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Spring 2022

Sajadfar, Narges

Industrial construction projects are usually mega-projects that involve millions of labour person-hours and generate hundreds of thousands of documents. Construction documents represent a vital source of information and knowledge regarding the project scope. Documents come in different types and...

Fall 2015

Vaseli, Hediyeh

Demand for high speed data transmission has grown considerably and required bandwidth has increased which can no longer be supported by traditional copper networks due to its limited data transmission capacity. Hence, providing broadband access through fiber optic (FO) cables to overcome this...

Spring 2020

Johnson, Thomas W

Canada has the 7th largest road network in the world with a total of 1.13 million kilometers (40% paved and 60% unpaved). Rise in traffic volumes, increased vehicle axle loading, extremely low air temperatures and seasonal freeze-thaw cycles have resulted in decreased performance of the asphalt...

Fall 2015

Islam, Md Tazul

Speeding is the number one road safety problem in many countries around the world. Speeding contributes to as many as one third of all fatal crashes, and is considered an aggravating factor in crash severity. Because of the adverse consequences of speeding, speed management is considered to be...

Fall 2017

Meshref, Mohamed N.A.

Appling ozone (O3) with high doses (>100 mg/L) to remove naphthenic acids (NAs) from oil sands process-affected water (OSPW); limits its application and feasibility in the OSPW remediation. To decrease the required doses and their associated costs, this study examined the application of ozone...

Fall 2014

Chen, Yuan

The release of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) from tailings ponds is a major environmental issue that oil sands companies must consider over the next decade. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and biological treatment processes have been shown to be able to degrade contaminant compounds...

Fall 2014

Meles, Daniel. T.

Discarded tires have been an environmental concern in different parts of the world. One mass application to avoid such environmental concern is to use them as embankment fill material in civil engineering projects. In such applications, discarded tires are usually used in a shred form referred as...

Fall 2014

Khan, Muhammad F

The extraction of bitumen from oil sands in Alberta, Canada, leads to the creation of tailings that are contained in lake-sized ponds under zero discharge policy. Stratification of tailings over time leads to the formation of mature fine tailings (MFT), an oil based emulsion containing residual...

Fall 2011

Gul, Ali

Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is the most robust thermal recovery process that has unlocked western Canadian heavy oil and bitumen reserves into economical recovery. The prime challenges in SAGD heavy oil developments and well planning in the Northern Alberta formations are:...

Spring 2023

Allam, Nesma M.E.E.

The remediation of oil sands tailings is a crucial environmental aspect of the Canadian oil sands industry. Oil sands tailings management involves the endless storage of massive volumes of fluid fine tailings (FFT). The slow gravity settling of tailings, the release of toxic compounds, and the...