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  • Characteristics of job rotation in the Midwest US manufacturing sector
    Jorgensen, Michael J.; Davis, Kermit; Kotowski, Susan; Aedla, Pranathi B.; Dunning, Kari (Taylor & Francis, 2005-12)
    Job rotation has been advocated as a suitable intervention to control work-related musculoskeletal disorders. However, little is known regarding the prevalence of job rotation, methods used to identify jobs for rotation ...
  • Climate zones and the influence on industrial nonprocess energy consumption
    Bawaneh, Khaled; Overcash, Michael; Twomey, Janet M. (American Institute of Physics, 2011)
    This paper begins with the recognition that climate zones influence nonprocess energy use in industrial buildings. Nonprocess energies are heating, cooling, lighting, and ventilation. Nonprocess energy data have been ...
  • CNT Reinforced Nanocomposite Fiber Fabrication for Undergraduate Students
    Asmatulu, Ramazan; Khan, Waseem Sabir; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram (2008)
    The research, development and teaching of nanofiber fabrication and characterization have recently gained much attention due to their unique properties and potential applications in various fields, such as medical, ...
  • Commercial simulation over the Web
    Whitman, Lawrence; Huff, Brian; Palaniswamy, S. (IEEE, 1999-01)
    Modeling and simulation provide objective analysis tools for many fields including manufacturing. This paper presents the requirements and describes the usefulness of a Web-based interface to discrete-event simulation. A ...
  • A comparison of reusable and disposable perioperative textiles: Sustainability state-of-the-art 2012
    Overcash, Michael (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2012-04-04)
    Contemporary comparisons of reusable and single-use perioperative textiles (surgical gowns and drapes) reflect major changes in the technologies to produce and reuse these products. Reusable and disposable gowns and drapes ...
  • A comprehensive approach to facility layout design and cell formation
    Krishnan, Krishna K.; Mirzaei, Shokoufeh; Venkatasamy, Vijayaragavan; Pillai, V. Madhusudanan (Springer, 2012-03)
    Group technology (GT) and a facility layout problem share a common factor to optimize, which is the Intercell Flow or Material Handling Flow . Most group technology-based approaches use binary part-machine incidence matrix ...
  • Computational methods for congestion toll pricing models
    Hearn, Donald W.; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram; Ramana, M. V.; Bai, L. H. (IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2001-08)
    In earlier work a toll pricing framework for congestion pricing has been developed for both fixed and elastic demand traffic assignment models as an alternative to traditional marginal social cost pricing. Within the ...
  • Copula-based statistical health grade system against mechanical faults of power transformers
    Hu, Chao; Wang, Pingfeng; Youn, Byeng D.; Lee, Wook-Ryun; Yoon, Joung Taek (IEEE-INST Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2012-10)
    A health grade system against mechanical faults of power transformers has been little investigated compared to those for chemical and electrical faults. This paper thus presents a statistical health grade system against ...
  • Cross-sectional area of the lumbar back muscles as a function of torso flexion
    Jorgensen, Michael J.; Marras, William S.; Gupta, Purnendu (Pergamon, 2003-05)
    Quantification of the maximum anatomical cross-sectional area of the lumbar back muscles as a function of torso flexion angle and development of prediction equations as a function of torso flexion and anthropometric measures.
  • Data collection framework on energy consumption in manufacturing
    Drake, Rebekah; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram; Twomey, Janet M.; Whitman, Lawrence E.; Ahmad, Jamal S.; Lodhia, Prashant (2006)
    In this paper, we propose a framework to characterize the energy consumption of machines and their subcomponents (e.g., spindle, coolant pump, controller, heater, hydraulic system in injection molding machine, motors in ...
  • Deep belief network based state classification for structural health diagnosis
    Tamilselvan, Prasanna; Wang, Yibin; Wang, Pingfeng (IEEE, 2012)
    Effective health diagnosis provides multifarious benefits such as improved safety, improved reliability and reduced costs for the operation and maintenance of complex engineered systems. This paper presents a novel ...
  • Designing a global multi-disciplinary classroom: a learning experience in supply chain logistics Management
    Barut, Mehmet; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram; Kilic, Kemal (2006-04-12)
    Global competition has created multinational supply chains where raw materials production, marketing, and consumption can be in different countries in order to achieve cost-effective production and higher customer service ...
  • Design of robust layout for Dynamic Plant Layout Problems
    Pillai, V. Madhusudanan; Hunagund, Irappa Basappa; Krishnan, Krishna K. (Elsevier, 2011)
    In this paper, a design for robust facility layout is proposed under the dynamic demand environment. The general strategy for a multi period layout planning problem is adaptive approach. This approach for Dynamic Plant ...
  • Design-oriented functional capacity evaluation: the available motions inventory--a review
    Malzahn, Don E.; Fernandez, Jeffrey E.; Kattel, B. P. (Informa Healthcare, 1996-08)
    The accommodation of a task to the unique abilities of an individual with a disability is becoming increasingly the responsibility of the employer. Functional capacity evaluation (FCE) provides the information necessary ...
  • Dispatching rules for allocation of component types to machines in the automated assembly of printed circuit boards
    Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram; Duman, Ekrem; Duman, Dilek (Springer Verlag, 2006)
    In this paper, we propose a model and algorithms to solve a load balancing problem on a printed circuit board assembly line. On this line of two identical machines, the problem of allocation of component types to ...
  • The effect of pallet distance on torso kinematics and low back disorder risk
    Jorgensen, Michael J.; Handa, Amit; Veluswamy, Prabaharan; Bhatt, Manish (Taylor & Francis, 2005-06)
    Intervention research for prevention of occupational low back injuries has focused on the effects of reducing extreme torso flexion and the external moment. Little is known about prevention strategies for torso twisting ...
  • Effect of torso flexion on the lumbar torso extensor muscle sagittal plane moment arms
    Jorgensen, Michael J.; Marras, William S.; Gupta, Purnendu; Waters, Thomas R. (Elsevier BV, 2003-09)
    Accurate anatomical inputs for biomechanical models are necessary for valid estimates of internal loading. The magnitude of the moment arm of the lumbar erector muscle group is known to vary as a function of such variables ...
  • Energy consumption of VA hospital CT scans
    Esmaeili, Mohammad Amin; Jahromi, Ashkan S.; Twomey, Janet M.; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram; Overcash, Michael; Elsken, Tyson; Dominquez, Fernando; Thomas, Nicholas; Mcadam, Ashlee (IEEE, 2011-05)
    The United States healthcare spending was about $7,681 per resident and accounted for 16.2% of the nation's GDP in 2008 and rose to compromise about 18% of the nation's GDP by 2010. As healthcare sector continues to grow ...
  • Ensemble of data-driven prognostic algorithms for robust prediction of Remaining Useful Life
    Hu, Chao; Youn, Byeng D.; Wang, Pingfeng; Yoon, Joung Taek (Elsevier, 2012-03)
    Prognostics aims at determining whether a failure of an engineered system (e.g., a nuclear power plant) is impending and estimating the remaining useful life (RUL) before the failure occurs. The traditional data-driven ...
  • Environmental impacts of healthcare services: delivery of x-ray services
    Esmaeili, Mohammad Amin; Twomey, Janet M.; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram; Overcash, Michael; Jahromi, Ashkan S.; Thomas, Nicholas; Mcadam, Ashlee; Dominquez, Fernando (IEEE, 2011-05)
    THE healthcare sector of the U.S rose to compromise about 18% of the nation's GDP in 2010. In meeting patient needs healthcare organizations spend nearly $8.8 billion each year on energy. To achieve energy reduction, the ...

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