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Modeling exposure of communities in the vicinity of public-use, non-towered airports to the aircraft crash hazard

Description:: This research presents a methodology for quantifying exposure of communities, situated in the vicinity of non-towered airports, to the hazard of aircraft crashing outside the confines of the airport and, obsessively, inside the confines of the community. The intended application is as a land-use...
Author:: Salmon, Christian Mauriz
Keyword:: aviation, airport, aircraft, risk, non-towered, and crash
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Motevalli, Vahid and Harrald, John R
Committee Member(s):: Shaw, Greg, Freidrich, Fredrick, van Dorp, Rene, and Roncace, Robert
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Prehospital Patient Triage: In Mass Casualty Incidents: An Engineering Management Analysis And Prototype Strategy Recommendation

Description:: A significant triage deficiency ("under-triage") may occur when "minor" or "moderate" casualties are actually injured worse than those initially triaged as immediate at the prehospital mass casualty scene. Some mechanisms of injury will produce casualties with subtle or latent (i.e. hidden or...
Author:: Neal, Daniel James
Keyword:: Mass Casualty, Paramedics, Triage, PLUS, and START
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Harrald, John R.
Committee Member(s):: Shaw, Greg, Fiedrich, Frank, Barbera, Joseph A., and Macintyre, Anthony
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A STRUCTURED METHODOLOGY FOR UNIFYING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS WITH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TO ENHANCE SYSTEM BEHAVIOR KNOWLEDGE

Description:: The primary purpose of this study is to develop a methodology or process for conducting functional analysis within the greater systems engineering family of processes. The first goal of this study is to develop a methodology that bridges the how-to-do gap between classical functional analysis and...
Author:: Clendening, Randall James
Keyword:: Functional Analysis, Systems Engineering, and Systems Analysis
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Eveleigh, Timothy J
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Assessing Export Control License Timelines Using System Dynamics Modeling

Description:: According to an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) survey, of all the challenges confronting the US Space Industrial Base, the time it takes to process an export control license is one of the most significant. (Dept of USAF 2007) Thus, this dissertation focuses on export licensing timelines and...
Author:: Borst, Barry Martin
Keyword:: ITAR, Export, license, and EAR
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Confirming the Stankosky Knowledge Management Framework

Description:: As a managerial construct, knowledge management (KM) optimizes organizational knowledge assets to achieve sustainable business advantages by connecting people with the intellectual resources needed to operate more effectively. Yet KM may have its greatest impact when used with repeatable, systems...
Author:: Ternes, Carl D.
Keyword:: Knowledge management, Knowledge framework, and Knowledge management framework
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Stankosky, Michael A.
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L., Eisner, Howard, Mazzuchi, Thomas A., and Baldanza, Carolyn R.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Post-Disaster Interim Housing: Forecasting Requirements and Determining Key Planning Factors

Description:: Common tenets in the field of emergency management hold that all disasters are different and all disasters hold a great deal of uncertainty. For these and many other reasons, many challenges are present when providing post-disaster assistance to victims. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Author:: Jachimowicz, Adam
Keyword:: Planning, Interim, Disaster, Housing, Post-Disaster, and Forecasting
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Shaw, Greg L
Committee Member(s):: Steve, Diaz, Santos, Joost, Deason, Jonathan, and Jack, Harrald
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

ANALYSIS OF RELIABILITY USING REAL MASKED SYSTEM LIFE DATA

Description:: Maintenance personnel often lack the resources to determine which specific subassembly of a complex electronic system has failed but can only isolate the cause of failure to a subset of subassemblies. In these circumstances, the most efficient manner for replacing the suspect subassemblies is...
Author:: Hutto, Donald E.
Keyword:: Weibull distribution, masking, Competing risks, Gibbs sampler, maximum likelihood estimation, and Bayes Theorem
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Sarkani, Shahryar, Murphree, Jr, Edward L, Ryan, Julie, and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Uncertainty Analysis Applications of The Generalized Diagonal Band Copula with Two-Sided Power Generating Densities

Description:: This dissertation presents the development of a novel multivariate model based on copula dependence functions and common risk factors. Key accomplishments include procedures for fitting of model parameters to data, in addition to an efficient means of sampling from the resulting distribution....
Author:: Adams, Leon Robixie
Keyword:: Uncertainty Analysis, Generalized Diagonal Band, Two-Sided Power Distribution, Copula dependence functions, and Monte Carlo Analysis
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: van Dorp, Johan R
Committee Member(s):: Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Roncace, Robert A, Deason, Jonathan P, and Campos-Nanez, Enrique
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Influence of National Culture on Knowledge Management

