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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is training Nevada's next generation of problem solvers. Our students learn to apply their scientific and technical expertise to some of our planet's biggest problems, including decaying infrastructure, polluted drinking water and clogged roadways.
A well-rounded core curriculum combined with opportunities for students to specialize in a subfield of civil engineering gives our graduates both breadth and depth of engineering knowledge. Additionally, a departmental emphasis on creating life-long learners who can communicate about technical, social and ethical issues in engineering design prepares our graduates to work well in interdisciplinary and team environments.
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Iron-bound organic carbon in forest soils: quantification and characterization
(2016)Iron oxide minerals play an important role in stabilizing organic carbon (OC) and regulating the biogeochemical cycles of OC on the earth surface. To predict the fate of OC, it is essential to understand the amount, spatial ... -
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A signal timing assignment proposal for urban multi lane staged controlled signalised roundabouts
(2019)The relationship between the left-turning traffic volume and the storage area at signalised roundabouts is investigated, and a calculation procedure for signal timing is proposed in this paper. The parameters associated ... -
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Data Registration with Ground Points for Roadside LiDAR Sensors
(2019)The Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors are being considered as new traffic infrastructure sensors to detect road users' trajectories for connected/autonomous vehicles and other traffic engineering applications. A ... -
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Role of Trapped Air on the Tsunami-Induced Transient Loads and Response of Coastal Bridges
(2019)In response to the extensive damage of coastal bridges sustained in recent tsunamis, this paper describes an investigation into tsunami-induced effects on two common bridge types, an open-girder deck with cross-frames and ... -
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Raster-Based Background Filtering for Roadside LiDAR Data
(2019)The roadside deployed light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) has been a solution to fill the data gap for the transition period from the unconnected-vehicles environment to the connected-vehicles system. For the roadside LiDAR ... -
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Deer Crossing Road Detection With Roadside LiDAR Sensor
(2019)Deer crossing roads are a major concern of highway safety in rural and suburban areas in the United States. This paper provided an innovative approach to detecting deer crossing at highways using 3D light detection and ... -
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MC-BAM: Moment-curvature analysis for beams with advanced materials
(2019)MC-BAM is a software for moment-curvature section analysis of beams. It is developed to facilitate the analysis and structural design of beams and girders with advanced construction materials like ultra-high performance ... -
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Microsimulation Analysis of Traffic Operations at Two Diamond Interchange Types
(2019)The operational performance of standard Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI) and Tight Diamond Interchange (TDI) has already been widely studied. In general, SPUI is more efficient than a TDI in terms of increased capacity ... -
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Innovative detector layout for automated traffic turning volume counting
(2016)Because of many advantages, loop detectors are the most common practice for obtaining data to control intersections. However, they have some drawbacks, including the fact that multiple detectors are usually required to ... -
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Estimating intersection turning volumes from actuated traffic signal information
(2016)Actuated traffic signals usually use loop detectors. The current practice in many cities is to install four consecutive loop detectors in each lane to reduce the chance of undetected vehicles. Due to practical reasons, all ... -
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An offset optimization approach for coordinated signal systems with preferred measure considerations
(2016)By analyzing the limitations of existing offset optimization models about coordinated signal systems and considering the random distribution of road travel speed, we obtain an offset optimization algorithm based on the ... -
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Biodegradation, Biosorption of Phenanthrene and Its Trans-Membrane Transport by Massilia sp WF1 and Phanerochaete chrysosporium
(2016)Reducing phenanthrene (PHE) in the environment is critical to ecosystem and human health. Biodegradation, biosorption, and the trans-membrane transport mechanism of PHE by a novel strain, Massilia sp. WF1, and an extensively ... -
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LiDAR-Enhanced Connected Infrastructures Sensing and Broadcasting High-Resolution Traffic Information Serving Smart Cities
(2019)Connected-vehicle system is an important component of smart cities. The complete benefits of connected-vehicle technologies need the real-time information of all vehicles and other road users. However, the existing ... -
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Using stop bar detector information to determine turning movement proportions in shared lanes
(2016)Turning vehicle volumes at signalized intersections are critical inputs for various transportation studies such as level of service, signal timing, and traffic safety analysis. There are various types of detectors installed ... -
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Selective stabilization of aliphatic organic carbon by iron oxide
(Scientific Reports, 2015)Stabilization of organic matter in soil is important for natural ecosystem to sequestrate carbon and mitigate greenhouse gas emission. It is largely unknown what factors govern the preservation of organic carbon in soil, ... -
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Case Study of the Chicago River Watershed: Physical Modeling vs Data-driven Modeling of an Urban Watershed
(2017)We developed a water quality model for the highly urbanized Chicago River watershed based on hydrologic simulation using BASINS/HSPF. Appropriate consideration was given to the effective impervious area (EIA). The 5 y water ... -
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Seismic Response of the Three-Span Bridge with Innovative Materials Including Fault-Rupture Effect
(2018)The seismic performance of the SR99 Bridge with conventional and advanced details in Seattle, Washington, was studied via a nonlinear, time history analysis of a multidegree of freedom model. The bridge consists of three ... -
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Developing a Coordinated Signal Control System for Urban Ring Road Under the Vehicle-Infrastructure Connected Environment
(2018)Ring roads have been widely built in many cities, especially in the central districts with excessively heavy traffic demands and frequently generated congestion. In order to improve the operations and reduce traffic delay ... -
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Deciphering the Tsunami Wave Impact and Associated Connection Forces in Open-Girder Coastal Bridges
(2018)In view of the widespread damage to coastal bridges during recent tsunamis (2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 in Japan) large-scale hydrodynamic experiments of tsunami wave impact on a bridge with open girders were conducted in ... -
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Compatibility of a Test for Moisture-Induced Damage with Superpave Volumetric Mix Design
(2000)This report presents recommended changes to AASHTO Standard Method of Test T283, “Resistance of Compacted Bituminous Mixture to Moisture Induced Damage,” to enhance T283’s compatibility with Superpave® volumetric mix design. ...
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