School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, Master of Science (undesignated), and Doctor of Philosophy.
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Georgia Transportation Institute (GTI) [5]
A consortium of Georgia universities active in transportation research and education. GTI is headquartered at the Georgia Institute of Technology -
Georgia Water Resources Institute [1767]
The Georgia Water Resources Institute mission is to help improve water resources management in Georgia, the US, and the world through innovative new research, education, technology transfer, and information dissemination. -
Multimedia Environmental Simulations Laboratory (MESL) [8]
Multimedia Environmental Simulations Laboratory (MESL) was established in 1993 to provide scientific and technical expertise to government, educational and private organizations in the area of environmental simulation and ...
Collections in this community
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Documents [1]
Accreditation documents for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. -
Association of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AEES) Distinguished Lecturer Series [3]
Invited speakers to the College of Engineering, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering -
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Newsletter [5]
Newsletter of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). -
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Masters of Science Special Research Problems [1]
Special research problems in civil engineering -
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering OSP Research Reports [473]
Research reports by faculty and researchers in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering -
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Strategic Planning Documents [6]
Strategic plans and program reviews from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. -
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Theses and Dissertations [1434]
Original work by students in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering -
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research Option Theses [3]
Research Thesis Option for Civil and Environmental Engineering Majors
Recent Submissions
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Prediction of viscous cracking and cyclic fatigue of salt polycrystals using a joint-enriched Finite Element Model
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-09)We present a new Joint-enriched Finite Element Method (JFEM) to predict viscous damage and fatigue in halite polycrystals in 2D. Different visco-plastic finite elements are used to represent grains of different orientations, ... -
Damage and healing model of stiffness and permeability for salt rock: microstructure imaging, fabric processes and continuum mechanics
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06)In this study, we proposed a fabric-enriched Continuum Damage Mechanics model to investigate the coupled influence of damage and healing on the mechanical and transport properties of salt rock. In order to infer the form ... -
Integration of Air Quality Data for Improved Estimates of PM2.5 Source Impacts
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-19)Human exposure to air pollution is a known risk factor for the development or worsening of diseases and increased mortality. Traditionally, air quality data availability for health analyses are spatially and temporally ... -
Towards electronic structure calculations at the Exascale
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-14)Development of new materials needs better understanding of the behavior of materials at nanoscale which involves accurate simulation of atomic and electronic interactions. Electronic structure is especially important when ... -
Efficient Large-Scale Real-Space Electronic Structure Calculations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-14)Calculations involving the electronic structure of matter provides valuable insight in understanding and predicting a wide range of materials properties. Over the course of the last few decades, Density Functional Theory ... -
Theoretical developments to model microstructural effects on the rheology of complex fluids
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06-23)Many processes in engineering and science involve multiphase flow, and the rate at which they operate is controlled by multiphase rheology. A rheology model with predictive capability over a wide range of physical and ... -
Microstructure-based modeling of damage and healing in salt rock with application to geological storage
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06-24)Most mineral and energy resources such as ore, petroleum, natural gas, and geothermal energy are recovered from the earth. Nuclear waste repositories and CO2 storage systems are buried underground. Recovery of mineral ... -
Second Harmonic Rayleigh Wave Detection Using a Heterodyne Laser Interferometer
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06-03)Nonlinear acoustic measurements, including the generation of higher harmonics caused by nonlinear material behavior, haves proven to be a useful technique to detect changes in the microstructure of a material, and thus, ... -
A Hydrodynamic Characterization of Saltmarsh Ecosystems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05-17)In the studies presented in this thesis, we examine hydrodynamics of saltmarsh ecosystems at two spatial scales. First is an assessment of tidally-driven surface flow through the saltmarsh. We find substantial water level ... -
METHODOLOGY FOR THE INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS USED IN THE DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING MATERIALS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-23)Substantial environmental impacts come from the construction and operation of buildings. As of 2006, the US Geological Survey found that more than 75% of the raw materials (by weight) consumed in the United States were ... -
A Crack Detection and Diagnosis Methodology for Automated Pavement Condition Evaluation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-23)Pavement cracks are one of the most common pavement surface distresses. Traditionally, pavement crack evaluation is conducted manually through a human field survey, which is subjective, labor-intensive, time-consuming, and ... -
Development of computer-based first-principles kinetic models for aqueous phase advanced oxidation processes
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-05-15)Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are attractive technologies to remove organic compounds in water. AOPs produces highly reactive hydroxyl radicals that can react with organic contaminants and further degrade these ... -
Bias Correction of Global Circulation Model Outputs Using Artificial Neural Networks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-05-01)Climate studies and effective environmental management plans require unbiased climate datasets. This study develops a new bias correction approach using a three layer feedforward neural network to reduce the biases of ... -
Wireless antenna sensors for strain and crack monitoring
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-07-02)In order to accurately evaluate the safety condition of various engineering structures, numerous electronic sensors have been developed over the past few decades to measure both structural performance and operating ... -
Breakage Mechanics Modeling of the Brittle-ductile Transition in Granular Materials
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06)During comminution, several energy dissipation processes operate simultaneously, including plastic work due to internal friction, fracture energy release due to particle breakage, and plastic work due to the rearrangement ... -
Chemo-Mechanical Damage and Healing of Granular Salt: Micro-macro modeling
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06)A micro-macro chemo-mechanical model of damage and healing is proposed to predict the evolution of salt stiffness and deformation upon micro-crack propagation, opening, closure and rebonding, which is the result of pressure ... -
Simulation of mode II unconstrained fracture path formation coupled with continuum anisotropic damage propagation in shale
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06)The objective of this work is to simulate mode II multi-scale fracture propagation in shale by coupling a continuum anisotropic damage model with a Cohesive Zone Model (CZM). The Continuum Damage Mechanics – based ... -
Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure Development in Consolidation of Nominally Dry Granular Salt
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06)Uniaxial consolidation of granular salt is carried out to study the mechanical behavior and fabric development in a material that deforms by microscopic brittle and intracrystalline-plastic processes. Dry granular salt is ... -
Micro-mechanical analysis of salt creep tests with a joint-enriched Finite Element model
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06)In this study, micro-mechanisms that govern the viscous and damage behavior of salt polycrystal during creep processes are investigated. A Finite Element model is designed with POROFIS, in which surface elements represent ... -
A Multi-Scale Computation Tool Coupling Mode II Fracture Propagation and Damage Zone Evolution
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06)We propose a numerical method that couples a Cohesive Zone Model (CZM) and a Finite Element-based Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) model. The CZM represents a mode II macro-fracture, and CDM Finite Elements (FE) represent ...
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