Browsing by Department "Environmental Engineering"
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Development of Decision Support Tools for Water Energy Food Infrastructure Management of Sri Lanka (2020-01-17)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe energy and food sectors of the economy heavily rely on water resources. All nations face challenges of meeting increasing demand for water, food, and energy due to limited and uncertain resources, complex multisector ...
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(2014-06-23)Department: Environmental EngineeringArid adapted taxa have evolved to live in some of the harshest environments on Earth, yet the adaptations that allowed them to transition from mesic to arid landscapes is poorly understood. Members of Camelidae (camels, ...
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Effect of carbon nano and microfibers on the mechanical properties and durability of cement pastes (2008-12-05)Department: Environmental EngineeringCement is one of the world’s most widely used building materials and as such great lengths have been taken over the years to further improve the mechanical properties and durability of cementitious materials in order to ...
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(2005-04-08)Department: Environmental EngineeringLandfill covers systems are designed to isolate contaminants from the environment for hundreds to thousands of years. In the long term, however, the landfill covers are susceptible to failure caused by physical, chemical ...
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(2021-03-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringPortions of low-activity, high salt content radioactive tank waste and secondary liquid waste at the DOE Hanford Site are being considered for treatment with a mixture of fly ash, blast furnace slag, and ordinary Portland ...
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(2023-06-28)Department: Environmental EngineeringNatural hazards have a long historical record of impacting human life and well-being. As a result, more and more efforts have been made to mitigate natural disasters. Nonetheless, the current environmental policy-making ...
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(2015-07-23)Department: Environmental EngineeringSilicic magmas (>65 wt.% SiO2) play an integral role in creating permanent continental crust. Understanding how silicic magmatic systems evolve can help us better understand the processes that control whether silicic magmas ...
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(2019-11-15)Department: Environmental EngineeringCapacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging technology that utilizes the electrical field between two electrodes to remove the ions from the salty waters. The ions are stored in the electrical double layers (EDLs) forming ...
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(2013-04-15)Department: Environmental EngineeringPharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PCPPs) are an emerging class of water pollutants, which have the potential for human health and adverse environmental impacts. This thesis will seek to answer key questions related ...
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(2014-07-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringPrioritizing the finite resources available to advance research, development and demonstration of the nuclear industry requires a comprehensive evaluation of potential advanced nuclear technologies to inform decision making. ...
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(2010-04-09)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis thesis is the result of an investigation of the effectiveness of incorporating risk education into the curriculum of early adolescents, notably students enrolled in fifth grade. As these students explore different ...
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(2006-04-07)Department: Environmental EngineeringRapid testing procedures are desirable for evaluating leaching from secondary materials being considered for beneficial use in construction or disposal. Often, column leaching tests are considered a surrogate for field ...
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(2006-04-17)Department: Environmental EngineeringSoil vapor extraction (SVE) is the most popular technology for removing volatile contaminants from the vadose zone. However, SVE is limited by the contaminant vapor pressure, hydraulic conductivity and gas permeability ...
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(2016-11-11)Department: Environmental EngineeringBed load sediment particles move as complex motions over the surface of a stream bed, accelerating and decelerating in response to the near-bed turbulence and due to particle-bed interactions. Detailed measurements of ...
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(2005-07-23)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe inherent heterogeneity of subsurface porous media, as well as the occurrence of highly non-linear rate-limiting mass transfer processes, results in significant challenges to accurate and efficient modeling of contaminant ...
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(2018-09-24)Department: Environmental EngineeringGrowing water scarcity and rising environmental awareness have posed stricter regulations on industrial wastewater disposal. Since many types of industrial wastewater contains significant amount of salts, desalination is ...
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(2018-07-12)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis dissertation explores the freshwater resources in the coastal region of Bangladesh. Freshwater serves as a major link between Bangladesh's particularly complex and unstable coupled human and natural systems. The coastal ...
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(2024-03-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe emergence of multiscale, nested flow systems is intrinsic to hydrologic systems across landscapes. This complex nesting and its implications for the flow of water and the transport of solutes and energy are the common ...
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(2024-03-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe emergence of multiscale, nested flow systems is intrinsic to hydrologic systems across landscapes. This complex nesting and its implications for the flow of water and the transport of solutes and energy are the common ...
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(2024-03-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe emergence of multiscale, nested flow systems is intrinsic to hydrologic systems across landscapes. This complex nesting and its implications for the flow of water and the transport of solutes and energy are the common ...