PhD candidates: You are welcome and encouraged to deposit your dissertation here, but be aware that
1) it is optional, not required (the ProQuest deposit is required); and
2) it will be available to everyone online; there is no embargo for dissertations in the UNL Digital Commons.

Master's candidates: Deposit of your thesis or project is required. (If an embargo [restricted access] is necessary, you may deposit it at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/embargotheses/ only after getting approval from your department and the Graduate Office; contact Terri Eastin).

TO DEPOSIT YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS

1. Create or log in to your Digital Commons account
To create an account: click on My Account at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu then Sign up.
Fill in your names, email address, create a password, and click on Create Account.
Reply to the confirming email from the system, if you get one (check your spam folder).
Your email address will not be published or shared.

2. Find the right series to deposit in
Go to the correct series in the UNL Digital Commons [series links are in the file linked here].
On the correct series page, click the Submit your paper or article link at the bottom of the gray box at left.

3. Instructions for deposit
You should be able to copy (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) most fields.
TITLE: Fill it in using title case (that is, capitals for the first letter of all words except articles and prepositions).
AUTHOR: In each respective box, enter your names (and/or initials) as they appear on the title page of your dissertation or thesis. You are the sole author; your advisor is not considered a co-author. Institution is University of Nebraska-Lincoln (not "at Lincoln" or ", Lincoln"). Do not leave this field blank.
FIRST ADVISOR: Enter your advisor’s name. Add a second and third, if needed (advisors only, not committee members).
DATE OF THIS VERSION: Month and Year only.
CITATION: Copy and paste the rest of whatever appears on the title page of your work. It usually starts with something like “A THESIS Presented to the Faculty …” and ends with “Lincoln, Nebraska [month] [year].”
ABSTRACT: Just include the body of the abstract, not the title or your name, but DO add your advisor’s name at the end of the abstract after the word Advisor and a colon, like this: Advisor: ….
Skip the ORCID IDs, Keywords, Disciplines, and Comments fields, and DO NOT check a bubble for the Publication Status field.
Click UPLOAD FILE FROM YOUR COMPUTER. Select the file of your work from your device (should be in Portable Document Format, PDF).
Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom.

YOU DID IT; your work is submitted!

CONGRATULATIONS on reaching this amazing milestone in your academic career!

4. After your initial deposit
Upon deposit, you will receive an email that your submission has been received; you need to show the Graduate Office this message.

Before we complete your upload, we usually wait a day or two to give you an opportunity to correct those oops issues that seem to emerge just after deposit. Before it’s been posted, you can still log back in and select Revise and upload a new version so you can upload a version with your advisor's name spelled right or whatever else needs to be fixed.

It is important that you DO NOT resubmit another file after it’s been posted online. This causes lots of problems.

But have no fear: If further changes are needed after it’s been posted, you can send a revised file to the series administrator (Sue Gardner) requesting to replace it.

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2023

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Sustainable Revitalization of Asphalt Pavements: An In-Depth Analysis of Enhancing the Performance of Asphalt Binder Through the Application of Rheological and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Techniques, Muhammad Ahmad

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Performing Motorized-to-Non-Motorized Crash Analysis Using Multi-Model LBS Traffic Data Calibrated Through Random Forest Models, Nicholas Aldridge

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Assessing the Performance of High-RAP Mixtures Incorporating Crude Vegetable Oils and an Antioxidant from Mechanical, Environmental, and Economic Perspectives, Nitish R. Bastola

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Safety and Operational Assessment of Rural Free Right-Turn Ramp Intersections, Jonathon Camenzind

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Assessment of Bridge Pier Response to Fire, Vehicle Impact, and Air Blast, Chen Fang, Qusai Alomari, and Daniel G. Linzell

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The Effects of Inaccurate and Missing Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Inventory Data on Crash and Severity Model Estimation and Prediction, Muhammad Umer Farooq

