Projects

Project Description

For your term project for this class, you will conceive, research, and write a study of an area of interest in science and technology policy. You will work in groups of 4-5 students. The reports will be based on the format and process of the National Research Council (NRC), the leading source of advice to the U.S. Government and the science and technology community, and supplemented with views and analysis techniques learned in ESD.10. Throughout the project, the structure of the assignment will help you simulate the way studies are executed in the National Research Council. Thus, one useful bi-product of this experience is learning about the NRC study process. The term project is also your opportunity to synthesize what you will learn over the course of this semester and apply it to a real world problem.

Detailed Term Project Guidelines and Process (PDF)

Supporting files:

Term Project Final Reports

The following table links to the students' final reports on their term projects, published as ESD Working Papers.

 

PROJECTS STUDENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES
ESD-WP-2007-01 Identifying the Dynamics of Technology Transition: ADS-B Adoption in the National Airspace System (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.7 MB)

Norma Campos

Robert Holcombe

Misha Leybovich

Zoe Szajnfarber

Hidigunnur Thorsteinsson

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ESD-WP-2007-02 U.S. Response to an Oil Import Disruption Role of the Federal Government in Light Duty Vehicle Transportation (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Kyle Frazier

Romain Lacombe

Dai Ohama

Faaiza Rashid

Monica Rush

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ESD-WP-2007-03 Avian Influenza Pre-Pandemic Procurement: Recommendations for the U.S. Federal Government (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.1 MB)

Sarah Bird

Timothy Heidel

Meghan McGuinness

Katsunobu Sasanuma

Junjay Tan

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ESD-WP-2007-04 Pathways to a Trusted Electronic Voting System (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 5.1 MB)

Jeremiah Connolly

Romain Lévy

Johnathan Lindsey

Judith Maro

Juan Martin

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ESD-WP-2007-05 Barriers to the Success of 100% Maritime Cargo Container Scanning (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.1 MB)

R. Cirincione

A. Cosmas

C. Low

J. Peck

J. Wilds

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ESD-WP-2007-06 Policy Issues in Implementing Smart Cards in Urban Public Transit Systems (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 2.6 MB)

Makoto Eguchi

Susan Fredholm

Shan Liu

Paulina Ponce de León Baridó

Jacqueline Ye

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ESD-WP-2007-07 Strategies for Water Reclamation: The Role of Policy and Technology in the Las Vegas Water Supply (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 2.0 MB)

Anna N. Allen

Christopher W. Evans

Tarek Rached

Hsin Min Wong

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ESD-WP-2007-08 Superfund: An Assessment of Superfund Site Remedy Selection and Implementation (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Lisa M. Jakobovits

Valerie J. Karplus

Robert E. Love

J. Decker Ringo

Timothy A. Sutherland

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