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Description:: The purpose of this study is to characterize the current state of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) practice and enabling engineering activities within the DoD acquisition programs. Further, this study examines the extent of correlation between...
Author:: Azizian, Nazanin
Keyword:: System Quality, Acquisition, Technology Maturity, Department of Defense, Cost and Schedule, and Technology Readiness
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Lile, Holzer, Thomas H, and Mandelbaum, Jay
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The Department of Defense offers a great opportunity to implement solar energy solutions across its United States bases. It is the single largest energy consumer in the federal government, and has land available on its bases to implement solar energy solutions. By implementing solar energy...
Author:: Castillo, Ariel S.
Keyword:: Decision Analysis, Renewable Energy, Solar, Operations Research, Energy, and Department of Defense
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Deason, Jonathan P.
Committee Member(s):: Ryan, Julie, Shaw, Greg, Reuth, Ed van, and Dorp, Rene van
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Over the past decade of armed conflict in the Middle East, the United States increased its use of Private Security Companies (PSC) to fill capability security voids. The increase in security demands led to expanding PSC contracts to areas abroad that were not tied to the armed conflicts in Iraq...
Author:: Hanks, TODD Jason
Keyword:: Private Security Company, Federal Government Procurement, Private Security Contractor, Security Outsourcing, Department of Defense, and Other Significant Military Operations
GW Unit:: Government Procurement Law
Degree:: LL.M.
Advisor:: Schooner, Steven L.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Department of Defense (DoD) leadership released the Better Buying Power initiatives to help DoD do more with less. A key tenet of these initiatives is to increase small business roles in DoD contracting opportunities. Reasons for increasing small business opportunities include promoting...
Author:: Schilling IV, Ronnie
Keyword:: contract challenges, Better Buying Power, competition, Department of Defense, and small business
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Murphree, Lile
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Bischoff, John, Mazzuchi, Thomas, and Holzer, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: In this period of financial difficulties that the United States is currently facing, the Department of Defense (DoD) must closely observe its obligations to do environmental remediation at overseas installations. The DoD remediation standard, to abate known imminent and substantial endangerment...
Author:: Young, Gabriel Matthew
Keyword:: Environmental Remediation, Environmental Cleanup, South Korea, and Department of Defense
GW Unit:: Environmental Law
Degree:: LL.M.
Advisor:: Paddock, LeRoy
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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:: Technology Readiness Level (TRL), DoD Space Systems, System of Systems (SoS), Integration Readiness Level (IRL), Systems Integration, and Department of Defense
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Olson, Bill, Blessner, Paul, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Murphree, E. Lile, and Sarkani, Shahram
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: THE DEFENSE BASE ACT: WAR RISK SYNDROME Significant cost reform exists in the oversight of the Defense Base Act (DBA) and War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA). The Department of Defense (DoD) through prudent contracting can save billions in this area. DoD wartime contracts pay magnified DBA...
Author:: Bromley, Carl Jason
Keyword:: Department of Labor, Defense Base Act, War Hazards Compensation Act, Cost Reform, DBA, and Department of Defense
GW Unit:: Law
Degree:: LL.M.
Advisor:: Thornton, Karen and Tillipman, Jessica
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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