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 [1622]
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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Residual capacity of concrete subjected to impulsive loads
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-27)This research aims to achieve a better understanding of the behavior and residual capacity of concrete materials subjected to impulsive loading conditions such as blast and impact. Previous research efforts investigating ... -
Mind the gaps: Mapping and mitigating exclusionary data bias in crisis informatics
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-23)Increasingly large numbers of people are living in areas susceptible to catastrophic disasters because of urban sprawl and worsening extreme weather patterns from climate change. The extent of the impact on humans and ... -
Development of a real-time connected corridor data-driven digital twin and data imputation methods
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-09)Smart cities -- equipped with connected infrastructure -- receive significant real-time traffic data. The simulation platform developed in this research leverages these high-frequency connected data streams to derive ... -
Parameter estimation and statistical inference of a two-regime car-following model
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-14)This thesis presents the formulation of a family of two-regime car-following models where both free-flow and congestion regimes obey random processes. This formulation generalizes previous efforts based on Brownian and ... -
Text mining of the securities and exchange commission financial filings of publicly traded construction firms using deep learning to identify and assess risk
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-06)Risk factor identification has been a critical topic in the construction industry. It is vital for the various construction firms and industry stakeholders to carefully understand different types of risks that affect their ... -
Urban energy informatics: Improving the usability of building energy data for community energy efficiency
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-14)Of the 150 US cities that have adopted 100% clean energy resolutions, most are considerably far from achieving this goal. Concurrently, the rise of advanced and affordable sensors offering continuous monitoring of city ... -
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF AN URBAN ONSITE SHARED SANITATION INTERVENTION ON CHILD HEALTH IN MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE: THE MAPSAN TRIAL
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-07-25)Globally, over 50% of the world’s urban population, or approximately 2 billion people, lack access to safely managed sanitation. Inequities in access increase in low-resource regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, where over 80% ... -
A Methodology for Quantifying and Improving Pavement Condition Estimation and Forecasting By Integrating Smartphone and 3D Laser Data
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-07-30)This thesis aims to combine data from accurate but expensive 3D laser scanners and inexpensive smartphones for improving pavement condition estimation and forecasting using both technologies. This thesis presents 1) A ... -
ASSESSMENT OF PORTLAND-LIMESTONE CEMENT FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05-21)This research assessed the applicability of Type IL cements satisfying AASHTO M 240 specifications for use in structural applications in place of Type I/II cements which satisfy AASHTO M 85 specifications for construction ... -
Genomic Investigations of the Role of Disinfectant-Induced Antibiotic Resistance for Public Health
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05-13)Microorganisms occupy almost every habitat on earth such as soils, ocean, freshwater, and engineered systems (e.g., wastewater treatment systems), and are often associated with other multicellular organisms. Their communities ... -
Effect of Peracetic Acid on Anaerobic Treatment of Poultry Processing Wastewater
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-06-10)Peracetic acid (PAA) is a powerful disinfectant against a wide spectrum of microbes, used in healthcare, water treatment, and food industry. In poultry processing plants, PAA is used in chicken chiller tanks as well as ... -
Compatible-strain mixed finite element methods for nonlinear elasticity
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-30)A new family of mixed finite element methods--compatible-strain mixed finite element methods (CSFEMs)--are introduced for compressible and incompressible nonlinear elasticity problems in dimensions two and three. A ... -
Modeling root system growth around obstacles
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020)State-of-the-Art models of Root System Architecture (RSA) do not allow simulating root growth around rigid obstacles. Yet, the presence of obstacles can be highly disruptive to the root system. We grew wheat seedlings in ... -
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) ...
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