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Modeling and control of airport departure processes for emissions reduction
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Taxiing aircraft contribute significantly to the fuel burn and emissions at airports. This thesis investigates the possibility of reducing fuel burn and emissions from surface operations through a reduction of the taxi ...
A technoregulatory analysis of government regulation and oversight in the United States for the protection of passenger safety in commercial human spaceflight
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Commercial human spaceflight looks ready to take off as an industry, with "space tourism" as its first application. Paying passengers are likely to begin taking suborbital spaceflights within the next several years, both ...
Stakeholder value network analysis for space-based earth observations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The Earth Science and Applications decadal survey released by the National Research Council in 2007 presents both an ambitious engineering challenge and a challenge for the entire Earth science community to come together ...
What drives spacecraft innovation? : a quantitative analysis of communication satellite history
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The overall goal of this research is to develop a better understanding of how innovation can, and should, happen in the space sector. Part A: Towards an Empirical Measure of Spacecraft Innovation, frames the discussion of ...
Impact of alternative nuclear fuel cycle options on infrastructure and fuel requirements, actinide and waste inventories, and economics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The nuclear fuel once-through cycle (OTC) scheme currently practiced in the U.S. leads to accumulation of uranium, transuranic (TRU) and fission product inventories in the spent nuclear fuel. Various separation and recycling ...
Metrics for enterprise transformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The objective of this thesis is to depict the role of metrics in the evolving journey of enterprise transformation. To this end, three propositions are explored: (i) metrics and measurement systems drive transformation, ...