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Improved Obsolescence Management for Electronic and Control Systems (ECS) in NASA-International Space Station (ISS) Program.

Description:

The most expensive project in human history is the International Space Station (ISS); it has reached $160+ billions in total expenses. Currently, the lifespan of the ISS has been exceeded, and the spacecraft operations is projected for a minimum of 10 years. However, due to its aging technology,...

Author:

Djoko Djoukuimo, Gilles MI

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GW Unit:

Engineering Management

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D.Engr.

Advisor:

Blackburn, Timothy and Etemadi, Amir

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy, Malalla, Ebrahim, and Etemadi, Amir

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
An Easy-to-Implement Model to Determine the Percentage of Wake Energy from a Vessel Reaching the Shoreline

Description:

An Easy-to-Implement Model to Determine the Percentage of Wake Energy from a Vessel Reaching the Shoreline Across the country, cities are considering implementing or have implemented ferry service as a method of transportation. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there were...

Author:

Blackford, Joseph P.

Keyword:

ship wake

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Malalla, Ebrahim and Etemadi, Amir

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Informed Technology Adoption Decisions Based on Innovation-related Factors

Description:

The timely adoption of technology for organizations in making the right investment or divestment can be achieved by using multicriteria decision making approach with integrated views of established innovation theories, industry best practices in technology acquisition lifecycle, statistical...

Author:

Hsieh, David A

Keyword:

Gartner Hype Cycle, Technology Adoption, Techology Profile, Innovation, and Decision Making

GW Unit:

Systems Engineering

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Ebrahim, Malalla and Etemadi, Amir

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy, Malalla, Ebrahim, Etemadi, Amir, and Griffith, Mark

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Quantitative Purchasing Structure for Ferrous Scrap

Description:

The majority of steel manufacturers within the United States have employed electric arc furnaces (EAFs), which melt raw materials, for the production of steel. The raw material used in EAFs is referred to as steel, or ferrous, scrap. There are many different grades of ferrous scrap, which are...

Author:

Stefanek, Andrew Barry

Keyword:

Purchasing Structure, Chemistry of Ferrous Scrap, Quantitative, Ferrous Scrap, Pricing, and Recycled Steel

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Malalla, Ebrahim and Etemadi, Amirhossein

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Forecasting Optimality in Resource Utilization for Cloud Computing Systems to Maximize Quality of Service

Description:

Forecasting of resource utilization in large cloud computing systems is essential to maintain high-quality service and fulfill service level agreements to ensure cost-effectiveness and profitability. Accurately forecasting long-term resource utilization can be challenging, as it is dynamic and...

Author:

Seevaratnam, Niranjan

Keyword:

Machine Learning, Optimization, Cloud computing, Multivariate, Time series, and k-NN

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Malalla, Ebrahim and Etemadi, Amirhossein

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy, Malalla, Ebrahim, and Etemadi, Amirhossein

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
A Quantitative Performance-Oriented Capability Model for Better Adoption of DevOps in Software Product Organizations

Description:

This research study presents the concept of DevOps (or development and operations) performance clusters to measure DevOps teams performance, based on three metrics, two agility metrics (delivery lead time and deployment frequency) and a stability metric (mean time to recover). It uses a...

Author:

Gomaa, Taher

Keyword:

Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, and DevOps

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Malalla, Ebrahim

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy, Malalla, Ebrahim, and Etemadi, Amir

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Process Improvement Using Lean and Six Sigma to Support Priority Mail Package Delivery

Description:

In the package delivery industry, competitive advantage is changing with the evolution of customer expectation. The United States Postal Service (USPS) started with the delivery of letters, but had to restructure its company when the mailing of letters began to decrease, while simultaneously the...

Author:

Whiters, Chakeia

Keyword:

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Etemadi, Amir

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy, Malalla, Ebrahim, and Etemadi, Amir

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Maintenance reliability analysis for increasing parts availability and reducing operations and maintenance costs

Description:

The US Air Force (USAF)’s goal is to achieve aircraft availability (AA) rates similar to those of the commercial airline industry. Improving AA rates while reducing operations and maintenance (O&M;) costs is a major challenge for the USAF. This Praxis research identifies field-level components...

Author:

Brady, Joseph F.

Keyword:

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Malalla, Ebrahim and Etemadi, Amir

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy, Malalla, Ebrahim, and Etemadi, Amir

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
A Bayesian Networks Approach to Estimate Engineering Change Propagation Risk and Duration

Description:

An engineering change (EC) is an alteration made to a system that has beenreleased following a system design process. EC propagation is a series of ECs occurringdue to dependencies among components of a product. ECs can consume up to 50% of theoverall engineering efforts during development of a...

Author:

Alkas, Fatma Nur

Keyword:

Engineering Management, Bayesian Networks, and Engineering Changes

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Etemadi, Amir

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy and Malalla, Ebrahim

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Quantitative Risk Assessment Framework for Technology Insertion in High Complexity Systems

Description:

Uncertainty arising from immature technology is a major cause of programmatic risk. Programs continue to have poor results in terms of cost and schedule performance. This research seeks to improve program performance during the system development phase by better understanding the risks of...

Author:

Dowd, James Christopher

Keyword:

Technology Maturity, Technology Readiness Level, Risk Analysis, and Quantify Risk

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Etemadi, Amir

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy and Malalla, Ebrahim

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