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Monitored Natural Attenuation For Coal Combustion Product Constituents In Groundwater, Jim Redwine, Bruce Hensel May 2019

Monitored Natural Attenuation For Coal Combustion Product Constituents In Groundwater, Jim Redwine, Bruce Hensel

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Encapsulation Of Flue-Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Using Coal Combustion By-Product Mixtures: Field Lysimeter Investigations, Jason Raucci, Jeffrey Samson, Kirk Ellison, Ben Gallagher May 2019

Encapsulation Of Flue-Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Using Coal Combustion By-Product Mixtures: Field Lysimeter Investigations, Jason Raucci, Jeffrey Samson, Kirk Ellison, Ben Gallagher

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Use Of Fly Ash As A Proppant In Fracking Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells, Tom Robl, Anne Oberlink, Robert Jewell, Tristana Duvallet May 2019

Use Of Fly Ash As A Proppant In Fracking Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells, Tom Robl, Anne Oberlink, Robert Jewell, Tristana Duvallet

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Bulk Storage (10,000+ Tons) Of Fly Ash, Fgd Gypsum, Limestone And Coal At Power Stations In Concrete Domes, Benjamin Davis, Zachary Fillmore, Michael Hunter May 2019

Bulk Storage (10,000+ Tons) Of Fly Ash, Fgd Gypsum, Limestone And Coal At Power Stations In Concrete Domes, Benjamin Davis, Zachary Fillmore, Michael Hunter

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Soil Mixing And Slurry Trench Cutoff Walls For Coal Combustion Residue Sites, Jeffrey C. Evans, Daniel Ruffing May 2019

Soil Mixing And Slurry Trench Cutoff Walls For Coal Combustion Residue Sites, Jeffrey C. Evans, Daniel Ruffing

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Cost-Effective, Environmentally-Friendly Ash Beneficiation Technology, Scott Ziegler May 2019

Cost-Effective, Environmentally-Friendly Ash Beneficiation Technology, Scott Ziegler

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


The Utilization Of Dry Scrubber Material For The Production Of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Clinkers And Cements, Tristana Y. Duvallet, Robert B. Jewell, Anne E. Oberlink, Thomas L. Robl May 2019

The Utilization Of Dry Scrubber Material For The Production Of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Clinkers And Cements, Tristana Y. Duvallet, Robert B. Jewell, Anne E. Oberlink, Thomas L. Robl

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (Neba) For Ccr Pond Closure Decisions -- A Pathway To Meaningful Citizen Engagement And Reducing The Potential For Unnecessary Litigation, Chris Hardin, Ric Traver May 2019

Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (Neba) For Ccr Pond Closure Decisions -- A Pathway To Meaningful Citizen Engagement And Reducing The Potential For Unnecessary Litigation, Chris Hardin, Ric Traver

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Challenges Met In Using Bottom Ash As A Landfill Drainage Media, William M. Strachan May 2019

Challenges Met In Using Bottom Ash As A Landfill Drainage Media, William M. Strachan

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Two Bottom Ash Management/Handling System Enhancement Case Studies – From Technology Evaluation And Design Through Construction And Performance Verification, George Mckenzie, Aaron Davis, Chris Pickelmann, Jason Obermeyer May 2019

Two Bottom Ash Management/Handling System Enhancement Case Studies – From Technology Evaluation And Design Through Construction And Performance Verification, George Mckenzie, Aaron Davis, Chris Pickelmann, Jason Obermeyer

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Slurry-Trench Cutoff Walls For The Containment Of The Coal Combustion Residuals (Ccr) Impacted Groundwater: Evaluation Of Hydraulic Conductivity And Consolidation Properties Of Soil-Bentonite Backfills, Y.L. Yang, Krishna Reddy, Y.J. Du, R.D. Fan May 2019

Slurry-Trench Cutoff Walls For The Containment Of The Coal Combustion Residuals (Ccr) Impacted Groundwater: Evaluation Of Hydraulic Conductivity And Consolidation Properties Of Soil-Bentonite Backfills, Y.L. Yang, Krishna Reddy, Y.J. Du, R.D. Fan

