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Submissions from 2026
Autonomous Navigation and Target Object Detection in Real-Time Mobile Robotic Welding Systems, Doyun Lee and Kevin Han
Water and Wastewater Pipeline Key Attributes: State-of-the-Art Review and a Framework for Managing Missing and Inconsistent Data, Ram Krishna Mazumder, Swaranjit Roy, Khalid Kaddoura, and Dan Koo
AI-Driven Deployable Water Quality Management: Benchmarking Effluent BOD Prediction at a European Pulp and Paper Mill, Fatemeh Naeijian, Ali Arefinia, Mohammed Tamim Zaki, Kevin D. Orner, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, and Stetson Rowles
The Impact of Education on Fatigue among Construction Workers: A Longitudinal Study, Mostafa Namian, Daniel Godwin, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, and Ahmed Al-Bayati
A Real-Time Mobile Robotic System for Crack Detection in Construction Using Two-Stage Deep Learning, Emmanuella Ogun, Yong Ann Voeurn, and Doyun Lee
If We Build It, Will They Use It? Aligning Resource Recovery Design with Place-Based Social Systems, Jayce Sudweeks, Helen Rosko, Matthew R. Landsman, Francisco Cubas-Suazo, and Lewis Stetson Rowles
Leveraging wastewater resource recovery to reduce landfill organic loading: Process modeling, environmental, and economic impact assessment, Ahmed I. Yunus, Arjun T. Ramshankar, Zainab O. Akinsemoyin, Thomas Igou, Ameet Pinto, George Fu, Yongsheng Chen, and Joe F. Bozeman III
Submissions from 2025
Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Energy Management in HVAC Systems A Systematic Review, Seyed Abolfazl Aghili, Amin Haji Mohammad Rezaei, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Mostafa Khanzadi, and Morteza Rahbar
Structuring Motion-Based Communication as a Language for Robotics, Nicholas Albergo, Jeongbin Hwang, Doyun Lee, and Kevin Han
A Study of Factors Contributing to Highway Fatalities in the Gulf of Mexico Region, Tharwat Khalaf Alswaeer, Elnaz Safapour, Behzad Rouhanizadeh, Michael D. Anderson, and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Examining green and chemical methods for zero-valent iron nanoparticle synthesis in heavy metal adsorption, Juan Ferro-Falla, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Farith Diaz Arriaga, and Jaime Plazas-Tuttle
Beyond the Green Label: How LEED Certification Levels Shape Guest Satisfaction in USA Hotels, Mohsen Goodarzi, Sajjad Naseri, and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Aquatic quality watch informed by communities (AQWIC) facilitating the adoption of low-cost sensor systems for underserved communities: a review and tutorial, Josiah Hacker, Fatima Iqbal, Matias Osuna, Osely Perea, Keiner Sánchez, Christopher Page, Jamie Torres, Md Nizam Uddin, Hannah Walden, Mikko Westerbeke, Astana Woody, Nazly Enith Rubio Murillo, Francisco Cubas, Farith Diaz-Arriaga, and Lewis Stetson Rowles
Digital twinning to advance effluent water treatment for pulp and paper mills: A data-driven approach for process optimization, Fatima Iqbal, Fatemeh Naeijian, Christopher Page, George Fu, Francisco Cubas-Suazo, and Stetson Rowles
Evaluating environmental and economic sustainability of engineered chitosan particles for water treatment, Fatima Iqbal, Astha Upadhyay, Rouzbeh Tehrani, and Stetson Rowles
Autonomous Navigation and Positioning of a Real-Time and Automated Mobile Robotic Welding System, Doyun Lee and Kevin Han
Defining Economic and Environmental Typologies across 77 Countries to Prioritize Opportunities for Nonsewered Sanitation, Hannah A. C. Lohman, Yalin Li, Xinyi Zhang, Victoria L. Morgan, Shion Watabe, Stetson Rowles, Roland D. Cusick, and Jeremy S. Guest
Probabilistic Cash Flow Analysis Considering Risk Impacts by Integrating 5D-Building Information Modeling and Bayesian Belief Network, Mohammad Hosein Madihi, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Ali Akbar Shirzadi Javid, and Farnad Nasirzadeh
Modeling the Influence of Social Vulnerability and Financial Resources on Housing Functionality Restoration, Ram Krishna Mazumder and Elaina J. Sutley
Effect of Asphalt Content on Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum and Aging Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures, Chenyue Mei, Wei Wang, Junan Shen, Jinkun Sun, Yilin Xu, and Jia Che
Advanced Crack Detection in Building Structures Using Pix2Pix and U-Net Architectures, Emmanuella Ogun, Jinki Kim, and Doyun Lee
Emerging investigator series: are we undervaluing septage? Rethinking septage management for nutrient recovery and environmental protection, Kevin Orner, Stetson Rowles, Sara F. Heger, and Ben Howard
