Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

challenge.However, by midsemester, the first seven topics have been covered in depth. This allows acomprehensive design project to be assigned where a distillation process for a givenmulticomponent mixture is designed to meet certain processing constraints (production rate,product purity). A commercial process simulator (Chemcad) is available for students to use inthe project. In this open-ended project, the student teams also must size and cost the columns,reboilers, and condensers, as well as determine utility usage and operating costs. The givenmixture and processing constraints are always selected so as to require multiple columns toaccomplish the specified separations. Additionally, it is typically not possible with the givenconstraints to simply

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; S. Keith Hargrove, Tennessee State University; John P. Henry

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3423: SUSTAINCITY A INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITYGAME PROMOTING ENGINEERING DESIGN IN PRE-ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMDr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Ying Tang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Northeastern University, P. R. China, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., in 2001. She is currently an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rowan University. Her research interests include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and modeling and scheduling of computer- integrated systems. Tang has led or participated in several research and education projects funded by National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Luces Faulkenberry

Coordinator of Electronics Technology at North Harris College, agreed to work with uson the project. We received the grant. We were notified in fall of 1999 but did not receive fundsuntil December 1999.This grant was to fund an organizational and a follow-up meeting (funding for an additionalmeeting was added later) for a Gulf Coast Area Electrical and Electronics Technology TeachersOrganization. The organizational efforts were focused on the electrical and electronicstechnology teachers at member institutions of the Gulf Coast Articulation Consortium, but alsoincluded electrical and electronics teachers from all of the greater Houston and Gulf Coast areacommunity colleges, universities, proprietary schools, and high schools.The purpose of the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Landay; Francis Li; Anthony Joseph

goal of scaling these engineeringdesign courses to larger numbers of students. The system, deployed on laptops with wirelessnetworking, utilizes student self-evaluations and instrumented project management tools toprovide feedback of individual and team performance to the students and teaching staff. Wepresent an example of the usage and data collected from this system during a pilot test in anundergraduate computer science design course. Based on that experience, we discuss future plansto refine the system for early detection of problem teams and to instrument asynchronous andinstant messaging tools to support social network analysis of team communication.I. IntroductionEngineering design courses commonly combine traditional lecture delivery

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Krygowski

Session 2649 Modernizing a Physical Measurements Laboratory in Engineering Technology Francis R. Krygowski Youngstown State UniversityAbstractIn 1997, the Mechanical Engineering Technology faculty at Youngstown State University wereawarded a National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant tomodernize a Physical Measurements laboratory, NSF-ILI Grant # DUE-9750992. This paperdetails the experience of that project.The objectives of the project were: to greatly increase the number of sensors available forstudent

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilya Grinberg

systems, electric machines, and power electronics). While the first level courses dealprimarily with elements, devices, and circuits, the second level courses deal with their advancedapplications, as well as with systems.This paper discusses curriculum structure, topical outlines, methods of delivery, pedagogicalstrategies (collaborative learning, individual and team projects, off-site industrial laboratoriesamong others), industry collaboration, including industrial advisory committee, and evaluationand assessment techniques, among others. Samples of student work and their involvement inresearch and creative activities are presented.2. Curriculum Objectives and StructurePower/machines option curriculum is structured based on the objectives of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Johnson; Barbara Nepote; Shirley J. Dyke; Juan Caicedo; Euridice Oware

structural control.Although the program described herein was developed by the senior author, all of the studentauthors played a role in making this project a reality. They have been involved in various aspectsof the program including the development and implementation of the experiments used in theundergraduate coursework. Additionally, they have been involved in the equipment installationand operation, system integration, and web page development. Furthermore, some of them areconducting undergraduate research projects using the equipment described herein.The laboratory activities are based on the use of a bench-scale seismic simulator, or shake table.Creative utilization of the equipment has offered numerous opportunities to supplement the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita L. Endt; Eyler Robert Coates

Session 3557 INTEGRATING RISK INTO AN ENGINEERING ECONOMY COURSE WITH SIMULATION SOFTWARE Eyler R. Coates, Rita L. Endt The University of Southern MississippiAbstractEngineering economy problems with all deterministic inputs are actually rare. Some informationrequired for solving engineering economy problems can be defined fairly well, but muchinformation is uncertain, such as the actual cash flows from revenues and costs, the salvagevalue of equipment, the interest rate or even the project life. The use of simulation software withMonte Carlo techniques makes engineering economy

