TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Marais, Stephen A1 - Potgieter, Anet A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - RoboCup Junior: A vehicle for S&T education in Africa? Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-992-8 N1 - AFRICON, 2011 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Sharma, Mamta Rameshwarlal A1 - Bleck, Wolfgang A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Diversity and innovation management in large research groups JF - International Journal of Innovation Management N2 - Contemporary research appreciates a diverse workforce as a potential source of innovation. Researchers explore the fine details of why diversity management is central for generating innovations in heterogeneous research groups and how it could be effectively implemented into organizations. Complex research associations that discuss topics with a high impact on society increasingly address the necessity of establishing a diverse workforce to confront the challenges of tomorrow. Characterized by complex management structures as well as hierarchies, research associations have not been a subject of investigation until now. For this reason, the presented research project aims to develop a diversity and innovation management strategy with the ultimate goal of inducing change in the corporate culture. The proposed approach consisted of six phases; the first two phases investigated the status quo of diversity in the existing organizational structures of member institutes and the variety of particular working cultures within the research association. The third and the fourth phases utilized qualitative and quantitative studies. The third phase focused on the connection of management level to diversity and innovation, and the need for diversity and innovation management, and tailor-made methods of implementing them. The first three phases have been accomplished successfully; preliminary results are already available. The fourth phase will mainly focus on exploring the mind-set of the employees. The fifth phase will consolidate the findings in the first four phases into an implementable strategy. The final phase will address the implementation of this strategy into the organization. Phases 4 to 6 have not yet been undertaken KW - diversity management KW - innovation management KW - research association KW - change management KW - engineering Y1 - 2017 SN - 1757-5877 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 49 EP - 72 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jung, Alexander A1 - Müller, Wolfram A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Wind and fairness in ski jumping: A computer modelling analysis JF - Journal of Biomechanics N2 - Wind is closely associated with the discussion of fairness in ski jumping. To counter-act its influence on the jump length, the International Ski Federation (FIS) has introduced a wind compensation approach. We applied three differently accurate computer models of the flight phase with wind (M1, M2, and M3) to study the jump length effects of various wind scenarios. The previously used model M1 is accurate for wind blowing in direction of the flight path, but inaccuracies are to be expected for wind directions deviating from the tangent to the flight path. M2 considers the change of airflow direction, but it does not consider the associated change in the angle of attack of the skis which additionally modifies drag and lift area time functions. M3 predicts the length effect for all wind directions within the plane of the flight trajectory without any mathematical simplification. Prediction errors of M3 are determined only by the quality of the input data: wind velocity, drag and lift area functions, take-off velocity, and weight. For comparing the three models, drag and lift area functions of an optimized reference jump were used. Results obtained with M2, which is much easier to handle than M3, did not deviate noticeably when compared to predictions of the reference model M3. Therefore, we suggest to use M2 in future applications. A comparison of M2 predictions with the FIS wind compensation system showed substantial discrepancies, for instance: in the first flight phase, tailwind can increase jump length, and headwind can decrease it; this is opposite of what had been anticipated before and is not considered in the current wind compensation system in ski jumping. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.05.001 SN - 0021-9290 IS - 75 SP - 147 EP - 153 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Embs, Jan P. A1 - Unruh, Tobias A1 - Tehei, M. A1 - Zaccai, G. A1 - Büldt, G. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - From powder to solution : Hydration dependence of human hemoglobin dynamics correlated to body temperature JF - Biophysical Journal. 96 (2009), H. 12 Y1 - 2009 SN - 0006-3495 SP - 5073 EP - 5081 PB - Cell Press CY - Cambridge, Mass. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jung, Alexander A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Müller, Wolfram T1 - Corrigendum to “Flight style optimization in ski jumping on normal, large, and ski flying hills” [J. Biomech 47 (2014) 716–722] JF - Journals of Biomechanics Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.02.001 SN - 0021-9290 N1 - refers to Journal of Biomechanics Vol 47, Issue 3, Pages 716-722: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.11.021 SP - 313 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Gilmartin, Shannon K. A1 - Muller, Carol B. A1 - Dungs, Carolin A1 - Sheppard, Sheri A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Expanding engineering limits : a concept for socially responsible education of engineers JF - The international journal of engineering education Y1 - 2019 SN - 0949-149X VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 658 EP - 673 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - O´Heras, C. A1 - Tastambek, K.T. A1 - Savitskaya, I.S. A1 - Ualyeva, P.S. A1 - Mansurov, Z.A. A1 - Zhubanova, A.A. T1 - Adsorption of bacterial lipopolysaccharides on carbonized rice husks obtained in the batch experiments JF - Experimental Biology N2 - The scope of this study is the measurement of endotoxin adsorption rate for carbonized rice husk. It showed good adsorption properties for LPS. During the batch experiments, several techniques were used and optimized for improving the material’s adsorption behavior. Also, with the results obtained it was possible to differentiate the materials according to their adsorption capacity and kinetic characteristics. KW - surface modification KW - adsorption KW - carbonized rice husk KW - lipopolysaccharide Y1 - 2014 SN - 1563-0218 N1 - Original in russischer Sprache VL - 60 IS - 1/2 SP - 144 EP - 148 PB - Al-Farabi Kazakh National University CY - Almaty ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fateri, Miranda A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas A1 - Thümmler, Stefan A1 - Thurn, Laura T1 - Experimental investigation on selective laser melting of glass JF - Physics procedia : 8th International Conference on Laser Assisted Net Shape Engineering LANE 2014 Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.08.118 SN - 1875-3892 (E-Journal); 1875-3884 (Print) VL - 56 (2014) SP - 357 EP - 364 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Schmidt, Tanja D. A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Auweter-Kurtz, T1 - Flight Opportunities from Mars to Earth for Piloted Missions Using Continuous Thrust Propulsion / Schmidt, Tanja D. ; Dachwald, Bernd ; Seboldt, Wolfgang ; Auweter-Kurtz, Monika Y1 - 2003 N1 - 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 20-23 July 2003, Huntsville, Alabama ; AIAA 2003-4573 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - - ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Demirci, Taylan A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Response of fibroblasts to cyclic mechanical stress : a proteome approach / Digel, I. ; Trzewik, J. ; Demirci, T. ; Temiz Artmann, A. ; Artmann, G. M. JF - Biomedizinische Technik. 49 (2004), H. Erg.-Bd. 2 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0932-4666 SP - 1042 EP - 1043 ER -