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Author:

He, Andong

Title:

Conformal mapping and variational methods for interfacial dynamics in fluids

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

interfacial dynamics
fluid dynamics
conformal mapping

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Levi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Levi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member

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:

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:

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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:

Alavi Gharahbagh, Ehsan

Title:

Development of a Soil Abrasion Test and Analysis of Impact of Soil Properties on Tool Wear for Soft-ground Mechanized Tunneling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Soil Abrasion
Tool wear
Soft-ground mechanized tunneling
EPB and Slurry TBM
Wear Prediction
Soil Conditioning

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee 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:

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:

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:

Husain, Taha Murtuza

Title:

Computational Modeling of Lava Domes using Particle Dynamics to investigate the effect of conduit flow mechanics on flow patterns

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

computational modeling
lava domes

File:

Download COMPUTATIONAL_MODELING_OF_LAVA_DOMES_USING_PARTICLE_DYNAMICS_TO_INVESTIGATE_THE_EFFECT_OF_CONDUIT_FLOW_MECHANICS_ON_FLOW__2nd_Draft_.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Glen Mattioli, Special Member

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

Author:

Gan, Quan

Title:

Analysis of induced seismicity and heat transfer in geothermal reservoirs by coupled simulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Geothermal reservoir
thermal front
induced seismicity
permeabiltiy evolution
breakdown pressure

File:

Download Quan_Gan_Analysis_of_induced_seismicity_and_heat_transfer_by_coupled_simulation_in_geothermal_reservoirs.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Special Member

Author:

Gao, Yin

Title:

FIELD AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF A 3D DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION MODEL AT CRITICAL SPEEDS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

train-track interaction
track dynamics
field validation
critical speed
hanging tie
crosstie movement

File:

Download Yin_Gao_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Hai Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Outside Member
Hai Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Bychkowski, Michael Edward

Title:

PULLOUT RESISTANCE OF SOIL ANCHORS IN COHESIONLESS SOIL UNDER VARYING VELOCITIES BY EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Pullout
Soil anchors
Velocity
Cohesionless
Resistance
Depth
Diameter

File:

Download MBychkowski_Thesis_2016-07-26_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Benjamin T.

Title:

Experimental and Analytical Investigations of the Relative and Interactive Effects of Physicochemical Fluid Characteristics on the Incipient Motion of Granular Particles Under Laminar Flow Conditions

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

soil erosion
incipient motion
pH
ionic strength
viscosity
laminar
granular

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation__Benjamin_T._Adams__-_Post_Defense.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tavassoti Kheiry, Pezhouhan

Title:

Non-Destructive Characterization of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures through Resonant Column Testing

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Asphalt Concrete
Nondestructive Test
Damping
Resonant Column Test
Shear Modulus
Dynamic Modulus

File:

Download Pezhouhan_Tavassoti-Kheiry_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Outside Member

Author:

Boz, Ilker

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MIXTURES AND RAP BINDER PROPERTIES THROUGH IMPACT RESONANCE TEST

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Impact Resonance Test
Resonant Frequency
Asphalt Concrete
RAP
Modulus
Characterization

File:

Download IlkerBoz_PhDDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Durland Laurence Shumway, Outside Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Chu

Title:

PREDICTION OF CONSOLIDATION TIMES FOR SHEAR STRENGTH TESTING OF GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS USING CS2 MODEL

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Geosynthetic clay liner
consolidation
shear strength testing

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Chu_Wang_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Fox, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Yi

Title:

Induced Microearthquakes and Seismicity-Permeability Relationships in Fractures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Induced microearthquakes
Frictional parameters
Permeability evolutions
Preexisting fractures
Fracture minerals
Fracture surface roughness
Enhanced Geothermal System
Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide

File:

Download Fang_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member

Author:

Yoo, Tae Kwang

Title:

NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTI-RAM BARRIERS UNDER VEHICULAR IMPACT

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Anti-Ram Barriers
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Soil-Structure Interaction
LS-DYNA
Crushable Concrete
Response Surface Methodology
Dimensionless Analyses
Pendulum Test

File:

Download Dissertation_Tae_Kwang_Yoo.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Outside Member

Author:

Kermani, Elnaz

Title:

SIMULATIONS OF GRANULAR COLUMN COLLAPSE USING SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS AND DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Discrete Element Method
Dynamic Collapse
Energy Dissipation
Granular Flow
Quasi-Static Collapse
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

