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Privatizing the Saudi electricity sector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Electricity demand in Saudi Arabia has been growing rapidly with an average peak demand growth rate of 6% over the past decade. Currently, the structure of the electricity industry is based on a monopoly framework dominated ...
Challenges facing agriculture : evaluation of the impact of AgTech, recommendations, and opportunity identification in food waste reduction
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Global food production faces severe challenges that will test the world's ability to mobilize technology, industry participants, and governments to develop a sustainable response. Feeding a growing population and accommodating ...
The future of fashion & human gesture control : exploration of a wearable communication device for sign language speakers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
This thesis is a design research project which began as an exploration of how to leverage clothing to further enhance capabilities and human computer interaction. While on this journey, this objective evolved with the help ...
A vascular imaging system for longitudinal registration and mapping of superficial vessels with quantitative analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Superficial vasculature presented on human skin is a stable and unique network across different individuals and contains important physiological information that is less understood and studied. Potential clinical applications ...
Structural and aesthetic design applications of flexible, thin-film solar cells to power off-grid tensile structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Despite global trends in decreasing costs of silicon-based solar panels, the adoption of solar energy solutions as an alternative to fossil fuels has been impeded by high installation and manufacturing costs, as well as ...
Self-Interfaces : utilizing real-time biofeedback in the wild to elicit subconscious behavior change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In this thesis, I introduce Self-Interfaces as a method for creating behavior change. Self-Interfaces are interfaces that intuitively communicate relevant aspects of covert physiological signals through biofeedback to give ...
Design of a measurement device for bread dough proofing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The structure of yeasted breads is created during the multiple stages of bread-making: mixing, proofing, and shaping. These stages serve to develop a network of gluten and air bubbles which leaven the dough and allow it ...
Systems analysis, design, and testing for an agricultural soil compaction sensing device
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The World Resources Institute (WRI) and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimate that global agricultural food production will need to increase 56% between 2010 and 2050 to meet projected caloric ...
Design of an airborne wind energy (AWE) research platform
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Airborne wind energy (AWE) technologies have the potential to become a dominant source of clean electricity generation and help humanity reach many of the key sustainable development goals (SDGs) established by the United ...
Challenges in implementing cross-disciplinary design experiments in a large scale introductory physics class; a case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
A set of new design-based physics experiments were jointly developed by the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Physics departments and implemented in a large-scale, introductory physics course, 8.02 ...