Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
2024
Opportunities and Challenges of Generative AI in Construction Industry: Focusing on Adoption of Text-Based Models, Prashnna Ghimire, Kyungki Kim, and Manoj Acharya
Sustainable Sensing with Paper Microfluidics: Applications in Health, Environment, and Food Safety, Sanjay Kumar, Jyoti B. Kaushal, and Heow Pueh Lee
Modeling and Design Parameter Optimization to Improve the Sensitivity of a Bimorph Polysilicon-Based MEMS Sensor for Helium Detection, Sulaiman Mohaidat and F. M. Alsaleem
Diagnosis of disease affecting gait with a body acceleration‑based model using reflected marker data for training and a wearable accelerometer for implementation, Mohammad Ali Takallou, Farahnaz Fallahtafti, Mahdi Hassan, Ali Al‑Ramini, Basheer Qolomany, Iraklis I. Pipinos, Sara A. Myers, and F. M. Alsaleem
2023
Analysis and Design of Lateral Framing Systems for Multi-Story Steel Buildings, Husam Al Dughaishi, Jawad Al Lawati, Moad Alosta, Shaker Mahmood, Mohamed Faisal Al-Kazee, Nur Izzi Md Yusoff, and Abdalrhman Milad
Design of Wythe Connectors for Concentrated Out-of-Plane Loading of Insulated Walls, Ammar Al-Maabreh, Fray F. Pozo, and Marc Maguire
Structural testing of concrete walls on-edge with combined axial and out-of-plane loading, Salam Al-Rubaye and Marc Maguire
Inter-wythe Slip Design Criteria for Non-Composite Insulated Walls, Abdelrahman Awawdeh, Fray F. Pozo-Lora, and Marc Maguire
Toward Low Carbon Footprint and Lightweight Masonry Alkali-activated Material, Zina Ebrahim, Mohammad Mastali, and Marc Maguire
Organic Electronics in Biosensing: A Promising Frontier for Medical and Environmental Applications, Jyoti Bala Kaushal, Pratima Raut, and Sanjay Kumar
Reconfigurable metatiles with circular maze-like space-coiling-based acoustic metastructure for low-to-mid frequency sound attenuation, Sanjay Kumar and Heow Pueh Lee
Ten questions concerning smart and healthy built environments for older adults, Sanjay Kumar, Samuel H. Underwood, Julie L. Masters, Natalie A. Manley, Iason Konstantzos, Josephine Lau, Ryan Haller, and Lily M. Wang
Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders, 13th Edition, Sharon Kuska, Patrick Tripeny, and James Ambrose
Out-of-Plane Flexural Behavior of InsulatedWall Panels Constructed with Large Insulation Thicknesses, Jacob Luebke, Fray F. Pozo-Lora, Salam Al-Rubaye, and Marc Maguire
A Framework to Predict Variability Characteristics in Building Load Profiles, SAM MOAYEDI, ANDREW PARKER, KEVIN JAMES, XIAOYUE CHENG, MICHAEL HEMPEL, HAMID SHARIF, and MAHMOUD A. ALAHMAD
Energy efficient integrated MEMS neural network for simultaneous sensing and computing, Hamed Nikfarjam, Mohammad Megdadi, Mohammad Okour, Siavash Pourkamali, and F. M. Alsaleem
Integration of Real-Time Semantic Building Map Updating with Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization (AMCL) for Robust Indoor Mobile Robot Localization, Matthew Peavy, Pileun Kim, Hafiz Oyediran, and Kyungki Kim
Relationships Between Residence Characteristics and Nursing Home Compare Database Quality Measures, Brian J. Puckett, Erica E. Ryherd, Natalie Manley, and Carey S. Ryan
Dissipated hysteretic energy reconstruction for high-resolution seismic monitoring of instrumented buildings, Milad Roochi, Eric M. Hernández, and David V. Rosowsky
Integrating life-cycle analysis into civil infrastructure resilience decision making: Illustrative application to seismic resilience modeling of US communities, Milad Roohi, Jiate Li, and W. van de Lindt
Incentivizing Electric Vehicle Adoption Through State and Federal Policies: Reviewing influential policies, Joshua Sabata, Subhaditya Shom, Ahmad Almaghrebi, Anne McCollister, and Mahmoud Alahmad
2022
NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING USING ELECTROSTATIC MEMS DEVICES, Fadi Alsaleem
