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Theses and Dissertations — 2020

Civil Engineering Program

Masters Theses
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Shivam Bhatia Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Characterizing and Modeling Wood and Smart Cement with Additives for Real Time Moisture Detection [Link]
Santiago Elias El Awad Ibrahim Dr. Konrad Krakowiak The Inference of the Mechanical Properties of Materials at Micro and Meso-Scale via the Micro-Bending Technique [Link]
Yagiz Oz Dr. Yi-Lung Mo Structural Performance and Economic Impact of Skewed Reinforcing in Inverted-T Bridge Caps [Link]
Mitchel Stipek Dr. Abdeldjelil Belarbi Designing Steel Joist Seats Subjected to Rollover Forces [Link]

Dissertations
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Alena O. Bessmertnykh Dr. Roberto Ballarini The Effects of Proppant, Complex Fluid Rheology, and Rock Anisotropy on the Near-Front Behavior of a Hydraulic Fracture [Link]
Livia Costa Mello Dr. Roberto Ballarini Computational Modeling of Delayed Progressive Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
Hsuan-Wen Huang Dr. Yi-Lung Mo Periodic Metamaterial-Based Seismic Isolation Barriers: Field Studies and Computational Modeling [Link]
Sai Anudeep Reddy Maddi Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Characterizing, Testing and Modeling Of Highly Sensing Smart Spacer Fluids, Smart Cement And Smart Orthopedic Cast Materials For Multiple Applications [Link]
Innokentiy Protasov Dr. Roberto Ballarini Accelerating Computations for Oil and Gas Problems: Reduced Physical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing and High-Performance Computing for Fluid Flow in a Porous Medium [Link]
Oswaldo Russian Dr. Abdeldjelil Belarbi Multiaxial Fatigue Life Extension of Steel Elements Using Shape-Memory Alloy/Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (SMA/CFRP) Patch [Link]
Sinjaya Tan Dr. Thomas Hsu Structural Behavior of Thin Prestressed Slab Beams in Bridges [Link]
Lara Zerbe Dr. Abdeldjelil Belarbi Strengthening of Shear-Critical Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloys [Link]
Environmental Engineering Program

Dissertations
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Ning Deng Dr. William Rixey The Roles of Organics in Nucleation and Growth of Solid Solutions [Link]
Yifei Wang Dr. William Rixey Aquifer Experiments for Characterizing NAPL Sources and Dissolved Plumes following Releases of Ethanol-Blended Fuels [Link]
Geosensing Program

Masters Theses
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Jordan Laughlin Dr. Craig Glennie Radiometric and Geometric Calibration of an Inexpensive LED-Based Lidar Sensor [Link]