Browsing Faculty Works, Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering by Title
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Packing Characteristics of Aggregate with Consideration of Particle size and Morphology
(MDPI, 2019-02-28)The packing characteristics of aggregates are very important for aggregate blend design, which is closely related to the performance of mixtures. In this study, an indoor packing experiment was designed to investigate the ... -
Parametric Computational Study on Butterfly-Shaped Hysteretic Dampers
(2019)Structural steel plates oriented to resist shear loading can be used as hysteretic dampers in seismic force resisting systems. Some steel plate hysteretic dampers have engineered cut-outs leaving shear links that exhibit ... -
Patterns and Limitations of Urban Human Mobility Resilience under the Influence of Multiple Types of Natural Disaster
(Public Library of Science, 2016-01-28)Natural disasters pose serious threats to large urban areas, therefore understanding and predicting human movements is critical for evaluating a population’s vulnerability and resilience and developing plans for disaster ... -
pH-Triggered Molecular Alignment for Reproducible SERS Detection via an AuNP/Nanocellulose Platform
(Nature, 2015-12-11)The low affinity of neutral and hydrophobic molecules towards noble metal surfaces hinders their detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Herein, we present a method to enhance gold nanoparticle (AuNP) ... -
Plasmonic colorimetric and SERS sensors for environmental analysis
(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-03-10)The potential for water pollution outbreaks requires the development of rapid, yet simple detection methods for water quality monitoring. Plasmonic nanostructures such as gold (AuNPs) and silver (AgNPs) nanoparticles are ... -
Precipitation Estimation Methods in Continuous, Distributed Urban Hydrologic Modeling
(MDPI, 2019-06-28)Quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) remains a key area of uncertainty in hydrological modeling and prediction, particularly in small, urban watersheds, which respond rapidly to precipitation and can experience ... -
Precise control of iron activating persulfate by current generation in an electrochemical membrane reactor
(Elsevier, 2019-07-26)Activated persulfate (PS) oxidation is promising for contaminant removal but a lack of controllable activation can lead to a loss of reagents and thus low contamination degradation. Herein, we have proposed and investigated ... -
A Preliminary Study on the IoT-Based Pavement Monitoring Platform Based on the Piezoelectric-Cantilever-Beam Powered Sensor
(Hindawi, 2017-06-07)Green and sustainable power supply for sensors in pavement monitoring system has attracted attentions of civil engineers recently. In this paper, the piezoelectric energy harvesting technology is used to provide the power ... -
Preparation and evaluation of nanocellulose-gold nanoparticle nanocomposites for SERS applications
(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-06-09)Nanocellulose is of research interest due to its extraordinary optical, thermal, and mechanical properties. The incorporation of guest nanoparticles into nanocellulose substrates enables production of novel nanocomposites ... -
Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis of a Bridge with Unbonded, Post-Tensioned, Concrete-Filled, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tube Columns
(MDPI, 2019-03-18)Ground motions at sites close to a fault are sometimes affected by forward directivity, where the rupture energy arrives at the site in a form of a very short duration pulse. These pulses impose a heavy demand on structures ... -
Probiotics and virulent human rotavirus modulate the transplanted human gut microbiota in gnotobiotic pigs
(2014-09-09)We generated a neonatal pig model with human infant gut microbiota (HGM) to study the effect of a probiotic on the composition of the transplanted microbiota following rotavirus vaccination and challenge. All the ... -
Quantifying Human Mobility Perturbation and Resilience in Hurricane Sandy
(Public Library of Science, 2014-11-19)Human mobility is influenced by environmental change and natural disasters. Researchers have used trip distance distribution, radius of gyration of movements, and individuals' visited locations to understand and capture ... -
Quantitative Spatio-Temporal Characterization of Scour at the Base of a Cylinder
(MDPI, 2017-03-20)The measurement of the morphologic characteristics of evolving sediment beds around hydraulic structures is crucial for the understanding of the physical processes that drive scour. Although there has been significant ... -
Quasi-Brittle Fracture Modeling of Preflawed Bitumen Using a Diffuse Interface Model
(Hindawi, 2016-06-09)Fundamental understandings on the bitumen fracture mechanism are vital to improve the mixture design of asphalt concrete. In this paper, a diffuse interface model, namely, phase-field method is used for modeling the ... -
Reclaimed water as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes: distribution system and irrigation implications
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2013-05-28)reated wastewater is increasingly being reused to achieve sustainable water management in arid regions. The objective of this study was to quantify the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in recycled water, ... -
Recovery of nitrogen and water from landfill leachate by a microbial electrolysis cell-forward osmosis system
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Relationship between Humidity and Influenza A Viability in Droplets and Implications for Influenza's Seasonality
(PLOS, 2012-10-03)Humidity has been associated with influenza’s seasonality, but the mechanisms underlying the relationship remain unclear. There is no consistent explanation for influenza’s transmission patterns that applies to both temperate ... -
Relationship between Organic Carbon and Opportunistic Pathogens in Simulated Glass Water Heaters
(MDPI, 2015-06-09)Controlling organic carbon levels in municipal water has been hypothesized to limit downstream growth of bacteria and opportunistic pathogens in premise plumbing (OPPPs). Here, the relationships between influent organic ...
