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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Sub-communities within this community
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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 [482]
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 [1610]
Original work by students in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering -
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research Option Theses [4]
Research Thesis Option for Civil and Environmental Engineering Majors
Recent Submissions
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Integrated Decision Support Tool (iDST) Life Cycle Costing Module for Distributed Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-18)The life cycle costing (LCC) module for distributed stormwater control measures (SCMs) for the integrated decision support tool (i-DST) supporting analysis of green, grey, and hybrid stormwater infrastructure deployment ... -
Using automated video processing to identify pedestrian-vehicle conflicts
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-28)Pedestrian-vehicle crashes are rare occurrences. Using solely crash data to improve safety on corridors and intersections, therefore, has its limitations. The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed a tracking ... -
Flange local buckling resistance and local-global buckling interaction in slender-flange welded I-section beams
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-28)The AISC (2016) Specification idealizes the strength of slender-flange beams as the theoretical elastic plate local bucking strength. Recent research has shown that this idealization is highly conservative. There is a ... -
Development and optimization of ultra-high performance concrete using local materials
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-05)Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) is a set of design principles that allow for the rapid construction of bridges. In accelerated bridge construction, a material known as ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is often ... -
User preferences for bicycle infrastructure and the impact of infrastructure on bicycle trips
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-03-24)Bicycling for transportation is experiencing a resurgence in much of the U.S. Consequently, the question of facility design has become a hot research topic. However, most such research is conducted in areas with strong ... -
Improved Air Quality from Sustainable City Development in the United States, India, and China
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-03-05)It is estimated that ~70% of people will live in cities by 2050, an increase of 2.5 billion globally. Because of such growth, there are pressing needs to study sustainable city management, develop and utilize new methods ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCTION AND ENRICHMENT OF NOVEL MICROORGANISMS FROM S1 BOG, MINNESOTA
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-05)This thesis research focuses on a large scale climate manipulation conducted in northern Minnesota. The 10 year whole ecosystem warming experiment, known Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) ... -
Development of Seawater-Freshwater Interface in Heterogeneous Coastal Aquifers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-02-03)The effects of the hydraulic conductivity heterogeneity on seawater intrusion (SWI) and submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) was studied. We, for the first time, identified a single parameter—Transmissivity Centroid ... -
Developing Correction Factors for Reference Fleet. The Case of Atlanta I/M Program Evaluation.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-21)Roadside vehicle remote sensing is a common method to evaluate criteria pollutant emissions from vehicle fleets. A popular application of this method is the evaluation of the effectiveness of emissions reduction treatments ... -
PERFORMANCE-BASED PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF LIQUEFACTION-INDUCED BUILDING SETTLEMENTS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-21)Shallow founded buildings on liquefiable soils may suffer significant settlement during earthquake loading. The damage observed during the Canterbury earthquake sequence in New Zealand and the Maule earthquake in Chile are ... -
TIDAL STREAM RESOURCE CLASSIFICATIONS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-05)Increasing energy demands and rapid climate change warrant the exploration of clean and renewable energy sources. While we have a plethora of renewable energy source options, tidal streams offer a bountiful, reliable, and ... -
Adsorption Processes in Nuclear Fuel Resource Recovery
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-21)The long term viability of nuclear energy as a significant source of power on a global scale is dependent upon the development of readily available, cost competitive, and environmentally sustainable nuclear fuel resources. ... -
Use of Satellite Data for Improved Wetland Modeling and Management: Application to the Sudd Wetland, Nile River Basin
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-06)Decision support tools used in water resources management allow stakeholders to make informed decisions and assess the trade-offs of alternative management options. However, these tools are typically driven by the regulation ... -
Transformation Elasticity and Anelasticity
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-12-12)We present a theoretical framework for studying a large class of elastic and anelastic problems in nonlinear solids. We specifically use the transformation properties of nonlinear and linearized elasticity in this theory. ... -
A ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD FOR CO-DISPOSING COAL FLY ASH AND FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION (FGD) BRINES: ZERO VALENT IRON REDUCTION AND SOLIDIFICATION/STABILIZATION
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-02)The United States coal-fired power industry is facing new challenges related to the management and treatment of coal combustion residues (CCRs) and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater. The United State Environmental ... -
Effects of Prescribed Burning on Air Quality in the Southeastern U.S. and Implications for Public Health Studies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-02)Biomass burning is an important global source of gases and aerosols, e.g., carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm) and black carbon. These products, generally ... -
Computational Techniques for Enhanced Characterization of Granular Material Microstructure
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-02-14)The behavior of granular materials is of overarching engineering importance, given its ubiquitous presence in industrial activities and nature. In soils, the various forms of particle associations give rise to a range of ... -
Origami and tensegrity: structures and metamaterials
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-01-11)Multi-functional structural systems are ubiquitous in nature, with potential applications across scales: from deployable outer space structures, to transformable multi-role robots, and to microstructures of metamaterials. ... -
ADVANCING MULTI-SCALE MODELING OF PENETROMETER INSERTION IN GRANULAR MATERIALS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-01-11)In the past three decades, studies on the mechanisms of interface shear in a variety of geotechnical problems have drawn significant attention. In response to the urgent need in understanding the shear behavior at ... -
FINITE ELEMENT MODEL UPDATING THROUGH SMOOTH NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-01-11)During the past few decades, great efforts have been devoted towards finite element (FE) modeling of structures, in order to simulate the structural behavior under various loading conditions. Due to the complexity of ...
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