Capacity Planning and Investment for Electrification of Maritime Container Ports; Impact of Electrification on the Economy and Environment

This pressing sociotechnical topic investigates the general economic feasibility of
electrification, its impact on emissions, and the implied social impacts of climate change as a
whole, while the technical topic takes electrification as a given, finding an optimal way to
implement it in a real-life scenario, on large-scale industrial sites. Both the STS and technical
research presented provide different insights into electrification of machinery and vehicles. The
interconnectedness of the topics allows research to apply to both my technical and STS research,
despite completely different applications of the knowledge. New insights found from diving into
both research areas strengthen the validity of each argument, specifically when the
sociotechnical research supports the technical goals for the Port of Virginia.

School of Engineering and Applied Science
Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering
Technical Advisor: James Lambert
STS Advisor: Travis Elliott
Technical Team Members: Timothy Costello, Ekaterina Forkin, Tanushri Roy, Matthew
Swierczewski