AHP based multi criteria decision analysis of success factors to enhance decision making in infrastructure construction projects, Solomon Belay, James D. Goedert, Asregedew Woldesenbet, and Saeed Rokooei
Intelligibility of medically related sentences in quiet, speech-shaped noise, and hospital noise, Tessa Bent, Melissa Baese-Berk, Erica E. Ryherd, and Sidney Perry
ZERO NET ENERGY TEST HOUSE, Timothy Hemsath, James D. Goedert, Avery Don Schwer, and Yong Cho
Applying unsupervised machine learning clustering techniques to early childcare soundscapes, Kenton Hummel, Erica E. Ryherd, Iason Konstantzos, and Abbie Raikes
Tilt-Up Partially Composite Insulated Wall Panels, Marc Maguire and Salam Al-Rubaye
Foreign Object Debris Detection for Airport Pavement Images based on Self-supervised Localization and Vision Transformer, Travis Munyer, Daniel Brinkman, Xin Zhong, Chenyu Huang, and Iason Konstantzos
2021
A Comparison between Ultrasonic GuidedWave Leakage and Half-Cell Potential Methods in Detection of Corrosion in Reinforced Concrete Decks, Ahmad Shoaib Amiri, Ece Erdogmus, and Dana Richter-Egger
Evaluating Prediction Models of Creep and Drying Shrinkage of Self-Consolidating Concrete Containing Supplementary Cementitious Materials/Fillers, Micheal Asaad and George Morcous
Higher Sound Levels in K-12 Classrooms Correlate to Lower Math Achievement Scores, Laura Caroline Brill and Lily M. Wang
Discrete Rigid Block Analysis to Assess Settlement Induced Damage in Unreinforced Masonry Façades, Ryan Ehresman, Nathan Taylor, Bora Pulatsu, and Ece Erdogmus
Simulation for a Mems-Based CTRNN Ultra-Low Power Implementation of Human Activity Recognition, Muhammad Emad-Ud-Din, Mohammad H. Hasan, Roozbeh Jafari, Siavash Pourkamali, and Fadi M. Alsaleem
Quasi-Static Nonlinear Seismic Assessment of a Fourth Century A.D. Roman Aqueduct in Istanbul, Turkey, Semih Gonen, Ece Erdogmus, Engin Karaesmen, and Erhan Karaesmen
The Facility Infection Risk Estimator™: A Web Application Tool for Comparing Indoor Risk Mitigation Strategies by Estimating Airborne Transmission Risk, Marcel Harmon and Josephine Lau
Exploiting Pull-In/Pull-Out Hysteresis in Electrostatic MEMS Sensor Networks to Realize a Novel Sensing Continuous-Time Recurrent Neural Network, Mohammad H. Hasan, Amin Abbasalipour, Hamed Nikfarjam, Siavash Pourkamali, Muhammad Emad-Un-Din, Roozbeh Jafari, and Fadi Alsaleem
Feasibility of LoRa for Smart Home Indoor Localization, Kyungki Kim, Sining Li, Milad Heydariaan, Nour Smaoui, Omprakash Gnawali, Wonho Suh, Min Jae Suh, and Jung In Kim
The Effects of the Visual Environment on K-12 Student Achievement, Michael Kuhlenengel, Iason Konstantzos, and Clarence E. Waters
Performance Evaluation of a Prestressed Belitic Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement (BCSA) Concrete Bridge Girder, Nick Markosian, Raed Tawadrous, Mohammad Mastali, Robert J. Thomas, and Marc Maguire
Framework to Develop Time- and Voltage-Dependent Building Load Profiles Using Polynomial Load Models, ANDREW PARKER, Mhd Anas Alkrch, KEVIN JAMES, Ahmad Almaghrebi, and Mahmoud Alahmad
A Case Study to Quantify Variability in Building Load Profiles, ANDREW PARKER, SAM MOAYEDI, KEVIN JAMES, Dongming Peng, and Mahmoud Alahmad
Designing GFRP-Reinforced Tilt-up Wall Panels, Fray F. Pozo-Lora and Marc Maguire
2020
Data-Driven Charging Demand Prediction at Public Charging Stations Using Supervised Machine Learning Regression Methods, Ahmad Almaghrebi; Fares Aljuheshi,; Mostafa Rafaie; Kevin James; and Mahmoud Alahmad
An IoT Framework for Modeling and Controlling Thermal Comfort in Buildings, Fadi Alsaleem, Mehari K. Tesfay, Mostafa Rafaie, Kevin Sinkar, Dhaman Besarla, and Parthiban Arunasalam
Ten Questions Concerning Well-Being in the Built Environment, Sergio Altomonte, Joseph Allen, Philomena M. Bluyssen, Gail Brager, Lisa Heschong, Angela Loder, Stefano Schiavon, Jennifer A. Veitch, Lily M. Wang, and Pawel Wargocki
