Explore our collection of dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering below.
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Numerical study on the curling and warping of hardened rigid pavement slabs, Qin Yinghong
Performance characteristics and design recommendations for biomass-burning stoves using earthen construction materials , Nicholas H. Schreiner
Physical modeling of air injection as a scour remediation technique near gated weir stilling basins, Ted Matthew Champagne
Retrofitting boreholes contaminated with iron in rural Uganda , Caleb T. Fader
Review of assessment, design, and mitigation of multiple hazards, Aakash Ahuja
Rural water system sustainability : a case study of community-managed water systems in Saramaka communities , Gwynneth Smith
Sediment yield reduction in an agricultural watershed, Lijun Chen
Structural capacity of steel tubular cast-in-place piling , Kevin A. Mears
Study of water use and supply in the district of Independencia, Peru, Fletcher A. McKenzie
Tropospheric ozone and CO over North Atlantic for the past decade, Mark F. Weise
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Characterization of legacy organic carbon in a culturally eutrophic lake : the role of the historic carbon deposition in the time course and extent of lake recovery , Phillip A. DePetro
Characterizing the effects of turbulence on sediment oxygen and sediment nitrate demand using flow-through reactors, Brandon J. Ellefson
Considering sustainability factors in the development project life-cycle : a framework for increasing successful adoption of improved stoves , Travis K. Ostrom
Human and embodied energy analysis applied to water source protection and household water treatment interventions used in Mali, West Africa , R. Brendan Held
IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY OF AQUATIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS: INTEGRATING INFORMATION AND OPTIMIZING COMPLEXITY, Cory P. McDonald
Post-project assessment and follow-up support for community managed rural water systems in Panama , Ryu Suzuki
Risk analysis of light-frame wood construction due to multiple hazards , Yue-Jun Yin
Use of hydroclimatic forecasts for improved water management in central Texas , Wenge Wei
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Boreal forest fire impacts on lower troposphere carbon monoxide and ozone levels at the regional to hemispheric scales, Kateryna Lapina
Capacity optimization of a prestressed concrete railroad tie, Russell H. Lutch
Development of specifications for the superpave simple performance tests, Shu Wei Goh
Identifying indicators of sustainable development using the global sustainability quadrant approach , Andres B. Tarte
Modeling contaminant behavior in Lake Superior : a comparison of PCBs, PBDEs, and mercury , Mark D. Rowe
Nitrogen removal and sustainability of vertical flow constructed wetlands for small scale wastewater treatment, Valerie J. Fuchs
Water and sanitation accessibility and the health of rural Ugandans, Jonathan E. Mellor
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Comparison of common dredging equipment air emissions , Mark J. Anderson P.E.
Performance evaluation of VIP latrines in the Upper West Region of Ghana , James W. Dumpert
The effect of demand, tank parameters, and pumping stations on energy use in municipal drinking water distribution systems, Santosh Raj Ghimire
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Analysis of atmospheric transport and the effects of seasonal and interannual transport variability on measurements made at the Pico Mountain observatory, Jessica Marie Strane
Hydrologic monitoring of an integrated low impact development (LID) underdrained stormwater management system , Nancy-Jeanne Bachmann
Nitrogen Oxides in the North Atlantic Troposphere: Impacts of Boreal Wildfire and Anthropogenic Emissions, Maria Val Martin
Regulation issues and prediction of natural estrogen loads for wastewater treatment plants, Michelle E. Jarvie
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Corrugated wood composite panels for structural decking, Wei Chiang Pang
COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST SCOUR AT BRIDGE ABUTMENTS, Hua Li
Study of particle movement in the nearshore region of Lake Superior with radioisotope tracers, Yingtao Chai
Testing Wisconsin asphalt mixtures for the 2002 AASHTO mechanistic design procedure , Christopher J. Robinette
Twelve factors influencing sustainable recycling of municipal solid waste in developing countries , Alexis Manda Troschinetz
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2004
DEVELOPMENT OF ION EXCHANGE MODELS FOR WATER TREATMENT AND APPLICATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WATER PROCESSOR, David Robert Hokanson
Optimal design of pump and treat remediation systems : treatment modeling, source modeling and time as a decision variable, Karen L. Endres
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Climatological study of transport to the PICO-NARE site using atmospheric backward trajectories, Robert Christopher Owen
Evaluating the usefulness of soil moisture (forecasts) in streamflow prediction for central Texas , Mohammed Mahmoud
SELECTED CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT: LOW TEMPERATURE NITRIFICATION INHIBITION BY AN AZO DYE AND BIOFILTRATION FOR ODOR CONTROL OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE, Ronald W. Martin Jr.
Topographic and meteorological influences on spatial scaling of heavy convective rainfall in mountainous regions, Antonio Rubert Godoy