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MODELING THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS IN THE THAI CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A PILOT STUDY

  • Tanut Waroonkun;Rodney A. Stewart;Sherif Mohamed
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.845-848
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    • 2005
  • Technology transfer (TT) has been defined as the shared responsibility between the source and the destination for ensuring that technology is accepted and at least understood by someone with the knowledge and resources to apply and/or use the technology. The adoption of TT in construction industries is necessary for economic growth to occur in developing countries such as Thailand. This process should provide numerous benefits for the host sector in areas such as increased productivity, enhancement of product quality, cost savings, improvements in market share and entry to new markets. However, there are many factors, which may impact on the TT process and its subsequent outcomes for Thai construction firms and individuals, including, the transfer environment, learning environment, transferor characteristics and transferee characteristics. The performance and interaction of these enablers will influence the degree of value added to the local construction sectors in areas such as economic advancement, knowledge advancement and project performance. This paper presents a conceptual framework for international TT that accommodates the numerous factors believed to impact on the processes effectiveness. Through a Pilot Study, where 27 industry professionals from Thailand were interviewed, the significant factors which impact on the TT process have been identified along with the strength of interrelationship between individual and groups of factors. Future research seeks to target a greater sample of respondents with the view to validate the conceptual model and apply it on a number of large Thai projects where international TT was incorporated into the project agreement.

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Oxidation Behaviors of Porous Ferritic Stainless Steel Support for Metal-supported SOFC

  • Moon, I.J.;Lee, J.W.;Cho, H.J.;Choi, G.M.;Sohn, H.K.
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.196-200
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    • 2010
  • Recently porous metal has been used as supporting metal in planar type SOFC. In order to search optimum alloys for porous metal support and estimate the stability of metal-supported SOFC at high temperature, it is necessary to investigate the oxidation behaviors of porous material for metal support in comparison with dense material. Oxidation tests of porous and dense stainless steels were conducted at $600^{\circ}C$ and $800^{\circ}C$. Since the specific surface area of porous material is much larger than that of dense material, surface area should be considered in order to compare the oxidation rate of porous stainless steel with that of dense stainless steel. The specific surface area of porous body was measured using image analyzer. The weight gain of porous stainless steel was much greater than those of dense stainless steels due to its larger specific surface area. considering the specific surface area, the oxidation rate of porous stainless steel is likely to be the same as that of dense stainless steel with the same surface area. The change in chromium content in stainless steel during oxidation was also investigated. The experimental result in chromium content in stainless steel during oxidation corresponded with the calculated value. While the change in chromium content in dense stainless steel during oxidation is negligible, chromium content in porous stainless steel rapidly decreases with oxidation time due to its large specific surface area. The significant decrease in chromium content in porous stainless steel during oxidation may affect the oxidation resistance of porous stainless steel support and long term stability of metal-supported SOFC.

R&BD Performance Analysis of Defense Venture Program Using DEA (DEA를 활용한 국방벤처 지원사업 연구개발 및 사업화 성과 분석)

  • Park, Jin-Soo;Kim, Jin-Ha
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.50-59
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    • 2021
  • The defense venture support program supports development so that it can be applied to the defense sector based on their technology and ideas to revitalize the private advancement of small and medium-sized enterprises to the defense sector. Since 2015, it has been operated with contributions from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration and has supported 84 projects. Moreover, it is an early stage in which results have been derived after 2018. In this study, the R&BD efficiency derived according to the budget for each project was compared using data envelopment analysis and classified and analyzed according to the characteristics of each project to identify the performance factors for each outstanding project. Based on the analysis results, this study considered support plans for efficient support programs and continuous performance creation in the future. As a result, it is expected that the effectiveness of the defense venture support project will be strengthened, and excellent performance will be expanded based on this study.

Evidence-based Practices Convergence Issues for Advancement of Performance Analysis of Duksung Women's University Extracurricular Activities (덕성여자대학교 비교과교육과정 성과분석 고도화 근거기반 실제(evidence-based practices) 융합 쟁점)

  • Kim, Young-Jun;Kwon, Ryang-Hee
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.123-134
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    • 2021
  • This study was conducted for the purpose of convergence exploration of evidence-based practices for the advancement of performance analysis of the extracurricular activities at Duksung Women's University. The research method consisted of an expert meeting procedure along with a procedure for analyzing previous studies dealing with the performance analysis of the university's extracurricular activities in the field of pedagogy. The contents of this study consisted of presenting some facts that should be based on evidence for the advancement of performance analysis of the extracurricular activities after the establishment of the center for extracurricular activities in Duksung Women's University. And in practices, the development and diagnostic analysis of tools for diagnosing extracurricular customized learning capabilities, data-based multidimensional analysis (IR system), continuous monitoring analysis through extracurricular certification, and analysis based on feedback tools were presented in a convergence perspective and context. As a result of the study, the evidence-based practices for the advancement of the performance analysis of the extracurricular activities at Duksung Women's University guarantees the validity and stability of the performance evaluation and feedback system of the extracurricular activities at Duksung Women's University, and has a close influence on the extracurricular education work of other universities analyzed as possible.

