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1. Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials Interacting with Rigid Bodies Under Impact Loading

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Author:
Reese, Lynsey
Title:
Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials Interacting with Rigid Bodies Under Impact Loading
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Anti-Ram Barriers
LS-DYNA
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Soil-Structure Interaction
Numerical Modeling
Expanded Polystyrene Concrete
Full-Scale Testing
File:
Download Reese_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. A Comparison between Bayesian Model Averaging and Heteroscedastic Censored Logistic Regression Using 2012 GEFS Precipitation Reforecasts over the US Middle-Atlantic Region

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Author:
Yang, Xingchen
Title:
A Comparison between Bayesian Model Averaging and Heteroscedastic Censored Logistic Regression Using 2012 GEFS Precipitation Reforecasts over the US Middle-Atlantic Region
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
ensemble forecast
postprocessing
File:
Download Thesis_Xingchen_Yang.pdf
Committee Members:
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven J Greybush, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Causal inference in traffic safety research: comparison of the empirical Bayes and propensity scores-potential outcomes methods

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Author:
Wood, Jonathan Sayre
Title:
Causal inference in traffic safety research: comparison of the empirical Bayes and propensity scores-potential outcomes methods
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Causal inference
empirical Bayes
transportation safety
genetic matching
propensity scores
crash modification factor
File:
Download Wood_Doctoral_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Todd Donnell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Luke John Keele, Special Member
Glenn A Firebaugh, Special Member

7. Dynamic Traffic Control: The Treatment of Left Turns in an Urban Grid Network

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Author:
Deprator, Anthony Joseph
Title:
Dynamic Traffic Control: The Treatment of Left Turns in an Urban Grid Network
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Traffic
Traffic Flow Theory
Traffic Operations
Traffic Control
Dynamic
Dynamic Traffic Control
Urban Grid Networks
Operations
Transportation
File:
Download DePrator_PSU_Thesis_FINAL3.pdf
Committee Members:
Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Effects of acclimation methods on anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactors and methanogenic microbial electrolysis cells

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Author:
Labarge, Nicole Alyse
Title:
Effects of acclimation methods on anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactors and methanogenic microbial electrolysis cells
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
AFMBR
MEC
wastewater treatment
COD removal
methane generation
GAC
activated carbon
File:
Download Nicole_LaBarge_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Bruce Ernest Logan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Evaluating the Implementation of Real-time Transit Information through an Examination of Information Supply and Demand

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Author:
Harmony, Xavier J
Title:
Evaluating the Implementation of Real-time Transit Information through an Examination of Information Supply and Demand
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
transit
public transportation
real-time information
public transit
information supply
information demand
File:
Download XJHarmony_Thesis__FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. DRILLING MORE WELLS OR DOING PUMPING TEST: INVESTIGATING THE RELATIVE VALUE OF WATER HEAD AND CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS IN REDUCING INVERSE GROUNDWATER MODELING ERROR

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Author:
Sun, Nuan
Title:
DRILLING MORE WELLS OR DOING PUMPING TEST: INVESTIGATING THE RELATIVE VALUE OF WATER HEAD AND CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS IN REDUCING INVERSE GROUNDWATER MODELING ERROR
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Data worth
Inverse groundwater modeling
Water head
Hydraulic conductivity
Cost-effectiveness
File:
Download Thesis_Nuan_Sun.pdf
Committee Members:
Chaopeng Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. EVALUATING THE CLEARVIEW TYPEFACE SYSTEM AND HIGHWAY STANDARD ALPHABETS SERIES FOR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONTRAST SIGNS

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Author:
Eie, Wei-Yin
Title:
EVALUATING THE CLEARVIEW TYPEFACE SYSTEM AND HIGHWAY STANDARD ALPHABETS SERIES FOR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONTRAST SIGNS
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Traffic signs
Typeface
Legibility distance
Glance legibility
Clearview font
File:
Download Weiyin_Eie_Dissertation__final_.pdf
Committee Members:
Martin T. Pietrucha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin T. Pietrucha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul P. Jovanis, Committee Member
Eric T. Donnell, Committee Member
Jason Morton, Outside Member

15. FIELD AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF A 3D DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION MODEL AT CRITICAL SPEEDS

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Author:
Gao, Yin
Title:
FIELD AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF A 3D DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION MODEL AT CRITICAL SPEEDS
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
train-track interaction
track dynamics
field validation
critical speed
hanging tie
crosstie movement
File:
Download Yin_Gao_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Hai Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Outside Member
Hai Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

16. PULLOUT RESISTANCE OF SOIL ANCHORS IN COHESIONLESS SOIL UNDER VARYING VELOCITIES BY EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

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Author:
Bychkowski, Michael Edward
Title:
PULLOUT RESISTANCE OF SOIL ANCHORS IN COHESIONLESS SOIL UNDER VARYING VELOCITIES BY EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Pullout
Soil anchors
Velocity
Cohesionless
Resistance
Depth
Diameter
File:
Download MBychkowski_Thesis_2016-07-26_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Zoltan Ivan Rado, Committee Member

17. Non-Destructive Characterization of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures through Resonant Column Testing

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Author:
Tavassoti Kheiry, Pezhouhan
Title:
Non-Destructive Characterization of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures through Resonant Column Testing
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Asphalt Concrete
Nondestructive Test
Damping
Resonant Column Test
Shear Modulus
Dynamic Modulus
File:
Download Pezhouhan_Tavassoti-Kheiry_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Outside Member

18. MECHANISMS AND MITIGATION OF SHRINKAGE IN ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG

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Author:
Ye, Hailong
Title:
MECHANISMS AND MITIGATION OF SHRINKAGE IN ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
alkali-activated cement
shrinkage mechanisms
carbonation
blast-furnace slag
concrete
early-age cracking
File:
Download Hailong_Ye_PhD_Thesis_Nov22_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Aleksandra Radlińska, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aleksandra Radlińska, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
William Burgos, Committee Member
Carlo Pantano, Outside Member

19. CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MIXTURES AND RAP BINDER PROPERTIES THROUGH IMPACT RESONANCE TEST

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Author:
Boz, Ilker
Title:
CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MIXTURES AND RAP BINDER PROPERTIES THROUGH IMPACT RESONANCE TEST
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Impact Resonance Test
Resonant Frequency
Asphalt Concrete
RAP
Modulus
Characterization
File:
Download IlkerBoz_PhDDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Durland Laurence Shumway, Outside Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Outside Member

20. PREDICTION OF CONSOLIDATION TIMES FOR SHEAR STRENGTH TESTING OF GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS USING CS2 MODEL

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Author:
Wang, Chu
Title:
PREDICTION OF CONSOLIDATION TIMES FOR SHEAR STRENGTH TESTING OF GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS USING CS2 MODEL
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Geosynthetic clay liner
consolidation
shear strength testing
File:
Download Master_Thesis_Chu_Wang_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick Joseph Fox, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member

21. DEVELOPMENT OF FRAGILITY INFORMATION FOR BUILDING LIGHT-FRAME AND ENVELOPE SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC DESIGN

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Author:
Zhu, Yizhi
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF FRAGILITY INFORMATION FOR BUILDING LIGHT-FRAME AND ENVELOPE SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC DESIGN
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
fragility
SIPs
light-frame
building envelope
performance-based seismic design
File:
Download Thesis__Final_Version_.pdf
Committee Members:
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aly Marei Said, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee Member