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Title: A MULTI-PHYSICS STUDY ON GAS DIFFUSION AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CEMENT MATERIAL WITH CO2 SORPTION
Author: Wang, Peng
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: Emission control and storage of carbon dioxide (CO¬2) from fossil fuel combustion is an emerging and frontier research area to counter likely global climate changes. Although the carbon dioxide separation techniques are quite mature, there is stil...

Title: A study of surface modification effect of hemp fibers on the bulk material properties of hemp-poly (lactic acid) composites: thermal stability, mechanical, therm0-mechanical and biodegradability
Author: Oza, Shubhashini
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Sustainability, Environmental engineering
Description: Biocomposites made with, natural fiber and bio-based polymers, have many advantages over their synthetic counterparts including low cost, low density, high strength and biodegradability. However, some biocomposites can present problems due to high...

Title: An Optimization Study of a Customized Kinetic Façade System Using Regression Model
Author: IM, OKKYUN
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Building
Description: There has been a considerable interest in the development and installation of the building facade system using a dynamic motion which is called a kinetic facade system. Since the kinetic facade system can respond to the change of the external weat...

Title: BIOKINETIC PROCESSES OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE (EPS) STABILIZATION OF SURFACE SOILS AGAINST DUST GENERATION
Author: Zebulun, Humphrey
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: Extracellular polysaccharide produced by a oligotrophic and nonpathogenic bacteria, Arthrobacter viscosus, promises to be an effective alternative to the use of chemical substances in dust control on exposed soil surfaces. The feasibility of this ...

Title: Decision Analysis and Policy Formulation for Technology-Specific Renewable Energy Targets
Author: Okioga, Irene
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Government policy, Environmental engineering
Description: This study establishes a decision making procedure using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a U.S. national renewable portfolio standard, and proposes technology-specific targets for renewable electricity generation for the country. The study pr...

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...

Title: ENHANCED REMOVAL OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-SIZED MICROSPHERES FROM RECREATIONAL WATER THROUGH FILTRATION
Author: Lu, Ping
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description: Cryptosporidium species are the cause of cryptosporidiosis, which has symptoms such as watery diarrhea, dehydration, fever, nausea, body fatigue, and abdominal cramps. Infants, the elderly, and people with severely compromised immune systems are m...

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: 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: HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A RAPIDLY URBANIZING SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT WATERSHED
Author: Gagrani, Vijaya
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Human ecology--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this dissertation research was to assess the change in hydrological and watershed processes influencing water quality in a rapidly urbanizing SE Piedmont watershed. Specifically, this dissertation research assessed the effectiveness...

Title: How the Brewing Industry Can Support a Circular Economy in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Author: Hendren, Heather
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Economics
Description: This research investigates beer production in Mecklenburg County and its impact on water demand, and waste production, with a specific focus on how beer production fits into Charlotte’s public strategy of a Circular Economy. Charlotte adopted a Ci...

Title: IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROBE RECOVERY AND DETECTION IN WATER SAMPLES: MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO METHOD OPTIMIZATION
Author: Kimble, Gina
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description: The accurate recovery and detection of microbes from water samples is important for the protection of public health. However, not all microbes behave similarly, not all water samples have comparable physical properties, and the constituents presen...

Title: MICRO- TO MACROSCALE MODELING OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
Author: Polaczyk, Amy
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description: Models are valuable tools that can provide quantitative insight into a process or system, but must to be kept simple to remain meaningful. In this dissertation, three separate drinking water research projects were completed using numerical modelin...

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: Model development and system optimization to minimize greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plants
Author: KIM, DONGWOOK
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: As greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction has drawn considerable attention, various methods have been established to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In order to establish a design and operational strat...

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: Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxides to Sequester Halides from Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Concentrate
Author: Manikonda, Abhisek
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: An emerging strategy for the management of flue gas desulfurization wastewater involves volume reduction of the wastewater by concentrating to brine and then mixing the brine with fly ash and other chemical additives to form a paste suitable for l...

Title: Watershed-Scaled Modeling Methodologies for Estimating Highway Stormwater TMDLs
Author: Meng, Zhaochun
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: Highway networks represent a type of linear land use crossing streams and sensitive water bodies. Stormwater runoff generated from highway surface has long received much attention due to the presence of a variety of contaminants, such as sediments...