<p><p>Clean water is a critical natural resource. We do not have much available: only 2.5% of water on Earth is freshwater and of that only 31% is in liquid form. 96% of the liquid fresh water is groundwater. Unfortunately ...

<p>Global climate is predicted to have significant impacts on the chemical, biological, and physical characteristics of wetlands and the watersheds in which they are contained. In particular, climate prediction models ...

<p>Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a toxic gas and common odor nuisance produced in a variety of chemical and environmental processes. The biological oxidation of H2S to sulfate/sulfuric acid is a well-documented treatment method ...

<p>This dissertation presents the first findings of aerosol indirect effect in the foothills of the Himalayas (Central Nepal), through a systematic research approach involving satellite data analysis, field campaign, growth ...

<p>This thesis proposes an integrated procedure for identifying the nominal models of the deterministic part and the stochastic part of a system, as well as their model error bounds in different uncertainty structures (e.g. ...

<p>The purpose of this thesis was to examine progressive composite damage models available within LS-DYNA and to correlate the results of these models with drop weight impact testing and with the non-destructive evaluation ...

<p>This study focused on the effect of surface heterogeneity on the affinity of the nanoparticle (for that surface) and the viability of using surface composition analysis to facilitate the prediction of such affinity. The ...

<p>Bioremediation has gained considerable attention over the past few decades as an effective and relatively inexpensive method of cleaning up contaminated environmental sites. Specific methods for bioremediation could ...

<p>Ultrafine particles (UFP) emitted by traffic have been associated with health risks for people living and working near major roadways. Studies have shown that people living in near-roadway communities experience higher ...

<p>We focus on developing a computationally efficient finite element method for interface problems. Finite element methods are severely constrained in their ability to resolve interfaces. Many of these limitations stem ...