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Ccp Beneficial Use Risk Assessment: Case Studies For Three Different Applications, Andrew Bittner, Ari Lewis May 2019

Ccp Beneficial Use Risk Assessment: Case Studies For Three Different Applications, Andrew Bittner, Ari Lewis

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Corrective Measures/Corrective Action (Cm/Ca) Strategies That Effectively Integrate Engineered Pond Closures And Short/Long-Term Groundwater Management With Case Study Examples, Steve Putrich May 2019

Corrective Measures/Corrective Action (Cm/Ca) Strategies That Effectively Integrate Engineered Pond Closures And Short/Long-Term Groundwater Management With Case Study Examples, Steve Putrich

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Managing Landfill Leachate In A World Without Ash Basins: Lessons Learned And Practical Considerations, Evan Andrews, Michael Lazar May 2019

Managing Landfill Leachate In A World Without Ash Basins: Lessons Learned And Practical Considerations, Evan Andrews, Michael Lazar

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Developing Enhanced Monitored Natural Attenuation Strategies Using Reactive Transport Models, Pj Nolan, Hugh Davies, Greg Hebeler, Rens Verburg May 2019

Developing Enhanced Monitored Natural Attenuation Strategies Using Reactive Transport Models, Pj Nolan, Hugh Davies, Greg Hebeler, Rens Verburg

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Experimental Test Method To Determine The Reactivity Of Fly Ash For Use In Concrete Mixture Proportioning, Antara Choudry, Deborah Glosser, O. Burkan Isgor, W. Jason Weiss May 2019

Experimental Test Method To Determine The Reactivity Of Fly Ash For Use In Concrete Mixture Proportioning, Antara Choudry, Deborah Glosser, O. Burkan Isgor, W. Jason Weiss

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Overview Of Epri Research On Environmental Issues And Beneficial Use Of Coal Combustion Products, Bruce Hensel, Ken Ladwig May 2019

Overview Of Epri Research On Environmental Issues And Beneficial Use Of Coal Combustion Products, Bruce Hensel, Ken Ladwig

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Is My Site A Candidate For A Groundwater Natural Attenuation Remedy? A Geochemist’S Perspective, Bob Glazier May 2019

Is My Site A Candidate For A Groundwater Natural Attenuation Remedy? A Geochemist’S Perspective, Bob Glazier

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Impoundment Closure Enhancement Measures To Support Groundwater Compliance, John Hesemann, Wayne Weber, Eric Dulle May 2019

Impoundment Closure Enhancement Measures To Support Groundwater Compliance, John Hesemann, Wayne Weber, Eric Dulle

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Coal Ash Impoundment Closure Using Value Engineering, Holt Wheeler, Trey Mangers, Paul Lear May 2019

Enhancing Coal Ash Impoundment Closure Using Value Engineering, Holt Wheeler, Trey Mangers, Paul Lear

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Panel On Liquefaction Of Ponded Fly Ash: From Laboratory To Practice, Tarunjit S. Butalia May 2019

Panel On Liquefaction Of Ponded Fly Ash: From Laboratory To Practice, Tarunjit S. Butalia

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Comparison Between Two Group Signature Schemes, Hao Yang May 2019

Comparison Between Two Group Signature Schemes, Hao Yang

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Publications

Zerocoin is a cryptographic extension to Bitcoin. During its development, the developers decided to make use of group signature schemes to store and verify the coins. In order to compare the performance of Simple Authentication Scheme and the Dynamic Signature Scheme and figure out which one is the optimal choice for the Zerocoin scheme, I implemented them in Java and analyzed them theoretically. This paper will discuss the performance difference between two schemes, the Java implementation of them and the analysis.


