BioJADE: A Design and Simulation Tool for Synthetic Biological Systems

The next generations of both biological engineering and computer engineering demand that control be exerted at the molecular level. Creating, characterizing and controlling synthetic biological systems may provide us with the ability to build cells that are capable of a plethora of activities, from computation to synthesizing nanostructures. To develop these systems, we must have a set of tools not only for synthesizing systems, but also designing and simulating them. The BioJADE project provides a comprehensive, extensible design and simulation platform for synthetic biology. BioJADE is a graphical design tool built in Java, utilizing a database back end, and supports a range of simulations using an XML communication protocol. BioJADE currently supports a library of over 100 parts with which it can compile designs into actual DNA, and then generate synthesis instructions to build the physical parts. The BioJADE project contributes several tools to Synthetic Biology. BioJADE in itself is a powerful tool for synthetic biology designers. Additionally, we developed and now make use of a centralized BioBricks repository, which enables the sharing of BioBrick components between researchers, and vastly reduces the barriers to entry for aspiring Synthetic Biologists.

Assembly Design and Evaluation in an Augmented Reality Environment

The technologies and methodologies of assembly design and evaluation in the early design stage are highly significant to product development. This paper looks at a promising technology to mix real components (e.g. physical prototypes, assembly tools, machines, etc.) with virtual components to create an Augmented Reality (AR) interface for assembly process evaluation. The goal of this paper is to clarify the methodologies and enabling technologies of how to establish an AR assembly simulation and evaluation environment. The architecture of an AR assembly system is proposed and the important functional modules including AR environment set-up, design for assembly (DFA) analysis and AR assembly sequence planning in an AR environment are discussed in detail.

eCAT-Listening : Design and psychometric properties of a computerized adaptive test on English Listening

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Using petri nets to specify and execute missions for autonomous underwater vehicles

This paper presents the design and implementation of a mission control system (MCS) for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) based on Petri nets. In the proposed approach the Petri nets are used to specify as well as to execute the desired autonomous vehicle mission. The mission is easily described using an imperative programming language called mission control language (MCL) that formally describes the mission execution thread. A mission control language compiler (MCL-C) able to automatically translate the MCL into a Petri net is described and a real-time Petri net player that allows to execute the resulting Petri net onboard an AUV are also presented

Lecture on cable design and manufacture

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Introduction to Game Design and Development

This is the introductory lecture to COMP3218. We introduce ourselves, cover the philosophy of the course, the structure and assessment process, and lead an initial game design exercise.

The City Passing by the River. The San Francisco River Canalization and Construction of Avenida Jiménez de Quesada in Bogota at the Beginning of the 20th Century

The document refers to the San Francisco river canalization and subsequent construction of the Avenida Jiménez de Quesada. Understanding that the project was ascribed to the modernizing policy of the time, the investigation identifies the different stages in the canalization process, and shows its relations with the spatial structure of the city and the local conditions that developed on the river surroundings. The financing of the project through the “property increase duty” permits an illustration of the progress of canalization and construction of the Jiménez Avenue process, providing a less technical and more social meaning to the sequence in which the project executed. Consequently, the document approaches the shaping dynamics of Bogotá´s spatial structure at the beginning of the XX century.

100 ideas for teaching design and technology. '100 ideas para el diseño de la enseñanza y la tecnología'.

Forma parte de una serie que aporta ideas para la enseñanza, el aprendizaje y la evaluación de distintas materias en las escuelas secundarias. Este texto se centra en el Diseño y la Tecnología y se divide en ocho secciones que abarcan: los motivos para su inclusión en el curriculo nacional del Reino Unido y el lugar que ocupa en él y en el marco de una educación global, la utilización del diseño y la tecnología, la estructuración de su aprendizaje y de la enseñanza según los tipos de estudiantes y alumnos, así como, ideas para las evaluaciónes. La última sección analiza los estilos de aprendizaje, la participación de los padres y el fomento de la autoestima.

Teaching and learning design and technology : a guide to recent research and its applications.

Este manual presenta un resumen de algunas de las investigaciones más importantes en diseño y tecnología de la última década. Los resultados están relacionados con la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la tecnología y el diseño en el aula. La investigación es relevante desde el nivel de la enseñanza primaria, secundaria y formación profesional. Abarca la enseñanza de estas materias como un tema separado o como integrado con otras áreas del currículo. Discute el desarrollo de libros de texto, el desarrollo curricular, la organización departamental, el aprendizaje de los niños, y el criterio de evaluación.