Utilising artificial neural networks for prediction of properties of geopolymer concrete

  • Omar A. Shamayleh;Harry Far
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.327-335
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    • 2023
  • The most popular building material, concrete, is intrinsically linked to the advancement of humanity. Due to the ever-increasing complexity of cementitious systems, concrete formulation for desired qualities remains a difficult undertaking despite conceptual and methodological advancement in the field of concrete science. Recognising the significant pollution caused by the traditional cement industry, construction of civil engineering structures has been carried out successfully using Geopolymer Concrete (GPC), also known as High Performance Concrete (HPC). These are concretes formed by the reaction of inorganic materials with a high content of Silicon and Aluminium (Pozzolans) with alkalis to achieve cementitious properties. These supplementary cementitious materials include Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS), a waste material generated in the steel manufacturing industry; Fly Ash, which is a fine waste product produced by coal-fired power stations and Silica Fume, a by-product of producing silicon metal or ferrosilicon alloys. This result demonstrated that GPC/HPC can be utilised as a substitute for traditional Portland cement-based concrete, resulting in improvements in concrete properties in addition to environmental and economic benefits. This study explores utilising experimental data to train artificial neural networks, which are then used to determine the effect of supplementary cementitious material replacement, namely fly ash, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and silica fume, on the compressive strength, tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity of concrete and to predict these values accordingly.

A Study on the Advancement of the Government's Digital Employment Service (정부의 디지털 고용서비스 고도화에 관한 연구)

  • Woo Young Lee;Jae Kap Lee;Yeongdon Na
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.233-241
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    • 2023
  • This study analyzes the construction status of digital employment services in Korea and presents the direction of continuous advancement and development of digital employment services based on overseas cases and the latest digital technology development trends. Find out the specific digitalization promotion strategies and current status of major countries such as Belgium, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the United States. In addition, in order to present a plan for the development of digital employment services in Korea, we will propose a plan to expand digital employment services to online employment centers through individual and customized employment services, data openness, and expansion of public-private collaboration through digital employment services using AI and big data.

An Analytical Study on Structural Stability Evaluation and Design Improvement of Fire Truck Water Tank for Aircraft Rescue (항공기 구조용 소방차 탱크룸의 구조 안정성 평가 및 설계 개선에 대한 해석적 연구)

  • Hyukjin Kwon;Myeongcheol Kang;Suil Lim;Han wook Kim;Jungki Hong;Ho Lee;Yongson Hwang
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2023
  • In this study, the structural stability of the tank room of an aircraft rescue fire engine is to be studied. The tank room of the aircraft rescue fire engine is filled with fire extinguishing water and chemicals. Fire extinguishing water and chemical are filled to a capacity of about 12.5 tons and are subjected to high stress. The tank room is made of PP material with low yield stress. Structural analysis of the tank room is performed and structural weakness is analyzed. In addition, if a structural problem occurs as a result of structural analysis, an analysis simulation result is presented to derive an improved design and to show the validity of the structural stability of the tank room.

A Study of IT Convergence Technology For Health Exercise (건강운동을 위한 IT 융합기술의 접근 동향)

  • Kang, Seungae
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.15 no.3_2
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    • pp.77-82
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    • 2015
  • IT convergence has been approached from national strategic dimension with an aim to drive forward technology development and industrial advancement in other fields by taking the IT to the next advanced level, and has been the focus of intensive investment of research resources. Against this backdrop, IT convergence has emerged as a cutting-edge convergence industry that helps spur development of new growth engine being pushed forward at inter-ministerial level, as well as help turn the mainstay industries into high value-added industries and create new IT industry. Health-related convergence services have shifted its focus towards the exercise/sports and rehabilitation-oriented entertainment experiential industry away from conventional disease prevention and control-centric treatment/therapy technology industry. Thus, this study was intended to examine the trends of IT convergence technological development related to health exercise and present recommendation on the future course for development of major technologies and advancement of convergence industry, given the importance assigned to IT convergence.