File:

Download Elnaz_Kermani.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Outside Member

Author:

Kermani, Behnoud

Title:

Experimental and Numerical Study of Subgrade Soil Migration into Pavement Subbase and Mitigation Using Geotextile

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Cyclic loading; Faulting; Flexible pavement; Geosynthetics; Geotextiles; MMLS3; Particle transport; Pore water pressure; Pumping; Rigid pavement; Rutting; Subgrade fines migration; Traffic loading

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation_-_Behnoud_Kermani__bzk5102_.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels & Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels & Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Jintai

Title:

SEISMIC PERFORMANCES OF A LIQUEFIABLE SAND DEPOSIT USING 1-G SHAKE TABLE TESTING CONSIDERING AGING AND SHAKING HISTORY EFFECTS AND THE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SAND LIQUEFACTION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

1-G SHAKE TABLE TESTING
SHAKING HISTORY EFFECT
AGING EFFECT
CPTu TESTING
NUMERICAL SIMULATION
PM4Sand
LIQUEFACTION

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Jintai_Wang_VITA.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Shushu

Title:

SENSING MECHANISM AND REAL TIME (SMART) COMPUTING FOR GRANULAR MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Railroad
Geotechnical Engineering
Ballast
SmartRock

File:

Download Shushu_PhD_Dissertation_1031.pdf

Committee Members:

Hai Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hai Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ahmadipur, Amir

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF IMPACT FORCE FROM A DRY GRANULAR SLIDING MASS ON A RIGID OBSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Basal friction
Compression wave
Dynamic force
Flume test
Granular flow
Impact
Deposit morphology
Flow dynamics
Granular avalanches
Inclined surface
Static force
Flow velocity

File:

Download Amir_Ahmadipur_Ph.D._Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Gawelko, Lexi Nicole

Title:

Can Meta-Soil Attenuate Seismic Waves?

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

metamaterial
earthquake
civil engineering
perioidic foundation
resonator

File:

Download Gawelko_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Chaoyi

Title:

MINERALOGICAL AND TEXTURAL CONTROLS ON SHEAR STRENGTH, SLIP STABILITY AND PERMEABILITY OF FAULTS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Induced Seismicity
Frictional Instability
Mineralogical and Textural Controls
Permeability of Faults and Fractures
Modeling of Mechanical and Rheological Responses of Faults

File:

Download ChaoyiWang-Dissertation-ver5.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Yen Chieh

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF MINE TAILINGS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

mine tailings
coal slurry
mineral properties
coefficient of consolidation

File:

Download YenChiehWang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

Jin, Jiang

Title:

THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES AND ACOUSTIC NONLINEARITY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

acoustic nonlinearity
microstructural features
contact acoustic nonlinearity
dynamic acousto-elastic testing
single impact-based nonlinear resonant acoustic spectroscopy

File:

Download Jiang_Jin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Parisa Shokouhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Outside Member
Joseph Rose, Outside Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Xuan

Title:

USE OF SEMI-CIRCULAR BEND TEST TO CHARACTERIZE FRACTURE PROPERTIES OF ASPHALT CONCRETE WITH VIRGIN AND RECYCLED MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Asphalt
Cracking
Fracture
Semi-Circular Bend
Recycled Materials
Asphalt Concrete
Performance Test
Balanced Mix Design

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Xuan_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shihui Shen, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member

Author:

Zahedi, Mona

Title:

Evaluating the Use of Fluidized Bed Combustion Fly Ash as Concrete Pozzolan

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Fluidized Bed Combustion
Fly ash
Anthracite coal
Bituminous coal
ASTM C618
Mechanical properties
Durability
Concrete
Hydration mechanism
Beneficiation

File:

Download PhD_dissertation-Mona_Zahedi.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Aly Marei Said, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Zilong

Title:

DYNAMICS OF COUPLED FLOW-OBJECT-SEDIMENT SYSTEMS WITH SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS (SPH) SIMULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fluid-object-sediment interaction
multi-phase
SPH
visco-elastoplastic model

File:

Download ZilongLi-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhi, Sheng

Title:

Permeability Evolution in Naturally- and Hydraulically- Fractured Microbially Enhanced CBM Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coalbed methane
Hydraulic fracturing
Natural gas production
Biogasification
Proppant embedment
Gas adsorption

File:

