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Spring 2019

Itani, Anas

Industry 4.0 has sparked rapid changes in the manufacturing and construction sectors, leading to a major shift in how prefab construction machines are designed and manufactured in a concurrent engineering environment. Design for X (DFX) is one of the most effective methods for implementing in...

Fall 2019

An, Shi

As offsite construction is trending, an increasing number of construction products are fabricated in a controlled factory environment. By using automated machinery, the productivity and accuracy of construction-oriented products have been improved. However, as BIM models do not provide...

Spring 2014

Ajweh,Ziad

The construction industry is highly competitive and continually striving towards improving its performance in terms of time, cost, quality, and safety. Improved performance is essential to survival in today’s construction market. In this regard, measuring productivity can facilitate improved...

Spring 2016

Zaman, Hamid U

Operational maintenance of the wastewater collection system is an important part of urban infrastructure management. It involves various activities, such as visual inspection, low-pressure flushing (LPF), high-pressure flushing (HPF), catch basin cleaning, and hydro-mechanized cleaning. Large...

Spring 2018

Bu Hamdan, Samer

The increasing awareness of the sustainable implications of the construction industry requires an expansion in the types of assessment criteria used to evaluate the systems deployed in building. This expansion allows engineers to consider several criteria of various natures (e.g., economic and...

Fall 2022

Barkokebas, Beda

This thesis proposes methods to apply real-time data to improve manufacturing operations in offsite construction using a combination of tools such as simulation, machine learning, and exploratory data analysis. These methods are applied to increase flexibility in operations and digitalize the...

Fall 2015

Panna, Monjur

Jurisdictions in winter regions impose restrictions on asphalt paving of neighbourhood roadways based on severity of cold weather. These limitations are imposed mainly to avoid the inadequate compaction of asphalt that results in poor performance of roads. Paving restrictions during the weather...

Fall 2020

Yin, Xianfei

The municipal drainage system is a key component of every modern city’s infrastructure. However, as the drainage system ages, its pipes gradually deteriorate at rates that vary based on the conditions of utilization (i.e., intrinsic conditions) and other extrinsic factors such as the presence of...

Spring 2017

Hesaraki, Behnaz

Well-designed walls and windows play a major role in reducing heating energy usage in the home in cold climates. There are also different design options to improve home energy efficiency which have different cost impacts. This study presents a methodology to determine code-compliant...

Fall 2012

Lei, Zhen

Crane lift path planning is time-consuming, prone to errors, and requires the practitioners to have exceptional visualization abilities, in particular, as the construction site is congested and dynamically changing. This research presents a methodology based on robotics motion planning to...