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Fall 2024

Wu, Fan

Global vehicle numbers continue to climb alongside population growth and economic expansion, resulting in increased traffic congestion, air pollution, and accidents. Major cities worldwide estimate that drivers lose considerable working hours annually to congestion, leading to wasted time, fuel,...

Fall 2012

Ge, Yongfeng

Active traffic control and management requires traffic state estimation with high accuracy. Although an inductive loop detector can achieve high accuracy in terms of volume, speed and occupancy estimation, it cannot provide accurate segment-based traffic parameters, such as segment speed and...

1998

Rahman, N. M. Anisur

Spring 2021

Ting, Hok Nam Joey

High-solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD) is a growingly popular strategy for recovery of biomethane from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). The focus of this thesis study is to advance fundamental understanding and engineering performance of high-solids anaerobic digestion...

2005

Abdel Wahab, Ehab Abdel Wahab Abdel Mohsen

Spring 2020

Kamal, Rajib

Hydropower facilities can generate elevated or supersaturated total dissolved gases (TDGs) during spill operations that can impose environmental and ecological risk to downstream habitat, particularly to fishes causing gas bubble disease and mortality. Assessment of such impact and management of...

Fall 2019

Wei, Gongjue

In hydraulic fracturing, resin-coated ceramic proppants can be added to fracturing fluid as an agent for propping the fractures. Resin-coated ceramic proppants have several advantages compared to the traditional silica sands and ceramic proppants. Resin-coated ceramic proppants can withstand much...

Fall 2019

Ahn, Sang Jun

Transportation operations, in connecting the factory with the construction site through the delivery of prefabricated building components (e.g., panel) using transportation equipment (e.g., trucks and trailers), play a significant role in determining the efficiency of overall panelized...

Spring 2023

Zahid, Abdullah Al

Wildfires are a natural part of Canadian ecosystems, but sometimes pose a threat to people. In Canada, when public safety is threatened by a wildfire encroaching into the wildland-urban interface (WUI), local authorities will typically recommend and lead evacuation of the area. During...

Fall 2023

Cheng, Fei

Bauxite residue is a byproduct generated during the extraction of alumina from bauxite ore. It is highly alkaline and has the potential to release toxic substances (metals) into the surrounding environment during storage. Hence, there is a growing interest in exploring the potential for metal...