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Reducing Infiltration and Inflow in Small Collection Systems: Environmental, Economic, and Other Impacts, Andrew Hansen

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CO2 Storage Capacity and Injectivity of Stacked Carbonates of the Pennsylvanian and Permian in Western Nebraska, Lateef Lawal

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Bridge Deck Overhang Design: Effective Vehicle Impact Loads, Ultimate Strength, and Implications on Bridge Rail Performance, Andrew Eric Loken

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Adaptation of Concrete and Timber Bridge Railings for Low-Volume Traffic, Russell Masterson

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Transportation Components of the City of Bennet Comprehensive Plan and Downtown Economic Development Plan, Kyle McLaughlin

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Integration of Environmental Sustainability and Decision Making: Case Studies of Civil Infrastructure, Sussan Moussavi

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Investigation and Modification of Single-Post Aluminum Sign Supports for Mash Crashworthiness, Rodrigo Quintero

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Three-Dimensional Structural Analysis of Temple 16 and Rosalila at Copan Ruinas, Luis Tuarez

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Energy Dissipation Optimization for Circular Culverts, Chi Zhang

2022

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Evaluation of an Equivalent Mean Grain Size Diameter to Rationally Predict the Erodibility of Fine Riverbed Soils in Nebraska, Basil Abualshar

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Interlayered Thin Film Composite (iTFC) Membranes: The Synthesis and Assembly of Active Layer from Conjugated Microporous Polymer, Febby Andini

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Behavior of Completely Automated Evapotranspiration Estimation (eeMETRIC), Atiqullah Atif

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Data-Driven Prioritization and Empirical Predictions for Bridge Scour in Nebraska, Awgku Ahmad Hashim Awg Bolhasan

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A Physical Model of Deadmans Run, Quinn Brandt

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Evaluation of Swelling Pressure and Shear Strength of Inorganic Microfiber-Reinforced Bentonite for the Engineered Barrier System, Jose Maria Ferdinand Victoria Calaunan

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Performance of Concrete with Different Cement Finenesses and Nano-activators, Brandon Faltin

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Estimation of Methane Emissions from Beef Cattle Manure in Nebraska, Noe Hernandez

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Risk Assessment of Hazardous Material Transportation for Small and Tribal Communities, Harrison Redepenning

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Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Soil-Geosynthetic Composite for a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Roadway System, Daniel Robertson

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Empirical Fragility Functions and Numerical Parametric Study for Buckling of Steel Grain Bins under High Wind Loads, Andrew Ruder

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Development of a Next-Generation Non-Proprietary Portable Concrete Barrier, Riley Ruskamp

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Experimental and Numerical Study: Sheet Pile Abutment Systems for Water–Crossing Bridges, Hung Phi Van

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Efficiency of Bank Filtration in the Removal of Cyanotoxins Under Different Levels of Nutrients, Luke Walkenhorst

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Measuring Acoustic Nonlinearity of Elastic Materials Using Thermal Modulation of Ultrasonic Waves, Bibo Zhong

2021

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Application of Biochar as Beneficial Additive in Concrete, Temirlan Barissov

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Detecting and Evaluating Cracks on Aging Concrete Members with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Brendan Barnes

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IMPACT OF PARTICLE SURFACE CHARGE HETEROGENEITY ON DEPOSITION ONTO FLAT SURFACES AND TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA, Thompson Delon

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Prioritization of Research on Bridge Railings for Use on Timber Deck Bridges and Development of Two Glulam Bridge Railing Systems, Jared Duren

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Evaluation of Permanent Concrete Barriers to MASH 2016, Samuel Elias Hovde

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A METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATING CAPACITY AND PASSENGER CAR EQUIVALENTS FOR CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES TRAVELING ON FREEWAYS, Antonio Hurtado Beltran

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Risk and Safety Associated with Hazardous Materials Transport in Rural and Native American Communities: A Case Study of Thurston County, Nebraska, Sydney James

