A study of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in Dublin Port in conjunction with the Intelligent Transport for Dynamic Environment (InTraDE) Project

In the last four decades the container as an essential part of a unit load-concept has achieved authentic importance in international sea freight transportation. With ever increasing containerization the number of port container terminals and competition among them has become quite remarkable. Port container operations are nowadays unthinkable without effective and efficient use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) (Steenken & Stahlbock, 2004). The main problem in handling increasing levels of cargo is managing the internal traffic and optimizing space inside smaller and medium sized ports. A gap exists between automated cargo handling equipment that is suitable for use in the larger container terminals such as Rotterdam and its suitability in smaller terminals such as Dublin. A new generation of cargo handling technology has been designed in the form of an Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle (IAV). The IAV is a clean, safe, intelligent vehicle which will contribute to improving the traffic management and space optimization inside confined space by developing a clean, safe and intelligent transport system. This technology has been designed and developed as part of the ‘InTraDE’ (Intelligent Transport for Dynamic Environment) project to which the research has contributed. By using ITSs, logistics operations could be improved by enhancing the exchange of information and real-time status updates regarding different business operations in different modes of transportation (Schumacher et al., 2011). Maritime transport has recently gained increased attention, especially in connection to the building and further development of ITS (Pietrzykowski, 2010). This research looks at the main logistic processes and operations in port container terminals. It discusses the extent to which the terminal shipping operators in Dublin Port currently meet the demands of their customers and whether the introduction of ITS could enhance the efficiency and productivity of such services

Dumb Cities: Spatial Media, Urban Communication, and the Right to the Smart City

A majority of the global population is now concentrated in cities, and the "smart city" model has emerged as the predominant paradigm for contemporary urban development. Employing networked infrastructures and big data for urban governance, the smart city promises innovative solutions for longstanding urban problems—using computer technologies to automate or monitor everything from traffic patterns to voting practices—while also posing new questions and dilemmas for city dwellers. The smart city model reworks traditional notions of urban rights, such as access to housing and public space, by implementing communication technologies that offer new possibilities for connection even as they create conditions for division and unequal access. How do the communication infrastructures deployed in smart city programs alter the communicative functions of urban spaces, and how might critical urban theory be updated in order to account for these emerging technologies? Focusing primarily on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this project addresses these questions by investigating policies, practices, and infrastructures mediating civic engagement and urban communication in technologically-driven urban development. I survey several salient examples of smart city approaches including the use of “big data” approaches for urban governance, networked transportation infrastructures, and media interfaces for visualizing and interacting with space. This work focuses especially on how notions of citizenship and civic engagement are constructed in "smart" urban imaginaries, as well as the role of emergent technologies in mediating experiences of space and place. I advance the rhetorical skill and cunning intelligence of mêtis as a conceptual lens for assessing and cultivating an engaged urban citizenship. I argue that rhetorics of “smart” urbanism discursively delegate ideals of civic engagement to technical infrastructures and processes, thereby occluding both longstanding and emergent disparities in urban communities

Mobility Design

Climate change and the scarcity of resources, but also the steadily increasing amount of traffic, make it indispensable to develop new solutions for environmentally friendly and people-friendly mobility. With the expansion of digital information systems, we will in future be able to easily combine different modes of transport according to our needs. These developments are a great challenge for the design of different mobility spaces. While the focus in Volume 1 was on practice, Volume 2 now brings together research from the fields of design, architecture, urban planning, geography, social science, transport planning, psychology and communication technology. The current discussion about the traffic turnaround is expanded to include the perspective of user-centred mobility design

Photovoltaic plant on roofs of the Section of Physics and Math of Universidad de La Laguna

The aim of this project is to describe the engineering aspects related to the execution of the 262,58 kWp/212 kWn photovoltaic installation on roofs that form the Physics and Mathematics Section. This photovoltaic plan will help reduce CO2 emissions and will achieve economic savings to the University of La Laguna,. This project will use materials capable of optimizing the installation at its highest level, with modules of maximum efficiency and guarantee and with inverters that use optimizer technology, which reduces losses by shading, dirt or breakage of some module, in addition to obtaining the highest performance of each module running each of the optimizers with an mppt. The results are very favourable, a photovoltaic plant that it can be amortized in 6 years and that provides savings of around 38,000 euros annually

Proceedings, MSVSCC 2013

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Modeling, Simulation & Visualization Student Capstone Conference held on April 11, 2013 at VMASC in Suffolk, Virginia

Design and Development of Assistive Robots for Close Interaction with People with Disabilities

