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Author:

Yocum, Rebeka

Title:

Socialization of Safety: An Investigation into the Impact Socioeconomic Factors Have on Crash Frequency, Severity, Risk, and Cost in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

transportation safety
crash frequency
crash severity
crash risk
crash cost
statistical analysis
socioeconomics

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Committee Members:

Eric Donnell, Major Field Member
S. Ilgin Guler, Major Field Member
John Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Eck, Andrew

Title:

Evaluating Dust Suppressant Efficacy and Roadbed Stability of Dirt and Gravel Roads

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

dirt and gravel roads
dust suppression
OGPW
oil and gas produced water
dust
oil and gas wastewater
road spreading
dust palliative
road dust

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Nathaniel Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Zeng, Yi Xuan

Title:

hydraulics and performance evaluations of fish passages based on computational fluid dynamics and individual-based methods

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

fish passage design
fish behavior
individual-based model (IBM)
biased random walk model.
rock weirs
realistic rock weir modeling
numerical modeling

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Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Margaret Byron, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peggy Johnson, Major Field Member
Lauren McPhillips, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Bing

Title:

Model development and application on coupled hyporheic exchange flux in river-hyporheic zones

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hydrology
hyporheicFoam
Hyporheic exchange flux
OpenFOAM
Transient storage model
mass transfer coefficient
hyporheic zone
heterogeneous

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Committee Members:

Li Li, Major Field Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ying Pan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lauren McPhillips, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stewart, Bryn

Title:

From above and below: controls of external climate drivers and internal subsurface structure on catchment hydro-biogeochemistry

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

water quality
catchment
hydrology
biogeochemistry
reactive transport modeling
climate change
solute export
dissolved organic carbon
dissolved inorganic carbon

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Boyer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Li Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Major Field Member
Nathaniel Warner, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Broyles, Lauren

Title:

Hydroclimatic Risks for Household Water Insecurity and the Household Water-Food Nexus

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

household water insecurity
environmental seasonality
climate change
Bangladesh
extreme weather events

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Field Member
Emily Pakhtigian, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Asher Rosinger, Outside Field Member
Rachel Brennan, Co-Chair of Committee
Alfonso Mejia, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clare Hinrichs, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Adhikari, Bishwodeep

Title:

Field evaluation of hydrological and pollutant retention performance of green stormwater infrastructures

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Green stormwater infrastructures
Bioretention
Metals
Base cations
De-icing road salt
Nature-based solutions
Nutrients
Infiltration basin
Soil chemistry

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Cibin Raj, Major Field Member
Shirley Clark, Outside Unit Member
Hong Wu, Outside Field Member
Lauren McPhillips, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Dennis, Lauren

Title:

Systems-Level Analyses of Water and Energy Security in a Changing Climate

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Water Security
Energy Security
Hydropower
Network Science
Decision-Relevant Analysis
Climate Change
Systems Analysis

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Outside Unit Member
Hannah Wiseman, Outside Field Member
Alfonso Mejia, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Caitlin Grady, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Brown, Alexander

Title:

Impacts of Sodium Chloride on Nutrient, Heavy Metals, and Total Suspended Solids Removal by Bioretention Mesocosms with Varied Vegetation and Saturation

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

bioretention
deicing salt
stormwater
green infrastructure
bioinfiltration
heavy metals
nutrients
nitrogen
phosphorus
copper
zinc
stormwater control measure
best management practice
sediment
internal water storage
vegetation
removal efficiency
water quality
loading
urban
runoff
nonpoint pollution

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Committee Member

Author:

Boualavong, Jonathan

Title:

Energy-Rate Trade-offs in Electrochemical Carbon Capture

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemistry
carbon capture
separations
absorption
Gaussian process
adaptive sampling

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Li Li, Outside Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Bruce Logan, Major Field Member
Christopher Gorski, Chair & Dissertation Advisor