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Theses and Dissertations — 2021

Civil Engineering Program

Masters Theses
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Shuvam Nandi Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Real-Time Monitoring of Short-Term Steel Corrosion in Cement and Soil [Link]
Dolunay Oniz Dr. Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala Shapley Values and Machine Learning to Characterize Metamaterials for Seismic Application  [Link]
Niraj Shrestha Dr. Konrad J. Krakowiak Valorization of Industrial Waste by CO2 Supercritical Curing: Toward Sustainable Building Materials and Circular Economy  [Link]
Sumnima Singh Dr. Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala  Effects of Viscoelasticity and Hyperelasticity on Attenuation Characteristics of Periodic Foundations [Link]

Dissertations
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Cynthia Vail Castro Dr. Keh-Han Wang Nature-based Solutions at the Interface of Hydro-Environmental Science, Social Justice, and Complex Decision-making  [Link]
Amir Moshiri Roudsari Dr. Konrad J. Krakowiak Molecular Crosslinking of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate with Organosilanes: Toward Engineering of Cementitious Matrices with High Thermal Resistance [Link]
Raj Gopal Nannapaneni Dr. Konrad J. Krakowiak Computational Modeling of Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Microstructures Using Discrete and Continuum Frameworks [Link]
Tejasree M. Phatak Dr. Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala  Optimal Material Design for Transport and Multi-Criteria Problems Using Topology Optimization  [Link]
Dario Vieira Dr. Abdeldjelil Belarbi Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloys  [Link]
Environmental Engineering Program

Masters Theses
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Tchemongo B. Berte Dr. Stacey M. Louie Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) Method Development to Investigate Natural Organic Matter (NOM) and Organic Contaminant Binding Interactions  [Link]

Dissertations
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Ali Ansari Dr. Debora F. Rodrigues Using Polymers to Improve Current Water Treatment Technologies: Contaminant Removal and Role of Microbial Communities  [Link]
Adithya Govindarajan Dr. Hanadi S. Rifai Sediment Dynamics and Associations with Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dioxins in an Urban Estuary  [Link]
Sachin Paudel Dr. Debora F. Rodrigues Polymer-Based Nanocarriers to Treat Intestinal Infection and Reduce Impact on Gut Microbiome  [Link]
Sheyda Shakiba Dr. Stacey M. Louie Surface and Molecular Level Characterization of Nanomaterials for Water Treatment and Drug Delivery  [Link]
Juntao Zhao Dr. Stacey M. Louie Stability of Lead-Containing Precipitates: Implications for Lead Transport in Pipes and Soils  [Link]
Geosensing Program

Masters Theses
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Sven Alexander Sorhus Dr. Craig L. Glennie Estimating Snowfall Metrics with a Terrestrial Laser Scanner  [Link]

Dissertations
Student Advisor(s) Thesis/Dissertation Title
Chi-Hung Chang Dr. Hyongki Lee Forecasting Flood Levels and Areal Inundation in Downstream Mekong Using Remotely Sensed Data and Modeling  [Link]
Tien Le Thuy Du Dr. Hyongki Lee Operational Water Prediction in Highly Regulated, Transboundary Watersheds using Multi-Basin Modelling, Earth Observations and Co-production  [Link]