Browsing Mechanical Engineering (Conference Papers) by Title
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Supporting global collaboration teams through innovative Web 2.0 technologies.
(Fraunhofer-Verlag, 2011)Enhanced collaboration among multicultural European countries is necessary for effective enterprise development and innovation. The current climate of an increasingly competitive global economy provides opportunities to ... -
Supporting online students through the liminal space from facilitated online modules to self-starting a thesis
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2018-03-05)Most third-level institutes now offer online education (Bowers & Kumar, 2015). Allen et al. (2016) report that in excess of 28% of all American higher education students are enrolled on at least one online course. Online ... -
Sustaining multi-national subsidiaries operations in the electronics industry in Ireland
(2010-09)US multi-national corporations' (MNC) subsidiaries operating in the electronics industry represent a significant and important grouping of the high tech manufacturing sector in Ireland based on the number of people employed, ... -
Systems innovation management: Supporting innovation in a manufacturing environment
(1999)Each year organisations spend a significant amount of money developing new products and processes in an effort to satisfy customer demands and manufacture high quality products efficiently. Both development processes - ... -
Systems innovation tools
(1999)Manufacturing organisations are continuously innovating their systems and processes in order to survive in today¿s turbulent environment. There are currently a number of software tools available on the market, which can ... -
Technology transfer model
(2007)According to Burgleman and Maidique (1998) the ability to undertake technology transfer is a key capability for an organisation. It enables them to extend their product life cycles when older technologies mature. Technology ... -
Towards effective knowledge management: An analysis of European manufacturing SMEs
(2006)Knowledge is a key resource that must be managed within European organisations in general and because of their importance to the economy Manufacturing SMEs in particular. The key challenges that face such organisations ... -
Towards Empathic Design in the Irish Medical Device Industry
(2012-05)The goal of this study is twofold (a) to identify whether empathic design methods are used in the medical device industry in Ireland and (b) to identify the challenges faced by designers when implementing empathic design ... -
Turbocharging the journey into the liminal space and beyond
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2017-03-06)In the last decade, tertiary educational environments accommodated increasing student numbers (Reidy, 2015) while remaining competitive in differentiating their programmes in an arena of MOOCs (Alraimi, Zo, & Ciganek, ... -
Understanding ambient intelligence: Typologies for systems development
(2006)This paper examines the concept of ambient intelligence (AmI). Currently research in this field is ambiguous. There are not many definitions and consequently it is difficult to understand the concept. This paper seeks to ... -
Vertebral fractures in Ireland: A sub-analysis of the DXA HIP Project
(Elsevier, 2021-04-30)The vertebrae are the commonest site of osteoporotic fracture osteoporosis, are associated with the highest mortality, and a huge illness burden. Some have questioned the value of screening for spine fractures, but studies ... -
A web enabled solution for managing distributed product innovation
(2000)New organisational forms such as strategic partnerships and networks are replacing simple market based transactions and traditional bureaucratic, hierarchical organisations. Consequently, a new conception of product design ...