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Author:

Voltz, Thomas John

Title:

Riparian hydraulic gradient and water table dynamics in two steep headwater streams

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Riparian zone
hyporheic exchange
diurnal fluctuations
hydraulic gradients

File:

Download TomVoltz_MSThesis_110603_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Gooseff & Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Myers, Tanya L

Title:

Analysis of the International Residential Code 2006 Low Rise Wood Frame Building Bracing Requirements for Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

braced walls
shear walls
bracing
wind records
wind speeds
statistics
engineering
structural
residential
low
low rise
low rise buildings
wood construction
houses
housing
Wood frame construction
IRC 2006
2006
International Residential Code
IRC
loads
lateral loads
wind
ASCE 7
gypsum walls
exterior walls
interior walls
structural panels
analytical model
rigid beam model
rigid plate model
extreme wind
wind engineering

File:

Download TanyaMyersMSThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Tae-Gyu

Title:

ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF INFORMATION AND (TELE)COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION AND TRAVEL

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

ICT
Transportation
Activity and Travel Behavior
Panel Analysis
Multilevel Modeling
Structural Equation Modeling
Latent Class Cluster Analysis

File:

Download Final_Dissertation__Tae-Gyu_Kim_07-20-04_.pdf

Committee Members:

Konstadinos G Goulias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Ageliki Elefteriadou, Committee Member
William L Harkness, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Taeil

Title:

A COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET VALUATION
FUZZY LOGIC
OPTIMAL R&R POLICIES
DETERIORATION MODEL

File:

Download ThesisMasterbyTaeilPark.pdf

Committee Members:

Sunil, Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sunil K Sinha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mian C Wang, Committee Member
Arthur Carl Miller, Committee Member
Steven J Huddart, Committee Member

Author:

Bhatnagar, Unmukt Rajeev

Title:

Seismic Performance of Skewed Bridges under Orthogonal Ground Motion Components

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Orthogonal effects
Fragility Curves
Directionality Effects
Seismic Analysis
Skewed Bridge

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Unmukt_Bhatnagar.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Karwa, Vishesh

Title:

SAFETY EFFECTS OF PAVEMENT MARKING RETROREFLECTIVITY:AN APPLICATION OF CAUSAL BAYESIAN NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

safety
Pavement marking retroreflecitivyt
Causal Inference
Bayeisan Networks

File:

Download Vishesh_Karwa.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Singh, Vishal Kumar

Title:

STRAIN-RESPONSE CHARACTERIZATION FOR UNBONDED CONCRETE OVERLAYS SUBJECTED TO HEAVY AIRCRAFT GEAR WITH MULTIPLE AXLES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Unbonded Concrete Overlay
Strain Gage
Strain Response Components

File:

Download FINAL_Thesis_Vishal_Singh_26_April.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chang, Wan-Shu

Title:

ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF CORRUGATED SANDWICH STEEL PANELS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

sadnwich plate
elastoplastic
yielding criteria
iteration

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Theodor Krauthammer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eduard S Ventsel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna Varadan, Committee Member
Sabih I Hayek, Committee Member

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

Author:

Li, Wenfang

Title:

IMPLEMENTING THE SHALE HILLS WATERSHED MODEL IN APPLICATION OF PIHM

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
Shale Hills
PIHM

File:

Download thesis_new.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hu, Wen

Title:

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIAN RELATED CRASH FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

crash frequency simulation
spatial dependency
crash severity
crash frequency
Median safety

File:

Download WenHu_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavković, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Xiaochao

Title:

A STUDY OF PERMANENT DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF GEOGRID-REINFORCED FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS USING SMALL SCALE ACCELERATED PAVEMENT TESTING

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

pavements
geogrid
soft soil subgrade
accelerated testing
instrumentation
mechanistic empirical design
finite element

File:

Download Dissertation_Tang.pdf

Committee Members:

Angelica Palomino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angelica M Palomino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Xinli

Title:

LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM OF PIER-SUPPORTED-RAFT FOUNDATION SUBJECTED TO VERTICAL LOAD

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

settlement behavior
load transfer mechanism
foundation design
pile-supported-raft foundation
Pier-supported-raft foundation
raft load ratio
pile load ratio

File:

Download DissertationFinal_WU_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Mian C Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mian C Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Xiangjiang

Title:

Impacts of Watershed Hydrology on Long-Term Landscape Evolution

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

watershed hydrology
landscape evolution

File:

Download Thesis_XHuang.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey D Niemann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Carl Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Yun

Title:

Tension stiffening model for reinforced concrete based on bond stress slip relation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cracking
Reinforced concrete
tension stiffening
bond

File:

Download Thesis_yun_lin.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bai, Yaoling

Title:

A TOP-DOWN FRAMEWORK FOR WATERSHED MODEL EVALUATION AND SELECTION UNDER UNCERTAINTY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

model selection
top-down approach
hydrologic model
uncertainty

File:

Download Bai_thesis_final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fang, Yilin

Title:

Reactive Chemical Transport under Multiphase System

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Conservative Form
Multiphase System
Reactive Chemical Transport
Matrix Decomposition
Reaction Network
Biogeochemical Modeling
Advective Form

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Gour Tsyh Yeh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

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

Author:

Tang, Yong

Title:

ADVANCING HYDROLOGIC MODEL EVALUATION AND IDENTIFICATION USING MULTIOBJECTIVE CALIBRATION, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, AND PARALLEL COMPUTATION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrologic model
model calibration
sensitivity analysis
multiobjective optimization
evolutionary algorithm
parallel computation

File:

Download Dissertation_Yong_Tang_02_02_07_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Thorsten Wagener, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member

Author:

Gabay, Zachary M

Title:

Mid-rise Building Progressive Collapse Finite Element Modeling with Consideration of Occupant Egress

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Progressive Collapse
Steel Moment Frames
Occupant Egress
Abaqus
Finite Element Analysis
Nonlinear Static
Riks

File:

Download Thesis_ZMG.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sang, Zi

Title:

A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bearing pad
partial depth
full depth
grout
shear key
transverse post-tensioning

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Zi_Sang.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Karschner, Kyle Allan

Title:

Effects of Creep and Shrinkage on Time-dependent Strain and Curvature of R/C Members

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

creep
shrinkage
time-dependent
long-time multiplier
strain
curvature
deformation
deflection

File:

Download Karschner_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Herman, Jonathan D

Title:

Time-varying sensitivity analysis reveals impacts of watershed model choice on the inference of dominant processes

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

rainfall-runoff modeling
sensitivity analysis
hydrology

File:

Download Herman_Jonathan_CE_MS_Thesis_SP2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shin, Seunghwan

Title:

Selection Bias and Heterogeneity in Severity Models - Some Insights from an Interstate Analysis

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

safety
severity distribution
selection bias

File:

Download 12_SeunghwanShin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wright, Jared Robert

Title:

Examining Concrete Properties Containing Recycled Glass Cullet as a 100% Fine Aggregate Replacement

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Glass
concrete
glasscrete
compressive strength

File:

Download MS_Thesis_June_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Braun, Gregory David

Title:

Characterization of Pennsylvania Coal Combustion Products for Beneficial Use in Mine Land Reclamation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

CCPs
Coal Ash
Ettringite
Database

File:

Download Thesis_CCPs_Greg_Braun.pdf

Committee Members:

Angelica M Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reiter, Joseph Brian

Title:

Viability of embedded ultrasonic sensors for structural health monitoring of concrete cracking

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete
Ultrasonic
Structural Health Monitoring
Health Monitoring
Embedded Sensors
Piezoelectric

File:

Download Joseph_Reiter_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Joseph Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cohen, Laura Claire

Title:

Code Deflections Provisions for Two-way Slabs Deflections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

two-way slabs
deflections

File:

Download thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Akhavan, Alireza

Title:

Characterizing Saturated Mass Transport In Fractured Cementitious Materials

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete
Durability
Crack
Water Permeability
Ion Diffusion
Image Analysis
Electrical Conductivity

