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CIVINS (Civilian Institutions)

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CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) Theses and Dissertations

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The Navy's fully-funded graduate education program supports 71 different subspecialties. Seventy-four different curricula are currently being taught at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. In addition, 33 other fields of study are possible from over 96 different civilian institutions nationwide. Each year approximately 22% of the graduate assignments for officers are slated to attend civilian institutions (CIVINS). The Civilian Institutions (CIVINS) Office executes the Navy's mission by supporting these selected active-duty Navy at full-time residency graduate degree programs at accredited institutions within the US.

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Design-build contracting in the Navy
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1999) Murphy, Jay A.; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions)
In the 1970's and 1980's, the Federal Government, especially the United States Military, did not have to worry about funding constraints. During this time, the United States and the Soviet Union were in the middle of the Cold War, racing to build up their military strength. Now that the Cold War is over, the United States Government is faced with a declining budget and smaller military force. Even with a reduced budget, the Government must continue to maintain and operate military facilities around the world. In order to accomplish this, the Government must be more innovative and efficient like the civilian sector. Presently the construction industry is making a move towards design build contracts because of several factors; i.e. reduced costs, one party responsibility, and shorter time frames. With the implementation of the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996, the Government is now using a two phase design build process that allows for the pre-qualification of contractors prior to submittal proposal and contract award. Southern Division (SOUTHDIV), Naval Facilities Engineering Command, located in Charleston, South Carolina has taken the two phase design build process one step further. SOUTHDIV has created the Design Build Order Contract (DBOC), which is a hybrid of the indefinite quantities (IDQ) contract and the two phase design build contract. This report will provide a better understanding of the Government's two phase design build and DBOC processes and also the current status of DBOC
Analysis of Energy Delivery Sector Malware Attack Response Mechanisms
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2019-09) Sapienza, Michael; Madnick, Prof. Stuart; Pearlson, Keri; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions)
Energy Resiliency: How DoD can become Energy Resilient and Still Meet its Renewable Energy Goals
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2019-08) Reintjes, Christopher; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions)
The DoD has several new authorities it can use to help it prioritize renewable energy development by weighing the benefits unique to these sources, but it requires the DoD to create new energy resiliency metrics and installation resiliency plans; modify its traditional cost-benefit analysis to properly weigh the benefits of onsite production of energy and fuel savings associated with renewable energy; and make investments in new micro-grid technologies that can decouple the DoD from the aging commercial grid and that may encourage third-party energy partnerships.
A Review of Alternatives to Injection of Petroleum Wastewater from Oil and Gas Extraction
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-05) Sly, Mary E.; Vossoughi, Shapour; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions); Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum refinery production wastewater is likely increasing the toxic contaminants in freshwater sources and contributing to freshwater scarcity despite regulatory guidelines, resulting in negative impacts to aquatic life, soil microbial communities, wildlife, and human communities With the predicted increase in global energy demands by 2030, to include increases in petroleum consumption and production up to 107 million barrels of crude oil per day; the negative environmental impact and freshwater dearth can also be expected to progressively worsen as petroleum refinery wastewater increases to between 42.8 – 171.2 million barrels per day. While regulatory guidelines provide some mitigating effects to environmental pollution by mandating contaminant thresholds for discharge to the environment or injection to aquifers; they do little to address water conservation or reclamation. A growing sense of urgency should accompany the exploration and implementation of alternatives to petroleum wastewater discharge to the environment or injection to aquifers to not only halt but perhaps begin to reverse this ascendant trend in environmental contamination and freshwater shortage. Advanced processes or technologies that we explored provided a range of contaminant removal efficiencies with some of the best demonstrating a chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal of > 90% or a dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal of > 90% . The majority of the studies we reviewed were in the experimental phase and would require further.
Curriculum influence of the Navy Intermediate Officer Leadership Training Course
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1999-05-18) Lohmeyer, Terrie N.; Jacobs, Ron; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions); Education
In its ongoing effort to produce well-rounded leaders, the United States Navy requires both its enlisted and officer members to attend leadership courses at specified career milestones. Officers, for example, attend the Intermediate Officer Leadership Training Course (IOLTC) at the department head pr mid-career point. This course supports the Navy's mission to "be organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained combat incident to operations at sea" by providing the leadership skills necessary to carry out this mission (Dalton, 1994). The course provides leadership training in the areas of values, leadership, communication, subordinate development,managing systems and processes, command development and mission execution. The course mission is to provide advanced education and training in the concepts, philosophies, elements, tools, and practices of effective leadership and management required to function as an intermediate level officer (Chief of Naval Educations and Training, 1997). Considering the manpower and financial resources expended, is this training effective? Do students use the information taught once they return to the work site? Did transfer of learning occur? These questions were explored in an ongoing study to determine what IOLTC curriculum topics had the greatest influence on modifying their leadership behavior. The study group consisted of IOLTC students at the Naval Leader Training Unit Coronado who were surveyed after completion of the course to determine if their leadership behaviors changed as a result of the IOLTC.
