Index Catalog // GW ScholarSpace

Managing Operational Risk and Performance Drift as a Function of the “Nuclear Work Model”

Description:: High Reliability Organizations are organizations that have fewer than the average number of high-consequence accidents. “Heinrich’s Law” states that the industrial average of the ratio of high-consequence accidents to total recordable accidents is 1:330. This represents an average of one...
Author:: Newton, Dorian Gregory
Keyword:: Error-free operations, Facilities management, Conduct of Operations, Operations research, Best practices, and Engineering managemen
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Morgan, Glenn J
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Conceptual Framework for adapting Technical Performance Measurement methodology for Early Stage Research and Development projects

Description:: Early stage research and development (R&D;) projects, programs, or efforts are characterized by a high degree of uncertainty. In the public sector, these efforts are defined as those with technology readiness levels up to 4. Both project management and systems engineering cultures proliferate...
Author:: Agee, Ross Eugene
Keyword:: performance management, research and development, innovation management, public sector, and technology maturation
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Eggstaff, Justin and Islam, Muhammed
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Eggstaff, Justin, Strack, Otto E, and Islam, Muhammed
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Agent-based Model for Predicting Turnover in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce

Description:: The United States (U.S.) government forecasts a shortage of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workers, putting STEM workforce sustainability at risk. The focus of this dissertation is to understand the micro-behaviors and antecedent variables that contribute to engineer...
Author:: Iammartino, Ronald
Keyword:: Computational Organizational Theory, Systems Engineering, STEM, Agent-Based Modeling, Quantitative Methods, and Complex Adaptive Systems
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Bischoff, John
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Willy, Christopher, and Murphree, E Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Improving Team Performance By Identifying Significant Attributes Required In A Knowledge Management Solution for Fast Paced Research Teams

Description:: Knowledge management, a systemic effort to enable information and knowledge to grow, flow and create value, has been proven to provide many benefits to organizations and programs. While the pace of today’s research is increasing at accelerating rates, organizations’ traditional knowledge...
Author:: Rigsbee, Sarah
Keyword:: Fast Paced Research Team, Research, Knowledge Management, and Knowledge Solution
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Eggstaff, Justin and Islam, Muhammad
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Smith, Joshua D
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Proposed System-Level Performance Modeling Framework for Service Industries with Access to Limited Data

Description:: Business process optimization allows businesses to remain competitive by allowing management to observe, analyze, and improve the operations of the organization. Using data and related business insights developed through applied analytic disciplines to drive business process optimization allows...
Author:: Worrell, Sallamar Krystal Adonna
Keyword:: Process Improvement, Performance Analysis, Optimization, and Simulation
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Harrington, Afi D
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Generalized Approach to Measure and Predict Innovation Maturity Progression Aligned to Business Objectives

Description:: The ability to manage transformative change is paramount to the success of an organization trying to accommodate the unique characteristics of continuous market disruptions. The rate of change the business environment must accommodate requires an approach that provides decision-makers with the...
Author:: Kinnebrew Jr, Melvin
Keyword:: Innovation Strategy, Maturity Progression, Digital Transformation, Business Strategy, Semantic Ontology, and Maturity Models
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Islam, Muhamad F and Eggstaff, Justin
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Islam, Muhamad F, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Conlin, Michael, and Eggstaff, Justin
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method to the DLA Energy Military Construction Portfolio Selection Process

Description:: Each year, the Department of Defense (DoD) is provided with an appropriation and authorization act from Congress known as the Military Construction (MILCON) program. The DoD delegates this financial authority to subordinate units for the purpose of funding the design and execution of new...
Author:: Sands, Clifford Samuel
Keyword:: MCDA, Rank Order Centroid, Project Portfolio, TOPSIS, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Earhardt, Gabriella, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Beyond Integration Readiness Level (IRL): A Multidimensional Framework to Facilitate the Integration of System of Systems

Description:: Integration Readiness Level (IRL) can be an effective systems engineering tool to facilitate integration of System of Systems (SoS). Further research in systems integration, analysis of major SoS integration data, and analysis of expert survey inputs to SoS integration can enhance the current IRL...
Author:: Eder, Clarence
Keyword:: System of Systems (SoS), Integration Readiness Level (IRL), Technology Readiness Level (TRL), DoD Space Systems, Systems Integration, and Department of Defense
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Blessner, Paul, Olson, Bill, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

APPLYING COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES TO FORECAST TRAFFIC FLOW USING TRAFFIC SENSOR DATA & WEATHER DATA

Description:: Traffic congestion is becoming a major problem in metropolitan areas across the globe. One useful way to attempt to mitigate traffic congestion is being able to forecast traffic flow. Traffic flow forecast must be accurate because of the critical part it plays in the development of intelligent...
Author:: Clavon, Danielle N.
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GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Islam, Muhammad F
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Eggstaff, Justin, and Rackley, Daphne
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Event Management Framework to Aid Solution Providers in Cybersecurity

Description:: An Event Management Framework to Aid Solution Providers in CybersecurityCybersecurity event management is critical to the successful accomplishment of an organization’s mission. To put it in perspective, in 2016 Symantec tracked over 700 global adversaries and recorded events from 98 million...
Author:: Leon, Ryan
Keyword:
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Eggstaff, Justin and Islam, Muhammad F
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Childers, Gregory, Eggstaff, Justin, and Islam, Muhammad F
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

How Information Technology Line Managers Can Improve Employee Engagement With Statistical Analysis

Description:: This praxis seeks to determine the employee engagement drivers line managers can impact. By focusing on drivers that are linked to employee engagement, IT line managers can increase employee engagement. The existing literature on employee engagement is sourced from academia, industry, internal...
Author:: Covington, Ryan
Keyword:: statistical analysis, employee engagement, knowledge workers, Information Technology, and innovation
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Guillaume-Joseph, Gina and Gideon, Alan
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Gaither, Kaukulkahn T
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Proposed Knowledge Management Portal for Sharing Information within a Government Organization

Description:: Billions of dollars are spent by government organizations to accomplish their mission. Organizations are faced with the increased growth of complex software systems to handle higher velocity, volume, and variety of data captured at higher speeds to achieve mission goals. Software and hardware...
Author:: Padmore, Leslie Malik
Keyword:: Engineering Management, Enterprise Architecture, System Engineering, Collaboration, Knowledge Management Systems, and Knowledge Management
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Fossaceca, John and Islam, Muhammad
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Jarvandi, Ali, Tozer, Bentz, and Etemadi, Amirhossein
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Managing Operational Risk and Performance Drift as a Function of the “Nuclear Work Model”

Conceptual Framework for adapting Technical Performance Measurement methodology for Early Stage Research and Development projects

An Agent-based Model for Predicting Turnover in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce

Improving Team Performance By Identifying Significant Attributes Required In A Knowledge Management Solution for Fast Paced Research Teams

A Proposed System-Level Performance Modeling Framework for Service Industries with Access to Limited Data

A Generalized Approach to Measure and Predict Innovation Maturity Progression Aligned to Business Objectives

Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method to the DLA Energy Military Construction Portfolio Selection Process

Beyond Integration Readiness Level (IRL): A Multidimensional Framework to Facilitate the Integration of System of Systems

APPLYING COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES TO FORECAST TRAFFIC FLOW USING TRAFFIC SENSOR DATA & WEATHER DATA

An Event Management Framework to Aid Solution Providers in Cybersecurity

How Information Technology Line Managers Can Improve Employee Engagement With Statistical Analysis

A Proposed Knowledge Management Portal for Sharing Information within a Government Organization

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