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Author:

Ceres, Robert L

Title:

Understanding and quantifying storm surge risk and developing robust risk mitigation strategies

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

storm surge risk mitigation
hurricane
tropical cyclone
island city on a wedge
New York City
NYC
Manhattan
bias
Generalized Extreme Value distribution
GEV

File:

Download Ceres_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
David W Titley, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Outside Member

Author:

Roop-Eckart, Kenneth Joel

Title:

Analysis of Mixed Distribution Statistical Flood Frequency Models and Implications for Dam Safety Assessments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

mixed distributions
dam
safety
risk analysis
flood frequency
two population

File:

Download kjr_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Tess Alethea Russo, Committee Member
Christopher Duffy, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Kuai

Title:

Understanding Hydrologic Functions of Water Storage and Soil Moisture and Improving Predictive Capability using Big Data Machine Learning Methods

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrology
Watershed Functioning
Water Storage
Soil Moisture
Machine Learning
Deep Learning

File:

Download Kuai_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chaopeng Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
Daniel Kifer, Outside Member