Enhancing BIM implementation in the Ethiopian public construction sector: An empirical study, Solomon Belay, James D. Goedert, Asregedew Woldesenbet, and Saeed Rokooei3
Condition Rating Prediction Using an Interactive Deterioration Model Development Package, Minwoo Chang and Mitchell S. Maguire
A Novel Structural Health Monitoring Method for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves, Ece Erdogmus, Eric Garcia, Ahmad Shoaib Amiri, and Michael Schuller
Investigating Multidimensional Characteristics of Noise Signals with Tones from Building Mechanical Systems and Their Effects on Annoyance, Joonhee Lee and Lily M. Wang
An Experiential Online Training Approach for Underrepresented Engineering and Technology Students, Arefeh Mohammadi, Kevin Grosskopf, and John Killingsworth
Framework for Extracting and Characterizing Load Profile Variability Based on a Comparative Study of Different Wavelet Functions, ANDREW PARKER, KEVIN JAMES, Dongming Peng, and Mahmoud Alahmad
Leveraging ABET Accreditation to Promote Inclusion of Noise Control Engineering Concepts in Engineering Programs, Lily M. Wang and Bryan Beamer
2019
HVAC SYSTEM AIR FILTER DIAGNOSTICS AND MONITORING, Priotomo Abiprojo and Fadi M. Alsaleem
REMOTELY TESTING WHETHER A CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM CONTROLLER IS CORRECTLY INSTALLED, Fadi M. Alsaleem
METHOD OF MONITORING CHARGE CONDITION OF HEAT PUMP SYSTEM, Fadi M. Alsaleem and Gregg M. Hemmelgarn
BUILDING ENVELOPE AND INTERIOR GRADING SYSTEMS AND METHODS, Fadi Mohammad Alsaleem
HEAT PUMP AND AIR CONDITIONING GRADING SYSTEMS AND METHODS, Fadi Mohammad Alsaleem
HVAC SYSTEM REMOTE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS, Jeffrey N. Arensmeier, Gregg M. Hemmelgarn, Fadi M. Alsaleem, and Priotomo Abiprojo
A Practitioner’s Guide to Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for Bridge Inspection, Sattar Dorafshan, Robert J. Thomas, Calvin Coopmans, and Marc Maguire
Benchmarking Image Processing Algorithms for Unmanned Aerial System-Assisted Crack Detection in Concrete Structures, Sattar Dorafshan, Robert J. Thomas, and Marc Maguire
Need for Aeromedical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport Guidelines, Shawn G. Gibbs, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Aurora B. Le, Elizabeth L. Beam, Theodore J. Cieslak, James V. Lawler, Joshua L. Santarpia, Terry L. Stentz, Kelli R. Kopocis-Herstein, Chandran Achutan, Gary W. Carter, and John J. Lowe
Experiencing Extreme Height for The First Time: The Influence of Height, Self-Judgment of Fear and a Moving Structural Beam on the Heart Rate and Postural Sway During the Quiet Stance, Mahmoud Habibnezhad, Jay Puckett, M. S. Fardhosseini, Houtan Jebelli, Terry Stentz, and L. A. Pratama
Voltage and Deflection Amplification via Double Resonance Excitation in a Cantilever Microstructure, Mohammad H. Hasan, Fadi Alsaleem, and Abdallah Ramini
Efficient Excitation of Micro/Nano Resonators and Their Higher Order Modes, N. Jaber, M. A. A. Hafiz, S. N. R. Kazmi, M. H. Hasan, F. Alsaleem, S. Ilyas, and M. I. Younis
Automated Generation of Daily Evacuation Paths in 4D BIM, Kyungki Kim and Yong-Cheol Lee
Prediction of Stress Increase at Ultimate in Unbonded Tendons Using Sparse Principal Component Analysis, Eric McKinney, Minwoo Chang, Marc Maguire, and Yan Sun
Workforce Development Through Online Experiential Learning for STEM Education, Arefeh Mohammadi, Kevin Grosskopf, and John Killingsworth
MECHANICAL CONNECTION FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES, George Morcous and Raed Tawadrous
Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won't make it work better, David Yuill
2018
HVAC SYSTEM REMOTE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS OF REFRIGERANT LINE OBSTRUCTION, Fadi M. Alsaleem
Numerical Simulation of Fault Impacts for Commercial Walk-in Freezers, Alireza Behfar and David P. Yuill
