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The projected pathways and environmental impact of China's electrified passenger vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
As the world's largest market for car sales, China's rapidly rising number of light-duty vehicles (LDVs) on the road have resulted in serious problems such as increasing CO2 emissions, energy insecurity, and air pollution. ...
Using multi-criteria decision analysis to assess private sector agents' preferences and priorities in stocking malaria rapid diagnostic test kits in Uganda
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Diagnosis of malaria is important in order to ensure early and effective treatment, to facilitate public health surveillance, and to prevent drug resistance. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are an important tool in ...
CrowdConcept : assessing the crowd's creative capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Crowdsourcing creative work - the process of outsourcing a creative task to a large online community or crowd - has grown in popularity over the last decade and is now considered a serious design strategy. However, there ...
Future vehicle types and characteristics : reducing fuel consumption through shifts in vehicle segments and operating characteristics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Light duty vehicles represent a notable target of regulation in the United States due to their environmental, safety, and economic externalities. Fuel economy regulation represents one of the more prominent attempts to ...
Enhancing astronaut mobility through spacesuit kinematics and interactive space outreach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Human spaceflight programs are facing new challenges rising from the evolution of the exploration agenda, as well as the changing international panel of actors. Planetary exploration missions will require intensive ...
Bridging the innovation gap through funding : the case of MIT Deshpande Center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The idea of gap-funding program, in which academic scientists are given research funding for developing proof-of-concept and prototype, has recently attracted attention as a policy measure of commercializing academic ...
Matching energy storage to small island electricity systems : a case study of the Azores
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Island economies rely almost entirely on imported diesel and fuel oil to supply their energy needs, resulting in significant economic and environmental costs. In recognition of the benefits of clean energy development, ...
Serious games for improved defense contracting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Gaming has been explored as a research technique in complex systems to explore human interactions within technical domains. These so-called "serious games" are designed for purposes outside of pure entertainment and are ...
Economics of end-of-life materials recover : a study of small appliances and computer devices in Portugal
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The challenges brought on by the increasing complexity of electronic products, and the criticality of the materials these devices contain, present an opportunity for maximizing the economic and societal benefits derived ...
PrivacyInformer : an automated privacy description generator for the MIT App Inventor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
With the advent of "smart" mobile phones and ubiquitous mobile applications, the pace at which people generate, access, and acquire data has accelerated significantly. In this thesis, we first examine how privacy issues ...