• Transit Benefit Index: A Comprehensive Index for Capturing Externalities in Transit Planning 

  Rendel, Rudi (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-30)

  Transportation externalities plague all members of society with delays during travel, as well as healthcare costs associated with crashes, unwanted noise, and air pollutants. While attempts have been made to correct these ...

• Investigating the Corrosion Behaviour of Carbon Black Steel Rebar in Ordinary and Limestone Cements With and Without Blast Furnace Slag 

  Yang, Shelley (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-30)

  Over the years, strange climate patterns have evolved over the globe, raising flags for concerns on the effects of global warming. Cement production contributes to 8% of the global carbon dioxide emissions. Without regards ...

• Testing and Fretting Fatigue Analysis of Bridge Stay Cable Wires at Saddle Supports 

  Chehrazi, Ali (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)

  High-strength steel cables are one of the principal components of cable-stayed bridges. In these structures, the cables transfer the gravitational loads at the deck to the bridge tower structures or “pylons”. Reliable ...

• Anaerobic Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Powdered Activated Carbon Groundwater Systems: A Modelling Investigation 

  McLaren, William (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-19)

  Subsurface contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) is a widespread issue resulting from oil and gas production, distribution, and use. As a result of improved injection methods and particulate materials, injected ...

• Analysis of Slab-on-Grade Floors Subject to Slab-Mounted Jib Cranes 

  Chu, Kington (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-19)

  Free-standing, foundationless jib cranes mounted directly on unreinforced slab-on-grade floors are a common necessity in industrial settings for material handling purposes. Ensuring that existing slabs can support a jib ...

• Pavement Performance Prediction Using Machine Learning and Instrumentation in Smart Pavement 

  Kang, Jianqi (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-19)

  The optimization of pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation (M&R) planning and costs has been historically proven as a complex task. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications in ...

• Biogeochemistry Across Spatiotemporal Scales: The Role of Reactive Interfaces in Modulating Landscape Scale Contaminant Fluxes 

  Cheng, Frederick (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-09)

  The intensification of agricultural and urban activities has been accompanied by increased fluxes of nutrients to inland and coastal waters, leading to concerns of eutrophication and drinking water contamination. Certain ...

• Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Slab-Column Connections with Headed Stud/Bolt Shear Reinforcement Subjected to Punching Shear 

  Beaulieu, Patrick Michel (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-29)

  While many experimental tests have been conducted by various researchers on the punching behaviour of reinforced concrete flat slabs supported on columns with headed stud/bolt shear reinforcement, there are still many ...

• Shell-Based Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Slabs Subjected to Non-uniform Stress Distribution at Column Connection Regions 

  Abolhelm, Reza (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-29)

  RC flat plates design provisions and mechanical models have been developed in a highly-idealized manner and, as a result, loosely represent the performance of real-world RC flat plates. Part of this inadequacy is due to ...

• Experimental Investigation and ANN Modelling of the Behavior of Asphalt Binders Modified with Novel Geopolymers 

  Hamid, abdulrahman (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-24)

  The design of asphalt pavement has an impact on a country’s economic and environmental development. The main factors limiting the service life of flexible pavements are severe weather and increasing traffic volumes. Rutting ...

• Strategically Coupled Inertial Flow and Interfaced Evolution (SCI-FIE) Models for Dissolution Mining 

  Li, Li (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-23)

  Mineral dissolution or dissolution mining is a technology for underground mineral extraction. The space developed after the mining may be a desirable reservoir for the storage of natural gas and hydrocarbons or compressed ...

• Improved Streamflow Simulation through Ensemble and Stochastic Conceptual Data-driven Approaches 

  Hah, Kyung Whan (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)

  To better understand the complexities of water movement on earth, hydrologists have developed process-based hydrological models (HMs) and data-driven models (DDMs), both of which have been applied to a host of water resources ...

• Analysis of Concrete Deep Beams with Fibre Reinforced Polymer Reinforcements using Indeterminate Strut-and-Tie Method 

  Liu, Shuqing (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)

  Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars have gained popularity in industry to reinforce concrete. They are noncorrosive, strong in tension, but they are less stiff than traditional steel bars and fail in a brittle manner. ...

• A Probabilistic Corrosion Model for Copper-Coated Used Nuclear Fuel Containers 

  Jarvine, Allan Konrad (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)

  Lifetime predictions of used nuclear fuel containers destined for permanent storage in Deep Geological Repositories (DGRs) are challenged by the uncertainty surrounding the environment and the performance of both containers ...

• Evaluation of Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete with Recycled Materials for its use in Interlocking Concrete Pavement 

  Chhetri, Shreenita (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-17)

  The use of coarse recycled concrete aggregates (CRCA) in concrete as a replacement for natural aggregate (NA) has recently sparked a lot of attention. The use of CRCA is gaining acceptance as more research into its performance ...

• Methods in Modelling of Composite Materials with Microstructure 

  Barrage, Ryan (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-12)

  Composite material properties are dependent on their microstructure. To adequately model these materials, a revised formulation of elasticity that accounts for microstructural effects must be considered. Size dependent ...

• Comparative Assessment on Static O-D Synthesis 

  Lin, Tina (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-02)

  Recognizing the benefits of data and the information it provides to travel demand is pertinent to network planning and design. Technological advances have led the ability to produce large quantities and types of data and ...

• A Pilot Study Regarding the Use of Food Waste Grinders in a Multi-Unit Residential Building 

  Beelen, Benjamin Joseph Martin (University of Waterloo, 2022-07-25)

  This study evaluated the impact of food waste grinders (FWGs) in multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) that also had access to green bins (GBs) on solid waste and wastewater generation. A 15-month technical sampling ...

• Investigating the Behaviour of Short-Span FRP-Reinforced Glulam Beams 

  Vetter, Yannick (University of Waterloo, 2022-07-20)

  The broader availability of engineered wood products has generated a resurgence of wood used as a construction material over the past few decades. To further promote the use of timber, a solution aimed at increasing ...

• Improving hydrological process representation in lake and forest dominated watersheds 

  Han, Ming (University of Waterloo, 2022-07-15)

  Hydrological models are simplified representations of the natural surface water dynamic system. This thesis focuses on improving these representations to make them more realistic and thus more appropriate tools to simulate ...

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