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    • Retired Homes and Elderly Building Evacuation Plan: Aguada 

      Quiñones Ramos, Bryan J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      On September 20, 2017, Puerto Rico was struck by a category 4 hurricane that left billions of dollars in damages and thousands of people died. But the most casualties from this catastrophe were from the elderly community. ...

    • Reverse Engineering Challenges solved step-by-step to demonstrate the many uses of reverse engineering for the Graduate Programs at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico 

      Maldonado, Joel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      The field of reverse engineering has seen many different applications such as analysis of computer viruses and malware such as trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, and so on. Other uses involve analyzing legacy ...

    • Revisión de Fallas en Procesos de Inspección en la Construcción 

      Enríquez Pantaleón, Orlin D. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      El proceso de contratación de inspectores, interpretación de guías y comunicación en la industria de la construcción ha experimentado fallas en ciertas áreas. Este trabajo tiene la visión de optimizar las fallas ...

    • Right to Operate Training Metric Improvement 

      Peña Castillo, Magaly (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      This research was focused on understanding why operators are unable to complete their trainings on time. Thus, impacting manufacturing support and increasing the effort of those operators that are qualified and ready ...

    • Rio Humacao Channelization Viability Study 

      Marrero Guinot, Francisco J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      Río Humacao is located in the southeast coast of Puerto Rico and it flows generally northeastward and then southeastward and enters the alluvial floodplain at the town of Humacao, 6 kilometers upstream from its mouth. Major ...

    • Risk Assessment Practices 

      Vera Pujols, Wilfredo R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      To an enterprise, one of the most important assessment that should develop is the Risk Assessment. This practice includes identify the threats that can affect the business continuity. In addition, is necessary classify ...

    • Risk Management Process Improvement 

      Cortés, Roxangely (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      The object of this project is an information technology company located in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Said company employs the Risk Management process to identify and mitigate potential issues that could become risks as ...

    • Risk Prevention in Syringe Filling Line in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant 

      Caballero Rodríguez, Alvin (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Risk prevention in syringe filling line can be achieved through the implementation of “Defense in Depth” concepts. Defense in Depth is based on the integration of 3-layers of operational controls which are Equipment, ...

    • Risk-Based Viable and Non-Viable Monitoring Sampling Plan for Microbial Control Program within ISO 7 Cleanroom 

      González Ramírez, Karen (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The project intends to present a sitespecific risk assessment in order to design a custom viable sampling plan for a compounding pharmacy, which aseptically prepares patient-specific therapies. Additionally, the project ...

    • Riveter Machine Reconditioning for Output Capacity Increase 

      Porcell, Edgardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The ability to ramp up or down production in order to quickly respond to customers’ demand is a necessity in today’s competitive lean manufacturing environments. Output capacity bottlenecks forces manufacturing plants ...

    • Río Sabana Streambank Erosion Control and Restoration at Urb. Alamar, Luquillo, Puerto Rico 

      Esteban Correa, Luan M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2010)
      The construction of new developments on floodplain areas has become a common practice in Puerto Rico. This practice entails the placement of fill inside the river floodplain causing the relocation of the river channel ...

    • Sales Forecasting and Monitoring in an Engineering Services Company 

      Ramos, Jaime E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Forecasting is a powerful business tool when used appropriately. It helps to provide a vision of the expected outcome of any business metric such as sales. The current forecasting process of an engineering sales company ...

    • A Scalable Architecture for Enterprise Level Call Center Design 

      Morales Irizarry, Jorge (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This article presents a project module of a larger Information Technology initiative as purposed by Company X. The module illustrates research efforts into potentially viable solution options through the use of network ...

    • Scour Analysis and Countermeasures Recommendations for the New Bridge Construction on PR-9 over Rio Cana Ponce, Puerto Rico 

      Hiciano Matías, Wendy M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Scour is a natural phenomenon caused by the erosive action of flowing stream on alluvial beds. Failure of bridges due to scour at their foundations, which consist of abutments and piers, is a common incident. An accurate ...

    • Scour Evaluation of Bridge 2487 in Cayey, Puerto Rico 

      Matta, Alberto L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - Scour at bridges should be monitored constantly using proper procedures in order to secure the safety of the public. According to The US Department of Transportation the most common cause of bridge failures is ...

    • Scrap Reduction Evaluation of Filling Equipment and Short-Term Improvement Implementation 

      Fontanez Mercado, Marta N. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      This paper seeks to document an approach to reduce scrap losses using the Lean Six Sigma tools for process improvement in a lean manufacturing environment. The Lean Six Sigma methodology views lean manufacturing, ...

    • Scrap Reduction in Printing Area 

      Torres Bonilla, Jeydi Zoé (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The New Solutions Manufacturing Line consists of the following areas: Mixing, Printing, Filling, Pouching, Sterilizing and Packing. Its first commercial lot was manufactured in March 2017. Data trends identified that the ...

    • Scrap Reduction of Ventral Hernia Product in Foil Pouches for Manufacturing Line #7 

      Matos Torres, Hector L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Scrap generated in finished products is one of the top contributors that negatively impact the production goals and budget in most of the production industries. This paper shows a scrap reduction project conducted in a ...

    • Second Row 60% Seat Cushion Optimization 

      Colón Hernández, Eva M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
      This paper discusses changes in a seat mechanism design to address an issue found as part of automotive validation. For an automotive manufacturer, prototype vehicles were found to have insufficient retention of the second ...

    • Securing HTTP Communication for Homemade IoT Projects 

      De la Vega López, Jose R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The Internet of Things (IoT) is a topic in the Computer Science and Engineering field that has rapidly grown in the last couple of years. The popularity of the topic has made different companies to make proprietary IoT ...