<p>The dialysis ward at Karolinska University Hospital is a highly pressurized work environment filled with critical treatment situations where patient’s lives can be constantly in danger. Staff have to deal with a myriad of alarms and error codes in response to their patients varying ailments. The workforce at the dialysis ward lack controlled environment training, sufficient to address all of the potential treatment scenarios, with no risk of jeopardizing the patient’s condition.The purpose of this essay is to design and test the efficacy of using an IT based device for dialysis education at Karolinska University Hospital.The main topics this essay intends to address are:</p><p>• Identification of user scenarios and training fields.</p><p>• Prioritization of key training areas.</p><p>• Utilization of IT in effective staff training.</p><p>• Design of a conceptual prototype.</p><p>The process focuses on the user and their needs. Selected methods within training needs analysis and user centered system design have been conducted throughout the process. This includes user and task analysis to map the activity, followed by workshops and a close relationship between developer and end-users to create conceptual prototypes and user scenarios.The research concludes that there is a need for a training device able to simulate real dialysis treatments. It shows that training routines are more important than to train the actual physical handling of the dialysis machine. The preferred training device is a medium advanced simulator used via a computer screen.This report is written in Swedish.</p>

The dialysis ward at Karolinska University Hospital is a highly pressurized work environment filled with critical treatment situations where patient’s lives can be constantly in danger. Staff have to deal with a myriad of alarms and error codes in response to their patients varying ailments. The workforce at the dialysis ward lack controlled environment training, sufficient to address all of the potential treatment scenarios, with no risk of jeopardizing the patient’s condition.The purpose of this essay is to design and test the efficacy of using an IT based device for dialysis education at Karolinska University Hospital.The main topics this essay intends to address are: • Identification of user scenarios and training fields. • Prioritization of key training areas. • Utilization of IT in effective staff training. • Design of a conceptual prototype. The process focuses on the user and their needs. Selected methods within training needs analysis and user centered system design have been conducted throughout the process. This includes user and task analysis to map the activity, followed by workshops and a close relationship between developer and end-users to create conceptual prototypes and user scenarios.The research concludes that there is a need for a training device able to simulate real dialysis treatments. It shows that training routines are more important than to train the actual physical handling of the dialysis machine. The preferred training device is a medium advanced simulator used via a computer screen.This report is written in Swedish.

In my senior project I work with the unseen furniture: the side table. The name, Quadro, is a combination of the italian word quattro that means four and the latin word ”quadratum” or ”quadratus.”  After conducting an analysis of different side tables, I concluded that the side table's function is primarily to elevate other artifacts. I draw connections to the creation of identity through consumption and have created a sidetble through combining furniture design and conceptual design. The project was finalized with a survey to see if identity is visible through the selection of artifacts. / I mitt projekt arbetar jag med den osedda möbeln: sidobordet. Namnet Quadro är en blandning mellan italienskans quattro som betyder fyra och latinets ”quadratum” eller ”quadratus”. Efter analys av olika sidobord kom jag fram till att sidobordets primärfunktion är att höja upp andra artefakter. Jag drar kopplingar till identitetsskapande genom konsumtion och har skapat ett sidobord genom att kombinera möbeldesign med konceptuell design. Projektet slutförs med en undersökning för att se om identitetsskapandet går att observera genom valet av artefakter.

<p>This thesis project is based on a business idea where users can design their own t-shirt online. The project shows the first step in the development process where a prototype for a user interface is created and evaluated.</p><p>The purpose of this thesis project is to answer the following question:</p><p>How does one develop a user interface for t-shirt design with consideration to interaction design theories?</p><p>In order to answer this question the design process began with scheduling the work at hand. The first step was to build a conceptual model based on specifications made prior to this project. This conceptual model became the foundation for the physical design.</p><p>A high fidelity prototype was created using Macromedia Flash and Actionscript 2.0. The prototype was used to evaluate usability and user friendliness of the user interface. This was done through user testing and field studies which included user observations and a paper based survey. The evaluation results showed some problems in the user interface that affected usability and user friendliness. These problems were broken down to a problem ranking list which can be used as a base for future development and evaluation of the user interface.</p>

