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

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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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

104. A COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURES

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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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

108. ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF CORRUGATED SANDWICH STEEL PANELS

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Open Access
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

109. LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN FOR INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGES

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Open Access
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

111. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIAN RELATED CRASH FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY

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Open Access
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

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

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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

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

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Open Access
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

114. Impacts of Watershed Hydrology on Long-Term Landscape Evolution

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Open Access
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

117. Reactive Chemical Transport under Multiphase System

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

129. Characterizing Saturated Mass Transport In Fractured Cementitious Materials

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

139. Longitudinal Methods for Prioritizing Highway Safety Investments

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Open Access
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

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

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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

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

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Open Access
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

143. Revised Beta Criteria For the CBR Airfield Pavement Design Method

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Open Access
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

145. Evaluation of low-temperature fracture properties of asphalt binder

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

150. Reliability Based Design of Horizontal Curves Considering the Effects of Grades

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Open Access
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