People with mobility and manipulation impairments wish to live and perform tasks as independently as possible; however, for many tasks, compensatory technology does not exist, to do so. Assistive robots have the potential to address this need. This work describes various aspects of the development of three novel assistive robots: the Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA), the Robotic Assisted Transfer Device (RATD), and the Mobility Enhancement Robotic Wheelchair (MEBot). PerMMA integrates mobility with advanced bi-manual manipulation to assist people with both upper and lower extremity impairments. The RATD is a wheelchair mounted robotic arm that can lift higher payloads and its primary aim is to assist caregivers of people who cannot independently transfer from their electric powered wheelchair to other surfaces such as a shower bench or toilet. MEBot is a wheeled robot that has highly reconfigurable kinematics, which allow it to negotiate challenging terrain, such as steep ramps, gravel, or stairs. A risk analysis was performed on all three robots which included a Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and a Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) to identify potential risks and inform strategies to mitigate them. Identified risks or PerMMA include dropping sharp or hot objects. Critical risks identified for RATD included tip over, crush hazard, and getting stranded mid-transfer, and risks for MEBot include getting stranded on obstacles and tip over. Lastly, several critical factors, such as early involvement of people with disabilities, to guide future assistive robot design are presented

Consuming Transformed Islands: Representing Human Interactions with Mobility Infrastructures with GoPro Cameras in Tahiti Nui, Mā'ohi Nui/French Polynesia

M.A.M.A. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 201

The Gamut: A Journal of Ideas and Information, No. 24, Summer 1988

CONTENTS OF ISSUE NO. 24, SUMMER, 1988 Leonard M. Trawick: Editorial, 2 The Darkling Plain Stuart A. Kollar: Presiding over Anarchy, 5 The difficult and mysterious job of college president. Robert Wallace: Light Verse: In Matthew Arnold’s Shadow, 16 Let’s stop taking poetry seriously! Bruce Metcalf: Sculpture That Laughs and Cries at the Same Time, 29 Works of a modern-day, sardonic Benvenuto Cellini. Stephen Slane: The Many Faces of Psychotherapy, 38 The choice is no longer just between Freud and Jung John J. Grabowski: 1.2 Million Words About Cleveland, 47 The funding, design, and writing of the biggest book ever written about Cleveland. Donald Tipka: Review of The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, 57 Ori Z. Soltes: Ancient and Reborn: The Origins of Modern Hebrew, 62 The promotion and evolution of Hebrew as a viable modern language. Seven Poets for Summer Nola Garrett: In photography Class, 70 Russell Atkins: Well-being’s Paradox, 71 David Graham: Wedding Portrait, 72 Stinkers, 73 Marjorie Power: Introduction to Geometry, 74 Tim McCarthy: Vegetables for Breakfast, 75 A Word of Advice Ray McNiece: The Revenge of Cleveland, 76 Ron Houchin: The Age of Darkness, 78 Jerome S Karaffa: Interstates in the City: Speed over Beauty for a Price, 79 The construction and hidden costs of Cleveland’s highway system. Mariann Jelinek and Beverly Winterscheid: A Paradigm for Changing Times: Implementing Strategic Management, 90 What corporations are doing to maintain economic growth in the flux of the ‘80s.https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/gamut_archives/1021/thumbnail.jp

The Gamut: A Journal of Ideas and Information, No. 24, Summer 1988

CONTENTS OF ISSUE NO. 24, SUMMER, 1988 Leonard M. Trawick: Editorial, 2 The Darkling Plain Stuart A. Kollar: Presiding over Anarchy, 5 The difficult and mysterious job of college president. Robert Wallace: Light Verse: In Matthew Arnold’s Shadow, 16 Let’s stop taking poetry seriously! Bruce Metcalf: Sculpture That Laughs and Cries at the Same Time, 29 Works of a modern-day, sardonic Benvenuto Cellini. Stephen Slane: The Many Faces of Psychotherapy, 38 The choice is no longer just between Freud and Jung John J. Grabowski: 1.2 Million Words About Cleveland, 47 The funding, design, and writing of the biggest book ever written about Cleveland. Donald Tipka: Review of The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, 57 Ori Z. Soltes: Ancient and Reborn: The Origins of Modern Hebrew, 62 The promotion and evolution of Hebrew as a viable modern language. Seven Poets for Summer Nola Garrett: In photography Class, 70 Russell Atkins: Well-being’s Paradox, 71 David Graham: Wedding Portrait, 72 Stinkers, 73 Marjorie Power: Introduction to Geometry, 74 Tim McCarthy: Vegetables for Breakfast, 75 A Word of Advice Ray McNiece: The Revenge of Cleveland, 76 Ron Houchin: The Age of Darkness, 78 Jerome S Karaffa: Interstates in the City: Speed over Beauty for a Price, 79 The construction and hidden costs of Cleveland’s highway system. Mariann Jelinek and Beverly Winterscheid: A Paradigm for Changing Times: Implementing Strategic Management, 90 What corporations are doing to maintain economic growth in the flux of the ‘80s.https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/gamut_archives/1021/thumbnail.jp