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Cross-Domain Knowledge Management Strategy for a Mission Areas within the Force Projection Sector

Description:: The purpose of this research is to develop a knowledge management strategy for sea control mission area within the Force Projection sector. This research focuses on developing a KM strategy for the programs with FPS mission areas in order to breakdown the current organizational stovepipes that...
Author:: Daniel, Camille Roxanne
Keyword:: KM Strategy, Cross-Domain, KM culture, FPS, Knowledge Management, and Stove-Pipes
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Eggstaff, Justin and Islam, Muhammed
Committee Member(s):: Blank, Richard, Sarkani, Shahram, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

System Design and Information Logistics: Following the Business Process Using a Context Aware Framework

Description:: The future success of traffic management is contingent upon the advancement of information logistic systems. The ability to provide accurate, valid, and timely information is critical to the effectiveness of an intelligent transportation system’s ability to improve public safety and economic...
Author:: Williams, Joi Young
Keyword:: System Design, Information Logistics, Process-oriented Information Logistics, Context-aware Framework, Systems Engineering, and Intelligent Transportation System
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Earnest, Ken, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Mitigating Systems Obsolescence Using Multi-Criteria Decision Methods

Description:: Advances in technology have caused many systems to be plagued by obsolescence, which has operational, logistic, reliability, and cost implications. Proactively managing obsolescence is pivotal to its mitigation in mission systems. An important aspect of proactive obsolescence management is...
Author:: Adetunji, Oluwatomi O.
Keyword:: Simulations, Systems Engineering/Engineering Management, Decision Analysis/Management, Operations Research, Logistics/Supportability, and Obsolescence/DMSMS
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Willy, Christopher and Bischoff, John
Committee Member(s):: Etemadi, Amir, Murphree, E. Lile, Sarkani, Shahram, Snyder, James, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Practical Framework for Digital Service Innovation in the Public Sector: Improving North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code Usage to Enable the Convergence of the Public, Private, and Multinational Participants

Description:: This research is an exploratory study to identify underlying elements of a practical framework to enable the implementation of digital service innovations in the public sector. Barriers and gaps exist within the public sector digital service ecosystem. This research explores and identifies...
Author:: Stewart, Marcus Lamar
Keyword:: Regression Analysis, Digital Services, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Public Sector, and Digital Government
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Eggstaff, Justin and Islam, Muhammad
Committee Member(s):: McGriff, James, Eggstaff, Justin, Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas, and Islam, Muhammad
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Implementing Project Management Plans to Control Construction Costs on Military Projects in Korea

Description:: Over $156 billion annually is spent maintaining the more than 800 overseas US military bases in over 80 countries, highlighting the need for efficient construction acquisitions. International military construction projects intrinsically contain elements of uncertainty that must be effectively...
Author:: Toliver, Brandon Lee
Keyword:: Cost control, Project Management, Military Construction, USACE, Korea, and Construction
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Eggstaff, Justin W and Islam, Muhammad
Committee Member(s):: Eggstaff, Justin W, Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas, Karnowski, Thomas J, and Islam, Muhammad
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Application of Discrete Event Simulation to Modeling Reliability of Highly Parallel Systems with Common Cause Failures

Description:: This praxis develops a simulation-based approach to analyzing the overall reliability of complex systems with high degrees of redundancy, time varying event rates, and the potential for common cause failures. This approach is compared to traditional analytic approaches, and is shown to have some...
Author:: Littlefield, Scott
Keyword:: reliability, simulation, and modeling
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Orlowski, Christopher, Sarkani, Shahram, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Multidimensional Analysis of Lead Systems Engineer Competencies In The Department of Defense With A Comparison To Industry Project Manager Competences

