation of CCT depends on its acceptance and useby senior IT managers in the organizations. This study proposes an extended technology acceptance model (TAM) to predict actual CCT usage by the managers. A questionnaire is used to collect the needful data. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses are performed to analyze the factor structure and measurement model. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze the structural model. The results supported all the hypotheses of the model. The moderating effect of experience and …

A Methodology To Predict Community College Stem Student Retention And Completion, Jennifer Lynn Snyder

Doctoral Dissertations

"Numerous government reports point to the multifaceted issues facing the country's capacity to increase the number of STEM majors, while also diversifying the workforce. Community colleges are uniquely positioned as integral partners in the higher education ecosystem. These institutions serve as an access point to opportunity for many students, especially underrepresented minorities and women. Community colleges should serve as a major pathway to students pursuing STEM degrees; however student retention and completion rates are dismally low. Therefore, there is a need to predict STEM student success and provide interventions when factors indicate potential failure. This enables educational institutions to better …

A Lab-Based Study Of N95 Ffrs Against Cigarette Smoke Under Varying Concentrations And Sealing Conditions, Jacob Davis

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Respirators are a common form of protection when working in environments where workers are exposed to harmful agents. One exposure that has not been rigorously tested is cigarette smoke. Air sampling was conducted to test the effectiveness of four different respirators N95 Respirators for various concentrations of cigarette smoke and seal conditions and for different respirators. The Moldex 2200, Moldex 2300 (exhalation valve), Gerson 1730, and 3M 8210V (Exhalation valve) were used for testing. The set concentrations were 100,000: 200,000: and 400,000 cm3 with an error allowance of 20% for each concentration. Different flow rates (15, 30, 50, and 85 …

Private Sector Defense Contractor Management Strategies For Contract Fulfillment, Rachel Stallworth

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Private sector U.S. defense contractors failing to meet contract objectives experience lower profitability, pay costly penalties, and risk survivability. Using the theory of contracts, the purpose of this multiple case study was to the explore strategies that some leaders of U.S. defense contracting businesses use to meet all the contract terms with the U.S. Department of Defense. Data were collected from 5 leaders of private sector defense contracting companies in northwest Florida through face-to-face, semistructured interviews and through a review of operations manuals, quality assurance policy manuals, and archived U.S. Department of Defense contracts. During data analysis using Yin's 5-step …

Job Design For Manual Fish Processing Process Improvement, Anawat Benjalak

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This paper presents the development and experimental of the Job Design and Ergonomic principles to a local manual fish processing factory in fish trimming, fish de-scaling and fish gutting processes for worker performance improvement. The fish processing factory experimented in this research is in one of the provinces next to the sea in southern Thailand, namely Pattani, where the leading economy industry of this province are seafood processing and manufacturing. However, because most of the local processing factories in this province are still manually processing the aquatic products, they are affected by more stringent regulation of migrant workers implemented by …

Predictive Survivability Model Of Technological Start-Ups: A Case Study Of Smart Parking, Akshay Nirmal Singh

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The dissertation focuses on analysing pre-existing survivability prediction models that can be applied to new businesses and start-ups. After studying certain popular models and their critical success factors that can be found in successful businesses and are lacking in failed businesses a new prediction model for technological companies will be crafted. Furthermore, a case study of a potential technological start-up company called Smart Parking will be internally and externally analysed with regards to the environment in will be operating in. The analyses of the internal and external environments will help plan and come up with business strategies for Smart Parking. …

Warehouse Layout Design For A Metal Conduit Manufacturer, Atiyot Pattarakulprasit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Nowadays, warehouse layout problems become a common problem for every organization, especially in conduit businesses. Finding an appropriate space to store the products, transporting the products in and out of the warehouse or even an effective way of using material-handling, for example, an overhead crane, is the most relevant topics that can cause a lot of costs and time for the organizations. To resolve these problems, the simulation is built to see the consequences of altering the position of conduit in the warehouse. For each layout design in the simulation is built based on the information provided by the conduit …

Inland Transportation Cost Reduction Of Automotive Service Part Company, Kanokwan Gloyglom

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Regarding company's current situation, the case studied company has been encountered with a large amount of inland transportation cost for both inbound and outbound logistics increasing year by year. This research aims to reduce inland transportation cost for both inbound and outbound logistics operation at process of transporting empty imported container after loading cargos to shipping line and process of transporting empty container from shipping line for exporting purpose by using concept of "container round use system". To conduct container round use system which required many organisations both internal and external to involve, change project management, risk management and resistance …

Design Of Business Intelligence System For Point-Of-Sales Software In Full-Service Restaurants, Lalida Chunhasomboon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Small and Medium-sized restaurants are faced with increasing competitions due to the rise of food reviews and food delivery mobile applications which increase accessibility and customer demands. In order to thrive in this competition, restaurant owners seek to know their performance beyond sales number as there are other aspects of restaurant management such as operations efficiency, inventory, and quality of service. However, the current offerings by various POS in the market do not provide such performance measures, making it impossible for owners to know and improve other dimensions of restaurant management. As a result, the case-study company identified the gap …

