Browsing Engineering Systems - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Economic performance of product and process firms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)This dissertation refines the understanding of economic performance of firms, using data and practical insights from the automotive supplier industry. Firms in this industry are characterized as either product or process ... -
Effective information integration and reutilization : solutions to technological deficiency and legal uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The amount of electronically accessible information has been growing exponentially. How to effectively use this information has become a significant challenge. A post 9/11 study indicated that the deficiency of semantic ... -
Effects of hardware and soft features on the performance evolution of low-carbon technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)This dissertation studies how physical and non-physical features of low-carbon technologies evolve and influence performance evolution. This fundamental question about the role of hardware- and non-hardware ('soft') ... -
Effects of road-network circuity on strategic decisions in urban logistics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)This thesis proposes a research framework that leverages high-resolution traffic and urban infrastructure data to improve analytical approximation methods used to inform strategic decisions in designing last-mile distribution ... -
Electricity demand-side management for an energy efficient future in China : technology options and policy priorities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The main objective of this research is to identify robust technology and policy options which achieve substantial reductions in electricity demand in China's Shandong Province. This research utilizes a scenario-based ... -
Electricity generation and emissions reduction decisions under uncertainty : a general equilibrium analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The electric power sector, which accounts for approximately 40% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, will be a critical component of any policy the U.S. government pursues to confront climate change. In the context of uncertainty ... -
Electricity system planning with distributed energy resources : new methods and insights for economics, regulation, and policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)This dissertation demonstrates a novel integrated electric power system planning framework that incorporates distributed energy resources (DERs), flexible and price-responsive demand, and distribution network losses and ... -
Empowering consumers to reduce residential energy waste : designing, implementing, and evaluating the Connecticut neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)This thesis considers behavior change strategies to increase CT residential energy efficiency uptake in the context of an action research pilot. Action research includes experimental pilot deployment within a realworld ... -
Enabling systems thinking to accelerate the development of senior systems engineers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)As engineering systems become more complex, the roles involved in developing and managing such systems also become more complex. Thus, there is increasing interest in educating and training engineering professionals to ... -
The end of core : should disruptive innovation in telecommunication invoke discontinuous regulation?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)This research analyzes how a telecommunications regulator can balance regulation with innovation, at a reasonable cost. This question has gained critical importance for telecom regulators as the unregulated Internet ... -
The Energy Box : comparing locally automated control strategies of residential electricity consumption under uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The Energy Box is an always-on background processor automating the temporal management of one's home or small business electrical energy usage. Cost savings are achieved in a variety of environments, ranging from at pricing ... -
Energy system development in Africa : the case of grid and off-grid power in Kenya
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This research used a combination of a grounded theory approach and system dynamics to study the electric power system in Kenya and to model the feedback at work in the development of the system. The ethnographic study ... -
Engineering and policy analysis of strategic and tactical options for future aerospace traffic management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Current space launch/landing events are conducted only within Special Use Airspace (SUA), separate from air traffic. This is a strategic traffic management policy because SUA size and duration are set well in advance. It ... -
Ensembles of Adaptive One-Factor at-a-Time experiments : methods, evaluation, and theory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis recommends an experimentation methodology which can be used to improve systems, processes and products. The proposed technique borrows insights from statistical prediction practices referred to as Ensemble ... -
Essays on the dynamics of alternative fuel vehicle adoption : insights from the market for hybrid-electric vehicles in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Despite growing energy security and environmental concerns about dependence on oil as a transportation fuel, gasoline remains the overwhelmingly dominant fuel used by the US automotive fleet. Numerous previous efforts to ... -
Evaluating safety protocols for manned-unmanned environments through agent-based simulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Recent advances in autonomous system capabilities have improved their performance sufficiently to make the integration of unmanned and autonomous vehicles systems into human-centered civilian environments a realistic ... -
Evaluating storage technologies for wind and solar energy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Rapidly falling wind and solar energy costs over the past four decades have led to exponential growth in installation of these technologies. However, these intermittent renewables do not reliably produce power on demand. ... -
Evaluating the impact of advanced vehicle and fuel technologies in U.S. light duty vehicle fleet
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The unrelenting increase in oil use by the U.S. light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet presents an extremely challenging energy and environmental problem. A variety of propulsion technologies and fuels have the promise to reduce ... -
Exploring flexible strategies in engineering systems using screening models : applications to offshore petroleum projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Engineering Systems, such as offshore petroleum exploration and production systems, generally require a significant amount of capital investment under various technical and market uncertainties. Choosing appropriate designs ... -
Extending and automating a systems-theoretic hazard analysis for requirements generation and analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) is a powerful new hazard analysis method designed to go beyond traditional safety techniques-such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)-that overlook important causes of accidents like ...