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Nadel; Dan Walsh

research for industry and provide real-lifeprojects for students in the form of thesis and graduation exit required senior projects. Thus, theimplications of the ATL are a win-win environment for all involved. The Advanced TechnologyLaboratories (ATL) provides a crucible where students can undertake defining educationalcapstone experiences that fully reflect new ABET criteria and the new millennium. This paperdescribes the computing resources and systems that have been put in place to support this goal.The ATL is a place where government, industry and academia have come together, whereeducation and research have come together, where computing and engineering have come togetherto create a knowledge-age, and where students grow into enabled

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikram Cariapa; Joseph Domblesky; James Rice

has indicated that coursework shouldstress application of manufacturing principles over theoretical treatment1, the danger with apurely practical approach is that students tend to be trained in technical skills which in manycases will be obsolete within a few years of graduation. One proposed solution is to incorporatepractice-based projects or collaborative projects with industry3. However, this is not always Page 6.270.2"Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education"workable in larger

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjorie Davis; John Palmer; Helen Grady; Clayton Paul; Allen F. Grum

. Awareof the innovations and research into engineering education occurring at such places as Drexel,Harvey Mudd, and Rose Hulman, we knew that we could achieve a standard of excellence thatwould prepare our students to be leaders in the 21st century.III. What We Changed: Content and Educational GoalsMercer University’s School of Engineering was already doing a number of things right. We hada strong common core that fostered better communication among engineering disciplines. Wehad integrated design experiences beginning in the freshman year and culminating in aninterdisciplinary senior design project involving almost a full year of realistic engineeringteamwork. We had a strong emphasis on technical communication and on team projectrequirements

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher E. Rizkalla; Carol L. O'Loughlin; Charles F. Yokomoto

mechanicalengineering students. The project was partially funded by an NSF ILI grant to assist theDepartment of Electrical Engineering at IUPUI in upgrading the course by adding instructionallaboratory materials, computer facilities, and student projects to the course. The course materialsutilize UNIX software (Mentor Graphics) on Sparc and HP workstations and are detailed withthe laboratory setup, including hardware and software. Student training in the use of Mentor’sBoard Station provides a unique experience which applies classroom manufacturing topicsimmediately to board design. Course and laboratory materials involving both hardware andsoftware focus on epoxy-fiberglass boards utilizing mainly surface mount components. Studentsatisfaction with the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael H. Gregg

pencil-and-paper problem solvingskills, introduces students to TK-Solver and its capabilities, and then teaches students how togenerate computer solutions via their own FORTRAN programs. The class includes a semesterlong project which incorporates all of these problem solving skills.This paper compares the use of FORTRAN 90 (Essential Lahey FORTRAN, ELF90), TKSOLVER 3.0 and EXCEL 5.0 in the solution of various types of freshman level engineeringproblems. The advantages and disadvantages of each in the creation of graphs, iterativesolutions, back solving, and direct solutions are examined. Costs and software and hardwarerequirements are addressed.IntroductionVirginia Tech, a land grant institution, is well into its second century. Its objectives

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Mirel; Atul Prakash; Leslie A. Olsen; Elliot Soloway

to timeconstraints of a school term, and to bring the course more in step with industry approaches by thefollowing:• educating students on techniques for defining a vision of the product (what is it doing and for whom),• placing greater emphasis on the client’s and user’s perspective, the interface design, and interface’s effects upon the rest of the code, and• conducting iterative usability testing, starting early in the project cycle.From inception to completion of the software, these important issues are addressed by teachingstudents to write well-reviewed specifications and user documentation, by beginning this early inthe term, and by using these documents to inform the design.Problem With Software Design CoursesIn the computer

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Untener

: Secretary’s Commission on Acquiring Necessary Skills (SCANS) Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Curricula 2002 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics State and local Tech Prep Consortia from the states of Ohio and Washington In addition to these external sources, project team members reviewed existing courses at Sinclair andthe University of Dayton to identify key manufacturing-related content across all academic programs.Overall, this benchmarking process yielded an initial list of over 800 discrete competencies that might beappropriate for the curriculum. Detailed Design. For purposes of discussion and review, the list of 800 competencies was summarizedinto a list of 175 skill sets. These skill sets were