Mapping the Accessibility of EV Charging Stations in the US, Eazaz Sadeghvaziri, Ramina Javid, and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Examining Sustainability Factors in US Transportation Systems Using the RII Method, Elnaz Safapour, Behzad Rouhanizadeh, Anupa Silwal, Mike Anderson, and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Exploring Critical Factors and Algorithm Development for Predicting Performance Condition of Highway Ditches: A Case Study of Washington State, Kishor Shrestha and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Barriers to Implementing Smart Grids for Electrified Transportation: A Global Perspective, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Elnaz Safapour, Eazaz Sadeghvaziri, and Iffat Haq
EV Charging Infrastructure Optimization: Overcoming Scalability and Grid Management Challenges, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Elnaz Safapour, Eazaz Sadeghvaziri, and Iffat Haq
Advancing Circular Bioeconomy through a Systems-Level Assessment of Food Waste and Industrial Sludge Codigestion, Md Nizam Uddin, Cassidy Hartog, Emma Murray, Jacob Loveless, Luke Roberson, Asli Aslan, Francisco Cubas, and Stetson Rowles
Removal of nutrient pollutants from highway stormwater runoff using bioslope with new media of biochar amended topsoils, Ahmed I. Yunus, George Yuzhu Fu, Yongsheng Chen, and Joe F. Bozeman III
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in resource recovery: Transforming challenges into opportunities for sustainable nutrients and biosolids management, Ahmed I. Yunus, Thomas Igou, Srinivas Jalla, Elliot Reid, Abigail Cohen, George Yuzhu Fu, Ching-Hua Huang, Athena Verghis, Yongsheng Chen, and Joe F. Bozeman III
Submissions from 2024
Third-Party Damages to Underground Utilities: The Critical Need for Root Cause Analysis, Ahmed Jalil Al-Bayati, Louis Panzer, Ricardo Eiris, and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Overlooked factors contributing to U.S. highway fatalities, Tharwat Khalaf Alswaeer, Elnaz Safapour, Behzad Rouhanizadeh, and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Application of electrical resistivity for estimating compressive strength of FRC at early-ages, Daniel Castillo and Saman Hedjazi
Study on macro and micro properties of SBS-T/CRM dry mixed composite modified asphalt, Baoshan Chen, Junan Shen, and Wei Wang
Assessing the Relative Sustainability of Point-of-Use Water Disinfection Technologies for Off-Grid Communities, Bright C. Elijah, Ali Ahmad, Yalin Li, Jaime Plazas-Tuttle, and Lewis Stetson Rowles
Performance of High-Dose Reclaimed Asphalt Mixtures (RAPs) in Hot In-Place Recycling Based on Balanced Design, Lei Jiang, Junan Shen, and Wei Wang
Strengths of Zapotec Indigenous Knowledge in Water Management, Emily E. Klingaman, Busra Sonmez Baghirzade, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Luis Javier Toledo-Flores, Maria Eufemia Pérez-Flores, Juana Yolanda Lopez-Cruz, and Navid B. Saleh
Vision-based construction robot for real-time automated welding with human-robot interaction, Doyun Lee and Kevin Han
Technological Opportunities for Resource Recovery from Industrial Textile Wastewater, Irwing Ramirez, Ajay Kumar, Déborah L. Villaseñor-Basulto, Yolanda G. Garcia-Huante, Alberto Ordaz, and Stetson Rowles
Advanced oxidation processes for degradation of pharmaceuticals used during COVID-19 pandemic, Irwing Ramirez, Ezrah Mariam, Ajay Kumar, Duygu Yanardağ, Déborah L. Villaseñor-Basulto, Yolanda G. Garcia-Huante, Alberto Ordaz, and Stetson Rowles
Optimizing modified asphalt binder performance at high and intermediate temperatures using experimental and machine learning approaches, Riyadul Hashem Riyad, Rishav Jaiswal, Imrose B. Muhit, and Junan Shen
Feasibility of Using Combustion-Based Methods to Quantify Saline-Based Anti-Stripping Agent in Modified Asphalt Binders, Riyadul Hashem Riyad, Ji Wu, and Junan Shen
A MAP-based approach to identify the social vulnerability to flood hazard in states adjacent to Mexican Gulf, Behzad Rouhanizadeh and Elnaz Safapour
Smartwatches in Transportation: Unleashing Innovations and Advancements—A Comprehensive Systematic Review, Eazaz Sadeghvaziri, Ramina Javid, and Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
An Evaluation of ASTM Standards for Implementation of Ground Penetrating Radar for Pavement and Bridge Deck Evaluations, Macy Spears, Saman Hedjazi, and Hossein Taheri
