TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Sharma, Mamta Rameshwarlal A1 - Bleck, Wolfgang A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen ED - Farn, C. K. T1 - Innovation through Diversity - Development of a Diversity and Innovation management concept T2 - International Conference on Innovation and Management : IAM23017S : Date: July 4-7, 2017, Osaka, Japan N2 - Acknowledging that a diverse workforce could be a potential source of innovation, the current research deals with the fine details of why diversity management is central to achieving innovation in heterogeneous research groups and how this could be effectively realized in an organization. The types of heterogeneities addressed mainly include gender, qualification, academic discipline and intercultural perspectives. The type of organization being dealt with in this work is a complex association of research institutes at a technical university in Germany (RWTH Aachen University), namely a 'Cluster of Excellence', whereby several institutes of the university work collaboratively in different sub-projects. The 'Cluster of Excellence' is a part of the 'Excellence Initiative' of the German federal and state governments German Research Foundation (DFG) and German Council of Science and Humanities, with the ultimate aim of promoting cutting-edge research. To support interdisciplinary collaboration and thus the performance of the cluster, the development of a diversity and innovation management concept is presently in the conceptual phase and will be described in the frame of this paper. The 3-S-Diversity Model, composed of the three elements: skills, structure and strategy, serves as a basis for the development of the concept. The proposed concept consists of six phases; the first two phases lay the ground work by developing an understanding of the status quo on the forms of diversity in the Cluster of Excellence, the type of organizational structure of the member institutes and the varieties of specialist work cultures of the same. The third and the fourth phases build up on this foundation by means of qualitative and quantitative studies. While the third phase deals with the sensitization of the management level to the close connection between diversity and innovation; the need to manage them thereafter and find tailor-made methods of doing so, the fourth phase shall mainly focus on the mindset of the employees in this regard. The fifth phase shall consolidate the learnings and the ideas developed in the course of the first four phases into an implementable strategy. The ultimate phase shall be the implementation of this concept in the Cluster. The first three phases have been accomplished successfully and the preliminary results are already available. Y1 - 2017 SN - 2218-6387 SP - Panel C PB - Kuang Hui Chiu CY - Osaka ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Perceiving diversity : an explorative approach in a complex research organization. T2 - Diversity and discrimination in research organizations N2 - Diversity management is seen as a decisive factor for ensuring the development of socially responsible innovations (Beacham and Shambaugh, 2011; Sonntag, 2014; López, 2015; Uebernickel et al., 2015). However, many diversity management approaches fail due to a one-sided consideration of diversity (Thomas and Ely, 2019) and a lacking linkage between the prevailing organizational culture and the perception of diversity in the respective organization. Reflecting the importance of diverse perspectives, research institutions have a special responsibility to actively deal with diversity, as they are publicly funded institutions that drive socially relevant development and educate future generations of developers, leaders and decision-makers. Nevertheless, only a few studies have so far dealt with the influence of the special framework conditions of the science system on diversity management. Focusing on the interdependency of the organizational culture and diversity management especially in a university research environment, this chapter aims in a first step to provide a theoretical perspective on the framework conditions of a complex research organization in Germany in order to understand the system-specific factors influencing diversity management. In a second step, an exploratory cluster analysis is presented, investigating the perception of diversity and possible influencing factors moderating this perception in a scientific organization. Combining both steps, the results show specific mechanisms and structures of the university research environment that have an impact on diversity management and rigidify structural barriers preventing an increase of diversity. The quantitative study also points out that the management level takes on a special role model function in the scientific system and thus has an influence on the perception of diversity. Consequently, when developing diversity management approaches in research organizations, it is necessary to consider the top-down direction of action, the special nature of organizational structures in the university research environment as well as the special role of the professorial level as role model for the scientific staff. KW - Diversity management KW - Organizational culture KW - Change management KW - Psychological concepts KW - Perception Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-80117-959-1 (Print) SN - 978-1-80117-956-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-956-020221010 SP - 365 EP - 392 PB - Emerald Publishing Limited CY - Bingley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bassam, Rasha A1 - Hescheler, Jürgen A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Effects of spermine NONOate and ATP on the thermal stability of hemoglobin JF - BMC Biophysics N2 - Background Minor changes in protein structure induced by small organic and inorganic molecules can result in significant metabolic effects. The effects can be even more profound if the molecular players are chemically active and present in the cell in considerable amounts. The aim of our study was to investigate effects of a nitric oxide donor (spermine NONOate), ATP and sodium/potassium environment on the dynamics of thermal unfolding of human hemoglobin (Hb). The effect of these molecules was examined by means of circular dichroism spectrometry (CD) in the temperature range between 25°C and 70°C. The alpha-helical content of buffered hemoglobin samples (0.1 mg/ml) was estimated via ellipticity change measurements at a heating rate of 1°C/min. Results Major results were: 1) spermine NONOate persistently decreased the hemoglobin unfolding temperature T u irrespectively of the Na + /K + environment, 2) ATP instead increased the unfolding temperature by 3°C in both sodium-based and potassium-based buffers and 3) mutual effects of ATP and NO were strongly influenced by particular buffer ionic