This thesis develops and uses a variety of novel econometric methodologies incorporating the effects of space and time on demographic and geographic variables, including land-cover data derived from LandSat satellite ...

Materials handling operations on construction job sites are error prone and significantly decrease construction productivity. The deployment of automated data collection and sensing technologies on construction job sites ...

Podded propulsor units are one of the latest innovations in the filed of propulsion, and are used in many commercial and recreational vessels. The major advantage of these units over conventional propeller based system is ...

Emulsifiable oils are sometimes used in post-tensioned construction to provide temporary corrosion protection to the tendons in the period between stressing and grouting. It has been common practice to flush tendons with ...

This thesis explores the traffic, land use and welfare impacts of road pricing in the Austin region, setting up of marginal cost pricing (MCP) on main roads, applying tolls to existing bridges, instituting a tolled cordon ...

Since the unfortunate events of September 11th, the United States must focus additional attention on determining vulnerabilities to terrorist attack. One such vulnerability that has received consideration is the threat of ...

The primary objective of the research is to determine the optimal post-spacing for LIDAR-derived digital elevation models (DEMs) that is required to achieve different levels of accuracy in the prediction of flood risk using ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Publications Numbers 4682 (1999) and 4729 (2003) provide an overview of recovery technologies for petroleum hydrocarbon liquids that are released to the subsurface environment and ...

Segmental Retaining Wall (SRW) construction has been taking place for less than 20 years. This form of construction for soil retaining structures can be much cheaper than other methods and also provides very good aesthetic ...