Autoclaved aerated concrete : shaping the evolution of residential construction in the United States.
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998) Bukoski, Steven C.; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions)
Precast Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) is a proven construction material used in Europe for over 70 years. Introduced to the United States in 1990, construction thus far is limited to commercial and custom borne applications. Premium benefits include energy efficiency and resistance to natural disaster and pests. Despite being the leading residential construction material in Europe and Japan, lumber is the leading material of choice in the United States. AAC is clearly a superior residential construction product in its current form, but the economic position of lumber and industry change hesitation demand a different marketing approach than is used elsewhere in the world. Using an internet-based survey, home buyers provide data surrounding three core issues: the important characteristics of a house, how much are they willing to pay for superior benefits, and the expected payback period. Adapting current product form and installation methods can make AAC cost competitive with traditional residential framing systems. Consumer education is essential in this evolution to understand the connection between building products and their benefits. As an option to lumber construction, consumers will benefit from its low utility and life cycle costs. The environment will benefit from its energy efficiency and natural resource conservation
Overview of horizontal directional drilling for utility construction
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1999) Barlas, Alexander W.; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions)
Non-linear material three degree of freedom analysis of submarine drydock blocking systems
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1988) Hepburn, Richard Daniel; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions)
U.S. Naval shipyards where submarines are dry-docked are located in regions of the United States where significant earthquakes are known to occur. The graving dry-docks at these shipyards are currently designed to withstand earthquake accelerations up to 0.26 g's. This thesis develops a nonlinear material model for wood drydock block caps which more closely represents its actual behavior than linear elastic material models used previously. Using this non-linear model, it is determined that submarine drydock blocking systems would fail at even lower earthquake accelerations than that predicted by linear material models. This confirms that submarine drydock blocking systems would fail at accelerations which are significantly lower than the Navy's 0.2 g survival requirement. New blocking materials are then analyzed using non-linear models developed in this thesis in order to determine their potential for increasing system survivability. The materials analyzed are natural rubber and dynamic isolators. It is determined that when these materials are incorporated in the blocking systems, significant increases in survivability occur; however, all the systems still fall well below the required 0.2 g level. This thesis makes it clear that the current submarine drydock blocking systems provide inadequate protection of the submarines from accelerations caused by highly probable earthquakes, but the use of new blocking materials can reduce the risk of blocking failure. (KT/AW)
The joint modular intermodal container, is this the future of naval logistics?
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005) Johnson, Mark E.; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions); Master in Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and Ocean Systems Management
Under the fiscal reality of the 21st century military budget, the typically manpower intensive United States Navy has had to learn to do more with less of everything, in many cases specifically less sailors. One mission area that is prime for manpower reduction is naval logistics. JMIC, the Joint Military Intermodal Container is a combined Naval Sea Systems Command/ Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (NAVSEA/OPNAV) program that is designed to change the way the United States Navy conducts logistics. Automation and efficiency improvements inherent to the JMIC program are proposed to drastically lower the manpower requirements and complexity of the US Navy logistics pipeline. JMIC is a program in the very early stages of development. This thesis will examine some of the operational and technical challenges associated with incorporating JMIC into the United States Navy, and ultimately United States Military logistics architecture.
Hazardous waste minimization in the semiconductor industry.
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992-04) Gilles, David G.; CIVINS (Civilian Institutions); Civil Engineering
The major objectives of this report are to: (a) provide the reader with the magnitude of the hazardous waste disposal problems facing the semiconductor manufacturing industry, and (b) explain how the minimization of hazardous waste can provide both economic benefits and reduced liability for this industry. Two important aspects of all waste minimization studies are the knowledge of quantity and characteristics of the waste streams in order to allocate scarce resources toward areas that provide maximum results. This report will provide this information related to the conditions of California and Texas based semiconductor manufacturers which provide almost forty percent of the semiconductor products in the United States. In addition, this report will review applicable environmental regulations which are important to future operations because they provide the impetus for waste minimization. Finally, successful case studies are summarized to give the reader an idea of which technologies are being used to minimize hazardous waste within the industry