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1. CHARACTERIZING SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN COUPLED STREAM-HYPORHEIC SYSTEMS USING ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING

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Author:
Ward, Adam Scott
Title:
CHARACTERIZING SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN COUPLED STREAM-HYPORHEIC SYSTEMS USING ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
hydrogeology
geophysics
hydrogeophysics
hyporheic
water quality
File:
Download 2011-07-05_ward_disseration.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael N Gooseff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael N Gooseff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
James Michael Hamlett, Committee Member

5. USING δ2H AND δ18O TO DETERMINE THE FLOWPATHS AND TIMESCALES OF WATER AT THE SUSQUEHANNA SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY

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Author:
Holmes, George
Title:
USING δ2H AND δ18O TO DETERMINE THE FLOWPATHS AND TIMESCALES OF WATER AT THE SUSQUEHANNA SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
flowpaths
deuterium
oxygen-18
stable isotopes
age
File:
Download Holmes_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Analysis of Bridge Performance under the Combined Effect of Earthquake and Flood-induced Scour

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Author:
Ganesh Prasad, Gautham
Title:
Analysis of Bridge Performance under the Combined Effect of Earthquake and Flood-induced Scour
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
bridge scour
reinforce concrete bridges
Regional multihazard
earthquake
File:
Download Analysis_of_bridge_performance_under_combined_effect_of_earthquake_and_flood-induced_scour.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Swagata Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Swagata Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. DEFINING, SCREENING, AND TESTING CRASH SURROGATES USING NATURALISTIC DRIVING DATA

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Author:
Wu, Kun-Feng
Title:
DEFINING, SCREENING, AND TESTING CRASH SURROGATES USING NATURALISTIC DRIVING DATA
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
traffic safety
crash surrogate
naturalistic driving study data analysis
File:
Download Thesis_V15.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul Peter Jovanis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavković, Committee Member

8. CAUSAL MODELING APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES

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Author:
SASIDHARAN, LEKSHMI
Title:
CAUSAL MODELING APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
regression estimation
causal models
propensity scores
matching
stratification
File:
Download LEKSHMI-DISSERTATION.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
Joseph Francis Schafer, Committee Member

9. Modified Mechanistic-Empirical Airfield Unbonded Concrete Overlay Traffic Prediction Model

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Author:
Yeh, Lin
Title:
Modified Mechanistic-Empirical Airfield Unbonded Concrete Overlay Traffic Prediction Model
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
airfield pavement
unbonded concrete overlay
damaged material characterization
fatigue relationship
distress quantification
File:
Download Final_Dissertation-Lin_Yeh.pdf
Committee Members:
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member

10. Reliability Assessment of Roof Sheathing Performance for Typical North American Roofs Subjected to Wind Pressure

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Author:
Amini, Maral M
Title:
Reliability Assessment of Roof Sheathing Performance for Typical North American Roofs Subjected to Wind Pressure
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Roofs subjected to wind pressure
Stochastic modeling of low-rise roofs
Roof sheathing Failure
File:
Download Maral-Amini-Dissertation.pdfDownload June_01_2009_0804_am__no_caps.zipDownload Amini_errata_file_pressuretap-numbering.xls
Committee Members:
Dr Scanlon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bohumil Kasal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel G Linzell, Committee Member
John Fricks, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

11. THE SIGINIFICANCE OF MODEL STRUCTURE IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL STREAM SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSIENT STORAGE ZONES

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Author:
Kerr, Patrick Corbitt
Title:
THE SIGINIFICANCE OF MODEL STRUCTURE IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL STREAM SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSIENT STORAGE ZONES
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
transient storage
modeling
hyporheic
stream
File:
Download KerrData.tgzDownload 20111027_Kerr_2011_MSCE.pdf
Committee Members:
Mike Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Seismic Performance and Sensitivity of Floor Isolation Systems in Steel Plate Shear Wall Structures

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Author:
Liu, Shi
Title:
Seismic Performance and Sensitivity of Floor Isolation Systems in Steel Plate Shear Wall Structures
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
earthquake
steel plate shear wall
sensitivity
floor isolation system
performance
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. 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

14. 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

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

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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

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

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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

17. An Engineered Clay Soil System Using Functional Polymers

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Author:
Kim, Sung ho
Title:
An Engineered Clay Soil System Using Functional Polymers
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
clay
pH-responsive polymer
clay-polymer nanocomposites
DPD
File:
Download SunghoKim_PhD_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Angelica M. Palomino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mian C. Wang, Committee Member
James H. Adair, Committee Member
Coray M. Colina, Committee Member
Peggy A. Johnson, Committee Member