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Assessment of ocean thermal energy conversion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a promising renewable energy technology to generate electricity and has other applications such as production of freshwater, seawater air-conditioning, marine culture and chilled-soil ...
Strategic frameworks in automotive systems architecting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
More often than not, large-scale engineering concepts such as those used by creative automotive manufacturing companies require the incorporation of significant capital outlays and resources for the purposes of implementation ...
Platform project management : optimizing product development by actively managing commonality
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Product platforms have proved to be an effective strategy for designing and manufacturing products in companies that provide different products for different customer needs. By designing common parts and creating product ...
Understanding crowd funding : cost of capital and factors for success
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Since the advent of Web 2.0, crowd funding has played an increasingly important role as a means of financing for startup companies. Crowd funding is a particular means of financing where money is obtained from the public ...
Exploring the use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to develop systems architectures in naval ship design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The U.S. Navy designs and operates the most technologically advanced ships in the world. These ships incorporate the latest in weapons technology, phased array antennas, composite structures, signature reduction, survivability, ...
Open architecture framework for improved early stage submarine design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Could transparency between current disparate methods improve efficiency in early stage submarine design? Does the lack of transparency between current design methods hinder the effectiveness of early stage submarine design? ...
Organizational assessment processes for enterprise transformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Enterprise transformation is a dynamic process that builds upon and affects organizational processes. Organizational assessment plays critical role in planning and execution of enterprise transformation. It allows the ...
Application of system safety framework in hybrid socio-technical environment of Eurasia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The political transformation and transition of post-Soviet societies have led to hybrid structures in political, economic and technological domains. In such hybrid structures the roles of government, state enterprise, ...
Analysis of on-premise to cloud computing migration strategies for enterprises
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
In recent years offering and maturity in Cloud Computing space has gained significant momentum. CIOs are looking at Cloud seriously because of bottom line savings and scalability advantages. According to Gartner's survey ...
A system theoretic safety analysis of friendly fire prevention in ground based missile systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis used Dr. Leveson's STAMP (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Process) model of accident causation to analyze a friendly fire accident that occurred on 22 March 03 between a British Tornado aircraft and a US ...