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Author:

Greenstein, Adam Lawrence

Title:

Analysis of Driver Behavioral Adaptation to the Lateral Drift Warning System

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

driver
behavior
adaptation
safety
roadway departure
crash

File:

Download Adam_Greenstein_PSU_MS_Thesis_-_Civil_Engineering_-_Fall_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coughlin, Andrew M

Title:

Contact Charge Blast Performance of Fiber Reinforced and Polyurea Coated Concrete Vehicle Barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fiber reinforced concrete
barrier
blast
concrete
polyurea

File:

Download CoughlinThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Schokker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Adams, Andrew Ryan

Title:

Quantitative Radiographic Investigation of Mechanical Fasteners in Wood Connections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

radiography
beam theory
strain
dowel type fastener
wood connection
digital image processing
x-ray
edge extraction
differentiation of discrete data

File:

Download Andrew_Adams_CE_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Srivastaa, Ashutosh

Title:

DETECTION OF SUBSURFACE VOIDS IN STRATIFIED MEDIA USING SEISMIC WAVE METHODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Wave propagation; Void detection; Continuous wavel

File:

Download Final_thesis_ashutosh.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gullapalli, Anusha Venkata Lakshmi

Title:

ACI 318 CODE PROVISIONS FOR DEFLECTION CONTROL OF TWO-WAY CONCRETE SLABS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

parametric study
recommendations
revision
deflection
two-way slabs
concrete
ACI 318

File:

Download Thesis_for_Grad_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Raisi, Alireza

Title:

Correlation of Laboratory-Compacted and Field-Compacted Hot-Mixed Asphalt Permeability

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Field Core
Porosity
Permeability
SGC

File:

Download new-Thesis-22.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kelleher, Christa Ann

Title:

Characterization of stream temperatures across Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
stream temperature modeling
hydrology

File:

Download Kelleher_Final_Dec.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Flynn, Christopher John

Title:

THE BEST PRACTICES FOR SUBCONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

subcontractor
construction management
construction
subcontractor management

File:

Download Subcontractor_Management_-_Christopher_Flynn_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Horace Randolph Thomas Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Motter, Christopher John

Title:

Serviceability Analysis for Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Floor Slabs in Multi-Story High-Rise Buildings

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

construction loading
construction loads
construction load
crossing-beam
reinforced concrete slab
floor slab
floor slabs
slab deflection
slab deflections
slab serviceability
two-way slab
slab deflection-time history
crossing beam
shoring
reshoring

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Caine, Christopher

Title:

Design Professional Liability: Determining Professional Negligence During the Submittal Review Process

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

professional negligence
design professional liability
submittal review

File:

Download ETD_copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Horace Randolph Thomas Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cho, Choongwoo

Title:

Application of Hilbert Huang Transformation to Analyze Pavement Texture-Friction Relationship

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hilbert Huang Transform

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Stoffel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chi, Chao

Title:

IDENTIFICATION OF BRIDGE FRAGILITY PARAMETERS USING SEISMIC DAMAGE DATA OBTAINED FROM EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fragility parameter
EKF

File:

Download thesis_Chi_Chao.pdf

Committee Members:

Swagata Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Xiao, Chao

Title:

Characterization of the air void system in concrete using thermography

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

air content
the air void system
fresh concrete
thermography

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Chao_Xiao.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chang, Chieh-Tang

Title:

EVALUATION OF MOISTURE DAMAGE IN HOT-MIX ASPHALT WITH PENNDOT DISTRICT 1 LOCAL AGGREGATES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

accelerated pavement testing
moisture damage
hot-mix asphalt pavement
dynamic modulus

File:

Download Thesis_Chieh-Tang_Chang.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lombardi, Danielle Maria

Title:

Improving Unbound Aggregate Roads through a Comparison of the Performance of Materials

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Unbound Aggregate Roads
Full Depth Reclamation
Driving Surface Aggregate

File:

Download LombardiThesis-Nov_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Earl Scheetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vargas, David Mark

Title:

RAINWATER HARVESTING: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stormwater management
rainwater harvesting
sustainability
SWMM

File:

