Civil and Environmental Engineering Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Heat of Hydration Thermal Performance and Flexural Capacity of Stainless-Steel Reinforced Concrete Sections, Mokhtar Khalifa
Performance-Based Design of Fire-Exposed Reinforced Concrete Elements using an Equivalent Standard Fire, Robert T. Kuehnen
Advances in Design Methodology in Swelling Shale Rock in Southern Ontario, Thomas R.A. Lardner
Future changes of hydroclimatic extremes in western North America using a large ensemble: The role of internal variability, Mohammad Hasan Mahmoudi
Full-scale measurements to evaluate single-ply metal roof performance under extreme wind loads, Mahshid Nasiri
Estimation of Nutrient Loads from Septic Systems to Tributaries in the Lake Erie Basin, Lauren Oldfield
Risk Analysis of Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines with Respect to Third Party Damage, Joseph S. Santarelli
A Network Approach to Interdependent Infrastructure Resilience Assessment for Natural Hazards, Howard Tong
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Performance of Single and Groups of Hollow Bar Micropiles in Sand, Maged Abdlrahem
Wastewater Refining and Reuse and City-Level Water Decision Making, Ahmed Abuhussein
Hydrology and Phosphorus Model for Agricultural Watershed: SWAT simulation of Discharge and Nutrient Flux in the Medway Creek Watershed, Omar EL Abusanina
Eco-Efficient Preplaced Recycled Aggregate Concrete Incorporating Recycled Tire Waste Rubber Granules and Steel Wire Fibre Reinforcement, Saud A. Alfayez
Transient Analysis of Full Scale and Experimental Downburst Flows, Junayed Chowdhury
Chemically enhanced primary treatment processes for wastewater resource redirection and its impact on downstream processes, Tianchen Dong
Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Elements Retrofitted Using External Unbonded Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Bars, Yamen Ibrahim Elbahy
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Emulative Connections in Precast Concrete Walls, Mohamed Gamal Elsayed
Field Test of Electrokinetically-Delivered Thermally Activated Persulfate for Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents in Clay, Nicholas Andrew Head
Electrokinetically-Enhanced Emplacement of Lactate in a Chlorinated Solvent Contaminated Clay Site to Promote Bioremediation, Ainsley M. Inglis
Experimental testing and modeling of partial nitrification at different temperatures, Xiaoguang Liu
Modeling of Suspended Sediment Concentration Using Conventional and Machine Learning Approaches, in Thames River, Canada, Issam Mohamed
Electroflotation for Treatment of Paint Wastewater: Experiments, Kinetics and Hydrodynamics, Syed Reza Mohtashami
Potential of Five Plant Species for Phytoremediation of Metal-PAH-Pesticide Contaminated Soil, Ezinne U. Ndubueze
Condition Assessment of Concrete Bridge Decks Using Ground and Airborne Infrared Thermography, Tarek Omar
Monotonic Stress-Strain Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Cemented Toyoura Sand, Muhammad Safdar
Aversion and Warning Factors for Assessing Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures, Marcie van Weerdhuizen
Use of Regional Scale Field and Modelling Methods to Evaluate Nearshore Groundwater Discharge to a Large Glacial Lake, Hayley A. Wallace Ms.
1-Dimensional Hydraulic and Sediment Transport Modelling of an Emergency Spillway, Ryan Weise
A Study on Chemical Grouting of Quartz Sand, Bingfeng Xue
Design and Probabilistic Analysis of Mid- and High-rise Wood Buildings Subjected to Earthquake Excitations, Shucheng Yang
Fundamentals of Applied Smouldering Combustion, Marco Zanoni
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Tensile and Impact Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloy Fibre Reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composites, Mohamed Ali El-Sayed Mahmoud Ali
Influence of Turbulence on the Aerodynamics of Low-Rise Buildings, Fakhruzzaman Arif
Identification, Quantification and Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds from Water Using Customized PDMS Membrane, Ambareen Atisha
BIM Assisted Design Process Automation for Pre-Engineered Buildings (PEB), Mohammad Delavar
A performance based design approach for tall buildings under wind loading, Fouad Y. Elezaby
Seismic Performance of Steel Helical Piles, Moustafa K. El-sawy
Aerodynamic Optimization and Wind Load Evaluation Framework for Tall Buildings, Ahmed Elshaer
Generic Numerical Tornado Model for Common Interpretation of Existing Experimental Simulators, Anant Gairola
Modelling of future flood risk across Canada under climate change, Ayushi Gaur
System reliability analyses and optimal maintenance planning of corroding pipelines, Changqing Gong
Electrokinetic Consolidation of Oil Sands Tailings: An Experimental and Numerical Study, Yu Guo
Wall Pressure Coefficients for Low- to High-Rise Buildings, Emilio S. Hong
Behaviour of Pre-stressed Concrete Transmission Poles under High Intensity Wind, Ahmed M. Ibrahim
Assessment of Dynamic Effect of Transmission Line Conductor Longitudinal Reaction Due to Downburst Loading, Ibrahim Ibrahim
Liquefaction Susceptibility Analysis of Fraser River Sand in Miniature Cone Penetration Tests and Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Tests, Stephen Jones
