Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Experimental Design in Operations 

      Wang, Chonghuan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      Experimental design has been fundamental to many fields, yet applications in operations research (OR) and operations management (OM) bring in complexities, as well as opportunities, that extend beyond classical statistical ...

    • Junctions and Strands: Breaking Property Tradeoffs in Polymer Networks and Composite Polymer Electrolytes 

      Herzog-Arbeitman, Abraham (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      This dissertation first examines the mechanics of polymer networks, specifically material toughness and the nature of material fracture. Polymer networks, which include tire rubber, windmill turbine blades, tissue engineering ...

    • Abiotic and Biotic Polymer Degradation to Inform Sustainable Design 

      Tantawi, Omar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      As global plastic production continues to rise, understanding environmental processes governing plastic degradation is crucial to inform the sustainable design of polymers. This thesis is structured into three chapters, ...