Description:: Among the many factors needed for knowledge management practices to succeed, national culture is acknowledged as a gateway for opening up knowledge and imparting Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives across countries. When culture is favorable it can absorb new knowledge, assisting a country's...
Author:: Al-Fehaid, Abdullah M.
Keyword:: Innovation Management, Culture, Saudi Arabia, Information Mangement, Knowledge Management, and Hofstede
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Dr. Thomas A and Shaw, Dr. Gregory L
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Dr. E. Lile, Shittu, Dr. Ekundayo, and Calabrese, Dr. Francesco A
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Four Degrees of Proximity: Key Factors that Influence Private Sector Preparedness and Continuity Planning

Description:: This study examined four factors that influence the adoption of business continuity planning and emergency preparedness measures within the private sector. The study conducted an online survey of 145 businesses, industries and non-profit organizations to assess the adoption of 12 specific...
Author:: Dunaway, William Michael
Keyword:: Private Sector, Resilience, Emergency Management, Continuity of operations, Disaster preparedness, and Business continuity planning
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Shaw, Gregory L.
Committee Member(s):: Ryan, Julie C., Smarick, Kathleen C., Harrald, John R., and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Application of a Plume Model for Decision Makers' Situation Awareness During an Outdoor Airborne HAZMAT Release

Description:: In a large-scale outdoor, airborne, hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incident, such as ruptured chlorine rail cars during a train derailment, the local Incident Commanders and HAZMAT emergency responders must obtain accurate information quickly to assess the situation and act promptly and...
Author:: Meris, Ronald George
Keyword:: plume model, Emergency Management, Situation Awareness, HAZMAT Response, and Emergency Response Risk
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Barbera, Joseph A and Shaw, Gregory L
Committee Member(s):: Deason, Jonathan P, Leitner, Deason M, and Francis, Royce A
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

AN ANALYSIS OF E-COMMERCE OPT-IN/OPT-OUT POLICIES AND THE RESULTING EFFECTS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

Description:: The emergence and widespread use of the Internet has resulted in the shift of many commercial activities from traditional modalities to the online environment. It is estimated that more than 600,000 websites conduct some form of online commerce (Netcraft 2007). Online commerce companies that use...
Author:: Liu, Yi-Chun Catherine
Keyword:
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Harrald*, Jack and Jefferson, Theresa
Committee Member(s):: Sekine, Junko, Mazzuchi, Thomas, Harrald, Jack, Jefferson, Theresa, and Stankosky, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Catastrophic Events - Emergency Management Planning Requirements And Success Factors For Catastrophic Response Operations

Description:: ABSTRACT There appears to be "agreement throughout the emergency management community that existing" [1] response "plans, policies, procedures and resources are not fully adequate" [1] or appropriate "to address" [1] a catastrophic event. Catastrophes have impacts and complexities that are orders...
Author:: Pawlowski, Michel Serge
Keyword:: Catastrophic Events, Success Factors, Emergency Management Planning, Response Operations, Disasters, and Catastrophe
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Shaw, Gregory L. and Deason, Jonathan P.
Committee Member(s):: Jefferson, Theresa L., Harrald, John R., and Stankosky, Michael A.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Relationship of Organizational Learning to Knowledge Management

Description:: This research shows organizational learning and knowledge management are interrelated and that the interrelationship addresses two specific problems van de Venn (1986) identified as being present in any attempt to innovate. Those two problems are managing ideas and managing the part whole...
Author:: Wallace, Richard Bruce
Keyword:: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Knowledge Management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Stankosky, Michael A
Committee Member(s):: Wiet, Stephan, Eisner, Howard, Calabrese, Francesco A, Mazzuchi, Thomas, and Murphree, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Validation of the Enterprise Management Approach to Knowledge Management Systems Engineering

Description:: Knowledge management is one of the current "buzzwords" gaining popularity on an almost-daily basis within the business world. Much attention has been paid to the theory and justification of knowledge management (KM) as an effective business and organizational practice. However, much less...
Author:: Mac Garrigle, Ellen Fain
Keyword:: Knowledge Capital, Enterprise Management Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Knowledge Management Systems
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Stankosky, Michael J.
Committee Member(s):: Bixler, Charles, Murphree, Edward L., Calabrese, Frank, and Harrald, Jack
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Analysis of Organizational Trust and Communication Effectiveness

