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- 4Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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A 3D Continuum Finite Element Muscle Model for the Investigation of Cervical Spine Load-Sharing Mechanisms and Injury Assessment during Impact Loading Scenarios
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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....
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A Framework for Aggregation of Heterogeneous Experts' Opinions in Construction Risk Assessment
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Construction companies constantly seek to improve risk analysis techniques to determine projects' risk contingency. The construction risk assessment practice relies on heterogeneous experts' opinions in a group decision making (GDM) process to determine the risk probabilities and impacts on a...
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A Framework for Forecasting Project Estimate at Completion Using Historical and Current Performance Data
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Earned value management (EVM) is an integrated project control method that incorporates project scope, budget, and schedule. EVM uses various metrics to report project cost or schedule performance, such as the cost performance index (CPI) and schedule performance index (SPI). In addition to...
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A Framework for Multi-Criteria Lifecycle Assessment of Building Systems in the Construction Industry
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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...
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A Framework to Assess the Costs and Benefits of Utilizing Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) in Industrial Construction
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The emergence of large mega projects in industrial construction has necessitated the development of more sophisticated construction planning and project control methods. One of the methods developed by the construction industry institute (CII) is advanced work packaging (AWP). The term advanced...
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A Framework to Evaluate the Energy Performance of School Buildings with a Real-Time Monitoring Plan
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Building energy consumption contributes a significant portion of secondary energy use. Energy consumption in school buildings represents enormous annual cost for school boards nationwide. However, a large portion of the energy used in schools is wasted due to inefficient equipment and occupant...
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Fall 2018
Geostatistics aims at applying statistics to quantitatively describe geological deposits and assess the uncertainty due to incomplete sampling. Strong assumptions are required regarding the location-independence of statistical parameters to construct numerical models with geostatistical tools....
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Advanced Closed-Loop Reservoir Management for Computationally Efficient Data Assimilation and Real-Time Production Optimization of SAGD Reservoirs
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Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), an in-situ thermal oil recovery method is successfully utilized to extract bitumen from the Canadian oil sands. To improve the reservoir performance, an idea of closed-loop reservoir management (CLRM) was proposed that comprises near-continuous data...
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Algorithms for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Classification Based on Surface Topography Analysis
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While the common method for diagnosing and monitoring adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is X-ray radiographs from which a Cobb angle is measured, studies have shown that high radiation exposure is linked to high risk of cancer, particularly, for children and women. This thesis describes...
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An Improved Approach to Production Planning in Oil Sands Mining Through Detailed Analysis and Simulation of Cycle Times
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The objective of this thesis is to develop, implement and verify a theoretical framework based on detailed analyses and simulation of truck and shovel cycle times in open pit mining, placing an emphasis on the hauling component of the cycle. The goal is to improve the generation of accurate and...