Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 12 Issue 1

A study of the competency requirements of property development graduates to meet the qualifications of the South African construction industry

Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman

This paper aims to investigate the competency requirements of property development (PD) graduates at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) as an approach to fulfil the…

Empirical investigation of wireless sensor network performance in noisy environments

Silvanus Teneng Kiyang, Robert Van Zyl

The purpose of this work is to assess the influence of ambient noise on the performance of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) empirically and, based on these findings, develop a…

Reliability-based analysis and design of steel frames with different supports

Olufikayo Aderinlewo, Gabriel Ayodele Alade

The behaviours of four indeterminate frame-support combinations namely Type I (with fixed supports), Type II (with pinned supports), Type III (with fixed-pinned supports) and Type…

The career advancement of the professional women in the UK construction industry: The career success factors

Nirodha Gayani Fernando, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

– This paper aims to explore and investigate the career success of professional women in the UK construction industry.

Financial feasibility and value engineering principles integrated quality function deployment for a manufacturing organization: A case study

P. Rajiv, R. Logesh, Sekar Vinodh, D. Rajanayagam

– The purpose of this paper is to report a case study in which financial feasibility integrated quality function deployment (QFD) approach was implemented.

Hypothesis testing-based adaptive PSO

Yanxia Sun, Karim Djouani, Barend Jacobus van Wyk, Zenghui Wang, Patrick Siarry

– In this paper, a new method to improve the performance of particle swarm optimization is proposed.

Development of integrated ECQFD, LCA and sustainable analysis model: A case study in an automotive component manufacturing organization

Sekar Vinodh, K. Jayakrishna

– The purpose of this paper is to propose a new framework to evaluate the sustainability of product at design and development phase in the modern manufacturing system.

Innovation in footwear companies – does it pay off?

Andreia Filipa Soares Passos Cardoso, Marko Torkkeli

Low- and medium-technology sectors' (LMTs) role in modern economies has been overshadowed by the argument relating knowledge creation to R&D and thus to high-tech industries…