Past Projects and Documents
Three Gorges Dam Project:
Paper accepted for publication in Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 21, 1-18, 2004. Published Paper.htm.
Recent newspaper release of a research trip led by Dr. Mitchel F. Bloom to the Three Gorges Dam Project in Cnina in August, 2002. Dam Talk Release.htm
Draft of material to be included in an article of the trip to the Three Gorges Dam Project on the Yangtze River, China, August, 2002. Dam Article.htm
Production Operations Management Course:
The table of contents of a course manual in production and operations management taught at Boston University from 1997-2001. POM TOC.htm
Forecast of the US and the World in 2020:
Two papers published in the Journal of Business Forecasting in 1995 which extrapolate and discuss the interaction of trends projected to the year 2020.
World Forecast to the Year 2020: world_forecast.htm
U.S. Forecast to the Year 2020: US_forecast.htm
Forecast of a Religious Institution
Demographic forecast to the year 2020 for Temple
Beth El, Tacoma, WA, 1997. Forecast by age,
life cycle events, school enrollment; alternative scenarios varying economic
outlook, leadership style, competing temples, and social trends. Temple.htm
Consulting Projects:
1990-2001:
President, Bloom Forecasting, Inc., Tacoma, Washington.
Developed ecological quality index model working
in conjunction with a set of ecological and engineering specialists. Using the index, a major chemical company in
the Pacific Northwest was able to
determine the extent of ecological restoration of a piece of industrial
land and to forecast the level of restoration in the next 20 years.
Environmental and economic research, analysis and
forecasts for the chemical industry.
Work included studies in marine toxicology, expert systems, water
quality index, forecast of hydrogen peroxide as bioremediation and waste-water
treatment agent, background
concentrations of arsenic in oceans worldwide,
critique of EPA arsenic regulations pertaining to seawater, and both
financial and technological evaluation of alternative methods of remediation of
organic compounds in groundwater.
1980-1990:
Principal; Bloom Forecasting; Tacoma, Washington.
Statistical analysis and demographic and economic
projections for government, school districts, and the communications industry.
Developed new techniques for forecasting
trends. Taught mini-courses in business
strategy, management information systems, and computer software applications to
business, industry and government employees.
Delivered talks before American Marketing
Association, American Society for Personnel Managers, National Educaiton
Association, Rotary Club, Lions Club, etc.
1973-1974:
Consultant, World Institute, Jerusalem.
Applied systems dynamics simulation methods to
forecasting social welfare trends.
1971-1972:
Consultant, Urban Institute, Tel Aviv.
Directed projects and conducted forecasts of
populations in development towns, number and types of shops required in a new
shopping center.
Email:
mfbloom@shaw.ca