History of Safety Research and Development on the General Motors Energy-Absorbing Steering System

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Horsch ◽  
David C. Viano ◽  
James DeCou
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Steering System ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Energy Absorbing

A History of Geothermal Energy Research and Development in the United States. Reservoir Engineering 1976-2006

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Mack Kennedy ◽  
Karsten Pruess ◽  
Marcelo J. Lippmann ◽  
Ernest L. Majer ◽  
Peter E. Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reservoir Engineering ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
History Of

Technical Issues Related to Computerized Music Performance Assessment

2019 ◽  
pp. 854-876
Author(s):  
Daniel Massoth
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Music Assessment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Internal And External Factors

When technology is used for assessment in music, certain considerations can affect the validity, reliability, and depth of analysis. This chapter explores factors that are present in the three phases of the assessment process: recognition, analysis, and display of assessment of a musical performance. Each phase has inherent challenges embedded within internal and external factors. The goal here is not to provide an exhaustive analysis of any or all aspects of assessment but, rather, to present the rationale for and history of using technology in music assessment and to examine the philosophical and practical considerations. A discussion of possible future directions of product research and development concludes the chapter.

scholarly journals A history of high-power laser research and development in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin N. Danson ◽  
Malcolm White ◽  
John R. M. Barr ◽  
Thomas Bett ◽  
Peter Blyth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
High Power ◽  
Laser Action ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
High Power Laser ◽  
Power Laser ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Made In

Abstract The first demonstration of laser action in ruby was made in 1960 by T. H. Maiman of Hughes Research Laboratories, USA. Many laboratories worldwide began the search for lasers using different materials, operating at different wavelengths. In the UK, academia, industry and the central laboratories took up the challenge from the earliest days to develop these systems for a broad range of applications. This historical review looks at the contribution the UK has made to the advancement of the technology, the development of systems and components and their exploitation over the last 60 years.

The SNAME Ship Production Committee—Overview

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 29-53
Author(s):  
F. Baxter Barham
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Merchant Marine ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
History Of ◽  
Production Research ◽  
Technical Input ◽  
Economic Construction ◽  
Research Demands ◽  
Marine Engineers

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers formed its Ship Production Committee (SPC) in 1970 to address research and development in the ship production field. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended in 1970, charged the Secretary of Commerce to "collaborate with … shipbuilders in developing plans for the economic construction of vessels." The Maritime Administration selected the newly formed Ship Production Committee to provide industry management and technical input. The resulting cooperative effort has become known as the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP). This paper provides a brief history of the SPC and the NSRP, notes the growing need for technical input to the program and shows how the SPC is changing to meet evolving ship production research demands and opportunities. Appendix A lists projects underway and planned. Appendix Β is a listing of project reports covering work completed under the National Shipbuilding Research Program.

Sea Beaver: Design, Construction, and Performance of a Human-Powered Submersible

1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (03) ◽  
pp. 231-237
Author(s):  
Malcolm S. Child ◽  
L. Alberto Cangahuala
Keyword(s):  
Popular Science ◽  
Steering System ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
Maximum Diameter ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Human Powered ◽  
Design Construction

This paper reports on the history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's entry in the 2nd International Human-Powered Submarine Race. The design of this entry was an evolution of the MIT design (named Icarus) from the first competition, held in 1989. Anticipating an increase in competitive entries, the new MIT entry (hereafter referred to as Sea Beaver) was designed to be more reliable and faster than Icarus. Sea Beaver was designed with a maximum diameter four inches smaller than Icarus. This change in cross section forced a change from a rotary to linear pedaling mechanism. The linear pedal motion was transferred to the drive shaft through an innovative arrangement of pulleys and one-way hub bearings. This arrangement allowed the pedals to remain independent from one another, opening up the possibility to experiment with different pedaling cadences. The propeller was designed for efficiency and to minimize the possibility of entanglement with lines along the course. The steering system was arranged to take up the least volume inside the hull as possible. In addition to taking advantage of experience gained in the design of Icarus, the MIT team also made significant advances in construction techniques. The hull, propellers, and nose cones were all fabricated from molds built by team members. Compared with the Icarus construction history, Sea Beaver was completed in less time, at less cost, with more spare parts available during the competition. For the design and construction of the propulsion system, the Sea Beaver team received the 1991 Medal of Engineering Excellence from Popular Science Magazine.

Gambling with the Future

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dauvergne
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Environmental Rhetoric ◽  
Air Conditioners ◽  
History Of ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Corporate Social

This chapter brings to light the risks – and at times grave costs – for human health and ecosystems of companies introducing new technologies and products to compete for profits and markets. New technologies and products can cast dark ecological shadows onto distant ecosystems, poor communities, and future generations. Sometimes these shadows arise from genuine ignorance, as with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) drifting skyward from refrigerators, hairsprays, and air conditioners to deplete the ozone layer. But other times these shadows arise from arrogance and intentional risk-taking, as in the 1920s when Thomas Midgley, Jr., working for General Motors and DuPont, put tetraethyl lead into gasoline. As this chapter shows, corporations have a long history of deploying anti-environmental rhetoric to subvert calls for precautionary measures. Since the mid-2000s, however, the executives of multinational corporations have been avoiding straightforward greenwash, preferring a rhetoric of corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility. To some extent this eco-business strategy is improving efficiency and reducing waste (on a per product basis), but it is not translating into a stronger precautionary approach for the introduction of new technologies and products.

scholarly journals Corporate skin: Biosocial relations, tropes, and institutions in prosthetics research and development

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-380
Author(s):  
César E Giraldo Herrera ◽  
Gisli Palsson
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
The Body ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Corporate Leader ◽  
History Of

Modern orthopaedic prosthetics imitate biological organs or their functions, interacting with the body of amputees, and are designed and manufactured corporately. Thus, prosthetics constitute a privileged vantage point to witness the intermingling of society and nature, as well as how biosocial relations and institutions are understood, negotiated, and constituted. We develop methodologies of apprenticeship with a worldwide corporate leader in the development and manufacture of non-invasive orthopaedics, to explore the biosocial relations, the tropes, and the institutions involved in the research and development of lower-limb prosthetics. The ethnography reveals how understandings of biosocial relations are influenced by and simultaneously permeate corporate institutional practices, constituting specific organic tropes, such as the corporate skin. This trope reflects the continuous negotiation of understandings of what the skin is and what it does, of the biosocial relations associated with it, of the history of the company, its products, and how its institutional practices are being shaped by these understandings.

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