Infrastructure and Environmental Systems

AN OPTIMIZATION STUDY OF A CUSTOMIZED KINETIC FACADE SYSTEM USING REGRESSION MODEL

Doctoral Candidate Name: OKKYUN IM Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: April 16, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: ZOOM Committee chair’s Name: Kyoung-Hee Kim Committee Members: Churlzu Lim, Mona Azarbayjani, Issac Cho, Kimberly Warren Abstract: There has been a considerable interest in the development and installation of the building facade system […]

AN OPTIMIZATION STUDY OF A CUSTOMIZED KINETIC FACADE SYSTEM USING REGRESSION MODEL

Doctoral Candidate Name: OKKYUN IM Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: April 16, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: ZOOM Committee chair’s Name: Kyoung-Hee Kim Committee Members: Churlzu Lim, Mona Azarbayjani, Issac Cho, Kimberly Warren Abstract: There has been a considerable interest in the development and installation of the building facade system […]

TARGETED APPROACH TO PROVIDING WEATHER GUIDANCE FOR GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS BASED ON ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE AND PERSONAL WEATHER MINIMUMS

Doctoral Candidate Name: Scott C Dennstaedt Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: March 26, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom invitation only – email sdennsta@charlotte.edu Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew D. Eastin Committee Members: Dr. Matthew Eastin, Dr. Brian Magi, Dr. A. Suzanne Boyd, Dr. Jacob Scheff, Dr. Casey Davenport Abstract: […]

Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxides to Sequester Halides from Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Concentrate

Doctoral Candidate Name: Abhisek Manikonda Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: December 7, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92679678819 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Vincent O. Ogunro Committee Members: Dr. John L. Daniels, Dr. James D. Bowen, Dr. Haitao Zhang, Dr. John M. Stogner Abstract: Hypersaline brines like flue gas desulfurization […]

Prediction of Defect Hotspots for Highway Maintenance Management: A Multi-asset Machine Learning Approach

Doctoral Candidate Name: Arash Karimzadeh Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2020 – 12:30 PM Defense Location: online Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Omidreza Shoghli Committee Members: Dr. Hamed Tabkhi, Dr. Srinivas Pulugurtha, Dr. Sandra Clinton, Dr. Glenda Mayo Abstract: Given multiple budget and revenue constraints that the transportation sector encounters, […]

Does Planning Build Resilience in Hydraulic Fracturing Communities?

Doctoral Candidate Name: Catherine Wolf underwood Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: November 9, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Webex Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Robert H. Boyer and Dr. Wei-Ning Xiang Committee Members: Dr. Owen Furuseth, Dr. Brett Tempest, Dr. Nicole Peterson Abstract: Despite its long history in the United States […]

EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL USE OF CROWDSOURCED BICYCLE DATA FOR CYCLING ACTIVITIES AND SAFETY ANALYSIS

Doctoral Candidate Name: Zijing Lin Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: October 1, 2020 – 8:00 AM Defense Location: Online through webex Committee chair’s Name: Wei Fan Committee Members: Wei Fan, Martin Kane, David Weggel, Jy Wu, Jing Yang Abstract: This research focuses on evaluating the potential use of crowdsourced bike data […]

Impact of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on Mobility of Highway Systems

Doctoral Candidate Name: Pengfei Liu Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: October 6, 2020 – 8:00 AM Defense Location: Remote through Webex Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Wei Fan Committee Members: Dr. Jy Wu, Dr. Martin Kane, Dr. David Weggel, Dr. Jing Yang Abstract: Connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies are known as […]

THE USE OF MACHINE LEARNING METHOD FOR MODELING AND ANALYZING PEDESTRIAN CRASH DATA AND COMPARISONS WITH TRADITIONAL DISCRETE CHOICE MODELING METHODS

Doctoral Candidate Name: Yang Li Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: September 29, 2020 – 8:00 AM Defense Location: Remote Defense via WebEx – Link: https://uncc.webex.com/uncc/j.php?MTID=m2455a98565297b0248ae1eb3cfc0847b Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Wei (David) Fan Committee Members: Dr. David C. Weggel, Dr. Martin R. Kane, Dr. Jy S. Wu, Dr. Jing Yang Abstract: As […]