Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Department "Environmental Engineering"
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(2009-01-02)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis work consists of constructing a model that combines an understanding of physical transport processes and the biological mechanisms involved in the uptake, transport and sequestration of contaminants by a hyperaccumulator, ...
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(2014-04-11)Department: Environmental EngineeringAdaptation planners and water managers around the world are faced with the increasingly difficult challenge of allocating scarce water resources in a world of climate change and dynamic social pressures. Sri Lanka serves ...
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(2017-03-01)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe environment, health, and safety properties of thorium-uranium-based (“thorium”) fuel cycles are estimated and compared to those of analogous uranium-plutonium-based (“uranium”) fuel cycle options using a structured ...
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(2010-11-11)Department: Environmental EngineeringIn arid environments, spatiotemporal variations in the processes of erosion and deposition are strongly coupled with the structure and dynamics of plant communities as well as the specific life behavior of individual plants. ...
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(2017-03-24)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis research integrates geospatial and social datasets to understand the adaptive strategies employed by individuals, communities, and institutions during periods of drought. I apply dimension reduction techniques to ...
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(2005-04-06)Department: Environmental EngineeringNear-surface contaminant isolation facilities are routinely used for the disposal of hazardous and radioactive waste. The objective of these facilities is to maintain the long-term isolation of the identified contaminants ...
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(2006-07-29)Department: Environmental EngineeringLeaching tests are important laboratory tools that provide a method to determine the leachability and mobility of contaminants in the environment. Although a wide variety of leaching tests are available in the literature, ...
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(2016-04-09)Department: Environmental EngineeringNuclear chemical facilities are facilities that contain the operating hazards of a complex chemical facility with the additional hazards of radioactive materials. The approach to safety management at nuclear chemical ...
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(2007-04-17)Department: Environmental EngineeringHospitals play a primary role in a community during mass casualty events. To optimize community response to a disaster, it is crucial for local and state emergency management agencies (EMAs) to have pre-established and ...
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(2020-03-31)Department: Environmental EngineeringMagnesium hydroxide has the potential to develop into an essential component of water and wastewater treatment. Its non-hazardous classification and low cost makes it a preferable source of alkalinity for existing processes. ...
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(2016-04-14)Department: Environmental EngineeringAn integrated systems approach framework was developed that defines the performance of a near surface low-level radioactive waste disposal facility as a system of three components (or subsystems): the engineered component ...
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(2015-07-21)Department: Environmental EngineeringTiming and duration of magmatism, involvement of fluid or assimilation of material, and geodynamic context are all important when assessing the processes by which silicic magmas are produced, erupted, or emplaced. This ...
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(2019-03-28)Department: Environmental EngineeringVulnerability, resilience, sustainability, and adaptive capacity are terms at the forefront of research regarding complex system performance in dynamic settings. Analysis of individual concepts reveals their integration ...
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(2014-03-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringRecent increases in competition for water, food, and energy are exposing the complex network threading these resources together. My dissertation explores how the interactions among these resources affect decisions about ...
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(2018-04-06)Department: Environmental EngineeringWater flows in the Earth system are complex and difficult to quantify. Using data without recourse to an underlying physical theory has been a hallmark of hydrologic science for many years. Currently the expanding ability ...
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(2020-04-02)Department: Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental decision making is difficult and complex, especially in the planning stages of a project. There are a variety of perspectives, data limitations, and uncertainties that hinder the ability to frame and evaluate ...
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(2009-07-30)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis research involved the development of a new information system to improve inland waterway spill response. A review of current decision-support tools used to aid in spill response suggested that improvements were needed. ...
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(2018-04-10)Department: Environmental EngineeringFor hydropower systems under regulatory requirements, high-fidelity water quality models are useful tools for advance prediction of water quality outcomes subject to operating schemes; however, when considered alongside ...
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(2020-03-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe development of a flexible methodology to comprehensively identify the hazards, and determine the most significant risks associated with the operation of advanced nuclear reactor designs, is required in order to ...
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(2007-04-17)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis dissertation details the development of a consequence management system for water utilities, which determines the optimal operational response to a contamination event in a water distribution network. In order to ...