Description:: The relationship between organizational trust and internal organizational communication effectiveness is complex and has been discussed extensively for many years. Prior researchers have long recognized that organizational trust is complex and difficult to study, communicating is one of the most...
Author:: Quach, Hong
Keyword:: Engineering Management, Communication Effectiveness, Leadership, Organizational Knowledge Sharing, Organizational Trust, and Knowledge Management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Stankosky, Michael A
Committee Member(s):: Ryan, Julie JCH, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Waters, Robert C, Green, Annie, and Murphree, Jr., E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Defining a Best Practices Incident Response Mechanism for Chemical Facilities

Description:: This dissertation investigated the incident response mechanism used by the chemical industry for handling extremely hazardous chemicals. The mechanism was described as the policies, procedures, practices, tools, and methods used to conduct incident response. The chemical industry is responsible...
Author:: Fortier, Stephen Corey
Keyword:: Business Process Modeling, Chemical Facility, Extremely Hazardous Chemicals, Incident Response, and Best Practices
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Shaw, Gregory L
Committee Member(s):: Maitland, Carleen F, Santos, Joost R, Deason, Jonathan P, and Harrald, John R
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS

Description:: The Department of Defense (DoD) testing methodology for the evaluation and acceptance between existing and emerging automatic measurement systems are based on qualitative (PASS/FAIL) criteria of the automatic measurement systems responses when testing of a unit-under-test. Acceptance of a...
Author:: Flynn, Michael
Keyword:: Regression Analysis, AutomaticTest Equipment, Measurment Systems, Statistics, Systems Analysis, and Exploratory Data Analysis
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Muzzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Fiszman, Marcelo, Murphree, Edward L, and Ryan, Julie J.C.H.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

THE EFFECT OF REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION ON AVIONICS SYSTEM CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

Description:: This dissertation will provide a detailed approach and analysis of a new collaborative requirements prioritization methodology that has been used successfully on four Coast Guard avionics acquisition and development programs valued at $400M+. A statistical representation of participant study...
Author:: Lorentz, John William
Keyword:: Avionics, risk, conceptual design, Prioritization, Systems Engineering, and Requirements
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L., Kershenstein, John C., and Allario, Frank
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Theory of Information Quality and a Framework for its Implementation in the Requirements Engineering Process

Description:: This dissertation introduces a theory of information quality to explain macroscopic behavior observed in the systems engineering process. The theory extends principles of Shannon's mathematical theory of communication [1948] and statistical mechanics to information development processes concerned...
Author:: Grenn, Michael W.
Keyword:: Requirements quality, Information entropy, Requirements trends, Engineering effort, Simulation, and Information uncertainty
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Fomin, Pavel, Wasek, James, and Murphree, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATING POSITIVE OUTCOMES:

Description:: The decision process for technology projects often includes a financial return on investment (ROI) analysis. This is a well-known and established process that has been widely used in the private sector. A modified version is the cost benefit analysis, which is used in the public sector. Both of...
Author:: Bischoff, John
Keyword:: NIEM, Cost Benefit, ROI, Performance Outcomes, and Delphi elicitation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L, Tinney, Joseph F, and Beach, Jeffrey
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Barriers to Knowledge Management in Saudi Arabia

Description:: Barriers to Knowledge Management (KM) are a challenge that more and more governmental and non-governmental organizations around the world are facing as they seek to improve the utilization of knowledge in products and/or services related to their national systems, laws, plans, and policies. In...
Author:: ALHussain, Ahmed Zaid
Keyword:: Saudi Arabia, Knowledge Management, and Delphi Method
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Bixler, Charles H and Murphree, Edward Lile
Committee Member(s):: Bixler, Charles, Eisner, Howard, Ibrahim, Hassan, Deason, Jonathan, Murphree, Edward, and Stankosky, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

AWARENESS AND MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITAL WASTE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY IN THAILAND

Description:: Hospitals and medical health centers are places to diffuse disease. Infectious situations at hospitals should be a primary concern. Hospital waste may cause many things to be at risk and lost, including human life, environmental health and funds. Thailand is a country that has been very active in...
Author:: Manowan, Vorapong
Keyword:: Hospital waste management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Deason, Jonathan P., Gallay, David, and Murphree, Lile E.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Service Life Extension (SLEP) Approach to Operating Aging Aircraft Beyond Their Original Design Lives

