Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Shahandashti, Mohsen"
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED EVALUATION OF PIPELINE STRUCTURES USING MULTI-SENSOR ROBOTS
Rababeh, Mohammad Shaher MOH'D; 0000-0002-5102-3929 (2023-08-15)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2025** ABSTRACT: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED EVALUATION OF PIPELINE STRUCTURES USING MULTI-SENSOR ROBOTS Mohammad Shaher Rababeh, Ph.D. The University of Texas ... -
ASSEMBLY-SCALE AND WHOLE-BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE (UHP-FRC) FAÇADE SYSTEMS
Abediniangerabi, Bahram; 0000-0002-6848-1125 (2019-12-04)The majority of building energy consumption is used to heat and cool enclosed spaces. An innovative ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) façade system could potentially reduce this energy consumption ... -
Digital Twin Enabled Winter Operations Management Through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence, Sensory Level Data, and Publicly Available Data
Darghiasi, Pooya; 0000-0002-2357-5507 (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 ... -
Disaster Management and Recovery: Estimating the Disaster Impacts on Construction Costs and Evaluating the Policy Effects on Disaster Recovery
Kim, Sooin; 0000-0002-2681-2715 (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 ... -
EXPLORING SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES AND ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY VALUES IN CLAYEY SOILS
Zamanian, Mina; 0000-0002-7388-4543 (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 ... -
Formal Processes for Inspecting Bridge Deck Drains Using Lidar and Photogrammetry
Bani Hani, Ahmad Kamal (2023-05-08)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/04/2025** ABSTRACT: Poor-performing bridge deck drains result in water standing on the bridge deck. The standing water threatens the safety of bridge users and ... -
Identifying the Optimal Combination of Critical Roadside Slope Segments Susceptible to Rainfall-induced Failures for Minimizing Vulnerability of Highway Networks
Baral, Anil; 0000-0002-4026-3986 (2022-08-11)The stability of roadside slopes is vital for the smooth operation of the highway transportation system. The failure of slopes adjacent to the highway corridors adversely impacts the network users and network operators. ... -
INVESTMENT VALUATION OF UNDERGROUND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION (UFT) SYSTEMS UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Zahedzahedani, Seyed EHSAN; 0000-0001-5973-9510 (2019-08-05)A reliable, safe, and efficient freight transportation system is one of the most essential rudiments supporting the continuous economic growth of a nation. The United States (U.S.), as the world’s largest economy relies ... -
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, TRADITIONAL AIR POLLUTANTS, WATER DEPLETION, AND CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMAND FROM 2-MW WIND TURBINES IN TEXAS
Alsaleh, Ali; 0000-0002-7917-0285 (2017-01-18)¶One renewable energy source that has witnessed a significant growth in the recent years is wind energy, with the installation of new wind farms around the globe as well as the innovations in wind power technology, which ... -
Optimized Rehabilitation of Water Pipe Networks Subjected to Earthquakes
Pudasaini, Binaya; 0000-0001-9892-0662 (2019-08-27)Earthquakes in the past and in the recent times have demonstrated the extreme vulnerability of the water pipe networks. The impacts of such earthquakes on the water supply network can lead to significant direct and indirect ... -
POST-DISASTER CONSTRUCTION LABOR COST FLUCTUATIONS: MEASUREMENT AND MODELING
Ahmadi Esfahani, Navid; 0000-0002-1202-9121 (2018-12-06)The United States has been one of the top five countries most frequently hit by natural disasters. The post-disaster survival of cities and communities depend on their capabilities to reconstruct and repair damages to ...