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Product design team interactions and peer feedback as indicators of team success
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Teams have become ubiquitous. They are used at all levels of academia, government, and industry, and their use spans all sectors and fields. Much work has been done on the factors that affect a team's performance and how ...
Dynamic capabilities in related diversification : the case of geothermal technology development by oil companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
During the peak oil price period of the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s, 12 major oil firms decided to diversify into the geothermal energy business under the assumption that they could easily leverage their upstream ...
Design for affordability in defense and aerospace systems using tradespace-based methods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Program failures have plagued the defense and aerospace industry for decades, as unanticipated cost and schedule overruns have rendered the development of systems ineffective in terms of time and cost considerations. This ...
Uncertainty in synthetic biology for release and possibilities for regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The emerging field of synthetic biology is developing rapidly and promises diverse applications. Many anticipated applications, particularly those involving release of engineered microbes into the environment or human ...
Reducing the contribution of the power sector to ground-level ozone pollution : an assessment of time-differentiated pricing of nitrogen oxide emissions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) is a prevalent air pollutant across the United States and a requisite precursor for tropospheric (ground-level) ozone formation. Both pollutants significantly impact human health and welfare, so National ...
STEM crisis or STEM surplus?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is a crucial driver of the U.S. economy. Over the last decade, there has been significant concern regarding the adequacy of the supply of STEM workers ...
Unexpected consequences of demand response : implications for energy and capacity price level and volatility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Historically, electricity consumption has been largely insensitive to short term spot market conditions, requiring the equating of supply and demand to occur almost exclusively through changes in production. Large scale ...
Bridging gaps in synthetic biology oversight : iGEM as a testbed for proactive, adaptive risk management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
On the surface, the emerging field of synthetic biology looks highly similar to that of genetic engineering. However, the two fields are based upon divergent underlying logic structures. Whereas genetic engineering affects ...