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Re-imagining the Maison Tropicale : a 21st century prefabricated building system inspired by Jean Prouvé
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Re-Imagining the Maison Tropicale proposes new system for prefabrication, applied to the context of tropical housing. Given the failure of contemporary prefabricated systems to provide creative solutions that can be ... -
The re-industrial city : what case studies from New York and San Francisco tell us about the urban manufacturing resurgence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)After a century of economic and planning trends that sent industry overseas and to the suburbs, manufacturing is stabilizing, if not growing, in American cities. This is good news for many urbanists eager to attract the ... -
Re-Innovation Nation: The Strategic and Political Logic of Technology Transfer Policy in Rising China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)This project examines China’s efforts to accelerate its economic rise using technology extraction policies, defined as measures that condition foreign access to China’s market on technology transfers to domestic firms. ... -
The re-positioning and new brand creation of telecommunications companies in an IT society
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)The telecommunications industry has developed differently, in each nation, depending on the political, economic, and cultural environment within each country. Only the technology has achieved some standardization in order ... -
Re-sourcing manufacturing processes in metal forming operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Deciding which activities to conduct in-house and which to outsource has become increasingly important due to its implications on a company's supply chain and overall business model. A number of factors can lead a company ... -
Re-Stitching the Fabric: Urban Highway Removal as anOpportunity for Equitable, Sustainable Transformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)The detrimental effects of a century of highway construction and use in U.S. cities are clear. From polluting the air, contributing to climate change, encouraging urban sprawl, and entrenching racial and economic injustice ... -
Re-strategizing healthcare facility design : the comprehensive outpatient center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)During the past decade, medical facility design has gone through enormous change not only because of new health care management system but exploding technological advances in diagnostic equipments and fast communication ... -
Re-strengthening demineralized bone via tannin-iron crosslinking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)As the world population continues to age, the social and economic impacts resulting from osteoporosis will continue to rise. New treatments for the disease are needed now more than ever. Using tannin iron complexes we show ... -
Re-targeting of anthrax toxin binding for immunomodulation and targeted cancer therapy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)The intracellular delivery of cytotoxic proteins is a longstanding goal in drug development. This is challenging due to biological membranes, which prevent facile entry of macromolecules into the cellular cytosol. Anthrax, ... -
Re-thinking highest and best use : implementing smart development in support of smart growth : a case study in Santa Fe, NM
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This paper answers the questions "where to develop?", "for whom to develop?", and "what to develop?" from a double bottom line perspective of profit making and social benefit, using a 3-acre property in Santa Fe, NM as an ... -
Re-Thinking Urban Retail: The Design and Planning of “Dark Stores” and Public Spaces Case Study: Manhattan, New York
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)The retail industry has transformed into various formats due to the fast-paced social and sharing economy changes driven by technological advancements. The recent concept, grocery “dark stores” (retail facilities that are ... -
Re-urbanizing Ismailia : by implementing an urban infill housing strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Ismailia is a modem Egyptian city located midway along the Suez Canal, the renowned waterway linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The city was developed in 1983 following a French archetype, in collaboration with ... -
Re-usability of plastics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)A research project was designed in order to learn more about the quality of recycled plastics when compared to new material. The study was carried out by researching and learning about how the recycling process operates. ... -
The re-use of vacated commercial sites in downtown Boston
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Re-using a town.
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Re-using downtown waterfronts.
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[Re]collection : surfaces, bodies, and the dispersed home
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis seeks to identify notions of comfort and domestic habitation within the public spaces of Manhattan using a series of [re]collective practices. [My definition of] home is found along the surfaces of the city and ... -
REACH : the local social favor exchange : a proximal messaging system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)We define proximal messaging as that category of information transaction that takes into account the physical, social and temporal proximity between the sender and recipient as it relates to the content of the message. We ... -
Reachability analysis and deterministic global optimization of differential-algebraic systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Systems of differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) are used to model an incredible variety of dynamic phenomena. In the chemical process industry in particular, the numerical simulation of detailed DAE models has become a ... -
Reachability and robust design in dynamic systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Systems of engineering interest usually evolve in time. Models that capture this dynamic behavior can more accurately describe the system. Dynamic models are especially important in the chemical, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical ...
