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
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
Yagiz Oz Dr. Yi-Lung Mo Structural Performance and Economic Impact of Skewed Reinforcing in Inverted-T Bridge Caps
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
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
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
Oswaldo Russian-Aranda Dr. Abdeldjelil Belarbi Multiaxial Fatigue Life Extension of Steel Elements Using Shape-Memory Alloy/Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (SMA/CFRP) Patch
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
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
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]