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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:

Delgado, Luis

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, EXPOSURE, AND FREIGHT TRANSPORT NETWORK DISRUPTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

social vulnerability
food
energy
and water security
food security
disruption exposure
freight transportation network
vulnerable communities
emergency response planning
inequality
network vulnerability analysis

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Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Vikash V. Gayah, Committee Member

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:

Cheng, Yingchi

Title:

Electrochemical Characterization of Redox Cycling for Energy Storage and Desalination

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electrochemistry
redox cycling
hydrotrope
desalination
redox flow battery

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Outside Field Member
Derek Hall, Outside Unit Member
Bruce Logan, Major Field Member
Christopher Gorski, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Farnan, Jimmy

Title:

The Environmental and Toxicological Impacts from Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal Practices in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

contaminant fate and transport
water quality
beneficial reuse
geochemistry
freshwater salinization
oil and gas produced water management
dust suppression
winter road management
road palliatives

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Committee Members:

William Burgos, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Major Field Member
Nathaniel Warner, Major Field Member
John Vanden Heuvel, Outside Unit Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drohan, Co-Chair, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Liew, Min

Title:

Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion and Their Potential Impacts on Civil Infrastructure in the Arctic

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

permafrost
erosion
degradation
thermo-hydro-mechanical
infrastructure
thaw
consolidation
Arctic
coastal
settlement

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ming Xiao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Alley, Outside Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hinojos, Selena

Title:

Social and Environmental Vulnerability to Flooding: Investigating Cross-Scale Hypotheses

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

MAUP
Scale
Flood Vulnerability
Modifiable Areal Unit Problem
Social Vulnerability

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Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Peter Stempel, Committee Member