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Decision Analysis and Policy Formulation for Technology-Specific Renewable Energy Targets
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...
Emerging Challenges in Landfill Leachate Quality and Ability of Fungal Bioreactors to Address Them
Title
Emerging Challenges in Landfill Leachate Quality and Ability of Fungal Bioreactors to Address Them
Author
Rezaei Adaryani, Amirhossein
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Environmental engineering
Description
Landfill sites, that are the ultimate depository of solid waste stream in most societies, have the potential to generate leachate containing a complex mixture of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) such as pharmaceutical compounds, plasticizer...
Examining Associations, Identifying Chokepoints, and Modeling Truck Travel Time Performance Measures
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...
Investigation and Analysis of Context Dependent Mutation Rates Contribution to Synonymous Mutation Codon Usage via Development of CDMAP.
Title
Investigation and Analysis of Context Dependent Mutation Rates Contribution to Synonymous Mutation Codon Usage via Development of CDMAP.
Author
Patton, David
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Bioinformatics, Molecular biology, Biometry
Description
Mutations play a pivotal role as a driver of genome evolution in organisms across the tree of life. However, site-specific mutation rates appear to have a non-uniform mutation rate and vary across the genome. Currently, site-specific variation has...
MOISTURE AND HEAVY METAL STABILIZATION FOR COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS USING SODIUM POLYACRYLATE
Title
MOISTURE AND HEAVY METAL STABILIZATION FOR COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS USING SODIUM POLYACRYLATE
Author
Annamraju, Sai Sahithi
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Geotechnical engineering
Description
Due to the recent (2015) federal regulations pertaining to disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities, methods to dewater the CCR impoundments, establish structural stability, and mitigate the leaching of heavy metals from...
Modeling the Influence of Land Use Developments within the Vicinity of the Link and Network Characteristics on Travel Time
Title
Modeling the Influence of Land Use Developments within the Vicinity of the Link and Network Characteristics on Travel Time
Author
Mane, Ajinkya
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Statistics, Geodesy
Description
From the year 2000 to the year 2010, the total population in the United States increased by 12.1%. About ~80% of the total population resides in the urban areas. The growth in the urban population influenced the urban sprawl, congestion, and, subs...
PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED SOURCES IN WATER RESOURCES
Title
PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED SOURCES IN WATER RESOURCES
Author
NETH, NICOLE
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management
Description
It is known that wastewater treatment plants are one of the major routes through which pharmaceuticals enter the environment. The following work investigated the effect of previously unrecognized sources of pharmaceuticals that enter water resourc...
SYNTHESIS OF PORPHYRIN-BASED POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE MOLECULES FOR IMPROVED PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF CANCER CELLS
Title
SYNTHESIS OF PORPHYRIN-BASED POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE MOLECULES FOR IMPROVED PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF CANCER CELLS
Author
Siano, Paolo
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Chemistry
Description
Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) materials are a class of nanostructured compounds based on Si-O linkages forming a cage with a silicon atom at each vertex, where substituents are bound tetrahedrally determining the physical and chemica...
The Role of Environmental Buffers in Potable Water Reuse
Title
The Role of Environmental Buffers in Potable Water Reuse
Author
Brown, Xueying
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Water resources development--Management
Description
Conventional drinking water resources are not a sustainable solution to supply the rapidly growing populations in traditionally arid states. These areas, as well as others around the world, are increasingly reliant on recycling treated municipal e...