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- Title
- Investigating Time Sensitive Thermal and Mechanical Inputs for Rigid Pavements
- Author
- Summers, Clarke
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation
- Description
- The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) is a tool developed by NCHRP used to aid engineers in pavement design and performance analysis. MEPDG is currently incorporated into the software program AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design. The so...
- Title
- Mobilization of oxyanion forming trace elements from fly ash based geopolymer concrete
- Author
- Sanusi, Olanrewaju
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- The suitability of fly ash based geopolymer concrete as a replacement for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete depends on the mobility of elements from the material. Due to the alkaline nature of geopolymer concrete, there is a potential for th...
- Title
- Modeling the effects of involvement and attitudes on energy industry pursuit intentions: A systems analysis of the university-industry environment
- Author
- Gross, Jordan
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Power resources, Psychology, Industrial, System theory
- Description
- The energy industry’s struggle to attract and retain qualified employees continues to threaten the nation’s economy, global competitiveness, and national security. Given the nationwide skills and labor shortage in the energy industry, this study w...
- Title
- Novel Control Strategies for Single-Phase Inverter Based Microgrids Considering Grid Integrated and Islanded Conditions
- Author
- Bisht, Robin
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- This dissertation focuses on designing and developing single-phase inverter (SPIs)control typologies for different microgrid (MG) frameworks. SPIs are considered a major part of the distributed energy resources (DERs), especially at the power dist...
- Title
- PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE AND STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS AMONGST AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSISTERS IN A BUSINESS PROGRAM AT A PREDOMINANTLY-WHITE INSTITUTION
- Author
- Allen, Monica
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher
- Description
- While representation of African American students in freshmen enrollment has improved, degree attainment of African Americans and other minority groups continue to lag behind the White and Asian American populations. Compounding the issue of lower...
- Title
- Persistence of Engineering Transfer Students: Identifying Student-Influenced and Institution-Influenced Academic Success Factors
- Author
- Green, Courtney
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Engineering
- Description
- COURTNEY SUSANNE GREEN. Persistence of Engineering Transfer Students: Identifying Student-Influenced and Institution-Influenced Academic Success Factors. (Under the direction of DRS. SANDRA DIKA AND XIAOXIA NEWTON) This correlational study utilize...
- Title
- Power System Oscillation Identification, Classification and Control Based on Subspace Identification
- Author
- Al Hasnain, Fahim
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- Accurate knowledge and estimation of the electro-mechanical modes in the power system are of great importance since a system-wide outage can be caused by one single unstable mode of oscillation. Most of these unstable mode of oscillations are inte...
- Title
- QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF USE OF PORTLAND LIMESTONE CEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
- Author
- Chimmula, Rohit Reddy
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Production of portland cement contributes significantly to global carbon emissions. In order to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and to construct more sustainable highway infrastructure, blended cements are increasingly being utilized in pa...
- Title
- Quality Assurance of Bridge Deck Concrete Overlays using Surface Resistivity Testing
- Author
- Dillworth, David
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Through years of heavy usage, critical transportation components such as bridge decks are repeatedly subjected to stresses from freeze-thaw cycles, chemical attack and the physical loads. These continual stresses and deterioration mechanisms actin...
- Title
- Recycled Brick Masonry Aggregate Concrete: Use of Recycled Aggregates from Demolished Brick Masonry Construction in Structural and Pavement Grade Portland Cement Concrete
- Author
- Cavalline, Tara
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Reuse of construction waste as aggregates is becoming increasingly popular for a number of environmental and economic reasons. In this study, structural- and pavement-grade portland cement concrete (PCC) mixtures were developed using crushed recyc...
- Title
- STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION OF A FULL-SCALE TIED ARCH BRIDGE SPAN USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
- Author
- Salas Zamudio, Neal
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Fostered by advancements in computational capabilities and the development of low-cost structural health monitoring systems, structural identification has emerged as a promising experimental technique offering contributions to several applications...
- Title
- The Social Context of the Aeronautical Education Experience of Civilian, Commercial, and Military Pilots
- Author
- Walker, Taurean
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Adult education, Aerospace engineering, Education and state
- Description
- The purpose of this research is to explore the social context (the nature and cultural environment) of the aeronautical training experience of African-American civilian, commercial, and military pilots. This research highlights the challenges Afri...
- Title
- Thermal Performance of Precast Concrete Connections Exposed to Fire
- Author
- Blackstone, Jonathan
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Today, most structural design for fire is governed by the International Building Code. Prescriptive code has proven to be efficient and simple to employ for structural design purposes. However, critical connecting elements in structures can be lef...
- Title
- Transient stability enhancement of modern power grid using predictive wide-area monitoring and control
- Author
- Yousefian, Reza
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Power resources, Artificial intelligence
- Description
- This dissertation presents a real-time Wide-Area Control (WAC) designed based on artificial intelligence for large scale modern power systems transient stability enhancement. The WAC using the measurements available from Phasor Measurement Units (...
- Title
- Utilizing smart inverter capabilities for management of high penetration renewable distributed generation integration in active distribution networks
- Author
- Chamana, Manohar
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- With a strong indication of high renewable distributed generation (DG) penetration increase in the near future, distribution system operators (DSOs) are burdened with challenges to manage their operation while also trying to solve the power qualit...
- Title
- Where are all of the Black Women? The underrepresentation and experiences of Black women in intercollegiate athletic leadership
- Author
- Stone, Cynthia
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Sports administration
- Description
- Higher education leadership demographics contrast sharply with formulaic narratives of college campuses filled with gender and racial diversity, especially in intercollegiate athletics. Black women occupy only 2% of athletic director positions at ...