File:

Download Dissertation_Alireza.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Earl Watson, Committee Member
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

Vu, Bach Xuan

Title:

Seismic performance of base isolated buildings and strategies to mitigate vertical acceleration demands

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

seismic
isolated
vertical
acceleration
mitigate
fragility
column isolators
elastomeric bearings

File:

Download Bach_Vu_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bakey, Christopher Edward

Title:

Analysis of thermal gradients in hyporheic zones of arctic streams to determine flow dynamics

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hyporheic Zone
Arctic Streams

File:

Download Raw-Temperature-Data-1.xlsxDownload Raw-Temperature-Data-2.xlsxDownload Bakey-MS-Thesis-26JULY12-1440.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Morris, Cody M

Title:

Operating speed models for passenger cars and trucks on horizontal curves with steep grades

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

speed
passenger cars
trucks
multilane highway
mathematical models
regression analysis

File:

Download Morris_Thesis_Full.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Crisafi, Jonathan Charles

Title:

Highway Safety Impacts Related to Marcellus Shale Drilling Activity in Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Marcellus
transportation
safety
trucks

File:

Download JCC_Thesis__2015-07-08__FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bernzott, Emily Dorothy

Title:

Modeling nitrate concentrations in an Antarctic glacial meltwater stream under fluctuating hydrologic conditions and nitrate inputs

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

hyporheic zone
primary productivity
stream
nitrate
nutrients
hydrology

File:

Download EBernzott_MS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gerecht, Katelyn Elizabeth

Title:

anomalous Stream Temperature Response to Storms in a Forested Headwater Stream in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stream temperature
storm response
headwater
runoff

File:

Download Gerecht_ThesisFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Artun, Kivanc

Title:

Durability of Concrete Beams Reinforced with Fiber Reinforced Polymers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

durability
FRP
debonding
DIC

File:

Download Artun.Thesis.28.09.2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Associate Professor Of Civil Engineering Dr Maria Lopez De Murpy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sharafbayani, Mohammadreza

Title:

Evaluation of bracing systems in horizontally curved steel I-girder bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Plate Girder Bridge
Curved Bridge
Bracing System
Constructability
Service
Finite Element Method

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_Mohammad.pdfDownload PhD-Dissertation_Mohammad_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel G Linzell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey A Laman, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member
Thomas E Boothby, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Wei

Title:

Numerical Studies of Seismically Induced Slope Deformation Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method; Large Deformation; Dynam

File:

Download Dissertation_WC_final.pdfDownload Copyright_Permission.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel G Linzell, Committee Member
Prasenjit Basu, Committee Member
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Minho

Title:

Longitudinal Methods for Prioritizing Highway Safety Investments

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Geometric Effects
Crash Frequency
Accident Severity
Heterogeneous Negative Binomial Model
Multinomial Logit Model

File:

Download Dissertation-Minho_Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member

Author:

Shafaatian, Seyedmohammadhadi

Title:

INNOVATIVE METHODS TO MITIGATE ALKALI-SILICA REACTION IN CONCRETE MATERIALS CONTAINING RECYCLED GLASS AGGREGATES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete
Alkali-Silica Reaction
Glass
Recycle

File:

Download SeyedShafaatian.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Barry Earl Scheetz, Committee Member

Author:

Bhatt, Gopal

Title:

A Distributed Hydrologic Modeling System: Framework For Discovery And Management Of Water Resources

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Age of Water
Climate Change
Coastal Watershed
Distributed Hydrologic Model
PIHM
PIHMgis
Residence Time
Wetland Hydrology

File:

Download BHATT_-_PhD_Dissertation_300dpi.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Michael N Gooseff, Committee Member
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member

Author:

Wlostowsk, Adam Nicholas

Title:

Solute Transport Dynamics in Alaskan Arctic Tundra Streams

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

hydrology
Alaska
solute transport
sensitivity analysis
numerical modeling
surface water groundwater interaction

File:

Download Wlostowski_MS_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Miller, Eric Jordan

Title:

