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Dissertations from 2023
FUNCTIONALIZING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SUPERHYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Spatial Analyses of Pedestrian Network Safety, Accessibility, and Equity Across Metropolitan Regions, Civil and Environmental Engineering
WATER RESOURCES PLANNING UNDER DEEP UNCERTAINTY FOR PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND POLITICALLY COMPLEX SYSTEMS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dissertations from 2022
SIZE PROGRESSION OF OXYGENIC PHOTOGRANULES (OPGs) AND ITS EFFECT ON OPG WASTEWATER TREATMENT, Ahmed S.A. Abouhend, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Optimizing Transportation Systems with Information Provision, Personalized Incentives and Driver Cooperation, Sayeeda Ayaz, Civil and Environmental Engineering
LATERAL RESPONSE OF COLD-FORMED STEEL DIAPHRAGMS WITH VARIABLE SHEATHING, Hernan Castaneda, Civil Engineering
ENHANCING MANAGEMENT OF BUILT AND NATURAL WATER AND SANITATION SYSTEMS WITH DATA SCIENCE, Nelson da Luz, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF BICYCLE TREATMENTS ON BICYCLE SAFETY: A MULTI-METHODS APPROACH, Aikaterini Deliali, Civil and Environmental Engineering
REMOTE SENSING OF HIGH LATITUDE RIVERS: APPROACHES, INSIGHTS, AND FUTURE RAMIFICATIONS, Merritt E. Harlan, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Experimental Investigation of Clay Aggregate and Granular Biofilm Behavior, Tao Jiang, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Big Data Nanoindentation: Concepts, Principles and Applications to Cemented Materials, Yucheng Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Analysis and Fate of 2,6-Dichloro-1,4-Benzoquinone in Real and Model Drinking Waters, Aarthi Mohan, Civil Engineering
PREDICTING WATER QUALITY VULNERABILITY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE WITH MACHINE LEARNING, Khanh Thi Nhu Nguyen, Civil and Environmental Engineering
THE ROLE OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES IN THE ACCUMULATION AND TRANSPORT OF POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLES IN BIOFILMS, Joann Marie Rodríguez Suarez, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Equitable resource allocation to improve safety: An evaluation based on risk, Alyssa M. Ryan, Civil Engineering
Dissertations from 2021
DENSITY STATE AND SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF GRANULAR SOILS WITH INFLUENCE OF PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, Yibing Deng, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Harnessing the Mechanics of Thin-Walled Metallic Structures: from Plate-Lattice Materials to Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls, Fani Derveni, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cold-Formed Steel Stud Assemblies Bearing on Concrete Slabs, Abbas Joorabchian, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES IN OXYGENIC PHOTOGRANULES: INVESTIGATION OF THEIR ROLE IN PHOTOGRANULATION IN A HYDROSTATIC ENVIRONMENT, Wenye Camilla Kuo-Dahab, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prediction of the Formation, Speciation, and Health Risks of Unregulated Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water using a Kinetic Binomial Model, Xian Ma, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Material Property Heterogeneity in Dimensional Lumber and its Relationship to Mass Timber Performance, Fiona O'Donnell, Civil and Environmental Engineering
MULTISCALE INVESTIGATION OF THIXOTROPY IN SOFT CLAYS, Jing Peng, Civil Engineering
Optimization and Technology-Based Strategies to Improve Public Transit Performance Accounting for Demand Distribution, Charalampos Sipetas, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Understanding the Safety Impacts of Left-Turn Infrastructure on the Vulnerable Driving Population, Francis Tainter, Civil and Environmental Engineering
A Comprehensive Protocol for Inspection and Assessment of Aging Steel Bridges: Experiments, Computations and 3D Laser Scanning of Field Corroded Girders, Georgios Tzortzinis, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Synthesis and Properties of a Novel Class of Superhydrophobic Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers, Dongfang Wang, Civil Engineering
BUCKLING OF THIN CYLINDRICAL SHELLS: IMPERFECTION SENSITIVITY, NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR CAPACITY PREDICTION AND APPLICATION FOR WIND TURBINE TOWERS, Kshitij Kumar Yadav, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dissertations from 2020
Investigating the role of iron in the photogranulation phenomenon, Abeera Ayaz Ansari, Civil Engineering
Characterization of a Natural Clayey Silt and the Effects of Sample Disturbance on Soil Behavior and Engineering Properties, Øyvind Blaker, Civil and Environmental Engineering
METHODOLOGIES FOR RESERVOIR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS: APPLICATION OF OPTIMIZATION AND DEEP LEARNING, Soheyl Borjian, Civil Engineering
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GEOPOLYMERS CAST AND CURED IN SALINE WATER AND THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING, Xiaonan Ge, Civil and Environmental Engineering