A Hierarchical Fuzzy Expert System for Contractor Prequalification, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Ayoub Hazrati, and Mostafa Namian
Enhancing Contractor Selection through Fuzzy TOPSIS and Fuzzy SAW Techniques, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Ayoub Hazrati, Kishor Shrestha, and Krishna Kisi
Investigating Barriers to the Application of Automation in the Construction Industry, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Kishor Shrestha, and Hongtao Dang
Exploring the Use of Lean Construction in Unusual Work Conditions Iraq 2005-2017, Mohsin Al Taie, Diana J. Schwerha, Songsu Son, Gene Sullivan, and Matthew Ricks
Balancing sustainability goals and treatment efficacy for PFAS removal from water, Md Moshiur Rahman Tushar, Zaki Alam Pushan, Nirupam Aich, and Stetson Rowles
Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Biogenic Synthesis of Indium-Graphitic Material from Electronic Waste, Astha Upadhyay, Lewis Stetson Rowles, and Rouzbeh Tehrani
Efficient Extraction of Horizontal and Vertical Alignment Information for Roadways Using Public Data and Open Application Programming Interfaces, Xiaoming Yang and Jyoti Das
Selecting the Effective Biochar for Removal of Pollutants from Highway Stormwater Runoff, Ahmed I. Yunus and George Yuzhu Fu
A data-driven framework to inform sustainable management of animal manure in rural agricultural regions using emerging resource recovery technologies, Mohammed T. Zaki, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Jeff Hallowell, and Kevin D. Orner
Aging behaviors of asphalt binders rejuvenated by different chemical fractions from waste cooking oil, Yuechao Zhao, Meizhu Chen, Junan Shen, Pengcheng Shi, Shaopeng Wu, Dongyu Chen, Jianwei Zhang, and Zenggang Zhao
Macroscopic and Microscopic Investigation of Gypsum Slag Cement-Stabilized Recycled Aggregate Base Layers, Changdong Zhou, Pengcheng Shi, and Junan Shen
Submissions from 2023
Contemplation of Improvement Efforts to Manage Combined Sewer Overflows †, Younghan Edwin Jung, Myung Jeong, Hwandon Jun, and Trevor Smith
Wastewater Reclamation and Recycling, Soyoon Kum and Stetson Rowles
DMsan A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework and Package to Characterize Contextualized Sustainability of Sanitation and Resource Recovery Technologies, Hannah A. C. Lohman, Victoria L. Morgan, Yalin Li, Xinyi Zhang, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Sherri M. Cook, and Jeremy S. Guest
Integrating Navajo Pottery Techniques To Improve Silver Nanoparticle-Enabled Ceramic Water Filters for Disinfection, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Deanna Tso, Andrei Dolocan, Mary Jo Kirisits, Desmond F. Lawler, and Navid B. Saleh
Ground penetrating radar applications and implementations in civil construction, Macy Spears, Saman Hedjazi, and Hossein Taheri
Hydrologic responses to urbanization Towards a holistic approach for maximizing green roofs' performance in controlling urban precipitations, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Peanut Shell Powder as a Sustainable Modifier and Its Influence on Self-Healing Properties of Asphalt, Bo Wang, Junan Shen, Shuang Li, and Wei Wang
Low temperature ductility of BA-VAc olefin polymer modified asphalt binders, Wei Wang, Xinsheng Li, and Junan Shen
Feasibility of high titanium heavy slag used as aggregates for asphalt mixtures, Wei Wang, Xinsheng Li, Junan Shen, Hongzhou Zhu, and Jie Wang
High titanium heavy slag powder as a sustainability filler and its influence on the performance of asphalt mortar, Wei Wang, Jie Wang, Junan Shen, and Peng Guo
Advancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the NEWgenerator Nonsewered Sanitation System, Shion Watabe, Hannah A. C. Lohman, Yalin Li, Victoria L. Morgan, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Tyler Stephen, Hsiang-Yang Shyu, Robert A. Bair, Cynthia J. Castro, Roland D. Cusick, Daniel H. Yeh, and Jeremy S. Guest
Effect of Clustering of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Particles on Rutting Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Containing RAP, Xiaoming Yang, Junan Shen, and Sungun Kim
Submissions from 2022
Developing a Prototype Piezoelectric Wafer-Box for Optimal Energy Harvesting, S. Ahmad, Seonghoon Kim PhD, Mohammad A. Ahad, Junan Shen, and B. Yong
Study on Early-Age Elastic Modulus of FRC Using Electrical Resistivity and Resonance Frequency, Daniel A. Castillo Pereira, Saman Hedjazi, and Ehsanul Kabir
Utilizing Polypropylene Fiber in Sustainable Structural Concrete Mixtures, Saman Hedjazi and Daniel A. Castillo Pereira