This thesis project is based on a business idea where users can design their own t-shirt online. The project shows the first step in the development process where a prototype for a user interface is created and evaluated. The purpose of this thesis project is to answer the following question: How does one develop a user interface for t-shirt design with consideration to interaction design theories? In order to answer this question the design process began with scheduling the work at hand. The first step was to build a conceptual model based on specifications made prior to this project. This conceptual model became the foundation for the physical design. A high fidelity prototype was created using Macromedia Flash and Actionscript 2.0. The prototype was used to evaluate usability and user friendliness of the user interface. This was done through user testing and field studies which included user observations and a paper based survey. The evaluation results showed some problems in the user interface that affected usability and user friendliness. These problems were broken down to a problem ranking list which can be used as a base for future development and evaluation of the user interface.

This study has investigated the conceptual feasibility of a rocket propelled kinetic energy penetrator (KEP), designed for the handheld recoilless rifle Carl-Gustaf® 84 mm calibre system, from an exterior ballistics perspective. The methodology is based upon evaluating the aerodynamic properties of different conceptual design proposals through CFD-simulations and then performing trajectory analysis to assess their exterior ballistic performance. In particular, the main focus has been to optimize the stability, velocity and spin rate of the KEP. The results of the study indicates that the final chosen KEP design retains, from an aerodynamic perspective, longitudinal stability for Mach numbers up to 4.5, regardless if the rocket motor is ignited or not. Furthermore, if using NK1384 propellant, the final chosen design in the study is, according to the calculations, able to achieve a maximum velocity of 0.7⋅v_ref and retain a minimum velocity of 0.628⋅v_ref in the horizontal range of [0.318⋅x_ref,0.648⋅x_ref] measured from the shooter. In addition, the angular spin velocity achieves a maximum value of 15.5 Hz, satisfying the performance limitation of the rocket motor which only functions properly for frequencies up to 30 Hz, while simultaneously providing a sufficiently considered spin rate in order to average possible thrust and mass deviations of the KEP. The results also show that if using ammonium dinitramide (ADN) propellant, the KEP is able to achieve a maximum velocity of 0.786⋅v_ref, retain a minimum velocity of 0.628⋅v_ref in the horizontal range of [0.28⋅x_ref,0.98⋅x_ref] and achieve a maximum spin rate of 17.5 Hz. / Den här studien har på ett konceptuellt plan undersökt om det är möjligt att konstruera en raketdriven kinetisk energi-pil (KE-pil), designad för det rekylfria Carl-Gustaf® 84 mm granatgeväret. Studiens metod grundade sig i att undersöka olika konceptuella designförslag och utvärdera deras aerodynamiska egenskaper genom CFD-simulationer för att sedan genomföra bansimuleringar och bedöma deras ytterballistiska prestanda. Framför allt fokuserades det på att optimera KE-pilens stabilitet, hastighet och rollvinkelfrekvens. Resultaten från studien indikerar att det ur ett aerodynamiskt perspektiv är möjligt att statiskt stabilisera KE-pilen för Machtal upp till 4.5, oavsett om raketmotorn är antänd eller ej. Vidare, vid implementering av NK1384-krut lyder prestandaspecifikationerna enligt följande för studiens slutgiltiga designförslag enligt genomförda beräkningar. Den maximalt uppnådda hastigheten är 0.7⋅v_ref och en minimumhastighet om 0.628⋅v_ref kan upprätthållas inom det horisontella intervallet [0.318⋅x_ref,0.648⋅x_ref ] räknat ifrån skytten. Vidare uppnås en maximal rollvinkelfrekvens på 15.5 Hz, vilket tillfredsställer raketmotorns prestandabegränsning om en maximal rollvinkelfrekvens på 30 Hz, samtidigt som detta är en god frekvens för att utjämna eventuella avvikelser från raketmotors avsedda massflödesriktning tillika avsedd massdistribution hos KE-pilen. Om krutet i stället byts ut till ammoniumdinitramid (ADN) kan en maximal hastighet om 0.786⋅v_ref uppnås, en minimumhastighet om 0.628⋅v_ref kan upprätthållas inom intervallet [0.28⋅x_ref,0.98⋅x_ref ] och den maximala rollfrekvensen är 17.5 Hz.