Filters: Publication Type:"thesis" Department:"Civil & Environmental Engineering" School Or College:"College of Engineering" Collection:"ir_etd"
| Title | Author | Subject | Description | Date | ||
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| 1 |  | An analysis of the failure of the Westview diversion DAM | Stromness, Norman R. | Westview Dam (Redmond, Utah) dam failures; Utah; Redmon | The failure or the Westview Dam at Redmond, Utah, with an attempt to determine the causes there of, is the subject of this report. | 1950 |
| 2 |  | Multi agency radiation survey and site investigation manual modeling of research facility at the University of Utah | Meyer, Roger E. | Decommissioning of a United States Army building at the University of Utah, revealed soil contamination from a failed wastewater drainpipe suspended under the building. The building had been used as a radioactive waste management facility from 1961 to 1995. Preliminary investigation found the drainp... | 1999 | |
| 3 |  | Engineering investigation of the great Mormon tabernacle 1 | Brown, Vern Melvin & Legrand Haslam | tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah) building; details; drawings latter day saint tabernacles | When we first started our thesis, we had planned to make an analysis of the roof construction of the tabernacle, but upon conferring with Mr. Arthur Price, the church architect, we found that there wasn't a set of plans for the tabernacle, so we decided to make a set of working drawings. | 1940 |
| 4 |  | Engineering investigation of the great Mormon tabernacle 2 | Brown, Vern Melvin & Legrand Haslam | tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah) building; details; drawings latter day saint tabernacles | When we first started our thesis, we had planned to make an analysis of the roof construction of the tabernacle, but upon conferring with Mr. Arthur Price, the church architect, we found that there wasn't a set of plans for the tabernacle, so we decided to make a set of working drawings. | 1940 |
| 5 |  | A geographic information system (GIS)-Based analysis for predicting crash hotspots on freeway | Zoleikani, Roghayeh Goli | Transportation | This study is focused on the identification of crash hotspot locations based on historical crash frequency and spatial patterns, and the use of such information to not only estimate future crash frequencies but also predict detailed spatial crash distributions along a freeway corridor. The proposed ... | 2019 |
| 6 |  | Developing signtures in uranium oxides for use in nuclear forensic science | Heffernan, Sean T. | In the present research, surface morphological differences of mixtures of triuranium octoxide (U3O8), synthesized from uranyl peroxide (UO4) and ammonium diuranate (ADU), were investigated. The purity of each sample was verified using powder X-ray diffractometry (p-XRD), and scanning electron micros... | 2020 | |
| 7 |  | Numerical analysis of full-scale tests on rammed aggregate piers | Ghodrati, Emad | The purpose of this research was to evaluate the uplift capacity of single Rammed Aggregate Piers (RAPs) using numerical analysis and compare the results to the measured values from Full-Scale Tests (FSTs) conducted in the field. Each single RAP, uplift plate, and surrounding matrix soil was analyze... | 2019 | |
| 8 |  | Probabilistic liquefaction hazard mapping of Davis County, Utah for An M 7.2 earthquake scenario | Adham, Nadereh | This study presents probabilistic liquefaction-induced ground failure maps for Davis County, Utah. The mapping project presented herein includes probabilistic liquefaction triggering maps along with probabilistic lateral spread maps using the state-of-the-art probabilistic liquefaction and lateral s... | 2019 | |
| 9 |  | A comparison of corrosion resistant reinforcement in moderately and highly corrosive conditions | Wright, John Willard | Civil engineering; materials science | Corrosion of conventional carbon steel reinforcement has caused structures in corrosive environments to deteriorate well before the end of their intended service life. Many alternative materials exist that are more resistant to electrochemical corrosion while providing similar structural performance... | 2019 |
| 10 |  | Numerical modeling of performance of highway bridge approach slabs and sleeper slabs | Pokhrel, Swastik | The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of service loading on bridge components that are associated in formation of "bumps": bridge approach slabs undergo deterioration due to consistent loading from the roadway traffic as well as the settlement of the embankment material underneath,... | 2019 | |
| 11 |  | A study on fecal pollution sources in Jordan River tributaries using microbial source tracking method | Karimi, Ahmed Fardeen | Fecal contamination; library independent method; microbial source tracking; surface water quality | Fecal contaminated waterbodies are detrimental to human and animal health. Therefore, a set of standardized parameters are defined to measure the quality of a waterbody. In fact, in the United States, many waterbodies are considered to be impaired as they do not meet the minimum designated water qua... | 2019 |
| 12 |  | Performance and bacterial community profiling of PAO/DPAO in an EBPR bench-top-reactor with synthetic fermentation system | Mackey, Brendan Joseph | To study the PAO and DPAO ecophysiology, a bench top EPBR batch reactor fed with primary effluent from Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility, supplied with additional carbon from a synthetic fermenter, operated for 168 days. Although the removal efficiencies varied throughout entire reactor oper... | 2019 | |
| 13 |  | Study of prokaryotes, their viruses, and interaction between them in the Great Salt Lake using bioinformatics - A metagenomic approach | Islam, Md Imdadul | Bacteriophages, a group of viruses that infect bacteria, are the most abundant biological entities on earth and play an outstanding role in microbial population dynamics in various ecosystems. Their potential as a driving force in the evolution of microbial communities through controlling the bacter... | 2019 | |