Comparative Investigation of Bored and Continuous Flight Auger Piles with Consideration of Green Concrete, Mahmoud Kassem
A Study on Hydraulic Conductivity of Fine Oil Sand Tailings, Mingyue LIU
Uncertainty Modeling in The Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management, Sohom Mandal
Morphodynamic Response of Spencer Creek to Large Precipitation Events and Channel Modifications: A Case Study, Emily Mae Martin
Bi-directional Cyclic Behaviour and Liquefaction Analysis of a silica-carbonate sand, Keyvan Mirbaha
Static and Dynamic Properties of Controlled Low-Strength Materials Incorporating Treated Oil Sands Waste, Ahmed Mneina
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical analysis of evaporation from unsaturated soils, Seyed Morteza Mousavi
Time-lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography for mapping in situ smouldering remediation (STAR), Lais Muchatte Trento
Liquefaction Assessment of Carbonate-Silica Silty Sands Using Energy, State Parameter and Shear Wave Velocity, Naemeh Naghavi
Numerical modeling of tornado-like vortex and its interaction with bluff- bodies, Zoheb Nasir
Investigation of Bio-hydrogen Production Optimization from Synthetic and Real Wastes using Pure and Mixed Cultures, Noha El-Sayed Nasr
Microbial Repopulation Following In Situ STAR Remediation, Gavin Overbeeke
Estimation of cavity pressures in air-permeable, multi-layer systems using a lumped-leakage approach, Rahul Prabhakaran Nair Sreedevi
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of a Retrofit System for Light-Framed Wood Structures Under Wind Loading, Joshua D. Rosenkrantz
Analysis of Framing Failures in Wood-Frame Residential Roofs Under Wind Load, Sarah A. Stevenson
Pressure Equalization of Wind-Induced Pressures on Residential Vinyl Siding Cladding in Full-Scale, Randy A. Van Straaten
Enumeration, variability, and transport of Escherichia coli in the foreshore reservoir and surface water at freshwater beaches, Laura J. Vogel
A study on chemical stabilization of Oil Sands Mature Fine Tailings, Yixuan Wang
Estimation of Turbulence Effects on Wind-Induced Suctions on the Roof of a Low-Rise Building, Chieh-Hsun Wu
Partial Material Strength Reduction Factors for ACI 318, Tong Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Application of Treated Oil Sands Drill Cuttings Waste in Micropiles Construction, Moustafa Ahmed Raafat Mohamed Aboutabikh
Piezoelectric Device for Measuring Shear Wave Velocity of Soils and Evaluation of Low and High Strain Shear Modulus, Saeed Ahmad
Behavior of Fire-Exposed RC Frames Before and After Jacketing, M. Monir M. Ajan Alhadid
Time-dependent behaviour of micro-tunneling construction in Queenston shale, Hayder Mohammed Salim Al-Maamori
Hydraulic and Electrokinetic Delivery of Remediants for In-situ Remediation, Ahmed I. A. Chowdhury
Anaerobic Digestion and Co-digestion of Thickened Waste Activated Sludge (TWAS) and Food Waste (FW), Mohammad M I Chowdhury
Seismic Vulnerability of Buried Energy Pipelines in Northern Canada, Behrang Dadfar
Numerical Modelling of Wind Turbine Foundations subjected to Combined Loading, Venkatesh Madhukar Deshpande
Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete and Composite Conical Tanks Under Hydrostatic and Seismic Loadings, Ahmed Elansary
Liquid Phase Nano Metal Catalyzed Dechlorination of Chlorinated Organic Compounds, Omneya El-Sharnouby
A Physical Scaling Method to Incorporate Regional Physical Characteristics in Future Climatic and Hydrologic Predictions, Abhishek Gaur
Electrokinetic Enhanced Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Ikrema Abdalla Hassan
Steel Compression Members with Partial-length Reinforcement, Morgan Herrell
Removal of Target PPCPs from Secondary Effluent Using AOPs and Novel Adsorbents, Venkateswara Reddy Kandlakuti
Evaluation of fatigue response of a carbonate clay till beneath wind turbine foundation, Jordan A. Kiss
Short-term Deflections of Reinforced Concrete Beams, Caitlin Mancuso
Analysis and Design Procedure for Liquid-Filled Conical Tanks Under Seismic Loading, Ahmed Musa
Innovating Two-Stage Concrete with Improved Rheological, Mechanical and Durability Properties, Manal F. Najjar
Automated Control Flaw Generation Procedure: Cheakamus Dam Case Study, Bogdan Pavlovic
Investigation of Grouted Dowel Connection for Precast Concrete Wall Construction, Douglas J. Provost-Smith
Multiscale Wind Modelling for Sustainability and Resilience, Djordje Romanic
Foundation Effects of Trees Under Wind Loads, Padmavathi Venkata Sagi
Wind Loading on Full-scale Solar Panels, Zeinab Samani
A Systems Approach to Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on Agroforestry: A Case Study in Western Tanzania, Elaine M. Samuel
Evapotranspiration from extensive green roofs: influence of climatological conditions, vegetation type, and substrate depth, Maria Eloisa Sia
STARx Technology for Waste Oil Sludge Treatment Investigated with Numerical Modelling, Rebecca L. Solinger
Enhancing the Seismic Performance of Steel Structures Utilizing Superelastic Shape Memory Alloys, Papia Sultana
Estimation of Wind Hazard over Canada and Reliability-based Assignment of Design Wind Load, Qian Tang