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Establishing Safe Operating Speeds for Autonomous Vehicles: A Case Study from the Automated Skyway Express in Jacksonville, Florida, Andrew Loken

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Fragility Functions of Manufactured Houses under Earthquake Loads, Shuyah Tani Aurore Ouoba

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Modeling Watershed Sensitivity to Climate Change in Systems Affected by Discharge of Mine Tailings, Johnette C. Shockley

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PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF FREESTANDING HISTORIC MONUMENTS, Marie E. Wagner

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Determinants of Water System Management, Caleb White

2020

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Hydraulic and Mineralogical Characterization of Organoclay Before and After Reaction with Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL), Mostafa Afzalian

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Biofiltration of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted at Ethanol Plants, Mitham Al-faliti

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Optimum Mixing Design of Xanthan and Gellan Treated Soils for Slope Stabilization for Weathered Shales and Glacial Tills in Nebraska, Layal Bitar

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Concentration and Treatment of Odors Generated by Landfills, Gabriel Cohen

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Development of a MASH Test Level 4 Open Concrete Bridge Rail, Jacob DeLone

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Reliability-Calibrated ANN-Based Load and Resistance Factor Load Rating for Steel Girder Bridges, Francisco Garcia

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Eliminating Rebar Splicing in Transverse Joints of Precast Full Depth Bridge Deck Panels, David Gee

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Quantitative Assessment of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Small and Large-Scale Concrete Specimens Utilizing Nonlinear Acoustic Techniques, Clayton Malone

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NITRATE AND HERBICIDES REMOVAL FROM GROUNDWATER USING IMMOBILIZED ALGAE, Sara Mollamohammada

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RIVETED STEEL RAILWAY BRIDGE HEALTH MONITORING AND DAMAGE DETECTION, Ahmed Rageh

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Development of an Improved Arterial Roadway Performance Reliability Methodology, Ernest Tufuor

2019

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Evaluation Of Internally Cured Bridge Deck Concrete With Standard And Optimized Aggregate Gradation, Arman Abdigaliyev

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RESTRICTED CROSSING U-TURNS AT RURAL INTERSECTIONS, Timothy Adams

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Numerical Simulation of Diffuse Ultrasonic Waves in Concrete, Hossein Ariannejad

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Full Scale 13-Story Building Implosion and Collapse: Effects on Adjacent Structures, Kanchan Devkota

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Biofiltration of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted at Ethanol Plants, Christopher Arthur Duerschner

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Simulation of Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Fate in Narrow Grass Hedges, Marzieh Khedmati

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Probabilistic Analysis of Slide-Rocking Structures Under Earthquake Loads, Taylor J. Knickerbocker

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Sustainability Assessment of U.S. Beef Processing and its Antimicrobial Systems, Shaobin Li

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Development of a Mix Design Adjustment Method For Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Super High Performance Concrete Based on Excess Paste, Joe Malloy

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Using Theoretical And Experimental Particle Packing For Aggregate Gradation Optimization To Reduce Cement Content In Pavement Concrete Mixtures, Miras Mamirov

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Development of Post-to-Deck Connections for Use in a MASH TL-4 Steel-Tube Bridge Rail, Pascual Mauricio

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Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Small Nebraska Mechanical Water Resource Recovery Facilities: Impacts of Construction and Operations, Sussan Moussavi

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Assessing Impact and Blast Resilience of Polymer Coated Cementitious Materials, Murtaza Nalwala, Gabriel Nsengiyumva, and Yong-Rak Kim

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Development of a MASH TL-4 Steel, Side-Mounted, Beam-and-Post, Bridge Rail, Oscar Pena

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Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Water Resources Management, Mahesh Pun

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Proportion and Evaluation of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Using Local Materials, Flavia Ribeiro Furtado de Mendonca

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Effects of Nutrient Level and Growth Rate on Mutation and Conjugation Processes That Confer Antibiotic Resistance to E. coli, Mohammadreza Shafieifini