Revised Beta Criteria For the CBR Airfield Pavement Design Method

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

CBR
california bearing ratio
airfield
flexible
pavement
asphalt
HMA
ACC
structural design

File:

Download Miller_Thesis_Final_201212191110.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Seifert, Corinne Meredith

Title:

Simplified Numerical Bridge Model Subject to Blast Loads

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Bridge
Column
Blast
Numerical
Model

File:

Download Seifert_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gauthier, Gilles Gerard

Title:

Evaluation of low-temperature fracture properties of asphalt binder

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

asphalt fracture properties

File:

Download Thesis_Formatted_November_2012_final_4.pdf

Committee Members:

David A Anderson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kasprzyk, Joseph Robert

Title:

Many Objective Water Resources Planning and Management Given Deep Uncertainties, Population Pressures, and Environmental Change

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

water supply
environmental management
uncertainty analysis
visual analytics
optimization
robustness
decision making

File:

Download Thesis_-_J._Kasprzyk_-_phD_-_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Michael Gooseff, Committee Member
Gregory Characklis, Special Member

Author:

Langford, Zachary Lance

Title:

Are the Dry Valleys Getting Wetter? A Preliminary Assessment of Wetness Across the Mcmurdo Dry Valleys Landscape

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Remote Sensing
Snow Hydrology
Streams

File:

Download ZachLangford_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kinney, Scott Allen

Title:

Assessment of Load Sharing Members in an Anti-ram Bollard System Subjected to Vehicle Impacts

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element Modeling
Anti-ram
Bollard
Load Sharing
Steel Member Design
Parametric Study
Crash Testing

File:

Download Kinney_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dan Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Newpher, Brandon James

Title:

Field Evaluation of Dynamic Load Factors for Historic Through-truss Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Dynamic Load Factor
Impact Factor
Dynamic Load Allowance
Through-Truss Bridges
Lenticular Arch
Pratt Truss

File:

Download Newpher_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Boothby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Himes, Scott Charles

Title:

Reliability Based Design of Horizontal Curves Considering the Effects of Grades

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Reliability
Highway Safety
Transportation Design

File:

Download Scott_Himes_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Dr, Darren Torbic, Special Member

Author:

Jones, Kendra Diana

Title:

Blast Resistance of Polyurea-coated Granite Cladding Walls

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

blast
explosive
granite cladding
polyurea
polymer
high-strain rate
fragmentation

File:

Download Thesis_Jones_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Urban, Rachel Lorah

Title:

Pandora's Box: Can We Distinguish Groundwater transport Hypotheses Given Observational uncertainties?

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

groundwater
transport
observational uncertainty

File:

Download Urban_Thesis_03.30_comp.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Noveral, Christian James

Title:

Investigation of a hollow structural section connection and transfer member for load sharing in anti-ram vehicle barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

anti-ram
barrier
finite element analysis
HSS
hollow structural section
connection
LS-DYNA

File:

Download Noveral_Thesis_Final_full.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Venkittaraman, Ashok

Title:

Seismic Resilience of Highway Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete bridges
fragility analysis
resilience
sensitivity study
cost analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Final_-_Ashok_Venkittaraman.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Singh, Pragati

Title:

Time-dependent damage based tension stiffening in reinforced concrete

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Cracking
Tension Stiffening
Time-dependent deformation
Creep
Shrinkage
Reinforced Concrete.

File:

Download Thesis_Pragati_Singh.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Deng, Pu

Title:

A model for simulating the compression stiffness degradation in circular elastomeric bearings due to fatigue

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

elastomeric bearing
fatigue
compression stiffness
simulation

File:

Download thesis_of_Deng.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thomas, Evan Michael

Title:

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Water Stable Isotope Compositions at the Susquehanna-shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stable isotopes
deuterium
oxygen-18
hydrology

File:

Download Thomas_MS_Thesis_2.1.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kramer, Cory Adam

Title:

An Experimental Investigation on Performance of a Model Geothermal Pile in Sand

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

geothermal
pile
sand
experimental
laboratory
energy
soil

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final_Revision.pdf

Committee Members:

Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gao, Yin

Title:

A 3D DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION MODEL TO STUDY TRACK PERFORMANCE UNDER TRAINS RUNNING AT CRITICAL SPEED

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

High speed rail
critical speed
train-track interaction model

File:

Download Thesis_Yin_Gao.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhu, Jiejian

Title:

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF A HYBRID GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER BRIDGE DECK SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

lightweight
composite bridge deck
grout
experimentation
structure behavior
analytical model

File:

Download Thesis_Submission_-_Jiejian_Zhu_-_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Singh, Riddhi

Title:

An uncertainty framework for hydrologic projections in gauged and ungauged basins under non-stationary climate conditions

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Climate change impact on water resources
uncertainty
decision making
vulnerability
hydrologic modelling
space-for-time

File:

Download Singh_Thesis_FinalSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Thorsten Wagener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Prof Michael Gooseff, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member

Author:

Kargah Ostadi, Nima

Title:

Enhancing Analytical Toolboxes of Pavement Management Systems via Integration of Computational Intelligence

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

pavement management
backcalculation
performance model
computational intelligence
neural network
evolutionary algorithms

File:

Download NIMA_FINAL_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Committee Member

Author:

Kelleher, Christa Ann

Title:

Interpreting hydrologic behavior in headwater streams using comparative hydrology

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

hydrology
headwater streams
sensitivity analysis
watersheds

File:

Download CKelleher_Dissertation_7_17_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gooseff, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Sawicz, Keith Alexander

Title:

Catchment classification - Understanding hydrologic similarity through catchment function

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Catchment Classification
Hydrology
Watershed
Hydrologic Function
Hydrologic Modeling
Hydrologic Signatures

File:

Download Sawicz_PhDDissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Murugesu Sivapalan, Special Member

Author:

Han, Xing

Title:

an analytical model for simulating the critical behavior of elastomeric seismic isolation bearings

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

seismic isolation
elastomeric bearing
stability
analytical model
earthquake response

File:

Download Han-Dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Cidney Joelle

Title:

Describing Damage to Stream Modification Projects

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

streams
restoration
damage assessment
vulnerability
risk analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fuhrman, Daniel Martin

Title:

Field Performance of a New Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

FRP
fiber reinforced polymer
deck
bridge
serviceability
composite action
distribution factors

File:

Download D_Fuhrman_Thesis_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wagdy Wassef, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kwon, Daniel Wontak

Title:

Vulnerability Analysis And Risk Assessment For Dynamic Nonmotorized Human Travel Activity Networks

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

transportation security
micro simulation
travel behavior
risk ratio
simultaneous equations

File:

Download KWON--Dissertation-Vulnerability_Analysis__Risk_Assessment.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Xuan

Title:

Modeling, Parameter Optimization, And Ecohydrologic Assessment Of Watershed Systems

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Shale Hills
CZO
Susquehanna River Basin
PIHM
parameter
calibration
physics-based model
wetland
Biome-BGC

File:

Download Xuan_Yu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Cartwright, Christopher Paul

Title:

Shrinkage characteristics of alkali-activated slag cements

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

drying shrinkage
autogenous shrinkage
chemical shrinkage
slag
cement
mortar

File:

Download Chris_Cartwright_MS_Thesis_Spring_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jellen, Anthony Charles

Title:

Vertical Expansion of Existing Buildings Using Multi-story Modular Construction Methods

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Modular
Prefabrication
Residential
Multi-family
Vertical Expansion

File:

Download Jellen_Thesis_Submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Butsick, Andrew Joseph

Title:

Modeling safety effects of geometric design consistency on two-lane rural roadways using mixed effects negative binomial regression

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

geometric design consistency
SPFs
mixed effects negative binomial regression
Sites with Potential (SWiPs)

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kulis, Philip Nicholas

Title:

Daytime and Nighttime Passenger Car Operating Speed Models for Two-lane Rural Highways

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Operating speed models
Nighttime speeds
Rural highways
Three-stage least squares
ordinary least squares