Simple Surface Modification Of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Via Surface Segregating Smart Polymers For Biomicrofluidics, Aslıhan Gökaltun, Young Bok Abraham Kang, Martin L. Yarmush, O. Berk Usta, Ayse Asatekin May 2019

Simple Surface Modification Of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Via Surface Segregating Smart Polymers For Biomicrofluidics, Aslıhan Gökaltun, Young Bok Abraham Kang, Martin L. Yarmush, O. Berk Usta, Ayse Asatekin

Faculty Publications - Biomedical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) is likely the most popular material for microfluidic devices in lab-on-achip and other biomedical applications. However, the hydrophobicity of PDMS leads to non-specific adsorption of proteins and other molecules such as therapeutic drugs, limiting its broader use. Here, we introduce a simple method for preparing PDMS materials to improve hydrophilicity and decrease nonspecific protein adsorption while retaining cellular biocompatibility, transparency, and good mechanical properties without the need for any post-cure surface treatment. This approach utilizes smart copolymers comprised of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and PDMS segments (PDMS-PEG) that, when blended with PDMS during device manufacture, spontaneously segregate to surfaces …


Deep Autoencoder Neural Networks For Short-Term Traffic Congestion Prediction Of Transportation Networks, Sen Zhang, Yong Yao, Jie Hu, Yong Zhao, Shaobo Li, Jianjun Hu May 2019

Deep Autoencoder Neural Networks For Short-Term Traffic Congestion Prediction Of Transportation Networks, Sen Zhang, Yong Yao, Jie Hu, Yong Zhao, Shaobo Li, Jianjun Hu

Faculty Publications

Traffic congestion prediction is critical for implementing intelligent transportation systems for improving the efficiency and capacity of transportation networks. However, despite its importance, traffic congestion prediction is severely less investigated compared to traffic flow prediction, which is partially due to the severe lack of large-scale high-quality traffic congestion data and advanced algorithms. This paper proposes an accessible and general workflow to acquire large-scale traffic congestion data and to create traffic congestion datasets based on image analysis. With this workflow we create a dataset named Seattle Area Traffic Congestion Status (SATCS) based on traffic congestion map snapshots from a publicly available …


Agent-Based Microgrid Architecture For Generation Following Protocols, Steven Goldsmith May 2019

Agent-Based Microgrid Architecture For Generation Following Protocols, Steven Goldsmith

Michigan Tech Patents

A system for predicting power and loads over a single, relatively short time horizon. More specifically, a system comprising a Storage Agent (S-agent) Cohort within a grid control society, wherein the system expands G and L intra-cohort protocols to allow the S-cohort to participate in power management of the grid by scheduling storage components in source or load roles as determined by the time-varying state of the power imbalance and by the risk-adjusting capacity margin relationship between the G and L cohorts.


Estimation Of Soil Moisture At Different Soil Levels Using Machine Learning Techniques And Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Uav) Multispectral Imagery, Mahyar Aboutalebi, L. Niel Allen, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mac Mckee, Calvin Coopmans May 2019

Estimation Of Soil Moisture At Different Soil Levels Using Machine Learning Techniques And Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Uav) Multispectral Imagery, Mahyar Aboutalebi, L. Niel Allen, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mac Mckee, Calvin Coopmans

AggieAir Publications

Soil moisture is a key component of water balance models. Physically, it is a nonlinear function of parameters that are not easily measured spatially, such as soil texture and soil type. Thus, several studies have been conducted on the estimation of soil moisture using remotely sensed data and data mining techniques such as artificial neural networks (ANNs) and support vector machines (SVMs). However, all models developed based on these techniques are limited to site-specific applications where they are trained and their parameters are tuned. Moreover, since the system of non-linear equations produced by and conducted in the machine learning process …


Estimation Of Surface Thermal Emissivity In A Vineyard For Uav Microbolometer Thermal Cameras Using Nasa Hytes Hyperspectral Thermal, And Landsat And Aggieair Optical Data, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mahyar Aboutalebi, Timothy Wright, Ayman Nassar, Pierre Guillevic, Lawrence Hipps, Feng Gao, Kevin Jim, Maria Mar Alsina, Calvin Coopmans, Mac Mckee, William Kustas May 2019