Description:: With today's uncertain funding climate (including sequestration and continuing budget resolutions), decision makers face severe budgetary challenges to maintain dominance through all aspects of the Department of Defense (DoD). To meet war-fighting capabilities, the DoD continues to extend...
Author:: Pentz, Alan Carter
Keyword:: Life Exetnsion, Service Life, Service Life Extension Program, and Aircraft
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Eveleigh, Timothy
Committee Member(s):: Willy, Christopher, Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Analysis Of Decision Factors For The Application Of Information Access Controls Within The Organization

Description:: The application of access controls on internal information necessarily impacts the availability of that information for sharing inside the enterprise. The decisions establishing the degree of control are a crucial first step to balance the requirements to protect and share. This research develops...
Author:: Foerster, Carl Adolf
Keyword:: compartmentation, information segregation, access control, and internal information segregation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Ryan, Julie J.C.H.
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L., Van Dorp, Johan R., Bixler, Charles H., and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Case Study on Organizational Culture Change at a NASA Field Center

Description:: This research explored the relationship of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's senior management initiatives and the changes, if any, in the organizational culture of GSFC civil service employees over a five-year period. GSFC's senior management was challenged with adapting its workforce culture...
Author:: Matsumura, Mark
Keyword:: competing values framework and organizational culture change
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Waters, Robert C
Committee Member(s):: Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Roman, Juan A, Calabrese, Francesco A, and Stankosky, Michael A
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Framework of the Use of Information in Software Testing

Description:: With the increasing role that software systems play in our daily lives, software quality has become extremely important. Software quality is impacted by the efficiency of the software testing process. There are a growing number of software testing methodologies, models, and initiatives to satisfy...
Author:: Kaveh, Payman
Keyword:: Software engineering, Information use, Software testing, Grounded theory, and Engineering management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Bada, Abiodun O and Murphree, E. Lile
Committee Member(s):: Bada, Abiodun O, Sarkani, Shahryar, Stankosky, Michael, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Modeling exposure of communities in the vicinity of public-use, non-towered airports to the aircraft crash hazard

Prehospital Patient Triage: In Mass Casualty Incidents: An Engineering Management Analysis And Prototype Strategy Recommendation

A STRUCTURED METHODOLOGY FOR UNIFYING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS WITH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TO ENHANCE SYSTEM BEHAVIOR KNOWLEDGE

Assessing Export Control License Timelines Using System Dynamics Modeling

Confirming the Stankosky Knowledge Management Framework

Post-Disaster Interim Housing: Forecasting Requirements and Determining Key Planning Factors

ANALYSIS OF RELIABILITY USING REAL MASKED SYSTEM LIFE DATA

Uncertainty Analysis Applications of The Generalized Diagonal Band Copula with Two-Sided Power Generating Densities

Influence of National Culture on Knowledge Management

Four Degrees of Proximity: Key Factors that Influence Private Sector Preparedness and Continuity Planning

Application of a Plume Model for Decision Makers' Situation Awareness During an Outdoor Airborne HAZMAT Release

AN ANALYSIS OF E-COMMERCE OPT-IN/OPT-OUT POLICIES AND THE RESULTING EFFECTS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

Catastrophic Events - Emergency Management Planning Requirements And Success Factors For Catastrophic Response Operations

The Relationship of Organizational Learning to Knowledge Management

A Validation of the Enterprise Management Approach to Knowledge Management Systems Engineering

An Analysis of Organizational Trust and Communication Effectiveness

Defining a Best Practices Incident Response Mechanism for Chemical Facilities

REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS

THE EFFECT OF REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION ON AVIONICS SYSTEM CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

A Theory of Information Quality and a Framework for its Implementation in the Requirements Engineering Process

AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATING POSITIVE OUTCOMES:

Barriers to Knowledge Management in Saudi Arabia

AWARENESS AND MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITAL WASTE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY IN THAILAND

A Service Life Extension (SLEP) Approach to Operating Aging Aircraft Beyond Their Original Design Lives

Analysis Of Decision Factors For The Application Of Information Access Controls Within The Organization

A Case Study on Organizational Culture Change at a NASA Field Center

A Framework of the Use of Information in Software Testing

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