The kinetic effects of the presence of one substrate on the degradation rate of the other substrate in a single-species, bisubstrate system were quantified in detail. The system consisted of a pure culture (Pseudomonas ...

As higher demands are placed on North American railroad infrastructure by heavy haul traffic, it is increasingly important to understand the factors affecting the magnitude and distribution of load imparted to concrete ...

Catastrophes, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, exemplify how accidents that damage the environment affect society in ways that exceed human and property losses. ...

The current methodology for prioritizing highway-rail grade crossing (HRGC) warning system upgrades focuses on the likelihood of collisions and highway user casualties at crossings. However, these two metrics do not encompass ...

The overarching goal of this dissertation was to further the development of alternative (i.e., anaerobic and phototrophic) wastewater treatment technologies to fully realize the potential chemical energy of wastewater and ...

The main objectives of this dissertation were: (i) to develop experimental and analytical procedures to quantify different physico-chemical properties of the ultra-thin (~ 100 nm) active layers of reverse osmosis (RO) and ...

An economic feasibility model that incorporates two main concepts from financial engineering to account for the uncertainty in the initial estimates of the project characteristics and ADR properties is developed. The first ...

Quantitative sustainable design, a process of mechanistically linking design and operational decisions to sustainability indicators, can inform decision-making for water and sanitation infrastructure by enabling navigation ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) commonly uses elastomeric bearings to accommodate thermal deformations in bridges, and these bearings also have potential utility in seismic events. IDOT has developed an ...