Energy plays a vital role in the world today, driving industry and allowing for technologies ingrained throughout the routines of daily life. The complex interactions, evolution, long time scales of change, and critical nature of the energy system makes modeling and analysis crucial to...

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) will soon start to be introduced into the transportation sector, thereby raising a host of issues related to their use, adoption and effects on the electricity sector. Their introduction has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the...

Due to the re-emergence of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in recent years, many public health experts believe that the world is closer to a pandemic event than at any time since the 1968 Hong Kong flu (H3N2) outbreak. Thus, governmental and private organizations have invested significant...

The use of small-scale solar electric generation in the U.S. has been steadily rising in the more recent years. Solar photovoltaic (PV) cell micro-generation has been used extensively for residential applications – especially in the state of California. Systems can be purchased by a homeowner...

In most organizations the decision making processes associated with the development of new products are broken down into three hierarchical levels: strategic, tactical and operational; that use data and decision support tools individually tailored. In each level, only the part of the process...

There is an increasing impetus to transform the U.S transportation sector and transition away from the uncertainties of oil supply. One of the most viable current solutions is the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). These vehicles allow for a transportation system that would be flexible in its...

Over the past century the Pharmaceutical industry has evolved from an "outback garage" industry to a highly competitive, technology-driven, organized industry, churning out highly valuable drug products that have played a key role in vastly improving our quality of life and healthcare. But today...