SCALING UP THE OXYGENIC PHOTOGRANULE (OPG) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS, Joseph G. Gitau, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EVALUATION OF DRIVERS' TRUST IN AUTOMATED VEHICLES, Foroogh Hajiseyedjavadi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
NANOINDENTATION CHARACTERIZATION OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF SHALES AND SWELLING CLAY MINERALS, Shengmin Luo, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dissertations from 2019
FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF BONDED AND MECHANICALLY ANCHORED SHEAR INTERFACES OF EXTERNALLY APPLIED FRP SHEETS TO CONCRETE AND WOOD-CONCRETE COMPOSITES, Alaa Al-Sammari, Civil Engineering
A Multiline Anchor Concept for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Casey Fontana, Civil Engineering
EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IN MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, Nicholas M. Fournier, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Applications of Machine Learning Methods in Macroscopic Crash Analysis for Transportation Safety Management, Somaye Garmroudi Dovirani, Civil and Environmental Engineering
MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS WITH MISSING MEMBERS: FROM BUILDINGS TO ARCHITECTED MATERIALS, Panagiotis Pantidis, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF BOTTOM BAR SPLICE LOCATION ON PERFORMANCE OF BEAMS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE PERIMETER FRAMES, Jorge Rivera Cruz, Civil Engineering
Laboratory Study of the Geotechnical Properties of Abraded Railway Ballast with Natural and Clay Mix Fouling, Andrew Rohrman, Civil and Environmental Engineering
APPLICATION OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR FOR USE IN THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SITE INVESTIGATIONS, Aaron J. Rubin, Civil Engineering
The Effects of Solute Composition and Nanoparticle Surface Properties on Nano-Bio Interactions, Zehui Xia, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Modeling and Optimizing Routing Decisions for Travelers and On-demand Service Providers, Xinlian Yu, Civil Engineering
Dissertations from 2018
Role of Manganese Oxide in the Formation of Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water Treatment, Arianne A. Bazilio, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Preparing Water Supply Systems for Climate Change: The Role of Hydrologic Forecasting in the Northeast, Leslie DeCristofaro, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Evaluation of The Erodibility of Soft Clays and the Influence of Biopolymers, Pamela Judge, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Intersection Signal Control and Design for Improved Person Mobility and Air Quality in Urban Multimodal Transportation Systems, Farnoush Khalighi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EVALUATING POLICY AND CLIMATE IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS USING COUPLED HUMAN-NATURAL MODELS, HASSAAN FURQAN KHAN, Civil and Environmental Engineering
An Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Sampling on the Behavior of Intermediate Soils, William Lukas, Civil and Environmental Engineering
MODELING DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR AND STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF SAND-SILT MIXTURES: A MICROMECHANICAL APPROACH, Mehrashk Meidani, Civil and Environmental Engineering
COMPRESSIBILITY AND NORMALIZED UNDRAINED SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF SOFT COASTAL FINE-GRAINED SOILS, Arash Pirouzi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Flood Risk Assessment, Management and Perceptions in a Changing World, Katherine Schlef, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID ON SHALE AND SOIL, Zhenning Yang, Civil Engineering
ORIGINS AND SEASONAL VARIATION OF DISINFECTION BYPRODUCT PRECURSORS, Ran Zhao, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dissertations from 2017
Seismic behavior of concrete frames with jacketed columns, Jose Alvarez, Civil Engineering
Microbial Dynamics and Design Considerations for Decentralized Microbial Fuel Cell Applications, Cynthia Castro, Civil Engineering
Total Organic Iodine Quantification and Occurrence in Drinking Water, and Toxicity Assessment of Iodinated Disinfection By-Products, Rassil El Sayess, Civil Engineering
Evaluating the Influence of Breakdown Fouling and Moisture Content on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Properties of Ballasted Railroad Track, Hamed Faghihi Kashani, Civil Engineering
Evaluating the Impacts of Driver Behavior in the Speed Selection Process and the Related Outcomes, Cole D. Fitzpatrick, Civil Engineering
AN EVALUATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND DRIVER DISTRACTION ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR AT RAILWAY-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS, Radhameris A. Gomez Gabriel, Civil Engineering
MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING WHEN PLANNING SUSTAINABLE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION ROUTES in a LINEAR CORRIDOR, Marie Louis, Civil Engineering
Modeling Performance, Cost, Delivery, And Trip Distribution Of Demand Responsive Transit Systems With Zoning, Mahour Rahimi, Civil Engineering
