Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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The Needs-Problem Matrix: Providing Some Order to the Chaotic Ideation Fuzzy Front End
(American Society for Engineering Education, 2007)The fuzzy front end of the ideation process can often be chaotic, disorganized and seemingly haphazard, especially to student novice designers. Presented with a large array of pre-ideation tools and methods that are ... -
High-order additions to platinum-based alloys for high-temperature applications
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)Platinum-based alloys are being developed with microstructures similar to nickel-based superalloys for potential high-temperature applications in aggressive environments. Since the chemistries of nickel and platinum are ... -
An Inverse Dynamic Model of a Spherical Electrohydraulic Actuator for Use in a Dexterous Mechanical Hand
(1997)The purpose of this article is to develop an inverse dynamic model of a two-degree-of-freedom electrohydraulic actuator. The actuator is to be incorporated at the base of each of three fingers of a nine-degree-of-freedom ... -
Design Information Support Tool (DIST): Its Development and Effectiveness Investigation
(2006)A number of software tools exist to assist the designer during the design process. These include tools for solid modeling of components, programs for simulating complex systems, for generating machining code and so on. ... -
A Compromise Experimental Design Method for Parametric Polynomial Response Surface Approximations
(2006)This study presents a compromise approach to augmentation of experimental designs, necessitated by the expense of performing each experiment (computational or physical), that yields higher quality parametric polynomial ... -
An investigation on industry-sponsored design projects' effectiveness at the first-year level: potential issues and preliminary results
(2006)This paper presents the preliminary work for developing guidelines to ensure that industry-sponsored projects in first-year courses aid, not hamper, retention of students. Specifically, the overall research plan includes ... -
A finite element analysis of the effects of an increasing angle on the tower of Pisa
(2001)The Leaning Tower of Pisa has aroused admiration and curiosity throughout the world for its beauty and unusual lean. This study investigates the effects of increasing lean on the structural integrity of the tower. Employing ... -
A framework for classifying disassemble/analyse/assemble activities in engineering design education
(2008)Disassemble/analyse/assemble (DAA) activities of an artifact pervade many undergraduate engineering courses in the USA as they provide useful 'hands-on' learning components. DAA activities are central to product dissection ... -
A Student-centred Approach to Improving Course Quality Using Quality Function Deployment
(2007)This paper presents the development and an application of a quality function deployment (QFD)-based methodology that will lead to increased student satisfaction with their educational experience in a redesigned course. The ... -
Improving the Acoustics in a Historic Building Using Axiomatic Design and TRIZ
(2005)This article investigates the use of TRIZ and Axiomatic Design to solve the problem of poor acoustics in the historic Schwab Auditorium on the Penn State University Park campus. The problem ... -
An Assessment of In-Person and Remotely Operated Laboratories
(2003)Increasingly mechanical engineering departments are beginning to incorporate remotely operated laboratories into their laboratory curriculums. Yet very few studies exist detailing the extent to which this new medium for ... -
Housing strategies in Kenyan towns and dweller-initiated transformations-Case estates from Nairobi
(2011)Housing demand in Nairobi city has exceeded her rapid population growth culminating in shortage, contributory to informal settlements, and now increasingly attributed to dweller-initiated transformation in formal housing. ... -
Towards populization of low cost building materials and technologies for urban housing in developing countries
(University of Nairobi, 2015-01)This paper is based on a literature review and an e valuation of practices that have been I place with respect to low cost building materials and technolo gies so as to lower costs and hence make the ...