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Spring 2024

Momenifar, Samaneh

systems include several types. In this research, the focus is specifically directed towards masonry partition walls. Recent trends indicate a decreased preference for masonry construction. Literature and industry reports show several reasons behind this decline including: lack of masonry design knowledge

Building Code of Canada and experts’ opinion. As the second part of the DSS, a computational design tool is developed to facilitate the design process by automatically controlling the structural soundness of unreinforced masonry partition walls. It also aims at improving designers' comprehension of

unreinforced masonry partition walls by automating the design process, ensuring compliance with structural requirements of Masonry Code, and offering clear visualization and simplified design iteration. The integration of design model into a Building Information Modeling (BIM) environment addresses the need to

Fall 2018

Halala, Yonas

utilizing early project planning, which integrates work packaging with engineering, procurement, construction, and project controls. Furthermore, AWP was designed to reduce the burden of work packaging on field supervision by dealing with constraints as early as possible. Case studies conducted on AWP

report a number of benefits in the areas of productivity, cost, safety, and schedule. However, since there is no clear method to assess the costs and benefits of AWP implementation, a significant challenge in AWP adoption is the lack of quantitative evidence to support these reported benefits. This

Spring 2023

Lan, Xiaoyi

Hyaline cartilage is a strong and flexible connective tissue found throughout the human body. It provides important structural and functional support for the nose, ribs, larynx, and trachea. Due to the avascular nature of the hyaline cartilage, its defects or lesions are non-regeneratable and non

-healing, which can progress into diseases such as osteoarthritis (OA) or nasal airway obstruction and result in severe clinical complications. Cell-based cartilage tissue engineering using 3D bioprinting techniques can generate functionalized cartilage replacement in vitro using autologous cells, which

primarily focuses on the formulation and engineering of biomaterials, yet lacks thorough biochemical evaluations and substantial evidence to indicate the clinical potential of the bioprinted cartilage. To address this challenge, this thesis focuses on 3D bioprinting and regeneration of hyaline cartilage

Fall 2016

Liu,Hexu

Building information modelling (BIM) has been recognized as an information technology with the potential to profoundly change the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, and has drawn attention from numerous scholars within the construction domain. Despite the reported

architects and structural engineers are insufficient to serve the needs of the construction field. This research thus explores the extended use of BIM to facilitate automated planning for panelized construction. In terms of construction-centric design detailing, this research exploits a BIM-rule-based

Fall 2018

Moghaddam, Fatemeh

The mechanical behavior of the individual cervical tissues as well as the head-neck complex kinematics plays a very important role in proper functioning of the cervical spine and is a key factor in more appropriate understanding of injury mechanism, prevention, detection, control and treatment....

Spring 2019

Ndubuaku, Onyekachi H.

The buckling instability phenomenon in shell structures is inherently influenced by a variety of parameters which may exhibit direct nonlinear relationships with the resultant stress and consequent deformation in the structure, as well as complex interrelationships, under various loading...

Fall 2017

Okoloekwe, Chike P

potential to affect the structural integrity of the pipeline thus resulting in the immediate or delayed failure of the pipeline. It becomes necessary that some measure be put in place for accessing the severity of dents in order to prioritize allocation of the resources in the implementation of management

Spring 2020

Agbo, Sylvester I

Pipelines can be exposed to a wide variety of loads, depending on the environments and the area of application. These loads especially the displacement-controlled types may impose large longitudinal plastic strain on pipelines, which could constitute a significant threat to the structural integrity

Spring 2021

Li, Yueying

Pipelines are the safest and most efficient way to transport oil and gas products throughout the world. Thus, pipelines have to traverse long distances and are typically buried underground which are susceptible to damages with use. Potential threats to the integrity of a pipeline include metal...

Fall 2014

Komeili, Amin

The radiation dose and the associated lifetime risk of developing cancer is a problem justifying the use of surface topography (ST) as an alternative to radiographs for monitoring scoliosis. The current ST methods mainly rely on marker placement and fail to describe the 3D aspect of the scoliosis...