Effects of Cement Type, Water-Cement Ratio, Specimen Size, and Curing Time on Concrete Electrical Resistivity, Saman Hedjazi and Ehsanul Kabir
A Qualitative Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Employers’ Technology Competency Perceptions for Graduates Readiness to the Workforce, Marcel Maghiar and Christopher M. Brown
Treatment of Highway Stormwater Runoff Using Sustainable Biochar: A Review, Angelika S. Ouedraogo, George Yuzhu Fu, and Ahmed I. Yunus
Submissions from 2021
Early-age compressive strength and dynamic modulus of FRC based on ultrasonic pulse velocity, Daniel A. Castillo Pereira and Saman Hedjazi
Evaluation of Elastic Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Using Fundamental Resonance Frequencies, Saman Hedjazi and Daniel A. Castillo Pereira
Design of a Novel Undergraduate/Graduate Course on Terrestrial LiDAR, Gustavo O. Maldonado, Shahnam Navaee, and Marcel Maghiar
Submissions from 2020
Water Quality Impacts of Bridge Stormwater Runoff From Scupper Drains on Receiving Waters: a Review, Ahmed Refaat Bakr, George Fu, and David Hedeen
Effect of fiber types on the electrical properties of fiber reinforced concrete, Daniel Castillo and Saman Hedjazi
Compressive strength evaluation of lightweight concrete with expanded glass aggregate by ultrasonic pulse velocity method, Christopher Collins and Saman Hedjazi
Evaluation of compressive strength of synthetic fiber reinforced concrete, Saman Hedjazi and Daniel Castillo
Relationships among compressive strength and UPV of concrete reinforced with different types of fibers, Saman Hedjazi and Daniel Castillo
Finite element modeling of mechanically stabilized earth walls built with welded wire wall panels, Saman Hedjazi and Dejuan Solan
Immobilization of Powdered Coal Fly Ashes (CFAs) into CFA Beads and Column Studies on Color Removal from Pulp Mill Effluents Using These CFA Beads, Musfiques Salahin and George Yuzhu Fu
Submissions from 2019
Soil Consolidation and Vacuum Pressure Distribution Under Prefabricated Vertical Drains, Lizhou Chen, Yanbin Gao, Assem Elsayed, and Xiaoming Yang
Effective depth controls the nitrate removal rates in a water supply reservoir with a high nitrate load, Francisco J. Cubas, R. David Holbrook, John T. Novak, Adil N. Godrej, and Thomas J. Grizzard
Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) from Secondary Biologically Treated Wastewater Effluent Using Biofilters of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC), George Yuzhu Fu and Md Azizur Rahman
Tool for Searching USEPA's TMDL Reports Repository to Analyze TMDL Modeling State of the Practice, Nigel W. T. Quinn, Saurav Kumar, Rosanna La Plante, and Francisco Cubas
GFRP bars anchorage resistance in a GFRP-reinforced concrete bridge barrier, Michael Rostami, Khaled Sennah, and Saman Hedjazi
Structural Qualification of a Developed GFRP-Reinforced PL-3 Concrete Bridge Barrier Using Vehicle Crash Testing, Khaled Sennah and Saman Hedjazi
Submissions from 2018
Bridge Health Index For Georgia Coastal Bridges, Z. Crumpler, Saman Hedjazi, K. Allen, C. Davis, C. Walker, and J. Kuza
Batch Studies on Color Removal from Pulp Mill Effluent Using Coal Fly Ash Produced from Georgia Coal-Burning Power Plants, George Yuzhu Fu and Musfiques Salahin
Removal of Color, Chemical Oxygen Demand, and Total Organic Carbon from Pulp Mill Effluents Simultaneously Using Coal Fly Ash Produced from Coal Combustion Power Plants, George Yuzhu Fu and Musfiques Salahin
Bridge Condition Rating based on Georgia’s Geographic Region, Saman Hedjazi and D. Castillo
Changes in Corrosion Rates of Infrastructures Adjacent to Polluted Freshwaters, Saman Hedjazi, Francisco Cubas-Suazo, and D. Castillo
The Effect of Surface Water Pollution on Concrete and Steel Bridge Structures", Saman Hedjazi, Francisco Cubas-Suazo, and D. Castillo
An approach to automated detection of structural failure using chronological image analysis in temporary structures, Younghan Jung, Hyounkyun Oh, and Myung Jeong
Energy Harvesting Assessment Using PZT Sensors and Roadway Materials, Seonghoon Kim, Ilan Stern, Junan Shen, Mohammad A. Ahad, Yong Bai, and Ahmad Safayet
Compaction-Induced Stress in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Base Course – A Discrete Element Model, Te Pei and Xiaoming Yang
Structural Qualification of a Developed GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Bridge Barrier Using Ultimate Load Testing, Khaled Sennah, Ekaterina Tropynina, Zaki Ibrahim, and Saman Hedjazi
