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Smart Device Data Acquisition Strategies
Smart Sensing Devices Are Reshaping Human-Centered Research & Forming New Product Portfolios In the rapidly...
In Silico Design Verification Testing of Medical Devices
Once computational modeling and simulation (CM&S) was officially sanctioned by the FDA, “regulatory grade...
Managing PFAS Risk: Secure Operational Assessments
It is not unreasonable to think of PFAS ( per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in the world of modern material...
SES Force-4 & Ramboll Collaborate to Help Manage Risk With PFAS Operational Assessments
Recognizing the scale of this task and other existing and anticipated regulations, Ramboll, Stress Engineering...
Container Closure Integrity in Parenteral Packaging
In the pharmaceutical industry, Container Closure Integrity (CCI) stands as a linchpin, ensuring the safety, efficacy,...
New Helium Leak Test Equipment to Quantify Sterile Barrier Leak Path Size
SES/Force-4 Microbial sealing is the core design tenet of pharmaceutical drug delivery systems (combination products),...
The Potential for Chronopharmacology to Revolutionize Patient Outcomes
In the realm of medicine, the understanding of how timing influences drug efficacy has given rise to the promising...
EU’s Sustainability Initiatives will Change US Packaging Forever
European Union Sustainability Directives The EU has made a very strong regulatory commitment to sustainability...
Creating Connection with User Experience in Product Design
-A Survey of Key Development Points for Consideration We live in a time when personal human experience is often sought...
Materials datasheets aren’t wrong – they’re just not (always) relevant.
Testing under relevant conditions for relevant results We’ve all been there. Maybe we need to select a new (or...
A materials-based perspective for problem solving.
An introduction to a materials-based perspective for inclusion in engineering teams At its core, the field of...
AI and generative tools in industrial design.
Generative Product Design An Inevitable Progress for Human-Centered Industrial Design Artificial Intelligence (AI) is...
Understanding User Needs
All product and device developers aim to conceive new innovative solutions to meet and exceed consumer needs and solve...
The Accelerated Quest to Gather Human-Centered Data
“Each person has an identity, a world unto themselves.” -Robert Allan Zimmerman For generations, business leaders have...
Human Centered, Human Factors Design Engineering – A Lost Opportunity
Break the manufacturing automation and test equipment log jam.
There is a “perfect storm” when it comes to custom manufacturing automation and validated custom test equipment development. A combination of current events and long-term trends makes it very challenging to have a well-engineered, validated custom product test system or manufacturing automation developed. The reasons for this situation include: The current and debilitating impact of…
An Argument for Human-Centered Design
The importance of human-centered design and human factors engineering in product and packaging design is punctuated by the serious burn injury and death of young children in fires caused by the spilling of gasoline near a gas-fired hot water heater (Pediatric Burn Injuries & Gas Cans (medicinenet.com). These tragedies began to emerge after the introduction…
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