Recent Theses:

2012

• Griffith, Craig Alexander - 'Physical Characteristics of Caprock Formations used for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide and the Impact of Uncertainty in Fracture Properties on Carbon Dioxide Transport through Fractures Caprocks'; Advisors: Dzombak, Lowry, Small
• Reinsch, Brian Carl - 'Chemical Transformations of Zero-valent Iron and Silver Nanomaterials in Natural and Model Environmental Media'. Advisor: Lowry
• Peng, Juan - 'Geochemical Conditions and Design Considerations Affecting Electrode-induced  Removal of U (VI) and Tc (VII) from Acidic Groundwater'; Advisor: Gregory
• Nealer, Rachael An - 'Sustainable Transportation and Decision-Making: Case Studies of Transportation Decisions to reduce Environmental Impacts'; Advisors: Hendrickson, Matthews
• Yang, Lun - 'Real Space Phase Field Simulations of Ferroelectric Materials'; Advisor: Dayal
• Oberoi, Sharad Vimal - 'Towards a Framework to Support Engineering Design Student Projects'; Advisor: Finger
• Xu, Yan - 'Microbial-catalyzed Reductive De chlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs) in Hudson and Grasse River Sediment-Shifts of Microorganism, PCB Tracker Pairs and  Geochemical Properties'; Advisor: VanBriesen

2011

• Akcamete, Asli - 'A Formal Approach for Managing Facility Change Information and Capturing Change History as part of Building Information Models (BIMs)'; Advisors: Akinci and Garrett
• Bigrigg, Michael - 'Infrastructure Monitoring With Failure-Possible Sensor Networks'; Advisors: Garrett and Matthews
• Blackhurst, Michael - 'Achieving Realistic Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions in U.S. Cities'; Advisors: Hendrickson and Matthews
• Costello, Christine - 'Relating Land Use and Select Environmental Impacts to U.S. Consumption with a Focus on Agricultural Products'; Advisor: Matthews
• Das, Amit - 'Modeling of Meso-scale Plastic Response of Thin Films, Inclusiong Size Effects and Dislocation Wall Dynamics'; Advisor: Ancharya
• Li, Zhiqiang - 'Mechanistic Insight into the Effect of Polymer and NOM Coatings on Adhesion and Interactions between Nonoparticles and Bacteria'; Advisors: Gregory and Lowry
• Shao, Kan - 'Bayesian Model Averaging for Toxicity Study Design and Benchmark Dose Estimation';  Advisor: Small
• Yang, Ya-Mei - 'Statistical Methods for Integrating Multiple CO2 Leak Detection Techniques at Geologic Sequestration Sites'; Advisors: Small and Fischbeck
• Zahoor, Mudasar - 'Non-Local Damage Modeling of Rocks Under the Conditions of High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT)'; Advisor: Acharya

