Schools have a unique place in the fabric of America. Yet there is growing evidence that poor indoor air quality (IAQ) leads to increases in student illnesses and absenteeism, decreases in academic performance, and increased ...

Society is experiencing the initial stages of a technological revolution that promises to disrupt urban transportation as known today and induce behavioral and social changes. The main factors guiding the transformation ...

As transportation funding becomes increasingly constrained, it is imperative that decision makers invest precious resources wisely and effectively. Transportation planners need effective tools for anticipating outcomes ...

The catastrophic flooding caused by the Hurricane Harvey, ranked as the third 500-year floods in three years in Houston Area, has inflicted nearly $200 billion in damage. The traditional Hydro-Economical Model of a specific ...

Historically, bridges in the State of Texas have not been explicitly designed or detailed for seismic hazards, predominantly due to the negligible seismic activity across much of the state. A recent rise in the number of ...

Anthropogenically-derived substances, including pharmaceuticals and personal care products, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and pesticides, are increasingly being detected in drinking water supplies and wastewater effluents. ...

Spatial transferability of travel demand models has been an issue of considerable interest, particularly for small and medium sized planning areas that often do not have the resources and staff time to collect large scale ...

Using microsimulation software, with a focus on VISSIM, the analysis of different applications of merge concepts through delay and safety is presented in this thesis. In order to appropriately draw conclusions and usage ...

Most models developed for hydraulic fracturing in unconsolidated sands are based on Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) and tensile fracture (Mode I fracture). However, in unconsolidated sand formations the field data ...

Transportation infrastructure, a vital component to sustain economic prosperity, represents the largest public-owned infrastructure asset in the U.S. With over a trillion invested dollars invested into long-lived physical ...