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nagle, Andrew Scott

Title:

Using mobile probe data to estimate traffic states and the effects of perimeter control on urban networks

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
Mobile Probe Vehicles
Traffic Flow Theory
Intelligent Transportation Systems

File:

Download Nagle_Andrew_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pospisil, Michael Paul

Title:

participation of gravity framing and interaction in the seismic response of steel buildings

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

gravity framing
lateral force resisting system
steel
shear demands
drift demands
steel plate shear walls

File:

Download Mike_Pospisil_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Yanbo

Title:

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Effective Density and Pore Fluid Induced Damping in Saturated Granular Materials

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Effective Density
Pore Fluid Induced Damping
Resonant Column Test
Bender Elements Test
Energy Dissipation

File:

Download Dissertation_YanboHuang.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member

Author:

Maraghechi, Hamed

Title:

Development and assessment of alkali activated recycled glass-based concretes for civil infrastructure

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Soda-lime glass
pozzolanic reaction
characterization
alkali activation

File:

Download Binder1.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Rachel Alice Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Stieffenhofer, Krae Eric

Title:

Investingating User Reactions to Pricing Strategies at Overcrowded Park and Ride Facilities

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Park and rides
pricing
overcrowded
transportation
transit
public transit
efficiency
Puget
Sound
Region

File:

Download Thesis_-_Stieffenhofer_8-4-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jeong, Yoseok

Title:

effects of temperature and sustained loading on the response of FRP-strengthened concrete elements

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

FRP
epoxy
creep
temperature
sustained loading
fracture energy

File:

Download Dissertation_Yoseok_Jeong__9_3800_9344_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
Gordon Patrick Warn, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Committee Member

Author:

Chandrasekaran, Sandhya

Title:

Retrofit Optimization for Resilience Enhancement of Bridges multihazard Scenario

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
seismic retrofit
resilience

File:

Download CHANDRASEKARAN.pdf

Committee Members:

Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hojati, Maryam

Title:

shrinkage characteristics of alkali activated fly ash-slag binders

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

alkali-activated binary binder
chemical shrinkage
autogenous shrinkage
drying shrinkage
Slag-to-fly ash ratio
setting time

File:

Download Hojati_MS_Thesis_December_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fraser, Janet Lynne

Title:

Understanding Use of Social Media for Dissemination of Transportation Information

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

transportation
social media
communications
Twitter
Facebook
Department of Transportation

File:

Download JFraser_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Kurt David Johnson, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member

Author:

Jaisa-ard, Tanit

Title:

Statistically-based Air Blast Load Factors Based on Imprecised Parameter Statistics for Reinforced Concrete Wall

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Blast
Probabilistic
Load Factor
Imprecise Statistics
Reinforced Concrete
Probability Box

File:

Download Tanit_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peggy Ann Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member

Author:

Kearney, Jennifer A

Title:

An Analysis of the Dynamic Response of Suspension Footbridges Measured Against Human Comfort Criteria

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

footbridges
serviceability
dynamic analysis

File:

Download Kearney_Jennifer_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yilmaz, Taner

Title:

Risk Assessment of Highway Bridges under Multi-hazard Effect of Flood-induced Scour and Earthquake

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

risk
uncertainty
fragility
multihazard
highway bridges

File:

Download taner_yilmaz_phd_dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Swagata Banerjee Basu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Committee Member
Prasenjit Basu, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Xuan

Title:

EVALUATION OF COLD RECYCLED ASPHALT MIXTURES MODIFIED WITH CONVENTIONAL AND POLYMER MODIFIED EMULSION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Recycling
Recycled Asphalt Pavement
Asphalt Emulsion
Mixture Design
Polymer Modified Asphalt Mixture.