2010

• Berges, Mario - 'A Framework for Enabling Energy-Aware Facilities Through Minimally-Intrusive Approaches'; Advisor: Soibelman
• Dutta, Debaditya - 'Ultrasonic Techniques for Baseline-Free Damage Detection in Structures'; Advisors: Sohn and Oppenheim
• Hughes, Amanda - 'Identifying Polychlorinated Biphenyl Dechlorination Pathways, Processes and Implications for Risk Management'; Advisors: Profs. VanBriesen and Small
• Shih, Chung-Yan - 'Geospatial Decision Support Framework for Critical Infrastructure Interdependency Assessment'; Advisors: Soibelman, Garrett and Matthews 
• Taborda, Ricardo - 'Three Dimensional Nonlinear Soil and Site-City Effects in Urban Regions'; Advisor: Prof. Bielak
• de Oliveira, Daniel Pinho - ‘Spatial Data Analysis of Networked Infrastructure Failure Data: An Application for Condition Assessment of Drinking Water Distribution Systems’; Advisor: Profs. Garrett and Soibelman
• Francis, Royce Alexander - ‘Topics in Occurrence and Mixture Risk Assessment Supporting Formulation and Analysis of the Stage II Residual Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule’; Advisor: Profs. Small and VanBriesen
• Kim, Hye-Jin - ‘Transport, Reactivity and Fate of Polyelectrolyte Modified Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles Used for Groundwater Remediation in Heterogeneous Porous Media’; Advisor: Prof. Lowry
• Lee, Yunha - ‘Evaluation of Aerosol Indirect Effect Including Aerosols-Precipitation Interaction Using a Fast and Accurate Global Microphysics Model’; Advisor: Prof. Adams
• Leite, Fernanda Lustosa - ‘Representing and Reasoning about Building Systems and Contents to Support Vulnerability Assessment in Building Emergencies’; Advisor: Prof. Akinci
• Mangmeechai, Aweewan - ‘Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Comsumptive Water Use, and Levelized Costs of Unconventional Oil in North America’; Advisor: Prof. Matthew
• Pradhan, Anu Raj - ‘An Approach for Fusing Data from Multiple Sources to Support Construction Productivity Analyses’; Advisor: Prof. Akinci
• Puri, Saurabh - ‘Modeling Dislocation Sources and Plastic Flow through Grain Boundaries in Mesoscopic Field Dislocation Mechanics’; Advisor: Prof. Acharya
• Shih, Chung Yan - ‘Geospacial Decision Support Framework for Critical Infrastructure Interdependency Assessment’ ; Advisor: Profs. Garrett, Matthews and Soibelman
• Staten, Matthew L.  - ‘Sheet-Based Generation and Modification of Unstructured Conforming All-Hexahedral Finite Element Meshes’; Advisor: Profs. Bielak and Shimada
• Tang, Pingbo - ‘Extraction of Surveying Goals from Point Clouds Obtained from Laser Scanners to Support Bridge Inspection’; Advisor: Prof. Akinci

2009

• Trivitayanurak, Win - 'Development of a Global Aerosol Microphysics Model Driven by Assimilated Meteorology and Evaluation Against Field Campaign Data'; Advisor: Prof. Adams
• Attari, Shahzeen Zahid - 'Global Climate Change and Human Behavior: Decreasing Energy Consumption'; Advisor: Prof. Davidson
• Hsieh, Ming-Kai - 'Corrosion Control in Thermoelectric Power Plant Cooling Systems Using Impaired Waters as Alternative Sources'; Advisor: Prof. Dzombak

2008

• Coffelt, Donald - 'Roof Management Improvement: Improving Infrastructure Management Decision Making Through a Consideration of Total Life Cycle Cost and Deterioration'; Advisor: Prof. Hendrickson
• Guo, Wei - 'Automated Defect Detection and Recognition for Wastewater Infrastructure Inspection and Condition Assessment'; Advisors: Profs. Garrett and Soibelman
• Helbling, Damian - 'Monitoring Chlorine as an Indicator of Microbial Contamination in Water Distribution Systems'; Advisor: Prof. VanBriesen
• Isovitsch Parks, Shannon - 'Water Quality Control through Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Water Quality Monitoring Systems'; Advisor: Prof. VanBriesen
• Kiziltas, Semiha - 'An Automated Approach for Developing Integrated Model-Based Project Histories to Support Estimation of Activity Production Rates'; Prof. Akinci
• Phenrat, Tanapon - 'Effect of Polymeric Surface Modification on Nano-sized Zerovalent Iron (NZVI) Aggregation, Transport of Concentrated NZVI Dispersions in Porous Media, and Reactivity with Trichloroethylene'; Advisor: Prof. Lowry
• Samaras, Constantine - 'A Life-Cycle Approach to Technology, Infrastructure, and Climate Policy  Decision Making:  Transitioning to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Low-Carbon Electricity'; Advisor: Prof. Hendrickson
• Wakeley, Heather - 'Alternative Transportation Fuels: Infrastructure Requirements and Environmental Impacts for Ethanol and Hydrogen'; Advisor: Prof. Hendrickson
• Weber, Christopher - 'Trade, Consumption, and Climate Change: An Input-Output Study for the United States'; Advisory: Prof. Matthews

