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Design of a low cost bamboo footbridge
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Nowadays the construction business, more so than other industries, is responsible most of the environmental issues that our society encounters. Given the increasing concern our impact on the environment, the need for new ...
Centro Migrante : self-help housing community for transient seafarers in Manila
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The design of sustainable housing in developing countries involves social, economical and technical issues and requires a more global and integrated planning action. In these countries, housing systems need to be designed ...
A remedial approach to stabilize a deep excavation in Singapore
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Ground improvement methods are commonly adopted in deep excavation to minimize wall deflection, wall bending moment and strut force. In this thesis a different approach to the application of ground improvement techniques ...
Development and implementation of a coral health assessment tool for St. John, USVI
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Coral health in St. John, US Virgin Islands, has shown tremendous declines in recent years, with more than 50% declines in live coral cover. As one component of a group project to assess the possible impacts of anthropogenic ...
Improving high-frequency bus service reliability through better scheduling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Developing a schedule for high-frequency bus routes involves balancing the costs to the passengers in terms of passenger waiting time and in-vehicle time and the cost to the transit agency. Passengers are interested in ...
A comparative analysis of supply chain management practices by Boeing and Airbus : long-term strategic implications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The goal of this research is to develop an improved understanding of supply chain management strategies and practices being pursued by Boeing and Airbus in the 787 Dreamliner and the A380 Navigator programs, respectively, ...
Health and water quality monitoring of Pure Home Water's ceramic filter dissemination in the northern region of Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Pure Home Water (PHW) is a social enterprise that promotes and disseminates household drinking water technologies in the Northern Region of Ghana. Currently their main product is a pot-shaped Potters for Peace-type ceramic ...
Optimizing and verifying an ensemble-based rainfall model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
In this thesis, I modified, optimized, and verified the stochastic Recursive Cluster-point Rainfall model of Chatdarong (2006). A novel error metric allows comparison of the stochastic ensemble of rainfall image forecasts ...
Modeling the fate and transport of nitrogen and sediment within coastal embayments on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The recent rises in resident and tourist populations on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands have spurred the construction of new roads and housing developments throughout much of the island. As a result, a number of ...
Lane changing models for arterial traffic
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Driving behavior models for lane-changing and acceleration form an integral component of microscopic traffic simulators and determine its value in evaluation of different traffic management strategies. The state-of-art ...