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2. PREDICTION OF SCOUR FORMATION DUE TO A TURBULENT WALL JET ALONG A NON-COHESIVE SEDIMENT BED

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Author:
Younkin, Brian Douglas
Title:
PREDICTION OF SCOUR FORMATION DUE TO A TURBULENT WALL JET ALONG A NON-COHESIVE SEDIMENT BED
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
two-dimensional turbulent wall jets
sediment transport
prediction model
early stages of scour
Particle Image Velocimetry
File:
Download Younkin_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
David N Hill, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kendra Sharp, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Michael N Gooseff, Committee Member

3. RAINWATER HARVESTING: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

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Author:
Vargas, David Mark
Title:
RAINWATER HARVESTING: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
stormwater management
rainwater harvesting
sustainability
SWMM
File:
Download Vargas_David_MS_Thesis_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Schuhmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Schuhmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Carl Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Michael Hamlett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GEOMETRIC ROADWAY FEATURES WITH SAFETY SURROGATES: A MICRO SIMULATION CASE STUDY

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Author:
Kwon, Daniel Wontak
Title:
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GEOMETRIC ROADWAY FEATURES WITH SAFETY SURROGATES: A MICRO SIMULATION CASE STUDY
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
safety surrogates
geometric roadway features
micro simulation
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. An Investigation of Geometric Scaling of Mean and Turbulent Flows in Cylindrical Stirred Tank Reactors

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Author:
Walters, Geoffrey Strohm
Title:
An Investigation of Geometric Scaling of Mean and Turbulent Flows in Cylindrical Stirred Tank Reactors
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Mean Velocity
Nonbaffled
Mixing Tank
PIV
Stirred Tank Reactor
Scaling
Rushton Turbine
RMS Velocity Fluctuations
Reynolds Stresses
Mean Flows
Turbulent Flows
CFD
File:
Download GSW_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
David N Hill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. INTEGRATING INSTRUMENTATION DATA IN PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

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Author:
Yin, Hao
Title:
INTEGRATING INSTRUMENTATION DATA IN PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
MEPDG
Monte Carlo simulation
flexible pavement
instrumentation
performance prediction
probabilistic
finite element analysis
viscoelastic
variability analysis
File:
Download HaoYin-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member
Ghassan Chehab, Committee Member
Charles Edward Antle, Committee Member

9. Sediment Aggradation at Bridge Crossings and an Adaptive Approach to Stream Channel Maintenance and Bridge Design

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Author:
Newlin, Jessica Thomas
Title:
Sediment Aggradation at Bridge Crossings and an Adaptive Approach to Stream Channel Maintenance and Bridge Design
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
adaptive management
channel modification
physical modeling
instream structures
sediment aggradation
bridge waterways
File:
Download FinalDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Carl Miller, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member

10. Network Analysis of Road Crash Frequency using Spatial Models

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Author:
Aguero Valverde, Jonathan
Title:
Network Analysis of Road Crash Frequency using Spatial Models
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
bayesian hierarchical models
spatial correlation
highway safety
Poisson log-Normal conditional autoregressive
File:
Download ThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Venkataraman Shankar, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

11. EVALUATING MODEL BEHAVIOR FOR HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING IN GAUGED AND UNGAUGED WATERSHEDS

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Author:
van Werkhoven, Kathryn Lynn
Title:
EVALUATING MODEL BEHAVIOR FOR HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING IN GAUGED AND UNGAUGED WATERSHEDS
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
watershed modeling
sensitivity analysis
optimization
ungauged basins
climate change impacts
distributed models
File:
Download KvanWerkhoven_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Thorsten Wagener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Michael Mann, Committee Member

13. The Expansive Effects of Concentrated Pyritic Zones in Shales of the Marcellus Formation

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Author:
Hoover, Shad Ellsworth
Title:
The Expansive Effects of Concentrated Pyritic Zones in Shales of the Marcellus Formation
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
sulfates
gypsum
expansion
Marcellus
shale
pyrite
oxidation
precipitation
File:
Download Shad_Hoover_Dissertation_-_Civil_Engineering.pdf
Committee Members:
Mian C Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member
Angelica M Palomino, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
David Lehmann, Committee Member

14. INTEGRATED MODELING OF MULTI-SCALE HYDRODYNAMICS, SEDIMENT AND POLLUTANT TRANSPORT

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Author:
Li, Shuangcai
Title:
INTEGRATED MODELING OF MULTI-SCALE HYDRODYNAMICS, SEDIMENT AND POLLUTANT TRANSPORT
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
flood modeling
hydrological modeling
numerical modeling
sediment transport
pollutant transport
PIHM
File:
Download Dissertation_Final_LI.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher J Duffy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Thorsten Wagener, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Wen Shen, Committee Member

15. SEMI-PARAMETRIC MODELING OF PAVEMENT MARKING VISIBILITY DEGRADATION

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Author:
Sathyanarayanan, Sudhakar
Title:
SEMI-PARAMETRIC MODELING OF PAVEMENT MARKING VISIBILITY DEGRADATION
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
pavement markings
visibility
service life
duration models
File:
Download Final_Dissertation_V2.pdf
Committee Members:
Venky Shanakar PhD. P.E., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Committee Member

17. LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN FOR INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGES

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Author:
Kim, Woo Seok
Title:
LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN FOR INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGES
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Load and Resistance Factor
Integral Abutment
Bridges
Finite Element
Reliability
Monte Carlo Simulation
File:
Download Dissertation_WooSeok_Kim.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey A Laman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey A Laman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Angelica M Palomino, Committee Member
Mian C Wang, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

19. Subsurface Utility Engineering for Highway Projects: A Study of Utility Impact Rating and Benefit-Cost Analysis

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Author:
Jung, Yeun Jae
Title:
Subsurface Utility Engineering for Highway Projects: A Study of Utility Impact Rating and Benefit-Cost Analysis
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Subsurface Utility Engineering
Utility Impact Rating
Benefit-Cost Analysis
File:
Download Dissertation_of_Yeun_Jae_Jung.pdf
Committee Members:
Sunil K Sinha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Horace Randolph Thomas Jr., Committee Member
Mian C Wang, Committee Member
Shelton S Alexander, Committee Member