http://hdl.handle.net/10057/182 Search the Channel s http://soar.wichita.edu:8080/dspace/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1401 title: Determination of carbon monoxide detector location in general aviation aircraft to improve safety authors: Ahmady, Ali; Assadi, Morteza; Muthuswamy, Selvakumar <br>abstract: There are many sources of carbon monoxide (CO) leakage into the cabin of General Aviation (GA) aircraft. Exposure to CO, which is part of the engine exhaust in GA aircraft, can impede the pilot’s ability to direct the airplane which may lead to accidents. In order to prevent accidents, an electrochemical CO detector can be used to alert the pilot to the presence of CO. The objective of this study was to determine the best location for CO detector placement in GA aircraft. Early CO detection as well as visibility and accessibility of the detector were some of the parameters involved in determining the optimum CO detector location. Considering these issues, five detector placement locations were considered: visor, instrument panel, leg area of front seats (left and right sides), and rear seat. Field tests to monitor CO levels during GA flights were conducted at Kansas State University at Salina using data logging CO detectors. The results from these measurements have been categorized according to several different variables and then analyzed statistically. Measurements taken so far during the summer and early fall indicate that the majority of CO exposure events occurred on the ground before take-off. During such ground-based CO exposure events, the timing was consistent with open windows allowing exhaust fumes to enter the cockpit area. This paper will also discuss the results of additional measurements taken during the winter months when other modes of CO exposure may be involved. <br>description: Paper presented to the 4th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 25, 2008. <br> http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1400 title: Review and classification of Kansei Engineering and its applications authors: Ahmady, Ali <br>abstract: Using customer requirements and needs in the product development process has become a major subject in quality engineering. Many scholars have tried to develop systems that enable product developers and designers to consider customer requirements during the design process. Among them, Kansei Engineering (KE) is the first to consider customer feelings as input to the design process. KE is a Japanese word which doesn’t have an exact synonym in English but can be interpreted as sensibility, feeling, or aesthetics. KE was originated in Japan around 1970. Although applications of KE began from automotive industries, nowadays many other industries such as electric home appliance industry, office equipment industry and so on, have made extensive use of KE. There are six techniques for the implementation of KE concept: Category Classification, KE computer System, KE Modeling, Hybrid KE System, Virtual KE, and Collaborative KE. These techniques differ from each other in their approaches to apply KE in different development process situations in terms of information availability, complexity, and required performance. This paper presents a detailed critical review of the KE concept and a new classification based on computational and non computational approaches. It will also provide a review of the application of KE in different areas. <br>description: Paper presented to the 4th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 25, 2008. <br> http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1391 title: Uncertain location routing problem (LRP) integrated to inventory considering space limitation authors: Sajjadi, Reza S.; Cheraghi, S. Hossein <br>abstract: An optimal supply chain management system has a direct effect on the performance of any enterprise and could result in substantial cost savings. Successful supply chain management involves many decisions relating to the flow of the products. The decisions fall into three levels: strategic, tactical, and operational differentiated depending on the time horizon during which the decisions are made. Since decisions at these three levels are interdependent, optimizing at individual levels will lead to sub-optimal solution for the network. In this study, location as a strategic decision is combined with two tactical decisions: routing and inventory. First, location and routing decisions are combined to form location-routing problem (LRP). LRP can be defined as solving the following three sub- problems at the same time: locating one or more plants and warehouses among a set of potential plants and warehouses, assigning customers to selected depots, and determining routes from selected depots to assigned customers to minimize the cost of the supply network. Then, to make further improvements in the network, it is proposed to integrate an inventory model under the fixed interval order policy to the LRP. Since in the real world application, warehouses are limited by space capacity, a third logistic party copes with the space limitation if needed. Moreover, it is assumed that customers demand their multi- products requirement under stochastic condition. To solve such a model a heuristic solution is proposed. <br>description: Paper presented to the 4th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 25, 2008. <br> http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1390 title: Optimal distillers distribution planning in an ethanol supply chain authors: Iqbal, Qamar <br>abstract: The ethanol industry in the United States is expanding rapidly, consequently, the amount of coproducts called distillers feed is also expanding at a rapid rate. These distillers can be fed to cattle because they are excellent source of protein, energy and phosphorus. As they are much cheaper than corn and soybeans, a successful attempt to replace corn and soybeans with distillers feed may provide significant advantages to both ethanol producers and the feedlots. In this paper we propose a supply chain model which minimizes the overall cost of distribution of distillers. We will present a case study on Kansas Ethanol plants. <br>description: Paper presented to the 4th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 25, 2008. <br>