Estimation Of Surface Thermal Emissivity In A Vineyard For Uav Microbolometer Thermal Cameras Using Nasa Hytes Hyperspectral Thermal, And Landsat And Aggieair Optical Data, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mahyar Aboutalebi, Timothy Wright, Ayman Nassar, Pierre Guillevic, Lawrence Hipps, Feng Gao, Kevin Jim, Maria Mar Alsina, Calvin Coopmans, Mac Mckee, William Kustas

AggieAir Publications

Microbolometer thermal cameras in UAVs and manned aircraft allow for the acquisition of highresolution temperature data, which, along with optical reflectance, contributes to monitoring and modeling of agricultural and natural environments. Furthermore, these temperature measurements have facilitated the development of advanced models of crop water stress and evapotranspiration in precision agriculture and heat fluxes exchanges in small river streams and corridors. Microbolometer cameras capture thermal information at blackbody or radiometric settings (narrowband emissivity equates to unity). While it is customary that the modeler uses assumed emissivity values (e.g. 0.99– 0.96 for agricultural and environmental settings); some applications (e.g. Vegetation Health …


Validation Of Digital Surface Models (Dsms) Retrieved From Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Uav) Point Clouds Using Geometrical Information From Shadows, Mahyar Aboutalebi, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mac Mckee, William Kustas, Héctor Nieto, Calvin Coopmans May 2019

Validation Of Digital Surface Models (Dsms) Retrieved From Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Uav) Point Clouds Using Geometrical Information From Shadows, Mahyar Aboutalebi, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mac Mckee, William Kustas, Héctor Nieto, Calvin Coopmans

AggieAir Publications

Theoretically, the appearance of shadows in aerial imagery is not desirable for researchers because it leads to errors in object classification and bias in the calculation of indices. In contrast, shadows contain useful geometrical information about the objects blocking the light. Several studies have focused on estimation of building heights in urban areas using the length of shadows. This type of information can be used to predict the population of a region, water demand, etc., in urban areas. With the emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the availability of high- to super-high-resolution imagery, the important questions relating to shadows …


The Impact Of Shadows On Partitioning Of Radiometric Temperature To Canopy And Soil Temperature Based On The Contextual Two-Source Energy Balance Model (Tseb-2t), Mahyar Aboutalebi, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mac Mckee, Hector Nieto, William Kustas, Calvin Coopmans May 2019

The Impact Of Shadows On Partitioning Of Radiometric Temperature To Canopy And Soil Temperature Based On The Contextual Two-Source Energy Balance Model (Tseb-2t), Mahyar Aboutalebi, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mac Mckee, Hector Nieto, William Kustas, Calvin Coopmans

AggieAir Publications

Tests of the most recent version of the two-source energy balance model have demonstrated that canopy and soil temperatures can be retrieved from high-resolution thermal imagery captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This work has assumed a linear relationship between vegetation indices (VIs) and radiometric temperature in a square grid (i.e., 3.6 m x 3.6 m) that is coarser than the resolution of the imagery acquired by the UAV. In this method, with visible, near infrared (VNIR), and thermal bands available at the same high-resolution, a linear fit can be obtained over the pixels located in a grid, where …


Fracture Toughness Improvement Of ����� Ceramics By Grain Size Control And Ductile Phase Reinforcement, Kesong Wang May 2019

Fracture Toughness Improvement Of ����� Ceramics By Grain Size Control And Ductile Phase Reinforcement, Kesong Wang

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

This study used grain size control and ductile phase reinforcement to improve fracture toughness of ����� ceramics. Alpha alumina particles of 100 nm, 0.5-1 micrometers, and 10 micrometers were coated with 1-5 nm nickel by electroless nickel plating (ENP). The coated powders were consolidated at 1200℃-1500℃ by spark plasma sintering (SPS). The sintered samples were annealed at 1100 oC for 1.5 hours and 10 hours to determine the effect of post sintering annealing on hardness and fracture toughness. Density of the samples were measured by the standard Archimedes method using a 5 mL pycnometer. Hardness values were determined by Vickers …