Vinicius Affonso de Carvalho

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Title: Design methodology for the development of an upper limb orthosis for a hemiplegic patient. This research established an upper-limb orthosis design method by directly creating a customized upper-limb orthosis for hemiplegic patients. The main function of this orthosis is to support the gripping of objects, allowing the patient to execute their daily activities with autonomy. The particularity of this custom-made design and the amplitude of knowledge acclaimed by this project demanded the collaboration of several experts such as "ideators", medics, kinesiotherapists, researchers and engineers, in most conception phases, until its completion. The upper-limb orthosis design method developed by this research have been the base for further customized equipment design in the field of research in accessibility for disabled people. Keywords: User centered design, Iterative design, Hemiplegia, Spasticity, Customized orthosis, Design method.

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SMB - Describe the different steps of the process with the associated times: do a field study, propose improvement axes, calculate the associated gains, encourage lean projects. The whole work was divided into two main activities: the description of the execution of the process time and the implementation of lean projects. The description of the process was based in a systematic verification and calculation of the individual time of each main step. On the other hand, the implementation of lean projects allowed me to use my technical knowledge and creativity in order to solve problems and optimize the processes in terms of time. Both activities were developed simultaneously in a relation of co-dependence. As result, an Excel sheet was created in order to estimate the financial outcome of the projects that has been implemented. Furthermore, the Excel sheet was also used to register and organize the collected data. The Excel sheet generated useful information to integrate the enterprise's WMS system that will be a theoretical base to further lean projects at the enterprise. Keywords: Rhenus Logistics, logistics, operation time, WMS, lean projects, optimization.

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Optimization of the University Hospital Center of Grenoble delivery system logistics

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I was responsible for assisting the "Nature and technology in contemporary society" class. During my time as assistant for this class, I was in charge of developing support classes, aiming to simplify the general content of the class and preparing the students for the exams. The general result was very positive. Both professor and students noticed an important improvement at the student's performance.