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Wayne; Alfred Stiller; Kristine Craven

felt that introducing rigorous design projects at this early stage in their careersis not effective. Many freshman engineering programs consist of a one hour course where thestudent gets only a superficial exposure to the various engineering disciplines taught at thatuniversity. At West Virginia University, our freshman students are required to complete two,three-hour freshman engineering design courses which are modeled after the traditional GuidedDesign concept developed by Dr. Charles Wales 1,2. The primary focus of the courses is on theengineering problem solving method with added emphasis on computer software usage andcomputer language programming.Freshman engineering courses can serve a multitude of important functions including

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sal Arnaldo; Fazil Najafi

undergraduate course in public works engineering andmanagement practices will be offered to junior or senior civil and environmental engineeringstudents.Educational ObjectivesThe general objectives of the course are to: 1) introduce students to the meaning of “public works” and its distinction from private works; 2) introduce students to the history of public works, outstanding public works projects and the attributes of the engineers responsible for accomplishing them; 3) acquaint students with the functions of local, state, and national public works organiza- tions; 4) introduce students to the processes of public participation and legislative decision-making as they relate to public works projects; 5) introduce students

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon M. Schlossberg

ofgram details, such as typical laboratory exercises and changing what I want to be in life.”design projects, staffing, funding, and cost-benefits,are considered next. A brief summary of experiences “The facilities and faculty are su-with the program concludes the discussion. perb and I learned a lot.” TC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES “I had a great time. Not only did it teach me many things, like how toFor students, the goal of Technology Connection is to make a web page – which I will em-encourage studies in mathematics, science, computers, ploy at home as soon as I get a weband engineering. Naturally, the hope is that this

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rippy; Jason Dutcher; Jang Yi; Baber Raza; Herbert Hess

Page 3.607.1 Providing laboratory instruction for such distance education students poses a difficultproblem. The appropriate equipment is usually too expensive to provide each student with alaboratory setup. Supervision and safety remain problematic in a distance learning environment,even if the student has the equipment. Consequently, most on-campus courses with laboratorywork drop the requirement to perform that work when serving the distance education student.This is unfortunate because the laboratory remains the best vehicle to teach such skills astroubleshooting and circuit assembly. This project addresses that problem by using the World Wide Web interactively. Withequipment, software, and methods described in this paper, a distance

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Ann Dinota, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Master Teacher. Kathleen currently serves as the Engineering Education Project Director and Outreach Coordinator at Stony Brook University.She helped to develop the Engineering Academy, ensuring alignment to state education standards and use of appropriate pedagogy and managed all logistics related to the camp. Kathleen continues to work with school districts and the University to provide high-quality experiences that expose students to various disciplines of engineering and to help teachers incorporate engineering practices in the science classroom.Dr. Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University Monica Bugallo is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty Director of the Women In Science and

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo Sanchez, Purdue University; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University; Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

worked with Dr. Johnson as research assistant on the PEGASAS Project 33 – Augmented Weather Information Project (AWIP) and Project 35 - Enhanced Hands-Minimized Weather Interfaces (EHMI) for pilots. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) in Helicopter Air Ambulance OperationsINTRODUCTIONRisk management is a cornerstone in aviation safety, especially in high-stakes operations likeaeromedical services. The complex nature of aviation, characterized by dynamic environmentsand critical time constraints, requires robust safety protocols and well-trained personnel. TheProcess Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) is

Conference Session

Systems Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shamsnaz Virani Bhada, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

teaches both an introduction to systems engineering course and Engineering andPublic Policy course. The former is heavy on engineering design with a blind eye to the reality ofthe civic society and the latter heavy on policy with overview of engineering design. There isroom for cross pollination and in this paper, we identify stakeholder analysis as the first SEprocess or tool and examine it with a decolonization lens. The goal of this paper is examinationand recommendation and not definitive statement. We also apply our examination to a systemsengineering project and student stakeholder artifact commonly used and developed anddemonstrate a simple exercise of decolonization.Additionally, there is a significant and growing trend of engineering

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 20

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorothy Decontee Gocol, Florida International University; Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello, Florida International University; Monica E. Cardella, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #44518Storytelling Approaches for Elevating Student Voices in Research and DisseminationDorothy Decontee Gocol, Florida International University Dorothy Decontee Gocol is a first-year PhD student at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida International University. She is also a Graduate Assistant at SUCCEED, and a Global Ambassador for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) FY24.Dr. Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello, Florida International University Helen Urpi Wagner Coello is a Postdoctoral Associate and Project Manager for the Voices for Organizing Change in

