Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions

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    • Barriers to the Success of 100% Maritime Cargo Container Scanning 

      Cirincione, R.; Cosmas, A.; Low, C.; Peck, J.; Wilds, J. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-01)
      The attacks of September 11, 2001 revealed national security vulnerabilities that had previously not received high level priority in the United States, such as insecure transportation and infrastructure networks. In response, ...

    • Pathways to a Trusted Electronic Voting System 

      Connolly, Jeremiah; Levy, Romain; Lindsey, Johnathan; Maro, Judith; Martin, Juan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-01)
      In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) [1], largely in response to voting irregularities in the 2000 presidential election in Florida. Congress intended that HAVA resolve the lingering public confidence ...

    • Avian Influenza Pre-Pandemic Procurement: Recommendations for the US Federal Government 

      Bird, Sarah; Heidel, Timothy; McGuinness, Meghan; Sasanuma, Katsunobu; Tan, Junjay (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-01)
      Many experts fear that an influenza pandemic will occur in the near future. There is currently much debate about how the US should best prepare. Previous US responses give only minimal guidance as the last major influenza ...