Non-Wetting Defective Reduction In Printed Circuit Board Assembly Processes, Nitcha Sangkhapanit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

According to the company's current situation, the case study company has been encountered with a large amount of non-wetting defects within the production process leading to a higher defect rate and cost over a several years. Therefore, this research is aimed to reduce non-wetting defective rate of location L7 on PCBA during Surface Mount Technology (SMT) process by applying Six Sigma DMAIC methodology accompanying with quality control tools and focus on experimental design. There are separated into five significant phases. The first is Define phase, which related to the studying of current process of manufacturing PCBA and also gathering historical …

Machine Design Improvement For Tuna Flake Filling In Cans, Phirun Reonwajanawong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aims to improve the process of tuna flake filling in cans by developing a minimum viable product (MVP) to test the feasibility of the improvement. It also examines other related prior and subsequent processes to discover possibilities to increase the accuracy and precision of the filling. Experiments have been carried out during the study to determine the most appropriate features of the machine and suitable conditions of incoming material in order to satisfy the filling standard. The result of the study shows that an improvement in the incoming material investigation process is needed to gain more stable size …

Inbound Logistics Management For A Pvc Resin Manufacturer, Thunlapas Ruengrapeepun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The main objective of this research is to enhance logistics operation of a Thai PVC manufacturer located in Rayong, where we will focus more on the domestic part involving with three different PVC products, that is, Palletized PVC, Flexible-bag PVC, and Tank car PVC. Based on the historical data collected in 2017, over 90 percent of the complaints was identified as delivery delays caused by comparatively long non-value added activities within the inbound logistics process, such as waiting in weighting-in process and over processing steps in delivery paper generation. In order to address these issues, truck scheduling and throughput time …

Quality Enhancement Of Shrimp Paste And Packaging Improvement For A Local Manufacturer, Pongsakorn Sornbunjong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The present research focuses on the quality of the shrimp paste manufacturing company by emphasizing product quality improvement as well as packaging improvement for the shrimp paste, which is the main product of the Case Study Company. Presently, the product uses paraffin to cover the shrimp paste for food preservation, which is prohibited by Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations ( FAO) / World Health Organisation (WHO) and Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The research procedure may be divided into 3 phases. The first phase consists of improvement to the physical and chemical properties of the shrimp …

Surface Roughness Improvement For Passenger Car Hood Die Manufacturing Process, Worachet Onngam

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Surface roughness of a die is a crucial factor for making a high-quality car hood. This research thesis is made for improving die surface quality in die manufacturing process. If the performance of milling process is not enough, it consumes a lot of time for doing polishing and might result in poor die quality that does not meet customer's need. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to improve the CNC milling process. Tools used for milling and all relate parameters are studied in order to figure out the most appropriate condition for the finish milling process. Nowadays, a 1-blade …

Simulation Model For Outbound Logistics In Quarry Business, Chanyakan Chawaranggoon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The study of outbound logistics is part of quarrying process where final products are being served to customers. It includes all activities begins from when a truck entering weight station to when the truck leaves the system after a final weighing. An increasing of customer demands within limited serving space and limited resources cause a higher total flow time customer spent in the system which also leads to longer queues. The study aims to simulate a current outbound logistics for a quarry business using ARENA simulation model and analyze truck queueing and loader scheduling policy that help reduce total flow …

Improving Raw Materials Warehouse Utilization And Efficiency In A Haircare Manufacturer, Chariya Paveenchana

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aims to improve the capacity, efficiency, and utilization of raw materials warehouse in a case study of haircare manufacturer in Thailand. At the same time, it is our goal to save the storage cost of finished products at the external public warehouse by locating some of the finished products at this internal raw materials warehouse. The key methodologies used to improve the current raw materials warehouse are removing obsolete materials from the warehouse, regrouping materials according to types, sizes, and turnover rates, reallocating space for each group of materials, considering beam height adjustment, and reassigning the location for …

Defect Reduction In Manufacturing Process Of In-Mold Decoration Of Injection Molded Components, Jintra Supapan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this research is to reduce the defect rate from manufacturing process of in-mould decoration (IMD), a process combining PET film with decorative patterns are moulded together with ABS resins, which has been developed to reduce the secondary process of decorative screen printing. Recently, the case study company has produced components with a high defect rate average 11.43% in Feb-Jun 2018, which increased sharply to 22.3% in June 2018. The major causes of the defect resulting from PET film peeled off and difficult to assembly. In order to reduce the defect rate, the five steps of the DMAIC …

Periodic-Review Order Policy For A Two-Echelon Inventory Problem With Seasonal Demand, Noppadon Sakulsom

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This dissertation presents methodologies to determine ordering policies for a 2-echelon inventory system with multiple replenishing modes under seasonal demand. The system operates on periodic review basis using reorder point and order-up-to point or (R,s,S). An Echelon stock concept is applied where each location makes decisions on its own inventory information and the information of all locations downstream. We decompose a problem into two phases and propose a methodology based on mixed-integer programming models to determine ordering policies for a system with one replenishing mode. Then, another methodology based on the genetic algorithm and binary search is developed to solve …