Most of the current studies and solutions developed for building thermal control have been designed independent of the occupant feedback. An acceptable temperature range for the occupancy level is estimated, and control input is designed to maintain temperature within that range during occupancy hours. Consider office floors with cubicles, conference rooms, student dorms, homes, and other multi...

Traditionally, in building energy modeling (BEM) programs, occupancy inputs are deterministic and less indicative of real world scenarios, contributing to discrepancies between simulated and actual energy use in buildings. This paper presents an agent-based occupancy simulator, which models each occupant as an agent with specified movement events and statistics of space uses. To reduce the amou...

Side-impact crashes are often segregated into nearside and far-side crashes because the injury mechanisms in these crash types differ. Most sideimpact research and regulations are based on nearside occupant injuries, but far-side occupants (Figure 1.B) can also incur serious harm. Near-side occupants are those which are situated on the same side as the impacted side of the vehicle (Figure 1.A)....

employees’ satisfaction based on their physical environment is an important factor that can improve employees’ performance, job satisfaction, and organizational productivity in office buildings. occupants’ environmental satisfaction are related to 10 different characteristics, including thermal comfort, air quality, lighting, acoustic quality, office layout, workspace furnishing, cleanliness an...

In 1996, a national objective was established to reduce the rate of fatal accidents in aviation. To assist in determining the best methods for improving aircraft crash survivability, a combined approach was used involving database research and the examination of case studies of transport aviation accidents. The results of the study include recommendations for maintaining occupiable space, enhan...

This paper discussed the concept of using three simple sensors to monitor the behavioural patterns of an office occupant. The goal of this study is to capture behaviour information of the occupant without the use of invasive sensors such as cameras that do not maintain a level of privacy when installed. Our initial analysis has shown that data mining can be applied to capture re-occurring behav...

In the literature frontal crashes typically have been classified as full, large overlap, or small overlap impacts (SOI) in accordance with the degree of frontal area involvement. These classifications implicitly refer to the degree of longitudinal structure engagement during impact. While full and large overlap impacts have received considerable attention, SOI has undergone limited analyses thr...

This thesis deals with the questions of government regulation of road traffic safety. It examines the policies of the United States federal government to mandate the installation of automatic occupant restraints in automobiles as a case study. The history of occupant restraint regulation is first reviewed, followed by an introduction of a framework to examine the appropriateness of possible cou...

A significant fraction of fatalities involving passengers in automobile accidents is due to severe Head Injury. Head impact safety which in turn is the occupant safety is a significant consideration particularly in the design of Passenger Vehicles. During the rollover of SUV the head comes in contact with the parts such as the B-Pillar so in order to evaluate the occupant safety during rollover...