• Implementing Industry 4.0: a study of socio-technical readiness among manufacturers in Minnesota and North Dakota 

  Roth, Katherine (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  The implementation of Industry 4.0 has become increasingly prevalent in the manufacturing industry since its inception. With the introduction of these newer technologies, changes in personnel and organizational structures ...

• A Study on Deep Learning for Prognostics and Health Management Applications: An Evolutionary Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Deep Neural Network Data-Driven Model for Prognostics of Aircraft Gas Turbine 

  Khumprom, Phattara (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  The fundamental concept of prognostics and health management (PHM) within the scope of Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) is to find an approach to evaluate the system health and predict its remaining useful life (RUL). ...

• Advanced Numerical Modeling in Manufacturing Processes 

  Dey, Arup (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  In manufacturing applications, a large number of data can be collected by experimental studies and/or sensors. This collected data is vital to improving process efficiency, scheduling maintenance activities, and predicting ...

• Modeling and Solving Multi-Product Multi-Layer Location-Routing Problems 

  Hamidi, Mohsen (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  Distribution is a very important component of logistics and supply chain management. Location-Routing Problem (LRP) simultaneously takes into consideration location, allocation, and vehicle routing decisions to design ...

• Predictive Reliability Analysis and Maintenance Planning of Complex Systems Working under Dynamic Operating Conditions 

  Forouzandeh Shahraki, Ameneh (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Predictive analytics has multiple facets that range from failure predictability and optimal asset management to high-level managerial insights. Predicting the failure time of assets and estimating their reliability through ...

• Some Studies on Reliability Analysis of Complex Cyber-Physical Systems 

  Davila Frias, Alex Vicente (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Cyber-physical systems (CPSs), a term coined in 2006 refers to the integration of computation with physical processes. Particularly, modern critical infrastructures are examples of CPSs, like smart electric power grids, ...

• Study of Organizational Transformation from Socio-Technical Perspective 

  Rahaman, Md Mahabubur (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Organizations are constantly striving for effective and flexible means for managing challenges due to globalization and increasing customer expectations. Many in business community attempted to implement the Toyota Production ...

• Two Applications of Combinatorial Branch-and-Bound in Complex Networks and Transportation 

  Rasti, Saeid (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  In this dissertation, we show two significant applications of combinatorial branch-and-bound as an exact solution methodology in combinatorial optimization problems. In the first problem, we propose a set of new group ...

• Designing Bio-Ink for Extrusion Based Bio-Printing Process 

  Habib, MD Ahasan (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Tissue regeneration using in-vitro scaffold becomes a vital mean to mimic the in-vivo counterpart due to the insufficiency of animal models to predict the applicability of drug and other physiological behavior. Three-dimensional ...

• Optimization of Regional Empty Container Supply Chains to Support Future Investment Decisions for Developing Inland Container Terminals 

  Wadhwa, Satpal Singh (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Containerized grain shipping has been increasingly used as a shipment option by U.S. exporters. Continued evolution and investment decisions in optimizing multimodal operations is a key in continued growth for the container ...

• Form and Functionality of Additively Manufactured Parts with Internal Structure 

  Ahsan, AMM Nazmul (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  The tool-less additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing processes (3DP) use incremental consolidation of feed-stock materials to construct part. The layer by layer AM processes can achieve spatial material distribution ...

• Assessing Reliability of Highly Reliable Products Using Accelerated Degradation Test Design, Modeling, and Bayesian Inference 

  Limon, Shah Mohammad (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  The accelerated degradation test methods have proven to be a very effective approach to quickly evaluate the reliability of highly reliable products. However, the modeling of accelerated degradation test data to estimate ...

• Integrated Projection and Regression Models for Monitoring Multivariate Autocorrelated Cascade Processes 

  Khan, Anakaorn (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  This dissertation presents a comprehensive methodology of dual monitoring for the multivariate autocorrelated cascade processes using principal component analysis and regression. Principle Components Analysis is used to ...

• Optimization Models for Scheduling and Rescheduling Elective Surgery Patients Under the Constraint of Downstream Units 

  Erdem, Ergin (North Dakota State University, 2013)

  Healthcare is a unique industry in terms of the associated requirements and services provided to patients. Currently, healthcare industry is facing challenges of reducing the cost and improving the quality and accessibility ...

• Stochastic Optimization of Sustainable Industrial Symbiosis Based Hybrid Generation Bioethanol Supply Chains 

  Gonela, Vinay (North Dakota State University, 2013)

  Bioethanol is becoming increasingly attractive for the reasons of energy security, diversity, and sustainability. As a result, the use of bioethanol for transportation purposes has been encouraged extensively. However, ...

• Modeling and Optimization of Biofuel Supply Chain Considering Uncertainties, Hedging Strategies, and Sustainability Concepts 

  Awudu, Iddrisu Kaasowa (North Dakota State University, 2013)

  Due to energy crisis and environmental concerns, alternative energy has attracted a lot of attention in both industry and academia. Biofuel is one type of renewable energy that can reduce the reliance on fossil fuel, and ...

• Multi-Objective Optimal Phasor Measurement Units Placement in Power Systems 

  Khiabani, Vahidhossein (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  The extensive development of power networks has increased the requirements for robust, reliable and secure monitoring and control techniques based on the concept of Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS). Phasor Measurement ...

• Optimization of Large-Scale Sustainable Renewable Energy Supply Chains in a Stochastic Environment 

  Osmani, Atif (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  Due to the increasing demand of energy and environmental concern of fossil fuels, it is becoming increasingly important to find alternative renewable energy sources. Biofuels produced from lignocellulosic biomass feedstock's ...

• Improvement of Wind Forecasting Accuracy and its Impacts on Bidding Strategy Optimization for Wind Generation Companies 

  Li, Gong (North Dakota State University, 2012)

  One major issue of wind generation is its intermittence and uncertainty due to the highly volatile nature of wind resource, and it affects both the economy and the operation of the wind farms and the distribution networks. ...

• Electrical Performance Analysis of a Novel Embedded Chip Technology 

  Sarwar, Ferdous (North Dakota State University, 2012)

  Recently ultra-thin embedded die technology gained much attention for their reduced footprint, light weight, conformality and three-dimensional assembly capabilities. The traditional flexible circuit fabrication process ...

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