Download Vargas_David_MS_Thesis_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Schuhmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Schuhmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Carl Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Michael Hamlett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ayyala, Dinesh

Title:

Sensitivity Analysis of Pavement Performance Predicted using the M-E PDG

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

MEPDG Sensitivity Study
MEPDG Statistical Analysis

File:

Download MS_Thesis_-_Dinesh_Ayyala.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ghassan R Chehab, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ghassan R Chehab, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kwon, Daniel Wontak

Title:

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GEOMETRIC ROADWAY FEATURES WITH SAFETY SURROGATES: A MICRO SIMULATION CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

safety surrogates
geometric roadway features
micro simulation

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Leitner, Emma Jane

Title:

Three-Dimensional Modeling of Wood Moment Connections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cyclic loading
wood
moment connections
three-dimensional
finite element analysis
fiber reinforcement

File:

Download ejl195_-_MSc_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

O'Hare, Edward Vincent

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF STEEL-JACKETED BRIDGE PIER COLUMN PERFORMANCE UNDER BLAST LOADS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Computational
Bridge Column
Blast
Steel Jacket

File:

Download OHare_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Walters, Geoffrey Strohm

Title:

An Investigation of Geometric Scaling of Mean and Turbulent Flows in Cylindrical Stirred Tank Reactors

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Mean Velocity
Nonbaffled
Mixing Tank
PIV
Stirred Tank Reactor
Scaling
Rushton Turbine
RMS Velocity Fluctuations
Reynolds Stresses
Mean Flows
Turbulent Flows
CFD

File:

Download GSW_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David N Hill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Zayas, Javier Jose

Title:

THE USE OF FLUIDIZED BED ASH AND CEMENT KILN DUST FOR ENVIROMENTAL RECLAMATION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

CKD
TDF FBC Ash
FBC Ash

File:

Download Javier_Zayas_-_Penn_State_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Earl Scheetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Earl Scheetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Porte, James Martin

Title:

Investigation of A Cable Retrofit System for Improving The Progressive Collapse Resistance of Steel Buildings

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

progressive collapse

File:

Download PORTE_James_MS_Thesis_07-29-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kasprzyk, Joseph Robert

Title:

Managing Population and Drought Risks Using Many-Objective Water Portfolio Planning Under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

multiobjective optimization
water supply
water management
reservoirs
human impacts
drought
monte carlo simulation

File:

Download JosephKasprzyk-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Patrick Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Weisman, Jared Richard

Title:

Stability of Low Damping Rubber and Lead-Rubber Seismic Isolation Bearings

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Stability
elastomeric bearing
lead-rubber

File:

Download WEISMANJAREDTHESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Eveland, Jeffery Wayne

Title:

Snow Dynamics in a Polar Desert, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

snow hydrology
snow ecology
remote sensing
stable isotopes

File:

Download Eveland_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sawicz, Keith Alexander

Title:

Catchment Classification: An empirical analysis to hydrologic similarity

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

catchment functions
signatures
catchment classification
hydrology
nonstationarity

File:

Download Sawicz_MSThesis_Catchment_Classification_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Baptiste, Keisha Terry

Title:

Length Limitations of Prestressed Concrete Girder Integral Abutment Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bridges
prestressed concrete
integral abutment
length limits

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angelica Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Amirineni, Krishna C

Title:

Fracture Properties of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

notch
crack width
optimization
inverse analysis
crack opening
stress
fracture
softening

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Amirineni_-_Submitted-mar_25.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reese, Lynsey

Title:

CRITICAL MEMBER REMOVAL AND LOAD REDISTRIBUTION OF A DETERIORATED TRUSS BRIDGE

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Deterioration
Critical Member Removal
Pratt Truss

File:

Download Lynsey_Reese_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

PREMKUMAR, LAXMIKANTH

Title:

Evaluation of Low Temperature Properties of SISSI Mixtures and Binders

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

IDT
BBR
Thermal cracking
Asphalt

File:

Download Laxmikanth_Premkumar_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ghassan R Chehab, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Weaver, Mitchell R

Title:

HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS OF NUTRIENT FLUXES IN GLACIAL MELTWATER STREAMS AT INTER-ANNUAL, SEASONAL, AND DAILY TIMESCALES IN THE MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

biogeochemistry
chemical weathering
hyporheic
polar desert
glaciers
water chemistry
solute chemistry
stream chemistry
nutrients
nutrient fluxes
hydrology
glacial melt
Antarctica
McMurdo Dry Valleys
MCM LTER
streamflow
discharge
electrical conductivity

File:

Download MitchellRWeaver_2011_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Medeiros Junior, Marcelo Silva

Title:

EVALUATION OF BOND PERFORMANCE OF AN ULTRA-RAPID SETTING EMULSION FOR TACK COAT APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

ultra-rapid tack coat
shear strength
asphalt layers bonding
emulsion

File:

Download Thesis_Medeiros_Junior.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ghassan Ryad Chehab, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cervo, Nicholas Michael

Title:

Evaluation of Bridge Deck Patching Materials

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bridge repair
patching materials
bridge deck

File:

Download Cervo_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Schokker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Plaks, Nicholas

Title:

TEST FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT FOR USE OF COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS (CCPS) IN EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION AND MINE LAND RECLAMATION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

unconfined compression test
FGD material
FBC ash
bottom ash
fly ash
CCPs
Coal combustion products
hydraulic conductivity
XRD
effluent analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Nick_Plaks.pdf

Committee Members:

Angelica Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angelica Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ashour, Omar

Title:

EFFECTS OF REPLACING CROSS FRAMES WITH DIAPHRAGMS ON CURVED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Curved Bridge
Diaphragms
Cross Frame
Construction
Replacing.

File:

Download Ashour_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Blass, Robert Anthony

Title:

LAMINATED WOODEN ARCHES REINFORCED WITH GLASS FIBER RODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

crack
arch
reinforcement
Wood

File:

Download Thesis_Printable.pdf

Committee Members:

Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Chris Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Guyer, Robert Christopher

Title:

Distortion-Induced Fatigue Investigation of Double Angle Stringer-to-Floorbeam Connections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

moment rotation
bridge
stringer floorbeam connection
double angle connection
distortion-induced fatigue
fatigue
railroad

File:

Download Guyer_Robert_MS_Thesis_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Singh, Riddhi

Title:

A nonstationary uncertainty framework for climate change impact projections – trading space-for-time to understand streamflow elasticity

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

climate change
streamflow elasticity
uncertainty
hydrologic model

File:

Download thesis_Riddhi_Singh_edited.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bhushan, Rashi

Title:

CHALLENGES IN MULTIOBJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF WATERSHED MODELS FOR UNGAUGED BASINS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Regionalization
Ungauged Basins
Calibration
Conceptual models
Optimization
Regional Sensitivity Analysis

File:

Download Rashi_MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Omar, Sadek A

Title:

Identifying Risk In Cost Reimbursable Contracts

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Cost Reimbursable
Risk

File:

Download Omar_Sadek_Thesis_Identifying_Risk.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Thomas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horace Randolph Thomas Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Murphy, Shane David

Title:

Skewed Steel Bridge Cross-frame Response to Truck Loading

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Steel Bridge
Skew
Cross-frame
Parapet

File:

Download Murphy_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gregg, Susan Elizabeth

Title:

HOW CONNECTED SHOULD A STREAM BE TO ITS CATCHMENT? ASSESSING STREAM-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS AND HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE IN STREAM ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stream restoration
groundwater/surface water interaction
transient storage modeling

File:

Download MSThesis_Gregg.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael N Gooseff, Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mike Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Donahue, Steven J

Title:

Performance and Cost Effectiveness of Modular Block Retaining Walls

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

performance of segmental retaining walls
performance of modular block walls
MSE walls
mechanically stabilized earth walls
masonry block walls
SRW
segmental retaining walls
MBW
modular block walls
cost effectiveness of modular block walls
freeze thaw durability
DOT survey
modular block wall advantages
modular block wall disadvantages

File:

Download S_Donahue_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Mian Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Mian Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Damle, Sameer Sharad

Title:

Optimization of Antifreeze Admixture Formulations

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Ipanex
Admixture
Antifreeze
Minitab