2007

• Hawkins, Troy - 'A Mixed-Unit Input-Output Model for Life Cycle Assessment:Development, Uncertainty, and Application'; Advisors: Profs. Hendrickson and Matthews
• Harris, Allison - 'Modeling Soil Particle Resuspension Over a Range of Length Scales'; Advisor: Prof. Davidson
• Higgins, Cortney - 'Quantifying and Assessing the Impacts of Heavy Metal Flows: Fate, Transport, and Impacts of Lead Use in U.S. Produce Manufacturing'; Advisors: Profs. Matthews and Small
• Jaramillo, Paulina - 'A Life Cycle Comparison of Coal and Natural Gas for Electricity Generation and the Production of Transportation Fuels'; Advisors: Profs. Matthews and Griffin
• MacDonald, Jacqueline - 'Risks of Unexploded Ordnance at Former Military Training Ranges: Mathematical Modeling and Assessment'; Advisor: Prof. Small
• Marriott, Joseph - 'An Electricity-focused Economic Input-Output Model: Life-cycle Assessment and Policy Implications of Future Electricity Generation Scenarios'; Advisor: Prof. Matthews
• Moore, Robert - 'Three-Dimensional Computational Modeling of Polycrystalline Materials'; Prof. Saigal
• Saleh, Navid - 'An Assessment of Novel Polymeric Coatings to Enhance Transport and In situ Targeting of Nanoiron for Remediation of Non-aqueous Phase Liquids (NAPLs)'; Advisor: Prof. Lowry
• Sharrard, Aurora - 'Greening Construction Processes with an Input-Output-Based Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment Model'; Advisor: Prof. Matthews

2006

• Askan, Aysegul - 'Full Waveform Inversion for Seismic Velocity and Anelastic Losses in Heterogeneous Structures'; Advisors: Prof. Bielak and Ghattas
• Boukamp, Frank - 'Modeling of and Rerasoning about Construction Specifications to Support Automated Defect Detection'; Advisor: Prof. Akinci
• Chen, Ping - 'Extension and Combination of Economic Input Output Models for Assessing Critical Infrastructure System Interdependencies'; Advisors: Profs. Matthews, Garrett, Hendrickson
• Escoriza, Maria - 'Quantification and Viability Assessment of Waterborne Bacteria Using Raman Spectroscopy'; Advisors: Prof. VanBriesen, Dzombak
• Gordon, Christopher - 'A Formalism and a Framework for Planning of Sensor-Based Construction Inspections'; Advisors: Profs. Akinci, Garrett
• Khaitan, Sameer - 'In-Situ Neutralization of Stored Bauxite Residue'; Advisors: Profs. Dzombak, Lowry
• Liu, Ran -'Electrochemical Study of Pyrite Dissolution'; Advisor: Prof. Dzombak
• Liu, Yueqiang - 'Reactivity and Lifetime of Nano-scale Zero-Valent Iron For Groundwater Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Remediation'; Advisor: Prof. Lowry
• Morrow III, William - 'An Assessment of Costs and Infrastructure for Alternative Uses of Biomass Energy Crops as an Energy Feedstock'; Advisor: Prof. Matthews
• Singhvi, Vipul - 'Machine Learning Based Building Control Strategy'; Advisors: Profs. Matthews, Garrett
• Stolaroff, Joshuah - 'CO2 Capture from Ambient Air: A Feasibility Assessment'; Advisors: Profs. Lowry, David Keith
• Tantisevi, Kevin - 'Representations and Formalisms for Generating Conflict-Free Workspaces of Mobile Cranes on Construction Sites'; Advisor: Prof. Akinci
• Wang, Hongjun - 'Domain-Oriented Semi-Automated Model Matching for Supporting Building Commissioning-Related Data Exchange'; Advisors: Profs. Akinci, Garrett
• Xiao, Jinghua - 'Thermodynamic and Kinetic Model for Bacterial Yield Prediction'; Advisor: Prof. VanBriesen