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The role of organizational culture in creating secure and resilient supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis aims to understand the role that organizational culture plays in creating secure and resilient supply chains. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the government's subsequent response, propelled ...
Use of fiber reinforced polymer composite in bridge structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Fiber reinforced polymer composite (FRP) is a new construction material, gradually gaining acceptance from civil engineers. Bridge engineering is among the fields in civil engineering benefiting from the introduction of ...
Enabling waste elimination, learning, and continuous improvement through standardization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Many manufacturing companies have developed their own operating system, usually based upon the Toyota Production System, in an effort to improve productivity, quality, and profitability. Continuous improvement is a central ...
Low-impact development in the Assabet River Watershed : site hydrologic design and watershed-scal implications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Low-Impact Development (LID) is a relatively new approach to stormwater management. It aims to mimic natural hydrology through increased recharge and decreased runoff. LID technologies focus on distributed treatment of ...
Development of program implementation, evaluation, and selection tools for household water treatment and safe storage systems in developing countries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Over the past six years, the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Master of Engineering program has undertaken various projects involved with the design and implementation of a wide range of household ...
Multi-criteria analysis : an alternative approach for the evaluation of road pricing strategies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Interest in road pricing among political leaders, transportation analysts, academics, and government agencies has increased in recent years. There are myriad reasons for this newfound consideration, but the deployment of ...
Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The hydrology of a semiarid broadleaf forest in Dhofar (Oman) is investigated by performing a field experiment and a modeling study. Based on the results of the field experiment, the ecosystem in Dhofar is classified, for ...
Carbon and electron flow via methanogenesis, So₄²⁻, NO₃⁻ and Fe³⁺ reduction in the anoxic hypolimnia of upper Mystic Lake
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The profiles of CH₄ and CO₂ obtained by the use of a novel sampler, along with the profiles for nitrate (NO₃⁻), sulfate (So₄³⁻)and iron (Fe²⁺) were used to estimate the rates of the various anaerobic decomposition reactions ...
Material invariant properties and reconstruction of microstructure of sandstones by nanoindentation and microporoelastic analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The diversity of sandstones and sandstone properties that exist in nature pose a significant problem for engineers who deal with these materials, whether in oil well exploration and exploitation or art and architectural ...
An evaluation of household drinking water treatment systems in Peru : the table filter and the safe water system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) storage, and education. Tests on the SWSs in Peru demonstrated 99.6% E.coli removal and 95% total coliform removal. Only 30% of the SWSs tested contained water at or above the WHO-recommended concentration of free ...