A survey report on implementation of design for assembly (DFA) in Malaysian manufacturing industries

DFA is an effective tool to reduce cost, time and improve performance and quality. DFA is widely applied in many industries and in many countries especially in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. In Malaysia, companies will benefit extent of DFA awareness and application in Malaysian industries. This paper reports on the results of a survey carried out as part of an ongoing research at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) on the impelmentation of DFA in Malaysia. The survey was done to determine the level of awareness and implementation of DFA in assembly-related companie

Proposed rubrics for evaluation of class project

A scoring rubric is an attempt to communicate expectations of quality around a task. In many cases, scoring rubrics are used to delineate consistent criteria for grading

Assessment of thermal comfort in a naturally ventilated residential terrace house

In hot and humid climates thermal discomfort is a major problem to the occupants of many residential terrace houses especially when they are not equipped with an air-conditioning system. This paper presents a study on an assessment of the level of thermal comfort in a naturally ventilated residential terrace house in Malaysia using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. Actual measurements were made to obtain the average air temperature, relative humidity and air flow pattern in various sections of the house. CFD simulations were conducted on a simplified model of the house to predict and visualize the temperature distribution and air flow pattern and its velocity in the house. The level of thermal comfort in the house was found to be well outside the comfort limits as specified by ASHRAE standards