Infrastructure and Technology Management: Contributions from the Energy, Healthcare and Transportation Sectors

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This book presents emerging technology management approaches and applied cases from leading infrastructure sectors such as energy, healthcare, transportation and education. Featuring timely topics such as fracking technology, electric cars, Google’s eco-friendly mobile technology and Amazon Prime Air, the volume’s contributions explore the current management challenges that have resulted from the development of new technologies, and present tools, applications and frameworks that can be utilized to overcome these challenges. Emerging technologies make us rethink how our infrastructure will look in the future. Solar and wind generation, for example, have already changed the dynamics of the power sector. While they have helped to reduce the use of fossil fuels, they have created management complications due to their intermittent natures. Meanwhile, information technologies have changed how we manage healthcare, making it safer and more accessible, but not without implications for cost and administration. Autonomous cars are around the corner. On-line education is no longer a myth but still a largely unfulfilled opportunity. Digitization of car ownership is achievable thanks to emerging business models leveraging new communication technologies. The major challenge is how to evaluate the relative costs and benefits of these technologies. This book offers insights from both researchers and industry practitioners to address this challenge and anticipate the impact of new technologies on infrastructure now and in the future. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Landscape Analysis: Regulations, Policies, and Innovation in Photovoltaic Industry (Dmitriy Moskovkin, Anna Mary Mathew, Qin Guo, Roli Eyetsemitan, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 3-17 Landscape Analysis: Fracking Technology (Rafaa Khalifa, Chih-Jen Yu, Joao Ricardo Lavoie, Momtaj Khanam, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 19-44 Landscape Analysis: Connected Lighting System (Nina Chaichi, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 45-65 Technology Assessment: Developing Geothermal Energy Resources for Supporting Electrical System in Oregon (Ahmed Shehab Alshareef, Tugrul U. Daim, Ibrahim Iskin)....Pages 67-175 Technology Assessment: Demand Response Technologies in the Pacific Northwest (Judith Estep, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 177-210 Front Matter ....Pages 211-211 Landscape Analysis: What Are the Forefronts of Change in the US Hospitals? (Amir Shaygan)....Pages 213-243 Technology Assessment: Patient-Centric Solutions for Transfer of Health Information (Paul Atkinson, Shabnam Jahromi, Paweena Kongsansatean, Leong Chan)....Pages 245-269 Technology Assessment: Nosocomial Infection Solutions (Chris Imondi, Arundhati Shastri, Tom Shott, Jayanth Siddappa, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 271-295 Technology Assessment: Study of User Preferences for Weight Loss Mobile Applications Both Globally and in the United States (Ahmed Bohliqa, Apisit Charoensupyanant, Daria Spatar, Jejung Ha, Selen Yilmaz, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 297-324 Front Matter ....Pages 325-325 Landscape Analysis: The Electric Car (Is It a Viable Alternative?) (Henry Janzen, Deepak Yasaswi Kancherla, Sridhar Paneerselvam, Shiva Ram Reddy, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 327-346 Technology Roadmap: A Roadmap for Tesla (Yasaswi Deepak Kancherla, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 347-366 Technology Assessment: Emerging Automotive Technologies for the Future (Aurobindh Kalathil Puthanpura, Rafaa Khalifa, Leong Chan, Husam Barham)....Pages 367-385 Technology Roadmap: Drone Delivery – Amazon Prime Air (Shiva Ram Reddy Singireddy, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 387-412 Front Matter ....Pages 413-413 Technology Roadmap: Google’s Eco-friendly Mobile Phones (Xuran Dai, Tugrul U. Daim)....Pages 415-436 Technology Assessment: The Evaluation of Residential Pool Sanitation Options Using TOPSIS (Ori Wolman, Joseph C. Edmondson, Leong Chan)....Pages 437-446 Technology Assessment: Cloud Service Adoption Decision (Greg Wease, Kwasi Boateng, Chih-Jen Yu, Leong Chan, Husam Barham)....Pages 447-471 Project Delivery: Highway Construction (Rafaa Khalifa, Tugrul U. Daim, Robert Stewart)....Pages 473-497