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Medical Supplies and Their Implications for Sustainability in the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022-05)The 21st century saw the emergence of several pandemics thus far, with the most recent one still affecting us today, the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a greater focus on medical supplies ... -
BIOLOGICAL FUNNELING OF AROMATIC PHENOLICS FROM TRANSGENIC PLANTS
(2022-05)ABSTRACT Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant renewable resource primarily formed by cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. The economic and environmental sustainability of biomass biorefineries is dependent on valorizing ... -
Reaching a Consensus Among Construction Stakeholders: Defining Success and Benchmarking Performance
(2021-12)Executive Summary Despite significant and increasing figures for expenditure and employment which are demonstrative of a successful and growing economic sector, construction still has an industrial struggle with the precise ... -
OPTIMIZATION OF ENERGY AND WATER QUALITY COSTS FOR DRINKING WATER UTILITIES
(2021-08)INTRODUCTION A drinking water utility operates with the primary goal to provide safe, aesthetically pleasing water to its customers while meeting demand at a reduced cost. In doing so, the water utility considers the ... -
Development and application of statistical seasonal forecasts for reservoir optimization in the Tekezé Basin, Ethiopia
(2021-08)The Tekezé Reservoir in northern Ethiopia is a crucial resource for hydropower generation regionally and nationally, with electricity demand expected to increase in the coming decades. However, achieving reliable power ... -
Stochastic Calibration of Automated Vehicle Car-following Control: An Approximate Bayesian Computation Approach
(2021-08)This research presents a stochastic calibration method based on Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) to calibrate the parameters of two well-known adaptive cruise control (ACC) models: the linear controller and Model ... -
Organic carbon dataset of paper submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences entitled "Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Dissolved Carbon Concentration and Composition in Lake Michigan Tributaries"
(2021)Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a complex mixture of many compounds, and its composition dictates numerous reactions in the environment. Large lakes and marine coastlines receive DOM from watersheds that differ widely ... -
Probabilistic Streamflow Forecasts to Advance Flood Preparedness: Statistical Applications and User Perspectives
(2021-05)Disaster planning has historically allocated minimal effort and finances toward advanced preparedness; however, evidence supports reduced vulnerability to flood events through appropriate early actions, saving lives and ... -
Effect of Owner’s Factors on Project Delivery System Choices in the Downstream and Chemicals Sector
(2021-05)Selection of the perfect project delivery system (PDS) for a multi-million downstream and chemical (DCC) sector project is not an easy task and is sometimes overlooked in the project planning phase. Efficiency within this ... -
A Pilot Scale-Study at the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant: Seasonal Cod and F/M Ratio Trends and Their Application To Modeling Treatment Processes
(2021-05)Wastewater treatment is a complex process that involves the simultaneous application of diverse sciences such as chemistry, biology, and engineering. Chemistry allows to describe the composition of wastewater through the ... -
METRICS AND METHODS TO QUANTIFY AND COMMUNICATE TROPICAL CYCLONE RAINFALL HAZARD
(2021-03-05)CHAPTER 1 | INTRODUCTION 1.1 | TROPICAL CYCLONE RAINFALL HAZARD The intense rainfall associated with tropical cyclones (TC) is a significant hazard to human life and property. From 1963 to 2012, extreme rainfall was the ... -
Nanoindentation dataset of paper submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earths entitled "Comparison of biotite elastic properties recovered by spherical nanoindentations and atomistic simulations - influence of nano-scale defects in phyllosilicates"
(2021-02-23)Phyllosilicate minerals, due to their sheets structure and morphology, are known to cause anisotropy in bulk rock properties and make the bulk rock more compliant. Accurately characterizing the micromechanical behavior of ... -
Development of a Benchmarking and Metrics Model for Electrical Contracting Firms
(2020-08)Despite its noticeable growth and positive future expectations, the electrical contracting industry is facing a number of unique and complex challenges that are creating fierce competition and driving major change. In ... -
An Integrated Framework to Evaluate the Impact of Preconstruction Planning on Out-of-Sequence Work
(2020-08)For decades, the construction industry has faced a well-documented, persistent decline in its productivity levels. The reasons behind the declining productivity rates have been tackled by extensive research; however, some ... -
Evaluation of Terminal Electron Accepting Processes for the Hells Canyon Complex: Gaining Information on Dominant Processes Controlling Mercury Methylation
(2020-06)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The biogeochemical processes associated with methylmercury (MeHg) production remain poorly understood. Biogeochemical conditions affecting the availability of terminal electron acceptors (TEAs) and ... -
An Integrated Framework to Quantify the Impact of Competency factors on Project Performance
(2020-05)Construction companies measure their performance by how well a construction project delivers relative to their goals. The performance of construction projects is governed by merging many events and interactions with different ... -
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING TECHNIQUES OF HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL POSTS: STRESS-WAVE PROPAGATION AND MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION
(2020-05)The number of highway guardrail systems with posts of unvalidated depth is unknown to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. These guardrail posts provide the support for barrier systems designed to protect motorists ... -
Correlating the Impact of Project Oversight on U.S. Navy Construction Projects
(2019)ABSTRACT Limited analysis has been conducted to quantify the effects of Owner project oversight† on construction projects, particularly in the public sector. The intent of this research project is to correlate project ... -
Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Electrodialysis, Denitrification, and Anammox for Nitrogen Removal in Municipal Wastewater Treatment
(2019)Technologies to remove nitrogen from wastewater are employed to preserve drinking water and prevent environmental damage. Nitrification/denitrification and partial nitrification-anammox are two accepted wastewater ... -
Comparative Performance Assessment of the Wisconsin State Capital Projects
(2019)The Engineering and Construction (E&C) sector of the global economy accounts for $10 trillion in expenditures annually and creates more than 100 million jobs around the world. In the United States alone, $1.25 trillion ...
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