Mining waste and wetlands

This thesis gives a structural description of wetlands and some processes that are vital for the treatment of metal-polluted waters in wetlands. A number of factors affecting the productivity and ...

Applying Web-based Project Management Techniques to Dredging Projects

Project management is the mechanism by which stakeholders and contractors interrelate to deliver sound projects effectively, and it utilizes a set of standards with which the project manager (PM) will ...

Analysis of Alternative Fuels in Automotive Powertrains

The awareness of the effect emissions have on the environment and climate has risen in the last decades. This has caused strict regulations of greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gases cause ...

Structural studies of Erwinia carotovora L-Asparaginase by X-ray crystallography

Bacterial L-asparaginases (E.C.3.5.1.1) are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of L-asparagine to aspartic acid. For the past 30 years these enzymes have been used as therapeutic agents in the treatment ...

Development of a New Type of Composite Material: A Glass Based Laminate Cermet

This thesis is concerned with developing a revolutionary composite - a majority glass based laminated cermet or GMET (Glass-Metal Laminate). A GMET exhibits extraordinary qualities: strength to density ratio's up ...

RESPONSE OF PREMIXED HYDROCARBON FLAMES WITH AND WITHOUT HYDROGEN ADDITION TO STEADY AND OSCILLATORY STRAIN RATES

The response to steady-state and oscillatory strain rates of lean, premixed hydrocarbon-air flames with and without H2 doping has been investigated analytically, numerically and experimentally. The analytical analysis provides a ...

Modeling of a High Energy Density Propulsion System Based on the Combustion of Aluminum and Steam

This thesis presents a thermodynamic analysis of a novel Rankine cycle aluminum/steam combustion power system being developed for use in Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). The analysis is performed using a ...

On the Attachment of Lightning Flashes to Grounded Structures

This thesis deals with the physical modeling of the initiation and propagation of upward positive leader discharges from grounded structures during lightning strikes. It includes the analysis of upward leaders ...

Project Report- Performance-Based Design Process for a Hotel Building: Egress Models

This work emphasizes the importance for egress model users to choose a model for each project with the appropriate input features and simulation capabilities. This report also gives model users ...