Methods for incorporating ecological impacts with climate uncertainty to support robust flood management decision-making, Caitlin M. Spence, Civil Engineering
Microbial Competition in Bioelectrochemical Systems, Varun Srinivasan, Civil Engineering
DECISION ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ROBUST WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING UNDER DEEP UNCERTAINTY, Mehmet Umit Taner, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Modeling and Modifying Day-to-Day Travel Behaviors: Empirical Results and Methodological Advances, Yue Tang, Civil Engineering
Dissertations from 2016
Modeling Choice Problems with Heterogeneous User Preferences in the Transportation Network, Mahyar Amirgholy, Civil Engineering
Adaptive Route Choice in Stochastic Time-Dependent Networks: Routing Algorithms and Choice Modeling, Jing Ding-Mastera, Civil Engineering
Investigation of Effluent Nitrogen Derived from Conventional Activated Sludge (CAS) and Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Systems and Its Impact on Algal Growth in Receiving Waters, Heonseop Eom, Civil Engineering
Predictive modeling of riverine constituent concentrations and loads using historic and imposed hydrologic conditions, Mark Hagemann, Civil Engineering
Proactive Assessment of Climate Change and Contaminant Spill Impacts on Source Water Quality, Lillian C. Jeznach, Civil Engineering
Modeling Interactions Between Human Factors and Traffic Flow Characteristics, Chaoqun Jia, Civil Engineering
The Stability of Ferrate(VI) in Water and Its Impacts on Disinfection Byproduct Precursors, Yanjun Jiang, Civil Engineering
Detailed Study of Integral Abutment Bridges and Performance of Bridge Joints in Traditional Bridges, Brooke H. Quinn, Civil Engineering
A Vulnerability Framework for Assessing the Risks to Water Supply Systems Under Climate Uncertainty in the Urban Northeastern United States, Sarah Whateley, Civil Engineering
The Fate of Haloacetonitriles in Drinking Waters, Yun Yu, Civil Engineering
Transit Preferential Treatments at Signalized Intersections: Person-based Evaluation and Real-Time Signal Control, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Civil Engineering
Dissertations from 2015
Microscopic Modeling of Driver Behavior Based on Modifying Field Theory for Work Zone Application, Andrew L. Berthaume, Civil Engineering
Soil-Structure Modeling and Design Considerations for Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations, Wystan Carswell, Civil Engineering
Evaluation of Ferrate Preoxidation for Drinking Water Treatment, Joseph E. Goodwill, Civil Engineering
An Analysis of Partial-Depth, Floating, Impermeable Guidance Structures for Downstream Fish Passage at Hydroelectric Facilities, Kevin Mulligan, Civil Engineering
Dissertations from 2014
A FRAMEWORK AND ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT) FEE SYSTEMS, Elizabeth V. Ebacher, Civil Engineering
Impact of water heating on disinfection byproducts concentration, Boning Liu, Civil Engineering
Essays on the Quantification and Propagation of Uncertainty in Climate Change Impact Assessments for Water Resource Systems, Scott Steinschneider, Civil Engineering
Dissertations from 2013
Mesostructural Characterization and Probabilistic Modeling of the Design Limit States of Parallel Strand Lumber, Alireza Amini, Civil Engineering
Development of Miniature Full Flow and Model Pipeline Probes for Testing of Box Core Samples of Surficial Seabed Sediments, Adriane G. Boscardin, Civil Engineering
Measurement of the Hydraulic Conductivity of Gravels Using a Laboratory Permeameter and Silty Sands Using Field Testing with Observation Wells, Aaron Judge, Civil Engineering
Geochemistry and Inorganic Carbon Transport of a Glacial Till Drumlin at a Road Salt Facility, Houbao Li, Civil Engineering
A hazard-based risk analysis approach to understanding climate change impacts to water resource systems: application to the Upper Great Lakes, Paul Markert Moody, Civil Engineering
Travelers' Route Choice Behavior in Risky Networks, Hengliang Tian, Civil Engineering
Investigation of microalgae cultivation and anaerobic codigestion of algae and sewage sludge for wastewater treatment facilities, Meng Wang, Civil Engineering
Dissertations from 2012
Investigation of excess sludge reduction by an anaerobic side-stream reactor (ASSR): The role of EPS and enzymes in sludge floc, Dong-Hyun Chon
Investigation Of Excess Sludge Reduction By An Anaerobic Side-Stream Reactor (ASSR): The Role Of EPS And Enzymes In Sludge Floc, Dong-Hyun Chon, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Risk Quantification of Maple Trees Subjected to Wind Loading, Cihan Ciftci, Civil Engineering
Real-Time Information and Correlations for Optimal Routing in Stochastic Networks, He Huang, Civil Engineering
Performance monitoring and analysis of integral abutment bridges, Emre Kalayci
Performance Monitoring and Analysis of Integral Abutment Bridges, Emre Kalayci, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Effect of Building Morphology on Energy and Structural Performance of High-Rise Office Buildings, Mohamed Krem, Civil Engineering
Evaluating Alternative Transportation Financing Approaches: A Conceptual Framework and Analytical Methods, Michael Plotnikov, Civil Engineering