Description:: The FY15 Department of Defense (DoD) enacted budget of $560.3 billion dollars funded DoD operations and acquisitions of complex military systems. The acquisition efforts were led by personnel who served in Key Leadership Positions (KLPs) from multiple disciplines to increase acquisition success...
Author:: Clardy, Tim
Keyword:: Lead Systems Engineer, Key Leadership Positions, Job Competencies, Project Manager, Systems Engineering, and Multidimensional Scaling
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. L, Sarkani, Shahryar, Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas, and Holzer, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Application of Engineering Principles with a Comparison of Machine Learning Classification Methods to Predict Treatment Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Description:: Our research approach emphasized a comparison of various classification methods (“Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, Naïve Bayes, Linear Discriminant Analysis, Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector Machines”) and compared those with ensemble classifier models (“bagging” and “boosting”) to predict...
Author:: Hernandez, Alberto Hernandez
Keyword:: machine learning, classification, head and neck cancer, cancer treatment, prediction, and ensemble methods
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Gallagher, Daniel J, Sarkani, Shahram, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Identifying and Overcoming the Barriers to Cloud Adoption within the Government space.

Description:: Abstract of Praxis……….... Identifying and Overcoming the Barriers to Cloud Adoption within the Government Space ….. Cloud computing services have been supporting consumers’ enterprise demands for almost 20-years now and longer if conceptualized as a decoupled mainframe. Small companies and...
Author:: Taylor, Cyril Mark
Keyword:: migration, cloud, enterprise, barrier, IT, and government
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Eggstaff, Justin and Islam, Muhammad
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, McAfee, Preston, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Vehicle Dynamic Shift: The Energy Impacts of the Penetration of Electric Vehicles in the U.S.

Description:: The potential of pure electric vehicles (EVs) becoming a disruptive technology is very real. Significant market acceptance of EVs could cause a dynamic shift in the auto industry, leading to disruption in the power industry. The question, then, is when will the United States (U.S.) run out of...
Author:: Ellington, JoRuetta Roberson
Keyword:: Electric Vehicles, Power Generation System, Bass Diffusion Model, Monte Carlo Simulation, and Capacity Planning
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Bischoff, John, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Using Systems Dynamics Modeling to Demonstrate the Impact of Medicare Out of Pocket Cost Increases on Medicare Recipient Well-Being.

Description:: Complex social systems are governed by policies that are designed and implemented by legislators, boards of directors, executives, and government officials. At policy inception, policy designers predict positive impacts on society and minimize known negative impacts, which are often seen as...
Author:: Spence, Sean
Keyword:: Dynamics, Engineering, Affordable Care Act, Systems, and Medicare
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Murhree, Lile, Sarkani, Shahram, Ezike, Richard, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Engaging Stakeholders in Resilience Assessment and Management for Coastal Communities

Description:: Coastal hazards including storm surge, sea-level rise, and cyclone winds continue to have devastating effects on infrastructure systems and communities despite the costly investments already being made in risk management to mitigate predicted consequences. Risk management has generally not been...
Author:: Bostick, Thomas Paul
Keyword:: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Stakeholders, Risk Analysis, Scenario Planning, Resilience, and Natural Disasters
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahryar and Holzer, Thmas H
Committee Member(s):: Blessner, Paul, Holzer, Thomas H, Sarkani, Shahram, Santos, Joost, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Cross-Domain Knowledge Management Strategy for a Mission Areas within the Force Projection Sector

System Design and Information Logistics: Following the Business Process Using a Context Aware Framework

Mitigating Systems Obsolescence Using Multi-Criteria Decision Methods

A Practical Framework for Digital Service Innovation in the Public Sector: Improving North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code Usage to Enable the Convergence of the Public, Private, and Multinational Participants

Implementing Project Management Plans to Control Construction Costs on Military Projects in Korea

Application of Discrete Event Simulation to Modeling Reliability of Highly Parallel Systems with Common Cause Failures

A Multidimensional Analysis of Lead Systems Engineer Competencies In The Department of Defense With A Comparison To Industry Project Manager Competences

Application of Engineering Principles with a Comparison of Machine Learning Classification Methods to Predict Treatment Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Identifying and Overcoming the Barriers to Cloud Adoption within the Government space.

Vehicle Dynamic Shift: The Energy Impacts of the Penetration of Electric Vehicles in the U.S.

Using Systems Dynamics Modeling to Demonstrate the Impact of Medicare Out of Pocket Cost Increases on Medicare Recipient Well-Being.

Engaging Stakeholders in Resilience Assessment and Management for Coastal Communities

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