Proceedings experiencing light 2009 : international conference on the effects of light on welbeing

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Proceedings experiencing light 2009 : international conference on the effects of light on welbeing

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THEORISING THE EMBODIMENT OF MATERIALITY AND EXPERIENCE IN MAN-MADE OBJECTS FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE

This PhD dissertation begins with a gap prompted by design researcher, Boradkar (2010) that objects are under theorized in design research. Objects have become our entourage and companion since we are born. Man and object transaction has formed a salient and unobtrusive relationship and we have become oblivious of, which is the importance of the attachment that we have with objects. This dissertation aims to provide a new horizon in articulating our relationship with designed objects. The precedent literatures suggest that the components of materiality and experience are evident in man-object transaction, thus they act as theoretical background to support the formal findings. In the dissertation, the researcher proposes a new taxonomy of materiality and experience, besides those that available existing literatures have postulated. The dissertation is divided into two parts;(i) theoretical analysis of the role the materiality plays in design and experience components in designed objects and (ii) practice works that embody the notion of materiality and experience in designed objects. The theoretical analysis combines ethnomethodological approaches, autoethnography and interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to unravel the components of materiality and experience and the findings postulates the workable design framework that potentially will assist novice designers, especially to better articulate their design outcomes. The framework aims to provide an assistive method to frame design criterion at the earliest stage of design activity in alleviating the uncertainties faced by designers. The creative practice elements comprise the understanding of objects (from the researcher’s own personal resonance/understanding of her own objects) in the form of sculpture, stool series, eating implements and found objects that portray the embodiment of the new topology of materiality and experience. The practice elements are the researcher’s (self) personal reflections, thus, the ideas and thoughts underpinning design thinking that are manifested in tangible form are critically articulated from a reflective practitioner standpoint. These objects are imbued with narrative, physicality of materiality and experience in the newly designed objects. The creative practice is a representation of the new locales of materiality and experience in the designer/researcher’s relationship with the newly designed objects. Contextualisation of the practice, and a critical analysis of what is inherent in the practice of design help to frame the formal characters of the designed object. The knowledge in practice revealed in this research offers a new perspective to understanding the essence of designed objects, and encourage further exploration of the possibilities of design in creating a more engaging and meaningful user-object relationship.Ministry of Education Malaysi

Technology 2000, volume 1

The purpose of the conference was to increase awareness of existing NASA developed technologies that are available for immediate use in the development of new products and processes, and to lay the groundwork for the effective utilization of emerging technologies. There were sessions on the following: Computer technology and software engineering; Human factors engineering and life sciences; Information and data management; Material sciences; Manufacturing and fabrication technology; Power, energy, and control systems; Robotics; Sensors and measurement technology; Artificial intelligence; Environmental technology; Optics and communications; and Superconductivity

Interfacial Properties Modulate Water Entry Dynamics For Spherical Projectiles

Rigid bodies impacting liquid pools incite splashing and air-entraining cavities that depend on impactor shape, entry speed, surface texture, and free surface conditions. In this body of work, we investigate the influence of interfacial properties on water entry dynamics for free-falling spherical projectiles. Our investigations translate to everyday fluid-structure interactions that are complex and generally conclude beyond the temporal acuity of the naked eye. High-speed videography between 1000 -- 3200 fps is used to digitize the water entry process and measure salient splash features under different initial conditions. We assess splashes arising from the impacts of free-falling hydrophilic spheres with thin, non-woven fabrics resting atop a liquid bath to ascertain alterations to splash crowns, air-cavities, and Worthington jets, when compared to impacts onto an unaltered, quiescent free surface. The inclusion of fabrics promotes air-entrainment for hydrophilic spheres, well below the impact-velocity threshold of 8 m/s otherwise required for cavity formation. Meager amounts of fabric amplifies splash metrics while providing the drag-reducing benefits of flow separation. Punctured fabrics suppress splash crowns normally seen for cavity-producing impacts while intact fabrics generate deeper cavities, higher Worthington jets, and more pronounced splash crowns. We proceed to modulate super-surface splash features, and alter sphere trajectories with impactor surface texture. When fluid flowing around the impactor encounters the hydrophobic surface, flow separation is tripped and air entrained across all entry speeds and impact orientations. We conclude this work by replacing solid impactors with liquid drops impacting passive supersurface particles, an experimental system inspired by the survival of water striders during rainfall. We show the stride\u27\u27s locomotive response, low density, resistance to wetting when briefly submerged, and the ability to regain super-surface rest state, render it impervious to impacting water drops. The compendium of new observations from our work augur well for water entry applications where the coupled dynamics of flow separation and passive trajectory control are desirable