Their comparative packaging assessment tool provides a life-cycle approach, from manufacture to disposal, to help understand the implications of design decisions.
Characteristics of emergent interactions and the implications of designing for them are discussed.
Likewise, few planners understand the health implications of design, land use, or transportation decisions.
Lego is just one piece of the puzzle – or brick in the wall – but he believes it allows local residents to see first-hand the implications of design decisions.
Much research focuses on environmental implications of design decisions and on methods to determine and influence products' environmental impacts.
The economic implications of designing BWR cores with hydride fuels instead of conventional oxide fuels are analyzed.
The working examples are analyzed, and the implications of design or inherent complexities in each category are discussed.
Further, these provide quantitative evidence on the implications of design choices, e.g. : 1) alterations in the design can be used to locally enhance or reduce tissue loading, 2) compliant features can aid in relieving local surface pressure.
Dr. Schueller will also discuss another new frontier, the use of mobile phone applications as mental health interventions especially in the service of treating and preventing depression and the implications of designing tools to improve one's mental health.
She is internationally recognized for her research on the social and psychological implications of design, particularly urban open space, affordable housing, outdoor space in healthcare, and environments for children and the elderly.
