Graduate Student Research
Some of the current graduate research projects being carried out in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering
Research Advisor: Matthew Adams|
Thermo-chemical Energy Storage Using Ettringite Cement Systems
Aaron Strand
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Impact of Conversion of Calcium Aluminate Cement Hydrates on Durability of Concrete Systems
Marwa Mohsen Ibrahim
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Research Co-Advisors: Matthew Adams & Matthew Bandelt
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Advanced Reinforced Concrete Materials for Transportation Infrastructure
Seyed Masoud Shirkorshidi
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Mechanical confinement influence on corrosion propagation
Jin Fan
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Durability of Alternative Cement Systems Used for Rapid Pavement Repair
Noah Thibodeaux
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Understanding mechanical properties of concrete with recycled concrete aggregates
Anuruddha Jayasuriya
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Research Advisor: Matthew Bandelt
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Prediction of Failure in Flexure Dominated HPFRCC Members through Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation
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Research Advisor: Robert Dresnack
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Safe Yield Study for the Passaic River Basin in New Jersey
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Research Advisor: Jay N Meegoda
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Electroosmotic Consolidation of Clay Soils
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Condition Assessment and Long-term Performance of Culverts
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Environmental Engineering
Research Advisor: Lisa Axe|
A Study of Reactive Iron Mineral Coatings in Redox Transition Zones from an Industrial Site with Historic Contamination
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Modeling Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water Treatment Plants
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Abiotic Dechlorination by Reactive Iron Mineral Coatings in Contaminated Sediments
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Research Advisor: Bruno Goncalves da Silva
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Stress-state and injection-rate dependent damage processes during the hydraulic fracturing of granite
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Influence of fluid diffusivity on the fracturing of granite and gypsum
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Thermal-induced spalling of concrete tunnel liners
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Research Co-Advisors: Bruno Goncalves da Silva & David Washington
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Using machine learning to predict the behavior of driven piles in glacial till
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Research Advisor: Jay N Meegoda
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Decontaminate Passaic River Sediments using Ultrasound with Ozone Nano Bubbles
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Research Advisor: Lucia Rodriguez-Freire
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Mechanisms of partition of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in rhizosphere environments
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Bioleaching and bioaccumulation of rare earth elements from mine waste
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Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymer from wastewater activated sludge
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Research Co-Advisors: Wen Zhang & Lucia Rodriguez-Freire
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Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent-Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs) using Organic Acids: Assessment of Techno-Economic Feasibility
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Research Advisor: Wen Zhang
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Nanoscale Imaging and Quantifying Chemically Modified Membrane Properties during Fouling and Aging Process
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Multifunctional Reactive Electrochemical Membranes for Efficient Biomass Recovery, Pretreatment, Water Purification and Reuse
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Tracking of Endpoint Legionella Bacteria and Other Co-factor Parameters in Public Water Systems to Develop Corrective Action Solutions
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Faceted Nanomaterial Synthesis, Characterizations and Applications in Electrochemically Reactive Membrane Filtration
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Enhanced Removal of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) via Microwave-Fenton-Reactive Membrane Filtration
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Electromagnetically reactive membrane filtration to remove algogenic inhibitors and recovery valuable elements
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Dewatering of source-separated human urine for nitrogen and water recovery by air-gap membrane distillation
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Life Cycle Analysis and Innovation of Membrane Development for Lithium/Cobalt Recovery
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Research Co-Advisors: Wen Zhang & Taha Marhaba
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Understanding the Interfacial Processes of Reactive Nanobubbles toward Environmental and Agricultural Applications
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Nanobubble Watering for Enhanced Plant and Soil Decontamination: Mechanisms of Nanobubbles and Soil Species interactions
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Advanced Electrochemical Technologies for Water Treatment/Remediation
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Transportation
Research Advisor: Steven Chien|
A Deep Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Freeway Work Zone Delay Using Big Data
Abdullah Shabarek
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Optimizing Highway Work Zone Schedule with Traffic Diversion Using the Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm
Celina Semaan
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A Model for Quantifying the Effect of Several Factors on Crash Occurrence and Severity
Rima Abi Saad
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Improving Rail Energy Conservation by Optimizing the Use of Coasting and Regenerative Braking
Leon A. Allen
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Research Advisor: Joyoung Lee
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Development and Evaluation of Low-Cost Traffic Data Collection Methods Harnessing 2-Channel LiDAR Sensors
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Self-Learning Intersection Control Algorithm for Automated Vehicle Platoons
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Assessing the Cyber Attack Impacts on Connected and Automated Vehicles
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Incident Clearance Time Prediction Using Natural Language Processing Techniques
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