Nathaniel Hanson and Dr. Richard Fry, Industrial Design Industrial designers must balance a wide array of factors in their creation of useful products. The most important of these factors include functionality, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as market factors such as cost. Over the course of the last century, designers and design engineers have been […]
Maya Embedded Language For Artists: An Introduction
James M. Hales and Dr. R. Brent Adams, Industrial Design Maya Embedded Language (MEL) is a powerful programming tool for Maya, the leading 3D modeling and animation software produced by AliasWavefront. It has been used by the top motion picture companies in the makings of major blockbuster films such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas, […]
Wax Pattern Shrinkage Project Summary
David Bishop and Professor Perry Carter, Manufacturing Engineering Purpose: The purpose of this project was to better understand the sources of variation that influence the shrinkage of wax patterns in investment casting. With a better understanding of the variation, manufacturers will be able to produce parts that have more precise dimensions. Procedure: For this project, […]
The Conscious Alignment of Strategy and Culture and Its Affect on Project Work: A Case Study of Three IT Departments Following a Transition in Leadership
Alan P. Hyatt and Drs. Michael P. Thompson, Organizational Leadership and Strategy; Ernest J. Nielsen, Office of Information Technology My study provided the research for my honors thesis. The thesis discusses and develops the Theory of Conscious Alignment (TCA). The theory states that leaders and managers who consciously mold the strategy and culture of their […]
COST OF HOUSING REGULATION IN UTAH VALLEY-IMPACT FEES
Rhett M. Turner and Dr. Howard Bashford, Technology Education & Construction Management The purpose of impact fees is to help fund infrastructure needs brought on by new growth. The State of Utah has recently passed legislation which allows cities to charge impact fees for the construction of new homes. These impact fees can be substantial, […]
Lemmings: A Student Animation
Craig Paul Van Dyke and Dr. Brent R. Adams, BYU School of Technology Industrial Design Dept. Lemmings brought together eighteen students for one full year to work on a 5 minute computer animation. Such a learning experience broke the bonds of a normal artistic and technical education; it became a lesson in teamwork, leadership and […]
Establishing the Facility Capital Investment Laboratory
Tim Tucker and Dr. Jeffery Campbell, Facilities Management One of the greatest difficulties a manager has in the current economy is being able to validly show the value that is being created by their efforts. After human resource and related issues the greatest expenses an organization faces is the total cost of ownership of their […]
DynaSense: Remote Monitoring System
Bryce Ott, Mike Coleman, Tyler Monson, Janell Armstrong, Ben Tanner, and Brad Anderson with Dr. Steven Renshaw, Information Technology DynaSense is a robust and modular remote monitoring system that can be incorporated into an existing network. Individual embedded hardware modules gather and log data from attached sensors. This data is web-accessible from each individual module […]
Teacher Excellence at Brigham Young University
Naomi Nuttall and Dr. Jared Berrett, Technology Teacher Education At a university, a professor’s first and foremost job is that of a teacher. In order to become a professor, one does have to have a doctorate degree, but does not have to go through the rigorous teaching courses required for elementary, middle school, or high […]
Asset Tracking System
Jacob Roberts and Dr. Joseph Ekstrom, Information Technology RFID, Radio Frequency Identification, is a technology that is beginning to attract the attention of large business. These businesses have complicated and expensive supply chains. RFID promises to streamline asset tracking and reduce supply chain costs. RFID consists of a small paper tag embedded with a radio […]