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Spring 2024

Zeng, Bowen

Unreinforced and reinforced masonry walls are essential elements in low-to-medium-rise residential and commercial buildings. They play an indispensable role in both vertical and lateral load-resisting systems, withstanding diverse loads such as seismic loads acting along and perpendicular to the...

Spring 2024

Velarde Herencia, Gustavo A

The open pit mining industry is an essential sector around the globe, playing a crucial role in energy production and the development of renewable energy technologies. To this end, open pit mining is increasing efforts to implement best engineering practices to develop sustainable mining that...

Spring 2024

Batycky, Anya

Hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is a common flocculant used in oil sands tailings dewatering technologies. Although HPAM is regularly used in tailings treatment and will eventually be incorporated into the reclaimed landscape of the oil sands, there are knowledge gaps surrounding the environment...

Spring 2024

Sharifi, Sohrab

Landslides are widespread geohazards in Canada that cause loss of millions of dollars annually directly and indirectly. Such geohazards are prevalent in Canada’s landforms which compromise the safe operation of infrastructures and public safety. Not only stabilizing an area with this scale is...

Spring 2024

Elnaz Kalantar

Concerns are growing about plastics in the environment. The aging of the plastics in the environment will impact their fate and their interactions with the ecosystems’ constituents. As such, there is a need to improve our understanding of aged plastics and how they differ from their pristine or...

Spring 2024

Izadi, Hossein

The utilization of the Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) method entails significant natural gas consumption and extensive water handling and treatment. The effective inflow and outflow rates control in producer and injector wells holds paramount importance. It serves multiple objectives,...

Spring 2024

Essa, Maha

Cantilever–suspended-span construction, commonly referred to as Gerber girder systems, is a popular roof-framing system for large single-storey buildings in North America. This system consists of a series of simply-supported girders in the principal framing direction that extend beyond the column...

Spring 2024

An, Zhexuan

Oil sands process water (OSPW) is generated in a large volume during the bitumen extraction process from the oil sands. Naphthenic acids (NAs) are recalcitrant compounds that contribute to the toxicity of OSPW, which need effective treatment before being released into the environment. In the...

Spring 2024

Mirhadi, Seyed Nima

Canada experiences a significant number of landslides each year, posing substantial risks to safety, infrastructure, economic activities, and the environment. Over the last two and a half centuries, Canada has witnessed approximately 800 fatalities attributed to landslides, which has made...

Spring 2024

Huang, Qi

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a sustainable method for treating high-strength wastewater while concurrently recovering biomethane. Nevertheless, factors such as low temperature and complex organic substrates can limit digestion kinetics, with hydrolysis and methanogenesis as the primary...