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LIDAR Assessment to Monitor Bridge Response Under Live and Dead Loads, Daniel Watson

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MULTISCALE MODELING OF FRACTURE IN QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS USING BIFURCATION ANALYSIS AND ELEMENT ELIMINATION METHOD, Keyvan Zare Rami

2018

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FINITE ELEMENT MODELING AND UPDATING OF A FIVE-TIERED PAGODA STYLE TEMPLE, Linh Maytham Abdulrahman

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Shear Strength Characteristics and Failure Mechanism of Slopes in Overconsolidated Soils of Nebraska, Hossein Bahmyari

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Experimental Study on a New Type of Transverse Connection for Nebraska County Bridge System, Alexander Bleyhl

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Examination of Steel Pin and Hanger Assembly Performance – Retrofit to Replacement, Chandana Chickamagalur Balakrishna

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Effect of Swine Manure Pit Additives and Facility Disinfectants on the Fate of Antibiotics and Manure Composition During Simulated Swine Manure Slurry Storage, Jon Duerschner

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Integration of Remote Sensing and Proximal Sensing for Improvement of Field Scale Water Management, Foad Foolad

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Statistical Investigation of Road and Railway Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety, Amirfarrokh Iranitalab

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Artificial Neural Network and Finite Element Modeling of Nanoindentation Tests on Silica, KIANOOSH KOOCHEKI

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Structural Identification and Assessment of the Inverted Tee Girder Bridge System, Garrett P. Martindale

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Road Diet Feasibility Analysis for Nebraska, Brandon L. Purintun

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Optimized Health Monitoring Plans for a Steel, Double-Track Railway Bridge, Ahmed Rageh

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Evaluation and Development of CPT Based Pile Design in Nebraska Soils, Alex Silvey

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Rainwater Harvesting System Scenario Analysis on Runoff Reduction Potential in Surabaya, Indonesia: A Geospatial Analysis for Brantas Hilir Watershed, Putri Sukmahartati

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Investigation of a Tractor-Tank Trailer Roadside Containment Barrier, Dean L. Whitfield

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Effects of Moving Bottlenecks on Traffic Operations on Four-lane Level Freeway Segments, Jianan Zhou

2017

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Bias and Other Error in Gridded Weather Data Sets and Their Impacts on Estimating Reference Evapotranspiration, Philip A. Blankenau

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Broadening Understanding of Roundabout Operation Analysis: Planning-Level Tools and Signal Application, Ahmed Buasali

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Molecular Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Bitumen Chemical Aging, Farshad Fallah

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Impact-resistant Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns, Chen Fang

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Simulation and Prediction of the Groundwater Level in the Surrounding Area of the Nebraska Management System Evaluation Area site in Central Nebraska., Cesar Augusto Gomez Peña

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Chemical-Rheological Evaluation of the Short-Term and Long-Term Effectiveness of Binder Rejuvenators, H.F. Haghshenas, S. Kommidi, D. Nguyen, and Y-R Kim

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Evaluation of Thin Asphalt Overlay Pavement Preservation in Nebraska: Laboratory Tests, MEPDG, and LCCA (17-2624), Soohyok Im, Taesun You, Yong-Rak Kim, Gabriel Nsengiyumva, Robert Rea, and Hamzeh Haghshenas

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Injury Severity of Truck Drivers in Crashes at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Waleed Ali Khan

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Viscoelastic Analysis and Fatigue Characterization of Bituminous Materials in Two Length Scales Under the Influence of Aging, Santosh Reddy Kommidi

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Numerical Modeling to Evaluate the Performance of Slow-Release Candles for Groundwater Remediation, Chuyang Liu

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Hyperelastic Structural Fuses for Steel Buildings, Francys López

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HYPERELASTIC STRUCTURAL FUSES FOR IMPROVED EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE OF STEEL CONCENTRICALLY-BRACED BUILDINGS, Francys López-Mosquera

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