Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering - 2018

Barlaz, M. A., & Benson, C. H. (2018). Biological and Chemical Reactions Contributing to Heat Generation in Landfills: Current Research and Model Simulations. Presented at the Elevated Temperature Landfill Workshop, Columbus, OH.

Barlaz, M. A., & Jafari, N. (2018, November). Laboratory testing for Heat Generation Potential and Applications to Field Conditions. Presented at the Elevated Temperature Landfill Workshop, Columbus, OH.

Barlaz, M. A., Arena, U., & Damgaard, A. (2018). So you want to publish a peer-reviewed journal article on LCA: What are the expectations and what are reviewers looking for? Presented at the 2nd Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Waste, Technical University of Denmark.

Bastos, J. B. dos S., Torquato e Silva, S. de A., Soares, J. B., Nascimento, L. A. H., & Kim, Y. R. (2018). Triaxial stress sweep test protocol considerations for permanent deformation characterisation of asphalt mixtures. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 19(2), 431–444. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2016.1261729

Ducoste, J. J. (2018, April). Development of Photochemical Microsensors for Evaluating Light Distributions within Algal Photosynthetic Bioreactors. Presented at the Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

Ducoste, J. J. (2018, August). Slip Sliding away: Minimizing FOG Deposit Adhesion to Sewer Surfaces. Presented at the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT), Capacity, Management, Operation & Maintenance (CMOM) Conference, Austin, TX.

Ducoste, J. J. (2018, March). Building your Academic Brand. Presented at the Academic and Research Leadership Network Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ducoste, J. J. (2018, November). A life’s Journey in Being a Transformative Agent of Change. Presented at the Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Ducoste, J. J. (2018, November). The Art of a graduate school Application: What’s in the mind of Faculty. Presented at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL.

Ducoste, J. J. (2018, October). Assessing Surface Characteristics to reduce the adhesion of Fats, Oils, and Grease Deposits. Keynote presented at the North Carolina ONSITE Water Protection Conference.

Ducoste, J. J. (2018, October). Tips/information to successfully navigate graduate school Application/Decision and Fellowship Opportunities. Presented at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC.

Hao, Z., Ducoste, J., & Barlaz, M. (2018, February). A Spatial Variation Model Describing Generation, Accumulation, and Propagation of Heat in Municipal Solid. Presented at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Indian Wells, CA.

Kusum, S., Pour-Ghaz, M., & Ducoste, J. (2018). Alternative Binder Materials and its Application in Concrete Sewer Structures for Possible Reduction in Fat, Oil and Grease (FOG) Related Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs). Presented at the North Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association (NC AWWA) Water Environment Association (WEA) Spring Symposium Conference, Ashville, NC.

Kusum, S., Pour-Ghaz, M., & Ducoste, J. (2018, April 8). Evaluating alternative binder materials for Sewer Collection System Concrete Structures to reduce FOG related SSOs. Presented at the Water Environment Foundation (WEF) Collection System Specialty Conference, Virginia Beach, VA.

Park, S., Castellano, L., Pour-Ghaz, M., & Barlaz, M. A. (2018). Design of Waste Transfer Station Concrete Overlays Against Premature Deterioration. Presented at the SC Solid Waste Association of North America Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.

Rahman, M. S., & Ulker, M. B. C. (2018). Modeling and Computing for Geotechnical Engineering (M. S. Rahman & M. B. Can Ülker, Eds.). https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429426186

Sadler, M., Wischer, B., Gordon, J., Wilkerson, C., Tabor, C., Fredericks, D., & Ducoste, J. (2018, March 5). Unintended Consequences of a Local Fats, Oils, and Grease Limits. Presented at the Virginia Water Environment Association (WEA) Industrial Waste & Pretreatment Conference, Charlottesville, VA.

Sun, M., Sun, W., & Barlaz, M. A. (2018). Development of Methods to Measure the Hydrogen Sulfide Production Potential of Sulfur-Containing Wastes. Raleigh, NC: Environmental Research and Education Foundation.

Wang, D., Lai, Y., Karam, A., de los Reyes, F., & Ducoste, J. (2018). Dynamic modeling of Dunaliella viridis growth and storage molecule production under different light and nitrogen conditions. Presented at the North Carolina Microbiome Consortium Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Yuan, W., & Christopher Frey, H. (2018). An algorithm to simulate segment speed trajectories of a metrorail segment for energy consumption estimation. Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA, 2018-June.