| 14 |  | Modeling hydrologic performance of bioretention for cold climates in storm water management model (SWMM) | Terry, Benjamin J. | With the aging water infrastructure becoming a concern, sustainable solutions have become a focus. Green stormwater infrastructure such as bioretention, pervious pavement, and green roofs are becoming more common solutions to this problem. Much of the research focus on these technologies focuses on ... | 2018 | |
| 15 |  | Freeway traffic optimal control with mixed connected automated vehicles and human driven vehicles | Zhang, Zhehao | It can be expected that connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and human-driven vehicles (HVs) will coexist on the transportation network in a long period. Hence, to support various traffic control tasks, it is critical to develop a reliable model to understand the real-time traffic pattern in mixe... | 2019 | |
| 16 |  | Development of an on-site method to determine water-to-cement ratio of concrete and mortar mixitures | Rishi, Avinash Rajesh | The water-to-cement (w/c) ratio of concrete and mortar mixtures is an important parameter that affects its strength and durability. Present quality control/quality assurance procedure involves methods that require significant time and require samples to be taken off-site. Accurate and quick determin... | 2019 | |
| 17 |  | Nitrogen transformations and greenhouse gas emissions from urban green infrastructures | Pappu, Aiswarya Rani | Managing nitrogen in the environment is one of the 14 Grand Challenges identified by the National Academy of Engineers. There is a lack of knowledge about the nitrogen transformation processes occurring in bioretention ponds aside from their contribution to nitrous oxide (N2O) production. In this st... | 2018 | |
| 18 |  | Comparison of centralized and decentralized storage alternatives for a water distribution network in Pakistan | Nishu, Nadia Jannath | municipal water distribution network; Jamshoro, Pakistan; water storage; centralized water storage; decentralized water storage | This thesis presents the application of a comprehensive approach to compare the impact of decentralized storage versus centralized storage in a municipal water distribution network. The study considered a water distribution network at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) in Jamshor... | 2018 |
| 19 |  | Seismic evaluation and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete bridge wall piers | Kunwar, Bhaskar | This study presents a rapid rehabilitation technique to repair and retrofit damaged and seismically deficient reinforced concrete bridge wall piers. The study consists of two half-scale specimens with three experimental tests. The first specimen is a control specimen called code compliant, designed ... | 2019 | |
| 20 |  | Management of dissolved methane from anaerobic effluents | Gupta, Vedansh | About 5% of global methane is emitted through wastewater treatment processes. The majority of methane emission in wastewater treatment plant originates from anaerobic processes such as anaerobic digestion (AD) of biomass. Due to an equilibrium between the liquid phase and gaseous phase, some of the ... | 2019 | |
| 21 |  | Asphalt pavement surface thin lift treatment performance evaluation | Bao, Shuangli | Asphalt; asphalt pavement; asphalt performance; surface treatment; thin lift treatment | Thin Lift Treatments (TLTs) are a preservation method used during the early stage of the asphalt pavement life. They are a well-accepted method used by the pavement community to increase the lifespan of the pavement surface. TLTs can improve the smoothness of the pavement surface and provide a bette... | 2019 |
| 22 |  | Disaggregation of intersection crash data: an approach-based crash frequency and crash rate analysis | Azra, Nuzhat | This thesis analyzes crash frequency and crash patterns using comprehensive datasets of traffic data at fine aggregation levels and detailed crash records, targeting some of the limitations related to using Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) for safety analysis. Being the most aggregated form of tr... | 2019 | |
| 23 |  | A Holistic approach to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in shallow, eutrophic Utah Lake | Alsanea, Anwar | Environmental engineering; Limnology | Utah Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the western United States located near Provo, Utah. It receives discharges from point and nonpoint sources and has only one outlet North of it in the form of Jordan River. In recent years, the lake has been experiencing algal blooms that have caught attent... | 2018 |
| 24 |  | Green infrastructure optimization to achieve natural hydrology conditions of a small semiarid catchment | Tavakoldavani, Hessam | Green Infrastructure; Multi-Objective Optimization; Water Budget Restoration; Hydrology; Hydraulics | One challenge facing sustainable cities is managing stormwater in urban catchments. Of particular interest is mitigating the negative impacts of urbanization on hydrologic variables to a sustainable level. In this context, "sustainable" could be defined as mimicking the Natural Hydrology (NH) of an ... | 2018-08 |
| 25 |  | Correlating bioretention performance and related costs for site scale stormwater management | Schriner, Derek E. | civil engineering; water resources management | Green infrastructure and decentralized stormwater management have become more popular in recent years. Several municipalities have begun to encourage the use of green infrastructure such as bioretention by offering drainage fee discounts for onsite stormwater management, which ultimately reduces the... | 2018 |