A new three-year Bachelor of Multidisciplinary design - Experiential Learning program was approved by the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities in 2022 at the University of Ottawa in Canada. The program is sit...
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As the nature of systems changes, systems thinking must also change. A currently happening strong change is proliferation of highly intellectualized and socially deeply embedded engineered systems, which raise many no...
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A new three-year Bachelor of Multidisciplinary design – Experiential Learning program was approved by the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities in 2022 at the University of Ottawa in Canada. The program is si...
A new three-year Bachelor of Multidisciplinary design – Experiential Learning program was approved by the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities in 2022 at the University of Ottawa in Canada. The program is situated in the faculty of engineering and welcomed its first student cohort in the Fall of 2023. The program is designed for students who have a diverse set of interests, and who are passionate about combining technology with other fields, including social science, business, or arts, rather than those wanting to be engineers. The flexible program provides students with the skills required for modern multidisciplinary job markets, and with the opportunity to define and pursue their own career trajectory. As this type of flexibility and openness may seem daunting for first year students, sample learning paths were created based on current job market trends, with more learning paths in development. To support using these paths and developing new ones, a tool was developed to help students plan their path and select their courses. This paper focuses on the development of this unique program in the Canadian context, as well as the challenges associated with its development. Since this new program is not a traditional engineering discipline, and is targeting non-traditional students, recruitment efforts and marketing needed to be modified from those used elsewhere in the faculty.
With advances in Deep Neural Networks (DNN), Automated Driving Systems (ADS) enable the vehicle to perceive their surroundings in dynamic driving scenarios and perform behaviors by collecting operational data from sen...
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With advances in Deep Neural Networks (DNN), Automated Driving Systems (ADS) enable the vehicle to perceive their surroundings in dynamic driving scenarios and perform behaviors by collecting operational data from sensors such as LiDAR and cameras. Current DNN typically detect objects by analyzing and classifying unstructured data (e.g., image data), providing critical information for ADS planning and decision-making. However, advanced ADS, particularly those required to perform the Dynamic Driving Task (DDT) autonomously, are expected to understand driving scenarios across various Operational design Domains (ODD). This capability requires the support for a continuous comprehension of driving scenarios according to operational data collected by sensors. This paper presents a framework that adopts Graph Neural Networks (GNN) to describe and reason about dynamic driving scenarios via analyzing graph-based data based on collected sensor inputs. We first construct the graph-based data using a meta-path, which defines various interactions among different traffic participants. Next, we propose a design of GNN to support both the classification of the node types of objects and predicting relationships between objects. As results, the performance of the proposed method shows significant improvements compared to the baseline method. Specifically, the accuracy of node classification increases from 0.77 to 0.85, while that of relationships prediction rises from 0.74 to 0.82. To further utilize graph-based data constructed from dynamic driving scenarios, the proposed framework supports reasoning about operational risks by analyzing the observed nodes and relationships in the graph-based data. As a result, the model achieves a MRR of 0.78 in operational risks reasoning. To evaluate the practicality of the proposed framework in real-world systems, we also conduct a real-time performance evaluation by measuring the average process time and the Worst Case Execution Time (WCET). Com
The classification and part segmentation of point clouds have gained significant attention in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in the construction industry. However, addressing the dataset directl...
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The nonlinear post-buckling response of functionally graded(FG)copper matrix plates enforced by graphene origami auxetic metamaterials(GOAMs)is investigated in the *** auxeticmaterial properties of the plate are contr...
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The nonlinear post-buckling response of functionally graded(FG)copper matrix plates enforced by graphene origami auxetic metamaterials(GOAMs)is investigated in the *** auxeticmaterial properties of the plate are controlled by graphene content and the degree of origami folding,which are graded across the thickness of the *** properties of the GOAM plate are evaluated using genetic *** nonlinear eigenvalue problems for the post-buckling response of the GOAM composite plate are derived using the virtual work principle and a four-variable nonlinear shear deformation theory.A novel differential quadrature method(DQM)algorithm is developed to solve the nonlinear eigenvalue *** parametric studies are presented to explore the effects of graphene content,folding degree,and GO distribution patterns on the post-buckling responses of GOAM *** show that high tunability in post-buckling characteristics can be achieved by using *** OrigamiAuxeticMetamaterials(FG-GOAM)plates can be used in aerospace structures to improve their structural performance and response.
The increasing demand to decrease manufacturing costs and weight reduction is driving the aircraft industry to change the use of conventional riveted stiffened panels to integral stiffened panels(ISP)for aircraft fuse...
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The increasing demand to decrease manufacturing costs and weight reduction is driving the aircraft industry to change the use of conventional riveted stiffened panels to integral stiffened panels(ISP)for aircraft fuselage *** is a relatively new structure in aircraft industries and is considered the most significant development in a *** structures have the potential to replace the conventional stiffened panel due to the emergence of manufacturing technology,including welding,high-speed machining(HSM),extruding,and *** laser beam welding(LBW)and friction stir welding(FSW)have been applied in aircraft companies,many investigations into ISP continue to be *** this review article,the current state of understanding and advancement of ISP structure is addressed.A particular explanation has been given to(a)buckling performance,(b)fatigue performance of the ISP,(c)modeling and simulation aspects,and(d)the impact of manufacturing decisions in welding processes on the final structural behavior of the ISP during *** to riveted panels,machined ISP had a better compressive buckling load,and FSW integral panels had a lower buckling load than riveted *** residual stress decreased the stress intensity factor(SIF)rates,slowing down the growth of fatigue cracks as occurred in FSW and LBW ISP.
Mn-TRIP steels of which composition is mainly Fe–(0.5–3mass%)Al–(2–10mass%)Mn are expected to be new advanced high-strength sheet steels. During the solidification process of Fe–Al–Mn alloy, AlN inclusions preci...
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Forming conditions and compositional changes of primary inclusions in molten steel have been studied due to the demand for high cleanliness of steels. MnS, a common inclusion in steel, does not form in molten steel, a...
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This paper proposes a seismic design method using optimization for super high-rise building with dampers. The method involves four steps: 1) Specifying frame stiffness distribution and natural period by optimizing the...
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