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The role of industrial carbon capture and storage in emissions mitigation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology holds potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector. Industrial CCS applications, however, are more challenging to analyze than CCS in the power sector ...
Exogenous drivers of public transit and ride-hailing ridership: a study of policy intervention, COVID-19, and the relationship between ride-hailing and public transit in Chicago
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-09)
Public transit is a crucial component of the urban mobility system for many cities, but several recent shocks have threatened its continued function. Additionally, Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) have grown rapidly ...
Minigrids for electrification : policies to promote industry growth
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The International Energy Agency estimates $331 billion dollars will be invested over the next 12 years to provide energy access to the 1.1 billion people who currently lack access to reliable electricity service. Of the ...
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 ...
Computer vision-based post-disaster needs assessment from low altitude aerial imagery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)
Over the past decades, climate change has driven an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters. In an effort to increase the situational awareness and timely support for search and rescue missions in the ...
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, ...
Exploring design based wilderness education : a pedagogy to develop design thinking, an engineering science worldview, and leadership capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This study explores the experience of students during the implementation of a design-based wilderness education curricula. I introduce the concept of a curriculum that combines the pedagogies of design-based learning and ...
A comprehensive computer-aided planning approach for universal energy access : case study of Kilifi, Kenya
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
In 2009, it was estimated that 1.4 billion people in the world lack access to electricity, and approximately 2.7 billion people rely on biomass as their primary cooking fuel. Access to reliable electricity and modem forms ...
Data-Centric Business Transformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Today's digital business environment is imposing a great transformation challenge on the enterprises to effectively use vast amount data in order to gain critical business insights to stay competitive. In their aim to take ...
A Causal Framework to Evaluate Racial Bias in Law Enforcement Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-05)
We are interested in developing a data-driven method to evaluate race-induced biases in law enforcement systems. While the recent works have addressed this question in the context of police-civilian interactions using ...