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Encryption to implement mechanism design solutions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
Encryption - the process of encoding information - mitigates the damage that comes from obstacles to exchange: private information, limited communication, and limited commitment. Here I would emphasize specifically that ...
Sustainability implications of remanufacturing textiles in India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
With the increasingly unsustainable nature of industrialized and industrializing nations, new industrial processes are being explored to determine a more sustainable pathway for countries looking to boost their manufacturing ...
Computer aided tax avoidance policy analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
his thesis presents a three part methodology for analyzing the ow of taxable income in large partnership structures. The method forms the basis for prototypical software which would clarify many complicated basis adjustment ...
STEM crisis or STEM surplus?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is a crucial driver of the U.S. economy. Over the last decade, there has been significant concern regarding the adequacy of the supply of STEM workers ...
VacSeen : semantically enriched automatic identification and data capture for improved vaccine logistics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Vaccines are globally recognized as a critical public health intervention. Routine immunization coverage in large parts of the developing world is around 80%. Technology and policy initiatives are presently underway to ...
The Past as prologue : the value creation of batteries on the U.S. electric grid as a function of time and location
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
We simulate the revenue generated by transmission-connected, small scale energy storage in the energy and capacity markets using historic prices across 10,000 U.S. locations from 2014 to 2017. On average, including capacity ...
Modeling barriers to cost change in solar and nuclear energy technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The cost of photovoltaic systems has declined more rapidly than other electricity production technologies, while nuclear plant costs have risen. Changing costs have contributed to global energy transitions in the past, and ...
Decentralized economic dispatch for radial electric distribution systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Electricity power systems, typically a very slow-moving and traditional industry, is in a state of flux as technological innovations, such as rooftop solar, home energy management systems, and electric vehicles, are being ...
Will millennials save the planet? : generational trends in vehicle ownership & use
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Anecdotes that Millennials are fundamentally different from prior generations are prevalent in the American media. One claim often repeated is that Millennials, happy to rely on public transit or ride-hailing, will not ...
The role of long duration energy storage in decarbonizing power systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Plans for a decarbonized power system call for a significant increase in generation from variable renewable energy (VRE) sources, i.e. wind and solar. Yet, the intermittency of these resources introduces new challenges in ...