In China, elevated levels of urban air pollution result in significant adverse health impacts for its large and rapidly growing urban population. An expanded version of the Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA), ...

Fuel cell vehicles appear promising for major reductions in local emissions and significant decreases in greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. Efficient fuel cells require hydrogen fuel. If the hydrogen ...

Hydrophobic surfaces that are robust can have widespread applications in various industries including energy, hydropower, and transportation. In particular, hydrophobic materials promote dropwise condensation, which results ...

Ninety percent of Pakistan's agricultural output is produced in fields irrigated by the Indus basin irrigation system, the world's largest network of canals, dams, barrages and tubewells. River flows, primarily fed by snow ...

Distributed energy resources (DERs) are projected to be significant components of the modern power grid, active players in electricity markets and salient tools used in the operation of electric grids. The objective of ...

Governmental industrial policies have great influence on industrial performances and development trajectories. The infant industry theory has been the dominating theoretical foundation of the industrial policies in developing ...

The potential role of renewable energy in producing electricity in industrialized countries has been gaining attention as issues like climate change and high fossil fuel prices more frequently occupy the minds of the public ...

After a decade of development, advanced telecommunications services (ATS) are widely available in many markets. This thesis is concerned with the impact of local competition and government regulation on the deployment of ...

This work investigates whether the advanced light water reactor designs with passive safety systems are more desirable than advanced reactor designs with active safety systems from the point of view of uncertainty in the ...