Download Dissertation_Sheng_V3.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Salam, Sajjad

Title:

Cyclic Behavior of Fine Coal Refuse and Seismic Stability of Coal Tailings Dams

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cyclic behavior
coal tailings
liquefaction
physical modeling
PM4Silt
seismic stability
stochastic modeling
aging
strain history

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Sajjad_Salam.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zeng, Kun

Title:

Sensing Mechanism and Real-time Computing for Reference-free Railroad Bridge Displacement Monitoring

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Railroad Bridge
Displacement Monitoring
Sensing Mechanism
Reference-free
Smart Computing
Data Fusion

File:

Download Dissertation_KUN_ZENG.pdf

Committee Members:

Jungwoo Ryoo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tong Qiu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hai Huang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sheikh, Bahman

Title:

The Behavior of a Granular Flow from Collapsing, to Spreading and Sliding Down a Frictional Incline

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics method
Soil-structure interaction
frictional Boundary condition
Granular material
Granular flow
Impact force
Landslide
Landslide runout
High performance computing
Statistics
SPH
LBM
Drag force

File:

Download Dissertation_BahmanSheikh_AfterDefense4.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Major Field Member
Tong Qiu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hai Huang, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mascitti, Evan Christopher

Title:

Performance of baseball infield soil mixtures using novel laboratory tests

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

baseball
plasticity
soil
clay mineralogy
infield
infield skin
cleat-in/cleat-out
texture
athletic field

File:

Download ductile.mp4Download brittle.mp4Download torsional-rotation.mp4Download Evan_Mascitti_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew McNitt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tong Qiu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Major Field Member
Patrick Drohan, Major Field Member

Author:

Pei, Te

Title:

Integrating Geotechnical Domain Knowledge Into Machine Learning for Slope Stability Predictions

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Slope Stability
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping
Machine Learning
Domain Knowledge
Physics-based model
Monotonicity

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Committee Members:

Chaopeng Shen, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tong Qiu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lyritsakis, Charilaos

Title:

A Global Parametric Nonlinear Programming Framework for a Geometrically Exact Inelastic Beam Finite Element

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

geometrically-exact beam
nonlinear programming
homotopy continuation
parametric optimization
finite element analysis
numerical continuation
elastoplasticity

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Committee Members:

Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Field Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Pinlei Chen, Major Field Member

Author:

Song, Yalan

Title:

Scour around Complex Structures and Objects

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Scour
sand slide
munitions
bridge piers
numerical simulations
Complex structures
Hydrodynamics

File:

Download Yalan_final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peggy Johnson, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Xiaofeng Liu, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Wang, Chu

Title:

Modeling Heat Transfer in Saturated Soil

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Heat transfer
Thermal conductivity
Thermal dispersion
Effective porosity
Thermal nonequilibrium
Numerical modeling
Layered soil
Local thermal equilibrium

File:

Download Final_Phd_Dissertation_Chu_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Fox, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tong Qiu, Major Field Member
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Pinlei Chen, Minor Field Member

Author:

Prabhu, Sudheer Sudhakaran

Title:

Mechanical behavior of sand subjected to impact loading

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Impact Loading
Sand
DEM
Particle Crushing
Equation of State
SHPB

File:

Download Dissertation_Sudheer_S_Prabhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Outside Field Member
Tong Qiu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Outside Unit Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Yanan

Title:

Application of Convergence-Confinement Method in the Design and Construction of Large-Diameter Tunnels in Soft Ground

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Convergence-Confinement Method

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Committee Members:

Pinlei Chen, Major Field Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tong Qiu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hai Huang, Major Field Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wanjare, Prafful

Title:

EFFECT OF RECYCLED PLASTIC IN CONCRETE ON ITS COMPRESSIVE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTH

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Keywords: recycled plastic
concrete
HDPE
PET
LDPE
durability
sustainable construction
mechanical properties

File:

Download Prafful_Wanjare_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Ali Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bryan Vogt, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Committee Member
Aleksandra Radlińska, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Shuai

Title:

A New Perspective of Understanding Compaction of Particulate Asphalt Mixtures: Mechanism and Automated Assessment

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Asphalt mixture
Particle rotation
Compaction mechanism
Artificial Intelligence
Sensing technology
Density prediction

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_ShuaiYu.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Tong Qiu, Major Field Member
Mansour Solaimanian, Major Field Member
Shihui Shen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member