File:

Download Xuan_Chen_-_Evaluation_of_Cold_Recycled_Asphalt_Mixtures_Modified_with_Conventional_and_Polymer_Modified_Emulsion.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ghasemi Fare, Omid

Title:

Geothermal Energy Harvesting through Pile Foundations – Analysis-based Prediction and Performance Assessment

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Heat transfer; geothermal energy; heat exchangers; numerical ana

File:

Download Omid_Ghasemi-Fare_-_Ph.D._Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Prasenjit Basu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Dr Swagata Banerjee, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Yuhao

Title:

Immediate Load-Settlement Response of Strip Footings Bearing on Geogrid-Reinforced Clay

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Immediate settlement
Strip footings
Geogrid-reinforced clay.

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gooch, Jeffrey Paul

Title:

Estimating the Safety Effects of Horizontal Curves on Pennsylvania Two-lane Rural Roads

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Highway safety
traffic safety
horizontal curves
propensity scores
potential outcomes
negative binomial
mixed effects

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin T Pietrucha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Chaoyi

Title:

Effect of Hydraulic Plate Compactor and Lift Thickness on Utility Trench Backfill Compaction

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Compaction
Pipe
Hoe-pack
Soil

File:

Download 1-Thesis_Chaoyi_Wang_FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kezhiyur, Alben Jose

Title:

Analysis of Age-dependent resilience for a highway network with aging bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Resilience
Network functionality
Memphis transportation network
fragility
recovery patterns

File:

Download MASTERS_THESIS_ALBEN_JOSE_KEZHIYUR.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tipnis, Omkar Pravin

Title:

Numerical and analytical modeling of concrete confined with Frp wraps.

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

FRP confined concrete
Numerical modeling
Abaqus

File:

Download Thesis_07_27__final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Doyle, Keith E

Title:

Material Properties of Crushable Concrete for use in Vehicle Anti-ram Barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

crushable concrete
polystyrene concrete
energy dissipation
confined testing
vehicle anti-ram barriers

File:

Download Keith_Doyle_Masters_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Paterson, Willa B

Title:

Water Footprint of Cities: A Review and Prospects for Future Research

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Water Footprint
Virtual Water
Urban Metabolism
Cities
Life Cycle Assessment
Environmentally Extended Input-Output

File:

Download Paterson_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Ruddell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Davis, Lindeon Sherlock

Title:

Prediction of Indirect Losses, Direct Losses, and Seismic Resilience of Aging Highway Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

indirect losses
direct losses
resilience
bridge
recovery
sigmoidal
corrosion
aging
highway
seismic

File:

Download Lindeon_S._Davis_SP15_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garcia Gonzalez, Susana Elizabeth

Title:

Streamflow Response to Land-cover Change in Southern Mexico: Projections of Water Balance in the Tulija River Watershed

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrologic modeling
SWAT
land-use change
Chiapas
Mexico
tropical forest
time series analysis

File:

Download ThesisSusanaGarcia_August03.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirk Dow French, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

O'Hare, Edward Vincent

Title:

Behavior of Concrete-Filled Tube Through-Beam Connections Subjected to Varying Load Rates

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Through-beam
steel
concrete
connection
lateral loads
blast
impact
quasi-static
concrete-filled tube
Through-connection

File:

Download OHare_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Committee Member
Sean Brennan, Committee Member
Daniel Linzell, Special Member

Author:

Hariharan, Baradhwaj

Title:

functional form and heterogeneity effects on safety performance function estimation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Crash frequency
heterogeneity
count data
negative binomial
multinomial fractional polynomial
over-dispersion

File:

Download Barad-dissertation_final_draft_MAIN_FILE_to_upload_second_updates.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Jung Yeol

Title:

spatio-temporal models incorporating network topology measures for pedestrian exposure estimation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

pedestrian exposure
network topology
spatial model
vulnerability
crosswalk
safety
network analysis
micro-simulation

File:

Download Jungyeol_Hong-PhD._Dissertation-etd_submission-2015_summer.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkataraman Shankar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Committee Member

Author:

Reese, Lynsey

Title:

Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials Interacting with Rigid Bodies Under Impact Loading

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Anti-Ram Barriers
LS-DYNA
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Soil-Structure Interaction
Numerical Modeling
Expanded Polystyrene Concrete
Full-Scale Testing

File:

Download Reese_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor