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Material substitution in electric vehicle manufacturing : comparing advanced high strength steel and aluminum
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
In electric vehicle production, the high cost of battery manufacture motivates investment in energy efficient and lightweight vehicle designs. A common lightweighting strategy is to substitute Advanced High Strength Steel ...
Occupational skill mismatch and the consequences to employment outcomes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
An increase in the stock of high skilled workers boosts labor productivity, though economic theory suggests some of the effect may be attenuated by skill mismatch. This research begins to identify and quantify the mechanisms ...
Evaluating electricity generation expansion planning in Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Ghana, a West African nation of 28 million people, provides an interesting case study on the interaction between power supply and politics in emerging economies. From 2012-2016, due to security of supply issues around hydro ...
Gene drives and international trade : an analysis of World Trade Organization rules and their governance of ecosystem-altering organisms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The development of self-propagating gene drive containing organisms may have wide-reaching consequences, including for international trade. Given compelling potential applications in disease mitigation and pest management, ...
The fallacy of equating "blindness" with fairness : ensuring trust in machine learning applications to consumer credit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Fifty years ago, the United States Congress coalesced around a vision for fair consumer credit: equally accessible by all consumers, and developed on accurate and relevant information, with controls for consumer privacy. ...
The development of visualized risk-informed tradespace exploration (vRITE) for R&D investment decision-making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Uncertainty and risk are endemic in research and development (R&D) programs. Managing risks is a pivotal step at all phases of system design, but is particularly important at the beginning phases where system designers ...
Building nature conservation : masonry from alkali-activated industrial waste & the economics of ecosystem services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
India's soaring population elicits increased demand for construction materials and waste generation. Incumbent materials such as the fired clay brick demand high energy manufacturing processes and pose serious environmental ...
Decarbonizing the Indian power sector by 2037 : evaluating different pathways that meet long-term emissions targets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The Indian government is aiming to reduce carbon emissions intensity in the power sector through incentivizing the addition of renewables sources into the grid. India has set the goal that at least 40% of total power ...
The value of pumped hydro storage in a decarbonized world
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Countries around the world have pledged to decarbonize their electricity sector in order to address climate change. In this thesis we investigate the role of pumped hydro storage (PHS) in decarbonizing power generation in ...
Robot-proofing economic development: econometric, growth diagnostic, and machine learning evidence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Over the course of the 2 0 th century numerous economies have leveraged export-driven industrialization strategies to grow wealthier. The advent of automation technology, however, threatens to disrupt the low-cost manufacturing ...