School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research Option Theses
The Research Option offers students majoring in civil and environmental engineering the opportunity for a substantial, in-depth research experience. Students are strongly encouraged at the end of their experience to work with their faculty mentor to develop a journal publication or conference presentation on the research in addition to the actual thesis.
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Recent Submissions
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Identifying Fungal Pathogens in the Air of Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05)The atmosphere is a vastly understudied habitat for airborne microbial communities invisible to the naked eye. Very little is known regarding the microbial composition of these airborne communities and how composition ... -
Optimization of Point Absorber Design in Ocean Wave Energy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-08)The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the efficiency of a wave energy conversion device and design an optimal point absorber float geometry considering the various factors. Factors to be analyzed ... -
A comparative analysis of occupancy data collectors for the user profile of the I-85 HOV-to-HOT conversion
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Aerobic biodegradation of diphenylamine
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-12-20)Diphenylamine (DPA) is a primary pollutant used as a stabilizer and as precursor for pesticides, pharmaceutical products and dyes. It has recently been found that a dioxygenase enzyme is responsible for the ability of ... -
Study of Copper-Nickel Systems Using Magnetic Quartz Crystal Microbalance
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-05-12)It is known that copper and nickel deposited at specific ratios results in alloys that exhibit magnetic properties. The objective of our study is to prepare the Cu-Ni alloys with different magnetic properties and investigate ...