• Digital Archaeological Data Collection and Archaeological Data Repositories: How Digital Environments are leading to a Convergence of Data Collection Standards 

  Silver, Julia (2015)

  This paper discusses how the lack of standardized methods for on-site data collection has impacted the ability of archaeologists to preserve archaeological data and make it accessible for reuse. Repositories and databases, ...

• Persistent Identifiers: Weighing the Benefits of In-house Systems Versus External Registries 

  McCloud, Joanna M. (2015)

  Cultural heritage institutions are struggling with how they will manage their digital assets for long-term visibility, accessibility, and preservation. To date, being able to share digital content and associated metadata ...

• (Re)birth And Resurrection - Digitizing Antiquity: Preparing Ancient Egyptian Collections for the Digital World at The Grand Egyptian Museum and The Egyptian Museum in Cairo 

  Camacho, Kenaya N. (2017)

  Protector of thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) is home to the greatest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. Unfortunately, the EMC has not incorporated ...

• Getting into the Digital Game: The Employment of Digital Curation and Digital Preservation in University Art Museums 

  Boigenzahn, Jocelyn P. (2016)

  Responding to a challenge set forth by Campus Art Museums in the 21st Century: A Conversation, this study provides a contemporary snapshot of digital curation and digital preservation practices in university art museums. ...

• Using Market-Based Tools to Achieve Meaningful Carbon Emissions Reductions in the United States 

  Shen, Natalie (2017-05)

  Carbon emissions are directly and unequivocally linked to anthropogenic climate change. Reducing carbon emissions will mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change, which include immediate and sustained harm to ...

• Less Traditional, Less Success: The Negative Effect of Nontraditional Students on Community College Graduation Rates 

  Dana, Samantha (2017-12)

  Community colleges enroll 40% of all undergraduates and 60% of community college students are independent for financial aid purposes. Independent students, with a number of nontraditional traits, are increasing as high ...

• Characteristics of Oil and Gas Pipeline Accidents Caused by Climate Change Intensified Hurricanes 

  Matek, Benjamin (2017-12)

  Scientist now believe with more confidence that human activities contribute substantially to the observed upward trend in hurricane activity. An occasional casualty of hurricanes is energy infrastructure like hazardous ...

• An Improved Index for Measuring Precinct-Level Political Ideology in California 

  Bradford, David (2017-12)

  Despite California’s reputation as a solidly liberal state, there exist deep regional and neighborhood-level divisions in political ideology among voters. Factor analysis has been used in previous research to formulate ...

• Developing Policy for Beneficial Use of Waste Heat Energy for Low-Carbon Impact Thermal Desalination 

  Knoop, Gregory (2017-12)

  This study proposes that policy—supported by innovative technologies in desalination and cogeneration—can be used as a mechanism to facilitate thermal desalination for the relief of water stress without the burden of ...

• Identifying Intentionally Duplicative Public Comments Submitted to Proposed Federal Rules 

  Armour, Karin M. (2017-12)

  Since the public commenting process for proposed federal regulations became primarily web-based, the number of rules receiving extremely high comment volumes has increased substantially; raising concerns about whether ...

• Responsiveness to Citizen Input: Topic Model Analysis of Public Comments to the San Francisco Police Commission 

  Wollard, Carroll W. III (2017-12)

  Police commissions are uniquely positioned to funnel critical issues raised by citizens to police departments, thereby increasing accountability and potentially improving police/community relations. However, no empirical ...

• Using 2012 State Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Annual Payroll Data to Understand United States Sector Emissions 

  Doyle, Stephanie E. (2017-12)

  The completion of this paper is an excellent summation of my time in the EPC program. I came into the program hoping to compliment my work at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which revolves around the implementation of a federal ...

• Quantifying Changes in Retail Electricity Rates Resulting from a Microgrid Deployment 

  Boylan, Thomas (2017-12)

  Understanding how a proposed microgrid would affect customers is critical to deciding whether to deploy such a system and this paper seeks to assess how a microgrid deployment would affect retail electricity rates for ...

• ISO 14001: The Creation of an Effective Environmental Management System 

  Taylor, Jamie (2017-12)

  A majority of research that is completed on ISO 14001 has focused on the development of the Environmental Management System for a company. Little research has been focused on whether the ISO 14001 certification ensures a ...

• The Competitive Advantage of Sustainability Reporting 

  Heuer, Katrine (2017-12)

  Over the last few decades, the demands for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) developments and reporting have dramatically increased in business. Currently, the majority of the S&P 500 Index is providing sustainability ...

• China's Renewable and Nuclear Energy Agenda: A Geopolitical Strategy? 

  Ashburn, Alison (2017-12)

  This study is a culmination of research performed during the Master of Science in Energy Policy and Climate Program at Johns Hopkins University. Through questioning, research accumulation, aggregation, analytical review, ...

• An Analysis of Academic Research Administration Central Office Structures 

  Thornton, Kaitlin (2017-12)

  The purpose of this Capstone Project was to assess academic research office structures. A descriptive and qualitative research method was used in the process of conducting a literature review and the analysis of survey ...

• Fraccidents: The Ostensible Link Between Oil and Gas Development and Car Accidents in Post-Shale Boom Texas Counties 

  Benitez, Richard (2017-12)

  New developments in the exploration of unconventional Oil and Gas (O&G) resources have become an energy industry trend. Nevertheless, there are underlying environmental and socio-economic impacts attributed to “fracking”, ...

• Considerations for Reliance on Single Institutional Review Boards 

  Coleman, R. Whitney (2017-12)

  The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network has trialed several versions of the NIH mandated single IRB model in hopes to find the most efficient model. Study startup milestones were measured over four trials ...

• Information Dominance - Study on Potential for U.S. Army to share Historical Information with Online Audiences 

  Scanlin, Joseph (2016-12)

  This paper explores why the U.S. Army Center for Military History does not currently share its extensive museum collection online. It considers the regulatory, policy and legal issues that are commonly seen as limiting ...

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