Infrared Thermography for Weld Inspection: Feasibility and Application, Sattar Dorafshan, Marc Maguire, and William Collins
SDNET2018: An annotated image data set for non-contact concrete crack detection using deep convolutional neural networks, Sattar Dorafshan, Robert J. Thomas, and Marc Maguire
Analyses of Crowd-Sourced Sound Levels of Restaurants and Bars in New York City, Gregory S. Farber and Lily M. Wang
Simultaneous electrical and mechanical resonance drive for large signal amplification of micro resonators, M. H. Hasan, Fadi M. Alsaleem, N. Jaber, M. A. A. Hafiz, and M. I. Younis
IMPACT OF OWNERS’ EARLY DECISIONS ON PROJECT PERFORMANCE AND DISPUTE OCCURRENCE IN PUBLIC HIGHWAY PROJECTS, Sogand Hasanzadeh, Behzad Esmaeili, Ghada M. Gad, and Douglas D. Gransberg
Comfort-based Optimal Temperature Setpoint Calculation, Andrew Holthaus, Mostafa Rafaie, and Fadi Alsaleem
Development of a Model to Predict the Likelihood of Complaints due to Assorted Tone-in-Noise Combinations, Joonhee Lee and Lily M. Wang
Evaluation The Effect Of Washing On The Heat Transfer Capacity And Air-Side Flow Resistance Of Air Cooled Condensers, Mehdi Mehrabi and David Yuill
Localized Indoor Temperature Estimation Using Smartphone and Laptop Internal Sensors, Mostafa Rafaie, Mehari Tesfay, and Fadi Alsaleem
Utilizing Wearable Devices To Design Personal Thermal Comfort Model, Mostafa Rafaie, Mehari Tesfay, and Fadi Alsaleem
Respirable Dust Monitoring in Construction Sites and Visualization in Building Information Modeling Using Real-time Sensor Data, Nour Smaoui, Kyungki Kim, Omprakash Gnawali, Young-Joo Lee, and Wonho Suh
Method for Radon Measurement in Residential Sewer Connections, David Yuill
2017
HEAT - PUMP SYSTEM WITH REFRIGERANT CHARGE DIAGNOSTICS, Fadi M. Alsaleem and Gregg H. Hemmelgarn
HVAC SYSTEM REMOTE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS, Jeffrey N. Arensmeier, Gregg M. Hemmelgarn, Fadi M. Alsaleem, and Priotomo Abiprojo
Social Sustainability Indicators in Mass Housing Construction, Ali Karji, Asregedew Woldesenbet, and Mostafa Khanzadi
How Tonality and Loudness of Noise relate to Annoyance and Task Performance” Noise Control Eng. J. 65(2), 71-82., Joonhee Lee, Jennifer M. Francis, and Lily M. Wang
GAS GENERATION, Haorong Li, Daihong Yu, and Yanshun Yu
GAS COLLECTION, Haorong Li, Yanshun Yu, and Daihong Yu
Performance and energy efficiency analysis of data center cooling plant by using lake water source, Li Ling, Quan Zhang, and Liping Zeng
Research on control methods of roof radiant cooling system, Yongbin Li, Zhaoyi Zhuang, Qiqi Zhu, Jian Song, and Haipeng An
Project IMPACT: A Case Study of Developing a Manufactured Construction Workforce through Contextualized Training, Arefeh Mohammadi and Kevin R. Grosskopf
Investigating Students’ Perception Using Construction Management Simulations, Saeed Rokooei, James D. Goedert, and Asregedew Woldesenbet
Simulation as Supplementary Tool in Construction Management Education, Saeed Rokooei, James D. Goedert, and Asregedew Woldesenbet
A Case Study of Upper-Room UVGI in Densely-Occupied Elementary Classrooms by Real-Time Fluorescent Bioaerosol Measurements, Chunxiao Su, Josephine Lau, and Fang Yu
Research on the cooling characteristics in building interior zones using displacement ventilation system, Zhaoyi Zhuang, Yongbin Li, Qiqi Zhu, Jian Song, Haipeng An, and Haorong Li
Study on the methods for predicting the performance of a hybrid solar-assisted ground-source heat pump system, Zhaoyi Zhuang, Qiqi Zhu, Jian Song, Xin Zhang, and Haorong Li
2016
A need for evidence-based and multidisciplinary research to study the effects of the interaction of school environmental conditions on student achievement, Josephine Lau, Lily M. Wang, Clarence E. Waters, and James A. Bovaird
Experimental study on the thermal characteristics of micro channel separate heat pipe respect to different filling ratio, Li Ling, Quan Zhang, Yuebin Yu, Shuguang Liao, and Zhengyong Sha