Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, which is ranked in the top 10 accredited civil and environmental engineering departments by the US News and World Report survey, is one of the largest programs in the United States. The Department has 46 full-time faculty, 657 undergraduate, and 400 graduate students. Civil engineers are the principal designers, constructors, operators, and caretakers of many of the constructed facilities and systems that contribute to the high quality of life enjoyed in the United States. The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers educational programs in all areas of civil engineering practice.
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Departmental Publications, Civil and Environmental Engineering [56]
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Scholarly Works, Civil and Environmental Engineering [306]
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The Land Development Design Initiative Senior Presentations LDDI [7]
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Survival of MS2 and Φ6 viruses in droplets as a function of relative humidity, pH, and salt, protein, and surfactant concentrations
(PLOS, 2020-12-08)The survival of viruses in droplets is known to depend on droplets’ chemical composition, which may vary in respiratory fluid between individuals and over the course of disease. This relationship is also important for ... -
Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area
(MDPI, 2021-02-05)The Tehran metropolitan area is extremely vulnerable to earthquakes due to the location of its active faults and its dense population. Assessing the probable damage of a high magnitude earthquake on buildings and facilities ... -
Standard Propagation Channel Models for MIMO Communication Systems
(Hindawi, 2021-02-16)The field of wireless communication networks has witnessed a dramatic change over the last decade due to sophisticated technologies deployed to satisfy various demands peculiar to different data-intensive wireless applications. ... -
Addressing the Contribution of Indirect Potable Reuse to Inland Freshwater Salinization
(2021-02-02)Inland freshwater salinity is rising worldwide, a phenomenon called the freshwater salinization syndrome (FSS). We investigate a potential conflict between managing the FSS and indirect potable reuse, the practice of ... -
Re‐envisioning stormwater infrastructure for ultrahazardous flooding
(Wiley, 2020-03)Ultrahazardous flooding (UHF) occurs on low relief topography at the foot of mountain catchments and is characterized by rapid-onset, high-velocity flood flows, large fluxes of sediment and debris, and unpredictable flow ... -
Unifying Advective and Diffusive Descriptions of Bedform Pumping in the Benthic Biolayer of Streams
(2020-09-01)Many water quality and ecosystem functions performed by streams occur in the benthic biolayer, the biologically active upper (similar to 5 cm) layer of the streambed. Solute transport through the benthic biolayer is ... -
A One-Dimensional Model for Turbulent Mixing in the Benthic Biolayer of Stream and Coastal Sediments
(2020-12)In this paper, we develop and validate a rigorous modeling framework, based on Duhamel's Theorem, for the unsteady one-dimensional vertical transport of a solute across a flat sediment-water interface (SWI) and through the ... -
Did Municipal Water Distribution System Deficiencies Contribute to a Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak in Quincy, IL?
(2020-12-08)Fifty-eight people were sickened and 12 died from a Legionnaires' disease (LD) outbreak in Quincy, IL, in 2015. The initial outbreak investigation identified deficiencies at the Illinois Veteran's Home (IVHQ), but these ... -
Human exposure to particles at the air-water interface: Influence of water quality on indoor air quality from use of ultrasonic humidifiers
(Elsevier, 2020-07-02)Ultrasonic humidifiers provide indoor relief to symptoms caused by dry air and produce aerosols containing both water and minerals that are present in the water that fills the humidifier. This study investigated the spatial ... -
Replicable simulation of distal hot water premise plumbing using convectively-mixed pipe reactors
(2020-09-16)A lack of replicable test systems that realistically simulate hot water premise plumbing conditions at the laboratory-scale is an obstacle to identifying key factors that support growth of opportunistic pathogens (OPs) and ... -
A new approach for measuring the carbon and oxygen content of atmospherically relevant compounds and mixtures
(2020-09-18)Due to its complexity, gas- and particle-phase organic carbon in the atmosphere is often classified by its bulk physicochemical properties. However, there is a dearth of robust, moderate-cost approaches to measure the bulk ... -
Experimental study on the optimized design of butterfly-shaped dampers
(2021-01)Structural fuses are manufactured from oriented steel plates for use in seismic protective systems to withstand significant lateral shear loads. These systems are designed and detailed for concentrating the damage and ... -
Research Needs, Challenges, and Strategic Approaches for Natural Hazards and Disaster Reconnaissance
(2020-11-10)Natural hazards and disaster reconnaissance investigations have provided many lessons for the research and practice communities and have greatly improved our scientific understanding of extreme events. Yet, many challenges ... -
Natural Hazards Reconnaissance With the NHERI RAPID Facility
(2020-11-11)In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded a multi-institution interdisciplinary team to develop and operate the Natural Hazards Reconnaissance Facility (known as the "RAPID") as part of the Natural Hazards ... -
Joint Impact of Rain and Incidents on Traffic Stream Speeds
(Hindawi, 2021-01-11)Unpredictable and heterogeneous weather conditions and road incidents are common factors that impact highway traffic speeds. A better understanding of the interplay of different factors that affect roadway traffic speeds ... -
2020 Via Report
(Virginia Tech, 2020)This is the 2020 annual report for the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. -
The Land Development Design Initiative (LDDI) 2020 Annual Report
(Virginia Tech, 2020)This annual report highlights the LDDI program's achievements in 2020. -
LDDI Bridges Newsletter, September 2020
(Virginia Tech, 2020-09)LDDI Bridges is a publication of Virginia Tech’s Land Development Design Initiative, a collaborative effort of the Via Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech with industry practitioners. -
Virginia Tech's Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research (CGPR) Fall 2019 Newsletter
(Virginia Tech, 2019-10)This newsletter informs CGPR members and friends about recent activities and highlights at the Center. -
Adaptive Traffic Signal Control: Game-Theoretic Decentralized vs. Centralized Perimeter Control
(MDPI, 2021-01-03)This paper compares the operation of a decentralized Nash bargaining traffic signal controller (DNB) to the operation of state-of-the-art adaptive and gating traffic signal control. Perimeter control (gating), based on the ...
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