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Theses and Dissertations — 2016

Civil Engineering Program

Masters Theses

Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Erkan Karakoyun Dr. Keh-Han Wang Three-Dimensional Distance Based Geostatistical Models to Adjust Radar Rainfall Data [Link]
Halil Ibrahim Kula Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Developing Smart Grouted Sand Columns for Real Time Monitoring of the Stability, Seepage, and Rapid Drawdown in Earth Dams [Link]
Sai Anudeep Maddi Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Smart Foam Cement Characterization and Real Time Monitoring for Oil Well Cementing Applications
Oswaldo Jose Russian-Aranda Dr. Mina Dawood Case and Parametric Study on the Collapse of the USS Salem Wharf [Link]

Dissertations

Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Arezou Attar Dr. Bora Gencturk Accelerated Alkali-Silica Reaction and Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete: Application on Dry Casks [Link]
Bahareh Basirat Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Analytical Modeling and Verification with Numerical Methods and Experiments of Three Phase Reactive Materials, Drilling, Cementing and Performance of Smart Cemented Model Oil Wells [Link]
Yu Hsiang Chen Dr. Keh-Han Wang A Three-Dimensional Fully Nonlinear Model in Curvilinear Coordinates for Simulating Waves Interaction with a Bottom-Mounted or Partially-Submerged Fixed Cylindrical Structure [Link]
Kibraeb A. Gebreselassie Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Detection and Quantification of Steel and Composite Corrosion with Smart Cement and Polymer Coating Materials [Link]
Saeid Karimi Dr. Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala Computational Methods for Multi-Scale Temporal Problems: Algorithms, Analysis, and Numerical Experiments [Link]
Florentia Kavoura Dr. Bora Gencturk Moment-Rotation Behavior of “Pinned” Column Base-Plate Connections in Low-Rise Metal Buildings [Link]
Hieu Cong Luu Dr. Yi-Lung Mo Development of CSMM-Based Shell Element for Reinforced Concrete Structures [Link]
Mohammad Shabouei Dr. Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala Theoretical and Numerical Study in Porous Media: Solution Verification and Viscous Fingering Instability [Link]
Chengzhao Zhang Dr. Keh-Han Wang, Dr. Yandi Hu Oil Spill Cleanup by Hydrophobic Silica Aerogels and Spilled Oil Interaction with Suspended Sediments [Link]
Botong Zheng Dr. Mina Dawood Rehabilitation of Fatigue Sensitive Steel Elements Using Shape Memory Alloy/Fiber Reinforced Polymer (SMA/FRP) Composite Overlays [Link]
Environmental Engineering Program

Masters Theses

Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Piluja Sivananthan Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Desalination of Hydraulic Fracturing Waste Water with Multiple Cathode Chambers in the Microbial Fuel Cell [Link]
Geosensing Program

Masters Theses

Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Peter J. Gadomski Dr. Craig Glennie Measuring Glacier Surface Velocities With LiDAR: A Comparison of Three-Dimensional Change Detection Methods [Link]

Dissertations

Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Ning Cao Dr. Hyongki Lee Advanced SAR Interferometry Methods for Ground Displacement Estimation from Spaceborne and Airborne Platforms [Link]
Preston J. Hartzell Dr. Craig Glennie Active and Passive Sensor Fusion for Terrestrial Hyperspectral Image Shadow Detection and Restoration [Link]
Zhigang Pan Dr. Craig Glennie Shallow Water Bathymetry Using Full Waveform Bathymetric LiDAR and Hyperspectral Imagery [Link]
Hongzhou Wang Dr. Craig Glennie Fusion of Full Waveform LiDAR and Passive Remote Sensing for Improved Land-Cover Classification [Link]
Xiao Zhang Dr. Craig Glennie LiDAR-Based Change Detection for Earthquake Surface Ruptures [Link]