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LINKING SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND LIVABILITY WITH SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING A NOVEL HYBRID DECISION SUPPORT MODEL FOR COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
(06-2 , Dissertation)Smartening development in cities have reinvented hopes to melt down predicaments in early 2000s'. At the embryonic stage, it is vital for cities of today to gain a more consistent understanding on how resilience, livability, ... -
DATA VISUALIZATION FOR SUPPORTING INFORMED DECISION MAKING FOR SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FUEL BUS TECHNOLOGIES
(06-2 , Master Thesis)Compared to other transportation approaches, public transportation produces the most greenhouse gas emissions. There is a pressing need to comply with national guidelines outlined in Qatar's National Development Strategy ... -
HYBRID LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS SUPPLY CHAIN
(06-2 , Dissertation)Integrating sustainability into the distribution network process is a significant problem for any industry hoping to prosper or survive in today's fast-paced environment. Since gas is one of the world's most important fuel ... -
HOW TO ENHANCE THE RESILIANCE OF SURFACTANT SUPPLY CHAIN TO ENSURE THE CONTINUES PRODUCTION OF AL-SHAHEEN, DURING POLITICAL DISPUTES IN THE REGION
(06-2 , Master Thesis)This master's dissertation investigates the established supply chain of surfactant used in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) activities in Al-Shaheen oil filed based of a pilot project conducted. It focuses on risks can rises ... -
BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) TOWARDS FOSTERING CIRCULAR AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION (CIRCULAR BIM)
(06-2 , Master Thesis)The aim of this thesis is to study the circular economy (CE) model in construction, sustainability, and the utilization of building information modeling (BIM) to support decision making on building component circularity ... -
MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF DISTRICT COOLING SYSTEM
(06-2 , Master Thesis)This research focuses on modeling and optimization of the design and operation of a district cooling system (DCS). The research investigates two solution paths: (1) the system transformation leading to re-organizing the ... -
SELECTION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS MARITIME TRANSPORT CARRIER: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH OF LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT AND MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING
(06-2 , Dissertation)Incorporating sustainability considerations into the distribution network processes is a major challenge for any maritime shipping operations, particularly in the energy sector. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is carried ... -
STATISTICAL WEIGHTING BASED MEASUREMENT FOR FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY DIMENSION OF FOOD SECURITY AND EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT
(06-2 , Master Thesis)The appropriate application of statistical approaches on a data set brings powerful results and insights for solving food security problems for current and future generations. Moreover, it provides resilient integrated ... -
Carbon emissions Inventory Games
(2016 , Master Thesis)Carbon emissions reduction has been the center of attention in many organizations during the past few decades. Many international entities developed rules and regulations to monitor and control carbon emissions especially ... -
ROBUST RESOURCE INVESTMENT PROBLEM WITH TIME-DEPENDENT RESOURCE COST AND TARDINESS PENALTY
(2016 , Master Thesis)The Resource Investment Problem (RIP) is a variant of the well-known Resource Constraint Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP) that requires finding the optimal resource allocation, given a preset completion date, with the ... -
INTEGRATION OF INNOVATION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2016 , Master Thesis)Effective construction management is the best practice in the construction sector to achieve the project objectives and the vision for the company. The projects require high level of challenges to maintain the continuous ... -
CAUSES OF DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
(2016 , Master Thesis)The construction industry is struggling by numerous recorded incidents of delay due to improper planning and/or implementation of required construction measures. Globally, researchers have concluded that the construction ... -
Sustainable solutions for domestic solid waste management in Qatar
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Due to the fact that Qatar has increased its investments and projects worldwide, Qatar has become one of the world’s fastest growing economy and highest paid GDP. As a result, the population has increased in the last few ... -
Simulation of sulfur recovery process and optimization of the main operational parameters
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Strict environmental regulations has pushed sulfur emissions from natural gas and crude oil refining plants to very low levels. The current and most widely used method for reducing those emissions is the Claus sulfur ... -
Causes of Cost-Overrun in Construction Projects
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Cost overrun in construction projects is a common issue affecting project performance. After a review of the literature, a list of 39 cost overrun attributes were gathered and presented in a survey questionnaire. The survey ... -
Factors of successful technology transfer in oil and gas industry in Qatar State
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Technology transfer is highly regarded in business circles and it is one of the vital business strategies. Any developed country seeks to own a new technology and to be transformed from technology receiver to technology ... -
Work force assignment and planning for onshore oil and gas wells cementing operations
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)In oil and gas well cementing operations, workers are exposed to long consecutive hours of work and irregular off times due to the nature of such service and inefficient workforce assignment. Overloading human resources ... -
Effective framework for change order management in construction industry
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Construction is a multi-trillion-dollar industry with a very complex nature involving a balanced combination of many human, non-human and other factors. The change orders are a practical reality of the construction industry ... -
Analyzing the reliability and effectiveness of public school evaluation system in Qatar
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)In 2004, Qatar government launched a huge education reform, Education for New Era (EFNE) which introduced changes to the K-12 educational system. The reform model suggested by Research and Development Cooperation (RAND) ... -
Stakeholder Perception of Service Quality in Qatar Higher Education Institutions: An Application to Qatar University
(2017 , Master Thesis)Managing quality of services offered by institutions of higher education is important in any country due to the inherent aim of producing quality graduates from programs offered in the university. Qatar has made substantial ...
