• Delinquent Scheduled Maintenance on Long-Life Vehicles 

  Danoy, Kelly (2016-12)

  In 2014, an audit by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found the current fleet of long-life vehicles can only meet the agency’s delivery needs through fiscal year 2017. With the next generation of vehicles ...

• Issues and Answers for Managing Wild Horses and Burros 

  White, Clay (2016-12)

  Under the authority of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is charged with the duty to protect and manage wild horses and burros and public land. As of March 1, 2016, ...

• Tackling the Obesity Epidemic: A Proposal to Enact a Federal Excise Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages 

  Cylke, Laura (2016-12)

  Rising obesity rates in the United States are both a growing public health concern and an increasing burden on the U.S. economy, leading to higher expenditures on health care and disability insurance, decreased worker ...

• The Student Loan Repayment Crisis and Possible Resolution through the Use of an Automated Payroll Deduction System 

  Brahmbhatt, Sonali (2016-12)

  Access to higher education has been a priority for the federal government for many years. In effort to advance this cause, the federal government offers students loans to individuals who would not be able to secure favorable ...

• Improving the Enabling Environments for Ecosystem-Based Coastal Restoration and Protection Through the Use of Ecological Modeling: Case Studies from the Mississippi River Delta and the Coastal Netherlands 

  Forman, Cassidy (2016-12)

  The Coastal Netherlands and U.S. Mississippi River Delta in Coastal Louisiana share a unique feature: both areas are low-lying river deltas, threatened by some of the highest land subsidence and eustatic sea-level rise ...

• Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Generation: A Comparative Analysis Between the United States and the European Union and its Implication for Developing Economies Using the Example of China 

  Yun, Hoon (2016-12)

  In this study, it will be examined how these technologies, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewables (wind, hydro, solar, biomass, and geothermal), are currently generating greenhouse gas emissions in the ...

• Job Training Programs for Dislocated Workers: The Positive Effects of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

  Pedro, Chuck (2016-12)

  There has been a substantial amount of research the past several decades measuring the effectiveness of federally subsidized Department of Labor (DOL) programs to assist the unemployed. However, there is little to no ...

• Determinants of Forced Migration: The Varying Effects of Violence and Economic Conditions on Syrian Refugee Flight 

  Byrne, Maureen (2016-12)

  The majority of existing research on the impact of civil war on forced migration flows uses observations at the annual-global level, limiting the applicability of results to explaining aggregate trends. This article studies ...

• Determinants of Military Expenditure for Deterrence: Interaction with Nuclear Weapons, Democracies, and Alliances 

  Kim, Kenneth (2016-12)

  During his campaign trail, the President-elect announced increasing military expenditure to enable deterrence to maintain the security of the United States. However, limited quantitative research exists to determine if ...

• Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contracting: A "False Economy" in Complex Federal Information Technology Procurement 

  Hannon, Kate (2016-12)

  The inappropriate use, or overuse, of Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurements as a cost savings measure in federal acquisition offices can lead to failed projects if an exceptional solution is ignored in ...

• Global Wind Energy Expansion: Gauging Vulnerabilities to Climate Change 

  Teeters, Eric Joseph (2016-08-24)

  Global demand for low emission renewable energy production continues to intensify. Wind turbine power plants, which harness the kinetic energy from wind to generate electricity, continue to proliferate due to the ...

• Understanding the Impact of an Emissions Trading System on Building Energy Reductions in China 

  Zhu, Jia Li (Lily) (2016-08-24)

  Rapid economic development in China has led to a significant increase in the number of buildings and building energy usage. According to ASHRAE, buildings in China account for approximately 25% of total energy use and ...

• Clinical Trials-Related Administrative Workload and the Methods Used to Assess It 

  Woodroffe, Annette A. (2016-08-24)

  The 2012 Faculty Research Survey Research Report conducted by the Federal Demonstration Partnership (Survey) found that clinical trials were one of the 22 most common administrative workload burden activity areas. This ...

• Development of a Research Infrastructure for the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies Simulation Hospital 

  Alvarez, Marina (2016-08-24)

  The goal of this Capstone Project was to create a research development and investigator support program to be implemented at the new Simulation Hospital being built on the campus of the University of Miami’s School of ...

• Undocumented Migration Unveiled: The Driving Effect of Violence, Income, and Freedom on Migration from Latin America to the United States 

  Croce, Joseph A. (2016-05-31)

  Existing research on the effect of violence on undocumented migration from Central and South America to the United States is limited and generally broad in its findings. To fill this gap, this paper theorizes that high ...

• The Implications of Shortening Early Voting Periods: A Case Study from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 

  Weil, Matthew (2016-05-05)

  Early voting is a widely available convenience voting option, yet research into exactly who casts a ballot early has produced mixed results. Researchers have simultaneously shown that early voters are wealthier and whiter ...

• Affordable, High-Quality Child Care for All 

  Frosch Taylor, Elizabeth (2016-04-29)

  The first years of a child’s life are a vital period of rapid cognitive, social and emotional development. For working families, high quality early child care is a necessity that provides young children with support that ...

• Contingent Convertible Capital: A New Capital Requirement to Solve 'Too Big to Fail' 

  Khoury, Jill (2016-04-29)

  The adoption of Basel III capital requirements has been championed as one of the primary means for addressing the ‘Too Big to Fail’ conundrum. However, many have argued that higher standards do not effectively solve the ...

• Increasing the Oversight Role in the Usage of Public Funds in Kenya 

  Okoth, Eva (2016-04-29)

  The Corruption levels in Kenya are so pervasive, that the country’s president in 2016 referred to it as a national threat. From poor revenue recording, to unlawfully incurred expenditure and even funds that cannot be ...

• Undoing Citizens United: A Call for an Amendment to Overturn Citizens United V FEC 

  Marciniak, Tadeusz (2016-04-28)

  The purpose of this proposal is to examine if overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United vs FEC ruling via a constitutional amendment would be a political win for Sen. Bernie Sanders. As Sen. Sanders seeks the Democratic ...

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