Climate change presents a pressing challenge for natural disaster management, to quantify its effects and associated disasters is a persistent challenge for regional clim[...]

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 [...]

CORBIN COE. Experimental Study for Detection of Thermal Runaway, Explosion, and Fire in Li-Ion Batteries Initiated by Hot Plate Method(Under the direction of DR. NICOLE B[...]

The accidental collision of over-height vehicles, especially construction equipment hauled on trailers and dump trucks with unintentionally raised beds, with bridge girde[...]

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 a[...]

This dissertation describes the finite element considerations employed in a seismic response spectrum analysis of a skirt supported, liquid containing pressure vessel. L[...]

As urban areas continue to grow and become denser, transit will be vital in the success and progress of metropolitans. Light rail, particularly in the United States, has [...]

Residual soils are found throughout the world and often behave differently than transported soils. Residual soils are identified as materials developed from the insitu w[...]

The proliferation of connected devices creates various use cases and heterogeneous services, e.g., augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), and mob[...]

Lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries are still a very new form of energy storage; only finding wide-spread commercial use since the 1970’s. Ever since, li-ion batteries continu[...]