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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