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Draft_2__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Earl Scheetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Earl Scheetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Sung ho

Title:

Polyacrylamide-Treated Kaolin clay: A Fabric Study

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

SEM
polymer
kaolinite
liquid limit
sedimentation
viscosity
fabric study
kaolin clay
polyacrylamide
microcomposite
nanocomposite

File:

Download Sungho_Kim__2008_.pdf

Committee Members:

Angelica Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angelica M Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sirandas, Sai Ram

Title:

A RANDOM PARAMTERS FRAMEWORK FOR FREEWAY LANE USE MODELING

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Lane Changing
VISSIM
Micro-simulation
Random Parameters

File:

Download Sirandas_MSCE.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

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

Author:

Bhatnagar, Unmukt Rajeev

Title:

Seismic Performance of Skewed Bridges under Orthogonal Ground Motion Components

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Orthogonal effects
Fragility Curves
Directionality Effects
Seismic Analysis
Skewed Bridge

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Unmukt_Bhatnagar.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

Author:

Li, Wenfang

Title:

IMPLEMENTING THE SHALE HILLS WATERSHED MODEL IN APPLICATION OF PIHM

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
Shale Hills
PIHM

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lin, Yun

Title:

Tension stiffening model for reinforced concrete based on bond stress slip relation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cracking
Reinforced concrete
tension stiffening
bond

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bai, Yaoling

Title:

A TOP-DOWN FRAMEWORK FOR WATERSHED MODEL EVALUATION AND SELECTION UNDER UNCERTAINTY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

model selection
top-down approach
hydrologic model
uncertainty

File:

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Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sang, Zi

Title:

A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bearing pad
partial depth
full depth
grout
shear key
transverse post-tensioning

File:

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Committee Members:

Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Karschner, Kyle Allan

Title:

Effects of Creep and Shrinkage on Time-dependent Strain and Curvature of R/C Members

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

creep
shrinkage
time-dependent
long-time multiplier
strain
curvature
deformation
deflection

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shin, Seunghwan

Title:

Selection Bias and Heterogeneity in Severity Models - Some Insights from an Interstate Analysis

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

safety
severity distribution
selection bias

File:

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Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wright, Jared Robert

Title:

Examining Concrete Properties Containing Recycled Glass Cullet as a 100% Fine Aggregate Replacement

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Glass
concrete
glasscrete
compressive strength

File:

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Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Braun, Gregory David

Title:

Characterization of Pennsylvania Coal Combustion Products for Beneficial Use in Mine Land Reclamation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

CCPs
Coal Ash
Ettringite
Database

File:

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Committee Members:

Angelica M Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Joseph Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cohen, Laura Claire

Title:

Code Deflections Provisions for Two-way Slabs Deflections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

two-way slabs
deflections

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Morris, Cody M

Title:

Operating speed models for passenger cars and trucks on horizontal curves with steep grades

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

speed
passenger cars
trucks
multilane highway
mathematical models
regression analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Crisafi, Jonathan Charles

Title:

Highway Safety Impacts Related to Marcellus Shale Drilling Activity in Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Marcellus
transportation
safety
trucks

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gerecht, Katelyn Elizabeth

Title:

anomalous Stream Temperature Response to Storms in a Forested Headwater Stream in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stream temperature
storm response
headwater
runoff

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Artun, Kivanc

Title:

Durability of Concrete Beams Reinforced with Fiber Reinforced Polymers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

durability
FRP
debonding
DIC

File:

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Committee Members:

Associate Professor Of Civil Engineering Dr Maria Lopez De Murpy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wlostowsk, Adam Nicholas

Title:

Solute Transport Dynamics in Alaskan Arctic Tundra Streams

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

hydrology
Alaska
solute transport
sensitivity analysis
numerical modeling
surface water groundwater interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Seifert, Corinne Meredith

Title:

Simplified Numerical Bridge Model Subject to Blast Loads

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Bridge
Column
Blast
Numerical
Model

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gauthier, Gilles Gerard

Title:

Evaluation of low-temperature fracture properties of asphalt binder

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

asphalt fracture properties

File:

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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

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:

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Committee Members:

