EPP GRADUATE FAQ - Recent Ph.D. Thesis Titles in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy

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Effectiveness, efficiency, and governance: An integrated study of China's air pollution management.
Integrated assessment and uncertainty analysis of air pollution emission control and health impacts"
Issues in software development: outsourcing, architecture design and organization"
Setting drinking water standards: historical perspective and simulation modeling

Automobile risk perceptions and insurance decisions: A Japan-US comparison during deregulation.
The influence of government actions on innovative activities in the development of environmental technologies to control sulfur dioxide emmisions from stationary sources.
The role of uncertainty in improving fire protection regulation.
Adoption and supply of a distributed energy technology.

An assessment of air pollution and environmental impacts from international maritime transportation including engineering controls and policy alternatives.
The development and evaluation of a risk ranking method.
The risk of accidents and spills at offshore production platforms: A statistical analysis of risk factors and the development of predictive models.

Economies of scale in information dissemination over the internet.
Environmental risks, decision making and public perception.
Formal verification of computer systems.
Mathematical and computational techniques for research prioritization with an application to global climate change research.
Life cycle models of conventional and alternative-fueled automobiles
Economic and sulfur removal models for optimization of a pressurized fluid bed combustion (PFBC) power generation system.
Decision-making tools for environmental cleanup and redevelopment.
Technological changes and pollution control: An adaptive agent-based analysis.
Energy development, especially for third-world countries.
Pricing of integrated-services networks.
Studies in natural and human system response relevant to global environmental change
Designing wireless local loops using low tier technology: An approach to providing basic telecommunications service in less developed countries.

Quality design of emission control strategies and control technology development.
An analysis of security incidents on the internet.
Attributes for risk evaluation.
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the title IV acid rain provisions of the 1990 clean air act amendments.

Integration of air and ground-based methane measurements with those of the NASA earth observing system.
Privacy and reliability in internet commerce.

Regional integrated municipal solid waste management in the Northeastern United States.
Outcomes-based evaluations for educational programs in engineering: A focus on the construction industry's needs.
Electricity utility conservation programs: Empirical studies of impacts and cost-effectiveness.
An application of statistical methods for modeling impacts of climate change on terrestrial distribution of vegetation.
Measuring environmental performance: Sources and implications of uncertainty.