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- Title
- Modeling and Evaluating Wastewater-Derived Pesticides in Surface Water
- Author
- Adjidjonu, Denise
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Pesticide use has reached alarming levels globally, causing potential risks to human health and the environment. With its high population densities and rapid development, California emerges as one of the country's leading users of pesticides in th...
- Title
- BULLWHIP EFFECT IN PRICING IN VARYING SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURES AND CONTRACTS USING A GAME THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
- Author
- Adnan, Ziaul Haq
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Industrial engineering, Operations research, Commerce
- Description
- Bullwhip effect in Pricing (BP) refers to the amplified variability of prices in a supply chain. When the amplification takes place from the upstream (i.e. supplier’s side) towards the downstream (i.e. retail side) of a supply chain, this is refer...
- Title
- Evidence-Based Human-Centric Lighting Assist Tool towards a Healthier Lit Environment
- Author
- Amirazar, Armin
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering
- Description
- Light is an essential element of building design that influences human health, comfort, performance, and well-being. Humans' daily rhythms in behavior and physiology, such as wake/sleep patterns, have evolved under natural light-dark cycles over m...
- Title
- A Contactless Non-Intrusive Approach for Machine Learning-Based Personalized Thermal Comfort Prediction
- Author
- Ashrafi, Roshanak
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Sustainability, Building
- Description
- Indoor thermal environmental conditions play a significant role in protecting occupants’ well-being. In this regard, schedule-based and predefined environmental control is one of the main reasons for the current discomfort and dissatisfaction with...
- Title
- Evaluation of the lateral response of micropiles via full scale load testing
- Author
- Babalola, Michael
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Design
- Description
- Micropiles are a relatively new deep foundation technology in the United States. As an alternative to driven piles or drilled shafts, micropiles can provide substantial support while minimizing cost, environmental impact, and harmful construction ...
- Title
- Energetic Theory and Hadley Cells at a Seasonal Scale: How Will ITCZ respond to a Warming Climate
- Author
- Bai, Xiaoyu
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Atmospheric science
- Description
- The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a belt of convective systems around the equator with showers and thunderstorms, is an important feature not only to the tropical societies whose water budget depends on it, but also to the atmospheric sci...
- Title
- Evaluation of Reclaimed Drywall for Soil Amendment and Carbon Sequestration
- Author
- Besnard, Fabien
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Construction and demolition (C&D) activities produce 170 million tons of waste annually (US EPA 2009), 15% of which are drywall. Drywall from construction activities, virgin material too small to be reused and often disposed in landfills, is estim...
- Title
- ADVANCED CONSIDERATIONS IN LIDAR TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATION ENHANCEMENT, INSPECTION WORKFLOW IMPLEMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Author
- Bian, Haitao
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Bridge inspection is a critical topic in infrastructure management and is facing unprecedented challenges as the public is concerned more about bridge safety after a series of bridge failures. LiDAR based remote sensing is recommended as a way in ...
- 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
- Finite Element Modeling of A Pier-On-Bank Bridge Scour
- Author
- Chavan, Vidya Subhash
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Scour is a critical condition change for a bridge hydraulic system, especially during storms and subsequent flooding. Caused by swiftly moving water, scours remove sand and soil, creating holes surrounding a bridge pier compromising the integrity ...
- Title
- USE OF MULTISENSOR DATA IN MODELING FREEWAY TRAVEL TIME: VARIABILITY ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION
- Author
- Chen, Zhen
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation
- Description
- Nowadays anonymous vehicle probe data have been greatly improved in both data coverage and data fidelity. Thus, vehicle probe data have become a reliable source for freeway travel time analysis. The travel time variability is highly complex as it ...
- Title
- Evaluation of Multiple Feedstocks for Codigestion
- Author
- Chouinard, Tracy
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Microbiology, Environmental engineering
- Description
- In the U.S., a move toward the use of anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies for solid waste management has been slow. However, recently, a number of factors have coalesced to renew interest in AD because of its potential to produce renewable energ...
- Title
- Insitu Determination of Residual Soil Shear Strength Parameters Using the Standard Penetration Test with Torque
- Author
- Cottingham, Marcus
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Residual soils are found throughout the world and often behave differently than transported soils. Residual soils are identified as materials developed from the insitu weathering of rock that has remained in the location of its origin as opposed t...
- Title
- DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF TRANSMISSION POLE STRUCTURES UNDER BLASTING INDUCED GROUND VIBRATION
- Author
- Dai, Kaoshan
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Structural integrity of electric transmission poles is crucial for the reliability of power delivery. In some areas where blasting is used for mining or construction, these structures are endangered if they are located close to blasting sites. Thr...
- Title
- A TARGETED APPROACH TO PROVIDE WEATHER GUIDANCE FOR GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS BASED ON ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE AND PERSONAL WEATHER MINIMUMS
- Author
- Dennstaedt, Scott
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation, Meteorology, Atmospheric science
- Description
- Over the last two decades, general aviation pilots in the United States, especially those who fly light fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, have portrayed high rates of vulnerability to weather-related accidents. This high vulnerability rate is i...
- Title
- Maximizing Benchmarking Initiatives in the Built Environment for Sustained Continuous Improvement
- Author
- Dodd, Justin
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Civil engineering, Industrial management
- Description
- While continuous improvement initiatives such as benchmarking have a history of utilization for core business objectives, their successful utilization in the built environment industries, such as construction and facilities management is not nearl...
- Title
- MODELING TRAVEL DEMAND AND CRASHES AT MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVELS
- Author
- Duddu, Venkata Ramana
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, City planning, Transportation--Planning
- Description
- Accurate travel demand / Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) and crash predictions helps planners to plan, propose and prioritize infrastructure projects for future improvements. Existing methods are based on demographic characteristics, socio-eco...
- Title
- Examining Associations, Identifying Chokepoints, and Modeling Truck Travel Time Performance Measures
- Author
- Duvvuri, Sarvani
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation, Civil engineering
- Description
- Trucks transport a significant amount of freight tonnage and are more susceptible to complex interactions with other vehicles in a traffic stream. While traffic congestion continues to be an important ‘highway’ problem, delays in truck travel resu...
- Title
- Development of Distress and Performance Models of Composite Pavements for Pavement Management
- Author
- Fang, Xiazhi
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Information science
- Description
- Roadway systems in the United States have become huge assets that need massive resources to maintain and operate. To meet the long-term performance goal, government agencies developed pavement management systems (PMSs) to help them manage roadway ...
- Title
- ENGINEERED WATER REPELLENCY FOR INFILTRATION CONTROL IN COAL FLY ASH
- Author
- Feyyisa, Jenberu
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- In 2014 approximately 47% of the 190 million short tons of coal combustion product (CCP) was recycled. As a construction material, coal fly ash (CFA) finds considerable use as a partial replacement for Portland cement, as structural fill, and as a...