Department of Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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CEMENT-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES WITH TUNABLE ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
(2023-08-18)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2025** ABSTRACT: While concrete, the most widely used construction material exhibits low electrical and thermal conductivity, it can be engineered at the nanoscale ... -
Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration along the Lower Brazos River using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning
(2023-08-23)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2024** ABSTRACT: Suspended sediment transport in river basins is important for many water management planning activities to maintain safe drinking water for the ... -
Digital Twin Enabled Winter Operations Management Through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence, Sensory Level Data, and Publicly Available Data
(2023-07-27)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** Monitoring real-time information on road conditions, especially during winter storms, is crucial to establishing winter maintenance strategies by the State ... -
EXPLORING SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES AND ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY VALUES IN CLAYEY SOILS
(2023-07-10)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2024** ABSTRACT: A successful design and construction of infrastructure systems such as highways and bridges highly depend on accurate estimation of geotechnical ... -
Disaster Management and Recovery: Estimating the Disaster Impacts on Construction Costs and Evaluating the Policy Effects on Disaster Recovery
(2023-07-05)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** A rapidly increasing number of natural hazards pose an inevitable threat to communities. More than a hundred natural hazards strike the United States every ... -
ASSESSING THE TREATMENT EFFICIENCY OF EXPANDED SHALE AS A FILTER MEDIUM IN A BIOSWALE
(2023-08-21)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** This thesis presents a laboratory investigation focusing on the use of expanded shale as a filter media in bioswales. Bioswales are known for their effectiveness ... -
INVESTIGATION AND PROPOSED REMEDY OF VIBRATION PROBLEM IN INDUSTRIAL CRANE SYSTEM DUE TO HUMAN OPERATION
A recent investigation of a crane system began when a facilities manager reported a runway beam under-going torsional vibration during operations. The investigation revealed the runway beam’s twisting was caused by resonance ... -
The study of screws under bending for curtain wall head and sill anchors
The study of screws under bending is a very important topic for the solution of anchors (connections) of the vertical members of a Curtain Wall or Storefront that connects top and bottom thru Head and Sill anchors. When ... -
MAKING PUBLIC HEALTH PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBLE TO PRACTITIONERS
Pollutants emitted into the atmosphere from static and mobile sources pose a threat to human health. The detrimental impact associated with air pollution varies by the type of pollutant, the magnitude, frequency and duration ... -
NOVEL APPROACH FOR SELECTIVE DECOMPOSITION OF TARGET WATER CONTAMINANTS ONTO POROUS TITANIUM DIOXIDE
(2017-01-12)Manipulation of physical and chemical properties of matter with nanoscale precision will enhance our ability for fabrication of material with intended characteristics for environmental applications. In this study we presented ... -
An Experimental Investigation Of Icephobicity And Hydrophobicity Of Concrete Surface Treated With PAVIX
(2022-08-15)High ice adhesion is a significant problem in several industries. The majority of practical issues brought on by ice adhesion are still not fully resolved, and the ice-adhesion mechanism is still poorly understood. Ice ... -
Integrating Environmental Contamination Perceptions of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining into Environmental Responses across Spatial Scales
(2022-08-10)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/10/2024** ABSTRACT: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is of significant interest to the international research community, government officials, and ... -
MULTISORB: A LOW-COST APPROACH TO REMOVE MULTIPLE METALS AND ORGANICS FROM LEACHATE AND WASTEWATER
(2022-08-03)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/2/2024** ABSTRACT: Landfill leachates are considered now as a reusable source of water. Even irrigation projects are now considering use of non-traditional water sources, ... -
Data Fusion for Non-motorized Volume Estimation: A Machine Learning Approach
(2022-07-14)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 7/11/2024** ABSTRACT: Despite increased awareness at the state and federal levels of the design and policy concerns associated with nonmotorized infrastructure, communities ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A DECESION TREE TO REHABILITATE OR REPLACE THE ST. FRANCIS BRIDGE OVER IH-30
(2022-12-19)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 12/16/2024** ABSTRACT: The ASCE infrastructure report card indicated that about 42% of the nation’s bridges are over 50 years old, and 7.5% of the bridges are structurally ... -
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF WATER REPELLENT SANDS: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL EVALUATION
(2022-08-17)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/16/2024** ABSTRACT: Unsaturated hydrophobic soils, induced by the decomposition of plant roots or chemical or oil contamination et al., may have potentially negative ... -
Design of Crack Attenuating Mix using Waste Plastic
(2022-08-10)Plastic has many good properties such as inexpensiveness, light weightedness and durability, but it comes with one major catch i.e., its ‘indestructibility’. Plastic waste is now omnipresent and highlights that all plastic ... -
Reuse of Recycled Plastic for Plastic Road Design
(2021-12-21)The ever-increasing volume of traffic and the volatility of daily and seasonal temperatures that are being experienced globally make it essential that the quality and durability of roads are improved. Modifiers can improve ... -
Quantitative Non-Destructive Evaluation of Rebar Corrosion in Concrete
(2022-05-17)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/16/2024** ABSTRACT: Corrosion of rebar is considered the leading cause of deterioration in concrete structures. When steel rust, it occupies larger volume and creates ... -
Experimental Study of Flow Characteristics and Geometry of Scour Hole Around Cylindrical Piers Subject to Wave and Current
(2022-08-15)This thesis concerns the unique flow structure around bridge piers under the wave and current conditions. The flow characteristics around piers may change depending on the flow conditions and geometry of the pier. These ...