• Packaging Cold Chain Program Improvement 

      Cardona Colón, Laura (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      With the growing trend of biologic medicines coming to the market, a packaging engineering group needed to create an internal cold chain process to meet market demand in this area of cold shipments; although there is a ...
    • Packaging Line Efficiency Improvements with the Implementation of a Centralized Packaging Line Control System 

      Negrón Ocasio, Frank (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Efficiency is a process measurement of the ability of generating a required output with the minimum amount of resources. A high efficiency is crucial for a packaging line as it is an important aspect of cost control ...
    • Packaging Lines Minor & Minor/Major Changeover Time Reduction on a Pharmaceutical Company 

      Rodríguez Rivera, Gerardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Every company that wants to be competitive has to implement SMED or changeover reduction in every process that this technique could be applied. The two major difficulties that companies encounters are: Product ...
    • Packaging Preventive Maintenance Rationalization and Lean Pilot at a Pharmaceutical Company 

      Cuadrado Torres, Juan L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2011)
      Abstract - The downtime developed by the poor maintenance scheduling techniques used in a manufacturing plant produces a huge amount of loses, financially and timely speaking. This project looks to use DMAIC methodology ...
    • Packaging Process Improvement in a Manufacturing Environment 

      González, Rosa L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      A manual filling, packaging and labeling process implicates significant labor intensive tasks that will result in non- standard process with high variability. This non-standard process has resulted in more than 20 ...
    • Paperless Harness/Cables Fabrication 

      Torres Agosto, Brenda (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      This project focused on Paperless Harness/Cables Fabrication for Documentation Control in an aerospace company. Documentation control improves paperwork handling, the gathering and filling of all the documentation ...
    • Parallel DFT Implementation and Benchmarking in Cluster Architecture 

      Vélez Rodríguez, William (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      For the execution of very large DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), where the implementation size is limited by the memory available in a single processor, it is still convenient to use the larger memory afforded by the ...
    • Parallel Evaluation of Large Scale Hierarchical Clustering Results 

      Cruz Rodríguez, David (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract ⎯ Data clustering refers to the automatic grouping of object based on their similarity, i.e., similar objects should be in the same group and dissimilar objects should be in different groups. In particular, for ...
    • Parallel Plates Internal Heat Transfer Analysis for Electronic Cooling 

      Meléndez Colón, Alex R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Two-dimensional heat transfer analysis using the Integral Equation Method between a series of parallel plates with uniform surface heating to determine the Temperature Distribution as a Thermal Model for a Supercomputer ...
    • Parametric Study of Lift-Drag Coefficients vs. Geometric Parameters of Axial Compressor/Turbine for Flow Blade Interactions 

      Gerena Colón, Diolinete del C. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This project is a parametric study of the Lift-Drag coefficients from blade hub to tip radius of Axial Compressor/Turbine for flow blade interactions. The study contemplates the effect of Lift and Drag forces varying ...
    • Parenterals Vial Manufacturing Filling Area Yield Improvement Project 

      Ortega Pérez, Josué (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      In the Parenterals Pharmaceutical industry a quality, financial and manufacturing measure of how the process is being operated and that measures the appropriate use of materials, excipients, and active product ingredients ...
    • Particle detection tool for liquid product inspection machines 

      García Duprey, Angie Ly (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Improvements opportunities were found during the inspection process of recent manufactured lots in new manufacturing single-use technology, which was validated due to expected increase in product demand. An increase ...
    • Parts Washer Filling Load Optimization 

      Torres Rodríguez, Nilsa (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
      Parts washers are used in new manufacturing and remanufacturing processes; they are designed to clean, degrease and dry bulk loads of small or large parts in preparation for assembly, inspection, surface treatment, ...
    • Past Due Reduction on 37mm Syringe Filters Manufacturing Line 

      Miralles, Alejandro (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      In Pall Life Sciences Puerto Rico, the past due on the 37mm manufacturing line was at $262,000 and continues increasing. The root cause for this issue is due to a mix of material shortage and customer demand increase. After ...
    • Patillas Dam Failure Analysis Modeling Using HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS Simulation Programs and Geographic Information System 

      Negrón Alfonso, Carlos A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Carlos Negron Alfonso, Master’s in Civil Engineering Candidate, in cooperation with the Final Project conducted a Dam Breach Analysis for the Patillas Dam. This hydrologic and hydraulic study will assess the potential ...
    • Performance @ppraisal: Using Empirical Data to Evaluate Job Performance 

      Aponte-Lucena, José A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2010)
      The Performance @ppraisal is a threetier web application implemented in the U. S. Probation Office for the District of Puerto Rico to evaluate the job performance of their staff using empirical data extracted from ...
    • Performance Evaluation in SQL Server 

      Hidalgo Lorenzo, Simonely (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Adatabase table with millionsof rowscould take a long time to retrieve, insert, update,and delete data. The evaluationin thispaperconsists of create indexes, apply normalization process, and create surrogate key to improve ...
    • Performance Evaluation System Web-Application 

      González Hernández, Joselyn (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - This report is focused on explaining the aim of the web tool Performance Evaluation System in an enterprise environment. We will have details of why the decision was taken to design and develop a tool with the ...
    • A Personal Health Monitoring and Emergency Assistance Mobile Application 

      Rosario Colón, Jonathan D. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      As digital technology continues to advance; new opportunities arise for enhancing emergency response and health management. The Be Safe mobile application focuses on identifying these opportunities and leveraging today's ...
    • Phosphate Waste Reduction Initiative 

      Rivera, Edgardo L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Budget Waste Expense increased by more than 20% due to incremental phosphate waste (PHOW) during new product lot campaign at Amgen Manufacturing Limited. This constant PHOW increase was pointing toward a possible root cause ...