Dr Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kinney, Scott Allen

Title:

Assessment of Load Sharing Members in an Anti-ram Bollard System Subjected to Vehicle Impacts

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element Modeling
Anti-ram
Bollard
Load Sharing
Steel Member Design
Parametric Study
Crash Testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Dan Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Boothby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jones, Kendra Diana

Title:

Blast Resistance of Polyurea-coated Granite Cladding Walls

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

blast
explosive
granite cladding
polyurea
polymer
high-strain rate
fragmentation

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Urban, Rachel Lorah

Title:

Pandora's Box: Can We Distinguish Groundwater transport Hypotheses Given Observational uncertainties?

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

groundwater
transport
observational uncertainty

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamini Singha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Noveral, Christian James

Title:

Investigation of a hollow structural section connection and transfer member for load sharing in anti-ram vehicle barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

anti-ram
barrier
finite element analysis
HSS
hollow structural section
connection
LS-DYNA

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Venkittaraman, Ashok

Title:

Seismic Resilience of Highway Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete bridges
fragility analysis
resilience
sensitivity study
cost analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Final_-_Ashok_Venkittaraman.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Singh, Pragati

Title:

Time-dependent damage based tension stiffening in reinforced concrete

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Cracking
Tension Stiffening
Time-dependent deformation
Creep
Shrinkage
Reinforced Concrete.

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Deng, Pu

Title:

A model for simulating the compression stiffness degradation in circular elastomeric bearings due to fatigue

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

elastomeric bearing
fatigue
compression stiffness
simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thomas, Evan Michael

Title:

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Water Stable Isotope Compositions at the Susquehanna-shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stable isotopes
deuterium
oxygen-18
hydrology

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kramer, Cory Adam

Title:

An Experimental Investigation on Performance of a Model Geothermal Pile in Sand

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

geothermal
pile
sand
experimental
laboratory
energy
soil

File:

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Committee Members:

Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gao, Yin

Title:

A 3D DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION MODEL TO STUDY TRACK PERFORMANCE UNDER TRAINS RUNNING AT CRITICAL SPEED

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

High speed rail
critical speed
train-track interaction model

File:

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Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhu, Jiejian

Title:

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF A HYBRID GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER BRIDGE DECK SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

lightweight
composite bridge deck
grout
experimentation
structure behavior
analytical model

File:

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Committee Members:

Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jones, Cidney Joelle

Title:

Describing Damage to Stream Modification Projects

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

streams
restoration
damage assessment
vulnerability
risk analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fuhrman, Daniel Martin

Title:

Field Performance of a New Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

FRP
fiber reinforced polymer
deck
bridge
serviceability
composite action
distribution factors

File:

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Committee Members:

Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wagdy Wassef, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cartwright, Christopher Paul

Title:

Shrinkage characteristics of alkali-activated slag cements

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

drying shrinkage
autogenous shrinkage
chemical shrinkage
slag
cement
mortar

File:

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Committee Members:

Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jellen, Anthony Charles

Title:

Vertical Expansion of Existing Buildings Using Multi-story Modular Construction Methods

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Modular
Prefabrication
Residential
Multi-family
Vertical Expansion

File:

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Committee Members:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Butsick, Andrew Joseph

Title:

Modeling safety effects of geometric design consistency on two-lane rural roadways using mixed effects negative binomial regression

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

geometric design consistency
SPFs
mixed effects negative binomial regression
Sites with Potential (SWiPs)

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kulis, Philip Nicholas

Title:

Daytime and Nighttime Passenger Car Operating Speed Models for Two-lane Rural Highways

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Operating speed models
Nighttime speeds
Rural highways
Three-stage least squares
ordinary least squares

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nagle, Andrew Scott

Title:

Using mobile probe data to estimate traffic states and the effects of perimeter control on urban networks

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
Mobile Probe Vehicles
Traffic Flow Theory
Intelligent Transportation Systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pospisil, Michael Paul

Title:

participation of gravity framing and interaction in the seismic response of steel buildings

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

gravity framing
lateral force resisting system
steel
shear demands
drift demands
steel plate shear walls

File:

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Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor