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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 systems framework and modeling approach to predict and manage the mental health effects of a military conflict
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) poses complex challenges for policymakers that systems analysis could help elucidate. True population prevalence and future clinical need are highly uncertain, because ...
Measurement and prediction of inpatient case manager workload in a tertiary hospital setting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
A patient's care needs often extend past discharge from an acute hospital setting. At Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), inpatient case managers, acting in a discharge planning capacity, help develop and coordinate the ...
Potential housing bubble with Chinese characteristics : analysis and policy design through an operational model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis analyzes the potential housing bubble in the Chinese urban housing market. Using an operational model built on system dynamics (SD), it explores the unique housing market structures, information flows, key ...
Implementing postponement into low-volume/high-variability manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Aircraft Company X (AX) manufactures and assembles an immense variety of parts utilized as drive systems and rotor components across its multiple aircraft. The company's value proposition is maintaining the ability to build ...
Greenhouse gas equivalency metrics for evaluating energy technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This thesis addresses a long-standing question about how to compare energy technologies that emit different types of climate forcers during their life cycles. This problem is challenging because these forcers have dissimilar ...
Predictive modeling of fulfillment supply chain for delivery performance improvement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017-10-30)
NIKE, Inc. Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) represents sales from NIKE-owned retail stores and internet websites. DTC is experiencing tremendous growth and is projected to account for 32% of NIKE's revenue by 2020. DTC Digital ...
Machine learning ecosystem : implications for business strategy centered on machine learning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
As interest for adopting machine learning as a core component of a business strategy increases, business owners face the challenge of integrating an uncertain and rapidly evolving technology into their organization, and ...