Healthy Community Design Expert Workshop report: September 21-22, 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

"On September 21 and 22, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a group of 20 experts in the field of community design to discuss raising awareness about the health impact of community design decisions. The gathering included top thought leaders whose organizations represent those who play a direct role in creating the built environment through action and policy--developers, architects, planners, builders, academia, public health professionals, and government officials. Its interdisciplinary nature was both unique and intentional. The workshop was conceived as a result of a series of interviews in September and October 2008 that CDC had conducted with professionals in the public health, planning, and built environment sectors. From these interviews, two key themes emerged: A common concern about health exists, but common language among the disciplines is lacking; Almost no cross-discipline synergy on shared health concerns exists, and local public health professionals are not in the loop at the critical early stages of policy and project development." - p. 4I. Executive Summary -- II. Overview -- III. What is Healthy Community Design? -- IV. Who influences Healthy Community Design/How do they view the current situation and CDC's role? -- V. Where is Healthy Community Design working? -- VI. What steps do we need to take to encourage widespread adoption of industry best practices? -- VII. Tool for evaluating objectively the potential health effects of a project or policy before it is built or implemented: Health Impact Assessments (HIA) -- VIII. The Path forward -- IX. ConclusionMode of access: World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (566 KB, 52p.)

Second International Workshop on Coal Pillar Mechanics and Design

"Pillar design is the first line of defense against rock falls--the greatest single safety hazard faced by underground coal miners in the United States and abroad. To help advance the state of the art in this fundamental mining science, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health organized the Second International Workshop on Coal Pillar Mechanics and Design. The workshop was held in Vail, CO, on June 6, 1999, in association with the 37th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium. The proceedings include 15 papers from leading ground control specialists in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of South Africa. The papers address the entire range of issues associated with coal pillars and have a decidedly practical flavor. Topics include numerical modeling, empirical design formulas based on case histories, field measurements, and postfailure mechanics." - NIOSHTIC-2edited by Christopher Mark, Keith A. Heasley, Anthony T. Iannacchione, and Robert J. Tuchman.Held in Vail, CO, June 6, 1999, in association with the 37th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium.Includes bibliographical references

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Numerical Modeling for Underground Mine Excavation Design

"Numerical models play a significant role in the design of safe underground mining excavations and support systems. Advances in the capabilities of numerical modeling software, together with ever increasing computational speeds, have made it possible to investigate the very nature of the large-scale rock mass and its response to mining excavations. The improved understanding of the rock response obtained from modeling enhances our designs, resulting in greater stability and safety of the mining excavations. To help advance the state of the art in this field, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health organized the International Workshop on Numerical Modeling for Underground Mine Excavation Design. The workshop was held in Asheville, NC, on June 28, 2009, in association with the 43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium. The proceedings include 10 papers from leading rock mechanics and numerical modeling experts in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Germany. The papers address a wide range of issues, including various numerical modeling approaches, rock mass modeling, and applications in coal and metal mines." - NIOSHTIC-2An efficient approach to numerical simulation of coal mine-related -- geotechnical issues / D. P. Adhikary and H. Guo -- A review of recent experience in modeling of caving / M. Board and M. E. Pierce -- Characterization of natural fragmentation using a discrete fracture network approach and implications for current rock mass classification systems / D. Elmo, S. Rogers, and D. Kennard -- Three-dimensional modeling of large arrays of pillars for coal mine design / G.S. Esterhuizen, and C. Mark -- Numerical model evaluation of floor-bearing capacity in coal mines / M. M. Gadde -- It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong: why simple models work in mining geomechanics / R. E. Hammah and J. H. Curran -- An overview of calibrating and using the LaModel program for coal mine design / K. A. Heasley -- Deep coal longwall panel design for strong strata: the influence of software choice on results / M. K. Larson and J. K. Whyatt -- Practical application of numerical modeling for the study of sudden floor heave failure mechanisms / H. Maleki, C. Stewart, R. Stone, and J. Abshire -- Advanced numerical solutions for strata control in mining / A. Studeny and C. Scioredited by Gabriel S. Esterhuizen, Christopher Mark, Ted M. Klemetti, and Robert J. Tuchman."June 2009."Includes bibliographical references

Proceedings of the 11th European Workshop on Aircraft Design Education

These are the Proceedings of the 11th European Workshop on Aircraft Design Education (in short: EWADE 2013). The workshop took place from 17. to 19.09.2013 in Linköping, Sweden. EWADE 2013 was for the first time integrated into the CEAS European Air & Space Conference. Location was the congress center located right in the heart of the city of Linköping. The workshop was organized by Prof. Dieter Scholz, Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, in close cooperation with Prof. Petter Krus, Head of the CEAS2013 Programme Committee and Head of the Division of Fluid and Mechatronic System, Linköping University and Dr. Tomas Melin, CEAS 2013 Programme Secretary and Research Associate in the Division of Fluid and Mechatronic System, Linköping University. The workshop had 4 technical sessions: EWADE 1 - Presentations from EWADE Founders and Hosts. EWADE 2 - Teaching and Research Activities in Aircraft Design. EWADE 3 - Aircraft Design Studies. EWADE 4 - Aircraft Design - Methods and Tools. The proceedings cover all 19 presentations. 6 of these presentations are accompanied by full text papers