compositions. Moreover, the presence of potassium facilitated a partial unfolding of alpha-helical structures even at room temperature. Conclusion The obtained data might shed more light on molecular mechanisms and biophysics involved in the regulation of protein activity by small solutes in the cell. KW - Nitric Oxide Donor KW - NONOate KW - Circular Dichroism KW - Nitric Oxide Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-1682-5-16 SN - 2046-1682 VL - 5 PB - BioMed Central CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, Martin R. T1 - Groupware related task design JF - ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin N2 - his report summarizes the results of a workshop on Groupware related task design which took place at the International Conference on Supporting Group Work Group'99, Arizona, from 14 th to 17 th November 1999. The workshop was addressed to people from different viewpoints, backgrounds, and domains: - Researchers dealing with questions of task analysis and task modeling for Groupware application from an academic point of view. They may contribute modelbased design approaches or theoretically oriented work - Practitioners with experience in the design and everyday use of groupware systems. They might refer to the practical side of the topic: "real" tasks, "real" problems, "real" users, etc. Y1 - 2000 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/605660.605662 SN - 2372-7403 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 5 EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mansurov, Z. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Biisenbaev, M. A1 - Savistkaya, I. A1 - Kistaubaeva, A. A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Zhubanova, A. T1 - Bio-composite material on the basis of carbonized rice husk in biomedicine and environmental applications JF - Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18321/ectj105 SN - 2522-4867 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 115 EP - 131 PB - Institute of Combustion Problems CY - Almaty ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scholz, Christina A1 - Romagnoli, Daniele A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Theil, Stephan T1 - Performance analysis of an attitude control system for solar sails using sliding masses JF - Advances in Space Research Y1 - 2011 SN - 0273-1177 VL - 48 IS - 11 SP - 1822 EP - 1835 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda T1 - Training future skills - sustainability, interculturality & innovation in a digital design thinking format T2 - Proceedings of the 19th International CDIO Conference N2 - The complex questions of today for a world of tomorrow are characterized by their global impact. Solutions must therefore not only be sustainable in the sense of the three pillars of sustainability (economic, environmental, and social) but must also function globally. This goes hand in hand with the need for intercultural acceptance of developed services and products. To achieve this, engineers, as the problem solvers of the future, must be able to work in intercultural teams on appropriate solutions, and be sensitive to intercultural perspectives. To equip the engineers of the future with the so-called future skills, teaching concepts are needed in which students can acquire these methods and competencies in application-oriented formats. The presented course "Applying Design Thinking - Sustainability, Innovation and Interculturality" was developed to teach future skills from the competency areas Digital Key Competencies, Classical Competencies and Transformative Competencies. The CDIO Standard 3.0, in particular the standards 5, 6, 7 and 8, was used as a guideline. The course aims to prepare engineering students from different disciplines and cultures for their future work in an international environment by combining a digital teaching format with an interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and intercultural setting for solving sustainability challenges. The innovative moment lies in the digital application of design thinking and the inclusion of intercultural as well as trans- and interdisciplinary perspectives in innovation development processes. In this paper, the concept of the course will be presented in detail and the particularities of a digital implementation of design thinking will be addressed. Subsequently, the potentials and challenges will be reflected and practical advice for integrating design thinking in engineering education will be given. KW - Design Thinking KW - Sustainability KW - Future Skills KW - Interculturality KW - Interdisciplinarity Y1 - 2023 N1 - 19th International CDIO Conference, hosted by NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, June 26-29, 2023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leipold, M. A1 - Fichtner, H. A1 - Heber, B. A1 - Groepper, P. A1 - Lascar, S. A1 - Burger, F. A1 - Eiden, M. A1 - Niederstadt, T. A1 - Sickinger, C. A1 - Herbeck, L. A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang T1 - Heliopause Explorer - A Sailcraft Mission to the Outer Boundaries of the Solar System JF - Acta Astronautica. 59 (2006), H. 8-11 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0094-5765 N1 - International Conference on Low Cost Planetary Missions <5, 2003, Noordwijk> ; Selected Proceedings SP - 786 EP - 796 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Turyshev, Slava G. A1 - Dittus, H. A1 - Shao, M. [u.a.] T1 - Fundamental Physics with the Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity / S.G. Turyshev ; H. Dittus ; M. Shao ... B.Dachwald ... JF - Proceedings of the 39th ESLAB Symposium "Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020" : 19 - 21 April 2005, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands / European Space Agency. [Comp. by: F. Favata ...] . - (ESA SP ; 588) Y1 - 2005 SN - 9290928999 N1 - ISBN der CD-ROM-Ausg.: 9290928999 ; Symposium Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020 <2005, Noordwijk> ; ESLAB symposium <39, 2005, Noordwijk> ; European Space Laboratory SP - 8 EP - 11 PB - ESA Publ. Div. CY - Noordwijk ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dittus, H. A1 - Turyshev, S. G. A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim T1 - A Mission to Explore the Pioneer Anomaly JF - Proceedings of the 39th ESLAB Symposium "Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020" : 19 - 21 April 2005, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands / European Space Agency. [Comp. by: F. Favata ...] . - (ESA SP ; 588) Y1 - 2005 SN - 9290928999 N1 - ISBN der CD-ROM-Ausg.: 9290928999 ; Symposium Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020 <2005, Noordwijk> ; ESLAB symposium <39,2005, Noordwijk> ; European Space Laboratory ; Report Number: LA-UR-05-4907 ; The Pioneer Explorer Collaboration SP - 3 EP - 10 PB - ESA Publ. Div. CY - Noordwijk ER -