Browsing Graduate Theses by Title
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The municipal puzzle : a review of the literature
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Numerous papers have explored the pricing of municipal bonds relative to taxable instruments. An emerging theme of this literature is the persistently steep municipal term structure, and its incompatibility with prevailing ... -
Municipal role in the determination of land use.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976) -
Municipal solid waste policy and universities : a case study of the Cambridge Mandatory Recycling Ordinance and MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
Municipal strategies for affordable housing : incenting an exacting public goods from private developers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This thesis studies the next generation of municipal housing policy by asking, "How can cities effectively use the private-sector to promote affordable housing development?" In response, it looks at an array of public-sector ... -
Municipal wireless mesh networks as a competitive broadband delivery platform
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Recently there has been a growing interest in deploying Wireless Mesh Networks by municipalities. This interest stems from the desire to provide broadband connectivity to users lacking access to broadband alternatives. The ... -
Murals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)This project emerges from the desire of making a mural for the interior space of an abortion clinic. In 2023, in the United States, reproductive agency is a threatened right, which makes abortion clinics spaces of resistance, ... -
Murine embryonic stem cells and hypoxia : growth kinetics, metabolism, and plating efficiency
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)There is reason to believe that embryonic stem cells would grow favorably in a hypoxic environment. These cells come from the pre-implantation embryo, whose native environment is the hypoxic mammalian reproductive tract. ... -
Murmurized
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Muscle Recruitment Mechanism under Optogenetic Neuromodulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)Neurological conditions in which the communication pathway between the central nervous system and the peripheral neuromuscular components is severed, such as spinal cord injury, affect motor control, limiting patients’ ... -
The museum as agent of participatory planning : the Queens Museum of Art engages an immigrant neighborhood
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)In neighborhoods facing demographic shifts, like changes in ethnicity, class and language, resident participation in state-sponsored planning processes can be difficult due to unfamiliarity, mistrust or cultural misalignment ... -
Museum making : creating with new technologies in art museums
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Hackathons, maker spaces, R&D labs: these terms are common to the world of technology, but have only recently seeped into museums. The last few years have witnessed a wave of art museum initiatives that invite audiences-from ... -
A museum of history and technology for the Smithsonian Institution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957) -
A museum of movement : reinterpreting the industrial landscape
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)This thesis proposes an investigation of fragmented urban spaces between traditionally dense, urban fabric. I have termed such places in the city "gap-spaces." With the selection and documentation of a particular gap-space ... -
A music centre for Winnipeg, Manitoba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955) -
Music, mind, and mouth : exploring the interaction between music and flavor perception
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)This thesis presents a study of how hearing and taste can influence each other, how this interaction can be measured, and how the results can be used to design new, powerful, immersive experiences. The goal of the thesis ... -
Musical form in non-narrative video
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)"Musical Form in Non- Narrative Video" explores musical structure as a model for visual form over time, specifically in the creation of artistic video. Video is a medium in which sound and image coexist at the source as ... -
MusicBox : navigating the space of your music
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Navigating increasingly large personal music libraries is commonplace. Yet most music browsers do not enable their users to explore their collections in a guided and manipulable fashion, often requiring them to have a ... -
Musicpainter : a collaborative composing environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis presents the design and implementation of Musicpainter, a networked graphical composing environment that encourages sharing and collaboration within the composing process. Instead of building a computer-assisted ... -
Musings from the Margins of a Polychrome Future
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)I decided to create MMPF mostly for my own process of self-discovery around my beliefs around the relationship between planning and speculative fiction. As a thesis project my initial desire was to hold a convening of ...
