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3. Understanding Use of Social Media for Dissemination of Transportation Information

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Open Access
Author:
Fraser, Janet Lynne
Title:
Understanding Use of Social Media for Dissemination of Transportation Information
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
transportation
social media
communications
Twitter
Facebook
Department of Transportation
File:
Download JFraser_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul Peter Jovanis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Kurt David Johnson, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member

4. Statistically-based Air Blast Load Factors Based on Imprecised Parameter Statistics for Reinforced Concrete Wall

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Open Access
Author:
Jaisa-ard, Tanit
Title:
Statistically-based Air Blast Load Factors Based on Imprecised Parameter Statistics for Reinforced Concrete Wall
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Blast
Probabilistic
Load Factor
Imprecise Statistics
Reinforced Concrete
Probability Box
File:
Download Tanit_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Peggy Ann Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member

6. Risk Assessment of Highway Bridges under Multi-hazard Effect of Flood-induced Scour and Earthquake

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Open Access
Author:
Yilmaz, Taner
Title:
Risk Assessment of Highway Bridges under Multi-hazard Effect of Flood-induced Scour and Earthquake
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
risk
uncertainty
fragility
multihazard
highway bridges
File:
Download taner_yilmaz_phd_dissertation_2015.pdf
Committee Members:
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Committee Member
Prasenjit Basu, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

7. EVALUATION OF COLD RECYCLED ASPHALT MIXTURES MODIFIED WITH CONVENTIONAL AND POLYMER MODIFIED EMULSION

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Xuan
Title:
EVALUATION OF COLD RECYCLED ASPHALT MIXTURES MODIFIED WITH CONVENTIONAL AND POLYMER MODIFIED EMULSION
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Cold Recycling
Recycled Asphalt Pavement
Asphalt Emulsion
Mixture Design
Polymer Modified Asphalt Mixture.
File:
Download Xuan_Chen_-_Evaluation_of_Cold_Recycled_Asphalt_Mixtures_Modified_with_Conventional_and_Polymer_Modified_Emulsion.pdf
Committee Members:
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Geothermal Energy Harvesting through Pile Foundations – Analysis-based Prediction and Performance Assessment

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Open Access
Author:
Ghasemi Fare, Omid
Title:
Geothermal Energy Harvesting through Pile Foundations – Analysis-based Prediction and Performance Assessment
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Heat transfer; geothermal energy; heat exchangers; numerical ana
File:
Download Omid_Ghasemi-Fare_-_Ph.D._Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Dr Swagata Banerjee, Committee Member

9. Immediate Load-Settlement Response of Strip Footings Bearing on Geogrid-Reinforced Clay

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Open Access
Author:
Ren, Yuhao
Title:
Immediate Load-Settlement Response of Strip Footings Bearing on Geogrid-Reinforced Clay
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Immediate settlement
Strip footings
Geogrid-reinforced clay.
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Estimating the Safety Effects of Horizontal Curves on Pennsylvania Two-lane Rural Roads

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Open Access
Author:
Gooch, Jeffrey Paul
Title:
Estimating the Safety Effects of Horizontal Curves on Pennsylvania Two-lane Rural Roads
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Highway safety
traffic safety
horizontal curves
propensity scores
potential outcomes
negative binomial
mixed effects
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Gooch.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin T Pietrucha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Material Properties of Crushable Concrete for use in Vehicle Anti-ram Barriers

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Open Access
Author:
Doyle, Keith E
Title:
Material Properties of Crushable Concrete for use in Vehicle Anti-ram Barriers
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
crushable concrete
polystyrene concrete
energy dissipation
confined testing
vehicle anti-ram barriers
File:
Download Keith_Doyle_Masters_Thesis_-_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. Water Footprint of Cities: A Review and Prospects for Future Research

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Open Access
Author:
Paterson, Willa B
Title:
Water Footprint of Cities: A Review and Prospects for Future Research
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Water Footprint
Virtual Water
Urban Metabolism
Cities
Life Cycle Assessment
Environmentally Extended Input-Output
File:
Download Paterson_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Ruddell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Prediction of Indirect Losses, Direct Losses, and Seismic Resilience of Aging Highway Bridges

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Open Access
Author:
Davis, Lindeon Sherlock
Title:
Prediction of Indirect Losses, Direct Losses, and Seismic Resilience of Aging Highway Bridges
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
indirect losses
direct losses
resilience
bridge
recovery
sigmoidal
corrosion
aging
highway
seismic
File:
Download Lindeon_S._Davis_SP15_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. Streamflow Response to Land-cover Change in Southern Mexico: Projections of Water Balance in the Tulija River Watershed

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Open Access
Author:
Garcia Gonzalez, Susana Elizabeth
Title:
Streamflow Response to Land-cover Change in Southern Mexico: Projections of Water Balance in the Tulija River Watershed
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Hydrologic modeling
SWAT
land-use change
Chiapas
Mexico
tropical forest
time series analysis
File:
Download ThesisSusanaGarcia_August03.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirk Dow French, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Behavior of Concrete-Filled Tube Through-Beam Connections Subjected to Varying Load Rates

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Open Access
Author:
O'Hare, Edward Vincent
Title:
Behavior of Concrete-Filled Tube Through-Beam Connections Subjected to Varying Load Rates
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Through-beam
steel
concrete
connection
lateral loads
blast
impact
quasi-static
concrete-filled tube
Through-connection
File:
Download OHare_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Committee Member
Sean Brennan, Committee Member
Daniel Linzell, Special Member

19. functional form and heterogeneity effects on safety performance function estimation

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Open Access
Author:
Hariharan, Baradhwaj
Title:
functional form and heterogeneity effects on safety performance function estimation
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Crash frequency
heterogeneity
count data
negative binomial
multinomial fractional polynomial
over-dispersion
File:
Download Barad-dissertation_final_draft_MAIN_FILE_to_upload_second_updates.pdf
Committee Members:
Venkataraman Shankar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Committee Member

20. spatio-temporal models incorporating network topology measures for pedestrian exposure estimation

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Open Access
Author:
Hong, Jung Yeol
Title:
spatio-temporal models incorporating network topology measures for pedestrian exposure estimation
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
pedestrian exposure
network topology
spatial model
vulnerability
crosswalk
safety
network analysis
micro-simulation
File:
Download Jungyeol_Hong-PhD._Dissertation-etd_submission-2015_summer.pdf
Committee Members:
Venkataraman Shankar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkataraman Shankar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Committee Member