Browsing Technology and Policy - Master's degree by Title
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Potential for reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. light-duty vehicle fleet
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap solar heat in the atmosphere, raising its temperature. While comprising only about 5% of global population, the U.S. is responsible for nearly one fourth of global annual CO2 ... -
Power generation from geothermal resources : challenges and opportunities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)As we enter the 21st century, increasing concerns about global warming have stimulated an upsurge of interest in the use of non-fossil energy technologies for electricity production. As a result there is an opportunity for ... -
Power of networks : a study of health franchises in resource limited settings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Billions of dollars are spent to develop drugs for infectious diseases in developing countries. How will these drugs along with clinical services be delivered to the patients who currently do not have access to them? Health ... -
Preliminary assessment of the impact of commercial aircraft on local air quality in the U.S.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This thesis examines the impact of aircraft emissions on local air quality by performing two analyses: an assessment of U.S. commercial aircraft contribution to county budgets of primary pollutants in nonattainment areas, ... -
Primitive-based payment systems for flexible value transfer in the personal router
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)The Personal Router is a mobile communication device developed by the Advanced Network Architecture group at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science. The Personal Router is able to select and negotiate connectivity with ... -
Process based cost modeling of emerging optoelectronic interconnects : implications for material platform choice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Continuously increasing demand for processing power, storage capacity, and I/O capacity in personal computing, data network, and display interface suggests that optical interconnects may soon supplant copper not only for ... -
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 ... -
Production system design and its implementation in the automotive and aircraft industry
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The projected pathways and environmental impact of China's electrified passenger vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)As the world's largest market for car sales, China's rapidly rising number of light-duty vehicles (LDVs) on the road have resulted in serious problems such as increasing CO2 emissions, energy insecurity, and air pollution. ... -
Promoting innovation in electricity distribution networks : new tools for regulators and planners
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in the adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) in distribution networks around the world. In most jurisdictions the increase in DERs has been met with a "fit and ... -
Prospects for increased low-grade bio-fuels use in home and commercial heating applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Though we must eventually find viable alternatives for fossil fuels in large segments of the energy market, there are economically attractive fossil fuel alternatives today for niche markets. The easiest fossil fuels to ... -
Prospects for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the United States : a general equilibrium analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) could significantly contribute to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from personal vehicle transportation in the United States over the next century, depending on the ... -
Public awareness of carbon capture and storage : a survey of attitudes toward climate change mitigation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program in the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at MIT conducted a survey of public attitudes on energy use and environmental concerns. Over 1,200 people, representing ... -
Public health impacts of excess NOx̳ emissions from Volkswagen diesel passenger vehicles in Germany
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)In September 2015, the Volkswagen Group (VW) admitted the use of "defeat devices" designed to lower emissions measured during VW vehicle testing for regulatory purposes. Globally, 11 million cars sold between 2008 and 2015 ... -
Public-private partnerships : security and emergency response collaboration in a new threat environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)September 11th, 2001 marks the worst terrorist action to occur on United States soil and opens a new period in history in which indiscriminate terrorist acts are possible, if not probable. Many of these possible acts, as ... -
Public-private partnerships in space projects : an analysis of stakeholder dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)In Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), private partners assume more responsibility for public projects than in traditional approaches. The larger responsibility of the private partner is expected to improve efficiencies ... -
Putting policy in drive : coordinating measures to reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. light-duty vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The challenges of energy security and climate change have prompted efforts to reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions in light-duty vehicles within the United States. Failures in the market for lower rates of fuel ... -
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 ...
