Browsing Technology and Policy - Master's degree by Title
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Quantifying emissions reductions from New England offshore wind energy resources
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Access to straightforward yet robust tools to quantify the impact of renewable energy resources on air emissions from fossil fuel power plants is important to governments aiming to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse ... -
Quantifying potential industrial symbiosis : a case study of brick manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Humanity is currently on an unsustainable path of growth and development. One tool to address sustainability in industrial activities is Industrial Symbiosis, which is the study of cooperation across industry boundaries ... -
Quantifying technology infusion and policy impact on low earth orbit communication satellite constellations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Technology infusion and policy implementation bring impacts to the trade space of complex engineering systems. This work describes in detail the frameworks for quantitative analyses on these impacts, demonstrates their use ... -
Quantifying the cost uncertainty of climate stabilization policies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Climate change researchers are often asked to evaluate potential economic effects of climate stabilization policies. Policy costs are particularly important because policymakers use a cost/benefit framework to analyze ... -
Quantitative analysis of alternative transportation under environmental constraints
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis focuses on the transportation sector and its role in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and conventional pollutant emissions. Specifically, it analyzes the potential for hydrogen based transportation, introducing ... -
A queuing model of airport congestion and policy implications at JFK and EWR
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Since the phasing-out of the High Density Rule, access to major commercial airports in the United States has been unconstrained or, in the case of the airports of New York, weakly constrained. This largely unregulated ... -
Radio Frequency Identification : regulating information privacy protection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)As applications of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) become more profuse, the technology itself is stirring up some controversy. Due to its potential for amassing large amounts of information about both people and ... -
Re-engineering knowledge networks for development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This thesis examines the evolution of Internet based knowledge networks (e-knowledge networks) in the domain of sustainable development. The objective of this thesis is to use an engineering systems approach to understand ... -
Redefining organizational boundaries : building an aware and agile organization by enabling new social interactions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Today's world is characterized by great turbulence and uncertainty. Rapid and discontinuous changes in technologies, regulation, competition, and demand are increasingly becoming the rule. Information is rapidly rendered ... -
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 ... -
Reengineering metrics systems for aircraft sustainment teams : a metrics thermostat for use in strategic priority management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)We explore the selection of metrics for the United States Air Force weapon system sustainment team empirically with emphasis placed on the incentive, structural and predictive implications of metrics. We define the term ... -
Regional estimates of the price elasticity of demand for natural gas in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)A misalignment of incentives in the gas pipeline construction process has caused growth of gasfired generation to outpace investment in new pipelines in New England. Limited gas capacity to the region has resulted in power ... -
Regulating electricity and natural gas in Peru : solutions for a sustainable energy sector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Peru is one of the fastest growing countries in Latin America, thanks in part to industry fueled by generous endowments of hydro power capacity and natural gas reserves. However, investment in electricity generation capacity ... -
Regulating mercury with the Clear Skies Act : the resulting impacts on innovation, human health, and the global community
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments require the U.S. EPA to control mercury emission outputs from coal-burning power plants through implementation of MACT, Maximum Achievable Control Technology, standards. However, in 2003 ... -
The regulation of internet interconnection : assessing network market power
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Interconnection agreements in the telecommunications industry have always been constrained by regulation. Internet interconnection has not received the same level of scrutiny. Recent debates regarding proposed mergers, ... -
Regulatory and technical barriers to wind energy integration in northeast China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)China leads the world in installed wind capacity, which forms an integral part of its long-term goals to reduce the environmental impacts of the electricity sector. This primarily centrally-managed wind policy has concentrated ... -
Regulatory issues controlling carbon capture and storage
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Climate change is increasingly being recognized by governments, industry, the scientific community, and the public as an issue that must be dealt with. Parties are pursuing various strategies to reduce CO₂ emissions. ... -
Remote information organization and decentralized education
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Resiliency of interdependent gas and electricity systems : the New England case
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)According to the Presidential Policy Directive 21, the natural gas and the power systems should be able to recover quickly following a disaster and also be able to anticipate high-impact, low-probability events, rapidly ... -
Resource use in the Chinese building sector : foundations for analyzing urban transition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Around the world, people are moving to cities in order to become wealthy, especially in developing countries undergoing socio-economic transition. This will dramatically change the way that society consumes resources, in ...