Conference Session

Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-893: MAKING ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING WORK: LESSONSFROM PARTNERSHIPS AND PRACTICEMUSEUM OF SCIENCEChristine M Cunningham, Museum of Science Dr. Christine Cunningham is a Vice President at the Museum of Science, Boston where she oversees curriculum development, teacher professional development, and research and evaluation efforts related to K-16 engineering and science learning and teaching. She is the founder and director of the Engineering is Elementary project. Her work focuses on making engineering and science more relevant, understand- able, and accessible to everyone, especially marginalized populations such as women, underrepresented minorities, and people with disabilities. Christine received a joint BA

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Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rayshun J. Dorsey, WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc.; Ayanna M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-273: MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROBOTICS AC-TIVITIES IN UNDERSERVED K-12 COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE THE CLASS-ROOMRayshun J Dorsey, WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc. Rayshun Dorsey is currently the Founder and President of WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, an organization that works in conjunction with the Georgia Institute of Technology and currently offers an extensive in-formal education collaboration through various outreach projects to include AroPability, a federally funded initiative in conjunction with California Institute of Technology, Center for the Vi- sually Impaired, National Federation of the Blind and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite that seeks to stimulate STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University; Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University; Robert Quinlan Thames

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NSF Grantees

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning community and is a 2006 CASTL Institute Scholar (Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning). She has published a case study to use in teaching computer science courses to increase the interpersonal orientation of the classroom experience. She is currently directing graduate and undergraduate students on NSF-funded projects to develop a Virtual Engineering Sciences Learning Lab in Second Life to provide an immersive learning environment for introductory engineering and computer science courses and to develop materials for teaching artificial intelligence through an experimental ap- proach modeled after the lab sciences. Her industry experience includes software and

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Coronella, University of Nevada, Reno; Victor R. Vasquez, University of Nevada, Reno

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Chemical Engineering

that, so rapidly thatchoosing a time step to allow for stable computations is not straightforward.The class project Groups of three students are assigned the project about two thirds of the way throughthe semester. They are given all the technical data above, and shown in great detail how to setup the finite difference equations that result in a method for finding enthalpy. They are told thatthey must find a correlation for enthalpy as a function of temperature, as well as for thermalconductivity as a function of temperature. Boundary conditions and stopping conditions are notclearly specified. Convective coefficients are supplied for the pan (200 W/m2 K) and in air (15W/m2 K). Students are given the flexibility to choose the grill

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William S. Janna; A. Renner

cos β2 dA2 FdA1-A2 = ⌠ ⌡⌠⌡ (3a) πS2 Page 4.18.4 A2or in terms of solid angle, with Equation 1, we get 1 FdA1-A2 = ⌠ ⌡⌠ ⌡ cos β1 dω1 (3b) π A2where the integration limits on A2 extend over the portion that can be viewed by dA1 .Now suppose that we construct a hemisphere over the area dA1 , again referring toFigure 1. The projection of dA2 onto the surface of the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary K. Handley

ofengineering technology can be evaluated for technical merit, practical applicability, or any othercriterion of interest to the instructor or college.Along with achieving program goals for assessment of student learning, portfolios supportstudents in developing awareness of their strengths and weaknesses. In a good portfolioprogram, students collect their work, choose representative pieces, and reflect on this work in thefinal presentation of the portfolio. In this process they can address questions such as: Why was Isuccessful with this project? What makes a good design? How did I perform in group tasks?What else am I learning that builds on this information or skill? How can I change myperformance to better enable me to succeed?In 6 semesters of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Chuck Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

Page 4.36.4prioritize the five activities listed below.1. Participate in a university task force to develop guidelines for experiential learning course credit.2. Represent the department on the College of Engineering library committee.3. Become a member of a team focusing on supply chain programs for local industry through the College of Engineering Modeling and Simulation Center.4. Teach a professional development class on project management.5. Work on an industry project through the university Technology Applications Center.Exhibit 3 describes the results of scoring the activities based on their impact on the strategic goalstatement and the tenure objectives. It employs a traditional (9,3,1) QFD method: nine indicateshigh impact of an