Towards handling worker emotions for improved product development

Product development is a process in which important decisions pertaining to the artefact and its interaction with other life-phase systems are made. The consequences of these interactions influence in a direct manner the degree of success of product development in terms of cost, time and quality. One type of consequence which emanates from the interaction involving the human worker and other lifephase systems is the elicitation of human emotions. The investigation presented in this paper indicates that the elicitation of negative emotions from human workers can have significant ramifications on the product development process. The main contribution of this paper is the development of a support means which enables product development stakeholders to foresee the type of emotions elicited from human workers as a consequence of decisions made.peer-reviewe

Cleaning genie : an international case study in integrated product development

This paper documents the product development project that was carried out following the first session of the Integrated Product Development Summer School (ipdISS14). The first part of this summer school was held in Malta in May 2014. The second part was held in Magdeburg in September. The team was comprised of six members from five EU institutions and the aim of the project was develop a cleaning solution for delicate objects by using an Integrated Product Development methodology. The report presents the process in detail as well as important lessons learned. The final solution proposed, Cleaning Genie, is a cleaning add-on for cordless screwdrivers for the consumer market. Many households are lacking effective and cost efficient means of cleaning delicate objects, little did they know that the common cordless screwdriver that most of them have in their toolbox together with the affordable Cleaning Genie add-ons can solve their cleaning problems. Cleaning Genie is targeting an enormous consumer market by applying bundling and low price strategies.peer-reviewe

Knowledge intensive 'paper-based' form sketching

This work is supported by a University of Malta Research Grant.The research reported in this paper concerns the ongoing development of a Knowledge Intensive Sketching (KiS) framework through which designers are supported in foreseeing directly from their paper-based sketches the relevant life-cycle consequences of their 'component form' solution concepts. The goal of the KiS framework is to retain the important characteristics of freehand sketching, i.e. pencil and paper, whilst at the same time exploit the benefits of Knowledge Intensive CAD technology for proactively guiding designers in generating life-oriented solutions as from early design.peer-reviewe

GIGA-mapping the architectural performance: Gaining new identity by applying the former one

Architectural performance in the means of architecture that reacts to its environment has its strong background in traditional oriental architecture. In the same time, it is perceived as a necessity of our future. Architectures can regulate its internal and external climate and atmospheres in dependency on its material properties and design. In the time of extreme conditions of climatic change, we need to generate environment friendly as well as habitable environments in Europe that can gain from previous generations developed in oriental cultures. Within EU, we shouldn’t ask what we lose by accepting different cultures, but how can these cultures enrich us. In the search for the new identity of refugees settled in Europe, the question of integration is equal to the question of updating the existing by the potentials of previous home culture. The workshop result used the methodology of Systems Oriented Design (http://systemsorienteddesign.net/), namely GIGA-mapping, for mapping the socio-cultural as well as environment-performative potentials in refugees’ homeland, or oriental in general, architecture. The hygroscopicity of wood or certain stone, natural ventilation, etc. has been widely used feature in the researched location. In the time this performance has been forgotten by modern culture people who experienced them in everyday life can save us from the worst harms of coming environmental changes

GIGA-mapping the architectural performance: Gaining new identity by applying the former one

Architectural performance in the means of architecture that reacts to its environment has its strong background in traditional oriental architecture. In the same time, it is perceived as a necessity of our future. Architectures can regulate its internal and external climate and atmospheres in dependency on its material properties and design. In the time of extreme conditions of climatic change, we need to generate environment friendly as well as habitable environments in Europe that can gain from previous generations developed in oriental cultures. Within EU, we shouldn’t ask what we lose by accepting different cultures, but how can these cultures enrich us. In the search for the new identity of refugees settled in Europe, the question of integration is equal to the question of updating the existing by the potentials of previous home culture. The workshop result used the methodology of Systems Oriented Design (http://systemsorienteddesign.net/), namely GIGA-mapping, for mapping the socio-cultural as well as environment-performative potentials in refugees’ homeland, or oriental in general, architecture. The hygroscopicity of wood or certain stone, natural ventilation, etc. has been widely used feature in the researched location. In the time this performance has been forgotten by modern culture people who experienced them in everyday life can save us from the worst harms of coming environmental changes