Browsing Faculty of Engineering & IT (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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KINETIC DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE STRATEGY TO REDUCE ENERGY AND IMPROVE LIGHT COMFORT IN AN OFFICE BUILDING IN DUBAI - UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-09)Façade technique as a response to the external climate factors has been discussing tremendously by many studies and in many regions with various weather conditions. However, in particular, the subject of the kinetic facade ... -
Knowledge Management Practices in UAE Construction Sector
(The British University in Dubai, 2017-11)Knowledge management (KM)considered as project asset that add value to the projects and organizations as its useful in delivering the project on time , within budget and with high quality standards to satisfy projects ... -
Leadership and Its Impact on Organisational Behaviour in a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)This study seeks to critically investigate the impact that various leadership style have on organisational behaviours that are crucial in maintaining high organisational performance with respect to an NPP in the UAE. The ... -
Lean Transformation in IT – Case Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-11)Managing quality is crucial for all small and big organizations over the world. Meeting customers’ satisfactions and needs by providing a high standard of quality for services and products will uphold organizations’ image ... -
Learning Games and their impacts on Student’s Educational Performance
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-06)Developing an application through which the user can learn and have fun at the same time is being challenging for developers. For young learners these applications, or learning games sound interesting and very attractive ... -
Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Value Engineering and their Usage in the United Arab Emirates: A Case Study of Residential Buildings in Al Ain
(The British University in Dubai, 2016-12)Anxiety of succeeding a business is uncertainty to any stakeholder. Therefore appropriate strategical planning based on financial assessment is essential, strictly speaking for long-term planning. Accordingly, life cycle ... -
Lifecycle Assessment LCA comparison for different prefabricated modular construction systems with the conventional construction system for affordable houses in Egypt
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-02)Egypt is considered as the most populated country in the Arab world with its high population that exceeds 94 million (CIA, 2017), 62.6% of them are in working age and the young generation forms 19.24% of the overall ... -
Lighting Impacts on Productivity and Performance of School Children An experiment in Elementary Schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-08)Sustainability is an increasingly prevalent issue not only in terms of our environment and resources, but also our health and performance, especially within the indoor environment. One of the most important ele-ments of ... -
Machine Learning in the Analysis of Social Problems: The Case of Global Human Trafficking
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-09)Machine learning has been key to significant information technology discoveries in myriad disciplines. However, it has received mixed outlook in the social science field. This study aims to use the methods of learning from ... -
Machine Learning Techniques for Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-11)This dissertation presents a novel drug classifier to automate the prediction of drug indication and drug interactions with other drugs. The study integrates knowledge visualization, analysis, as well as development of a ... -
Maintaining TQM in a Nuclear Power Plant through Training
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-11)The main of the study used to identify the influence of training program outcome on the total quality management of the nuclear power plant in the UAE. Several sub-variables were identified to ease the process of reaching ... -
Major obstacles preventing governmental organizations in Abu Dhabi from implementing GIS
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-12)The last decade of the last century witnessed the emergence of the Geographic Information Systems technology (GIS) in the UAE and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi was one of the first beneficiaries of the promising technology. The ... -
Managing Development for the Health Records to be centralized Electronically,in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-09)Improving the healthcare is considered to be one of the major strategic issues that have to be planned by the countries to provide a healthy life for the citizens and residents. The age of the health information technology ... -
Managing uncertainity in strategy execution in the transportation sector of the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-02)The purpose of this research is to identify strategies for resolution and better management of uncertainty. Uncertainty exists in many forms. Some uncertainties can be managed while others cannot.This dissertation studies ... -
Marine Propulsion System
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-09)The research is an application of a multivariable system control for marine propulsion system where the propeller pitch is controlled to reach stability within different conditions and disturbances. Attention is paid also ... -
A Maturity Model to Assess Organization’s Readiness to Adopt a Sustainable Business Model
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-03-14)Organizations’ Business Model (BM) plays a significant role in the world’s economy, society, and environment. Transforming from the classic BM into a Sustainable Business Model has become an accountable choice for organizations ... -
Measuring Sustainability in Design for Hospitality
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-11)Mounting awareness of climate change in recent years has led the construction industry to initiate new approaches toward sustainable building design. The USGBC’s LEED guideline programs are currently the most widely accepted ... -
Methodologies of Achieving Energy-Plus Building through Deep Investigation in The Building Energy Performance: Case Study of Existing Multipurpose Building in Dubai, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-11)The inevitable relation between population and energy demand is deriving the humanity for thinking about safe sources to cover their energy needs especially after the global warming raised during the last decades resulted ... -
Methodology for Weighted Social Networks Navigation
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-05)Our world is becoming an increasingly interconnected world. Connection between different people is being expanded dramatically especially after the vast use of technologies in this area. This expansion necessitates a deep ... -
Minimum Effort Hydraulic System Regulation
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-09)An investigation into the electrohydraulic performance of long- stroke, loaded, spool valve-controlled, high-pressure, cylinder type servomechanism is presented herein. In addition to spool valve, a needle valve is also ...