Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico: Recent submissions

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    • Orion’s Force Class Ship 

      Báez Medina, Liz Marie (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The United States Navy (hereinafter referred to as Navy) submitted a request for proposals (RFP) for a new class of surface ships titled Force Class Ship. Orion Industries submitted a proposal for their design which they ...

    • Cross-Functional Teaming and Eradication of “Stove Piping” in Government Acquisition 

      Ortiz Martinez, José Orlando (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Throughout the years, Government Acquisition has been affected by a situation called “Stove piping”, which restricts the flow of information and channels it through vertical lines of control. This results in duplication ...

    • Mejoras en el proceso de asignación de fondos 

      Correa Medina, Jimmy R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      El proyecto presentado muestra el problema existente para los clientes en recibir fondos para la reparación de todas sus instalaciones dañadas. En el mismo se puede entender cuál es el objetivo principal que es lograr ...

    • Mejoramiento del proceso de estudios de campo e instalaciones 

      Ramos Sanabria, Héctor L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      El proyecto que se presenta a continuación se compone del mejoramiento del proceso de estudios de campo e instalaciones en una empresa de telecomunicaciones. Aquí se encontrará un desglose de todas las reuniones con diversos ...

    • Optimization of the Receiving Request Process for Jurisdiction and Classification 

      Rosado Seguinot, Ernesto (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The purpose of the project is the centralization of jurisdiction and classification (JC) of commodities and technology in a single unit for the entire Pratt & Whitney organization, as well as to unify and standardize the ...

    • Reduction of Lighting Energy Consumption by 25% Site Wide 

      Ramos Betancourt, Alberto C. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The lighting energy consumption is typically overlooked at Department of Defense facilities because, if it works and provides sufficient lighting, no one complains. The key to achieving energy savings through lighting, is ...

    • Improvement of Operational Controls to Prevent Avoidable Legal Compliance Situations which could Adversely Impact Company Performance 

      Suarez, Omar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Ineffective organizational controls could result in a variety of unexpected consequences for an organization as they could contribute to unclear direction and insufficient control mechanisms. The efforts of this project ...

    • Insulin Cartridge Alternate Source Initiative 

      Pringle, Milton J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This paper addresses a supply chain problem related to a molded component that is externally manufactured in a company in Singapore. It details the current situation, reason for undertaking the project and its goals and ...

    • US Army Distributed Simulation Capabilities 

      Maldonado Valentín, Juan J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Budget reduction, debt ceiling, Government costs have become a big problem to the United States government and politicians. This issue has arisen because of the possible debt ceiling reaching its limit and the economy not ...

    • Oportunidades de Crecimiento Laboral en el Sector Público 

      Pérez Pichardo, Jimmy (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      El proyecto Oportunidades de Crecimiento Laboral en el Sector Público nace de la propia experiencia del autor que se enfrenta desde sus inicios en la Administración de Vivienda Pública, una agencia del Estado Libre ...

    • Incoming raw material receiving optimization 

      Negrón, Jaco (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Every company seeks for new ways to grow their business, but such growth adds new challenges in the operation. Increment in overtime expenses and backlogs are the most common challenges nowadays; lack of communication and ...

    • El impacto del paradigma constructivista en la enseñanza de matemáticas 

      Lara Cotto, Carmen M. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      The constructivist paradigm offers important implications to educators about the teaching and learning of mathematics. The curricular reforms in the mathematics classroom, in its majority, emerge from constructivist ...

    • Techniques for Functional and Structural Testing of Software 

      Cruz Triana, Alfredo; Méndez, Adrián E. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      This work will present the structural and functional approaches as software testing process techniques. The software testing process is one that consumes at least half of the labor expended to produce a working program. ...

    • Simulation of the Antenna Pattern of Arbitrarily Oriented Very Large Phase/Time-Delay Scanned Antenna Arrays with Systematic and Random Errors 

      Ortiz, Carlos R. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      A computer simulation to determine the field pattern of arbitrarily oriented, very large phase/time delay scanned antennas was developed. The simulation takes into account errors present in antenna arrays. These are ...

    • Semisolid Metal Processing 

      Alexandrou, Andreas N.; Burgos, Gilmer R.; Entov, Vladimir M. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      Processing of metal alloys in their mushy state represent a new trend in metal processing. The process produces components with low porosity, high crack resistance, fine microstructure, and better mechanical properties ...

    • 5S Method Implementation in Power Department’s Warehouse of the Tren Urbano of Puerto Rico 

      González Madera, Ismael (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      The Tren Urbano of Puerto Rico has a lot of material, equipment and tools to make the maintenance works. Many of them are electrical and there is a Power Department to make them. This department has been having problems ...

    • Research of Anterior Cervical System using different materials 

      Lugo Vélez, Isabel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      With the continuous worldwide demand for anterior cervical systems, Medtronic Spinal Division decided to makes changes in the manufacturing process in order to meet this demand. The company decided to introduce some new ...

    • Improve Major Changeover Procedure in MK0431AR Coating Area 

      Rodriguez De Jesus, Cesar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Today, most plants are running multiple products per line per day, including varieties of the same products, requiring many changeovers with the intense pressures to boost production efficiency, meet increasing consumer ...

    • Capability Development Enhancement to Sustain Business Needs 

      Henríquez, Camille M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Organizational capability is one of the most important qualities for a company to succeed. In order for a company to have a good organizational capability, their employees need to be capable of completing their jobs on ...

    • Cycle time reduction based on structured Fist-in-First-out queue management control 

      Ramos, Beatriz (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Queue management systems are set up to manage ticket ranking for a service. In this case, tickets received are for engineering software and electronic library issues within the company and all its subsidiaries. The steps ...