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A Smartphone App Survey To Encourage Sustainable And Healthy Travel Mode Choices, Paul Rivers
A Smartphone App Survey To Encourage Sustainable And Healthy Travel Mode Choices, Paul Rivers
Theses and Dissertations
Can access to carbon footprint and health [calorie and fat burn] information influence transportation behavior? Survey methods are used in conjunction with a smartphone GPS mobile app to measure transportation tendencies in weekdays – weekends, and willingness to undertake modal shift based on app experience over one week.
Measuring Human Systems Integration In Directed Energy Weapon Acquisition Programs, Zachary A. Novitske
Measuring Human Systems Integration In Directed Energy Weapon Acquisition Programs, Zachary A. Novitske
Theses and Dissertations
Directed energy weapons (DEW) are of interest to the armed forces as they search for more effective ways to deal with evolving threats. The development of these weapons has been ongoing for almost 40 years, despite only one operational fielding by the U.S. Navy in 2014. Some reasons for DEW’s lack of adoption by the services include cost overruns and unclear requirements. Early adoption of human systems integration (HSI) in the military’s acquisition process is shown to provide substantial cost savings over the life of the system. Quantifying the application of HSI within a DEW acquisition program is addressed through …