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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

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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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

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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

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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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

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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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

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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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 …

Application Of X-Ray Grating Interferometry To Polymer/Flame Retardant Blends In Additive Manufacturing, Omoefe Joy Kio

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

X-ray grating interferometry is a nondestructive tool for visualizing the internal structures of samples. Image contrast can be generated from the absorption of X-rays, the change in phase of the beam and small-angle X-ray scattering (dark-field). The attenuation and differential phase data obtained complement each other to give the internal composition of a material and large-scale structural information. The dark-field signal reveals sub-pixel structural detail usually invisible to the attenuation and phase probe, with the potential to highlight size distribution detail in a fashion faster than conventional small-angle scattering techniques. This work applies X-ray grating interferometry to the study of …

A Model-Based Framework For The Smart Manufacturing Of Polymers, Santiago D. Salas Ortiz

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

It is hard to point a daily activity in which polymeric materials or plastics are not involved. The synthesis of polymers occurs by reacting small molecules together to form, under certain conditions, long molecules. In polymer synthesis, it is mandatory to assure uniformity between batches, high-quality of end-products, efficiency, minimum environmental impact, and safety. It remains as a major challenge the establishment of operational conditions capable of achieving all objectives together. In this dissertation, different model-centric strategies are combined, assessed, and tested for two polymerization systems.

The first system is the synthesis of polyacrylamide in aqueous solution using potassium persulfate …

Algorithmic Multi-Color Cmos Avalanche Photodiodes For Smart-Lighting Applications, Md Mottaleb Hossain

Optical Science and Engineering ETDs

Future smart-lighting systems are expected to deliver adaptively color-tunable and high-quality lighting that is energy efficient while also offering integrated visible-light wireless communication services. To enable these systems at a commercial level, inexpensive and fast sensors with spectral-sensing capability are required. CMOS-compatible silicon avalanche photodiodes (APDs) can be an excellent fit to this problem due to their excellent sensitivity, high speeds and cost effectiveness; however, color sensing is a challenge without resorting to expensive spectral filters, as done in commercially. To address this challenge, we have recently designed and modeled a novel CMOS-compatible dual-junction APD. The device outputs two photocurrents …

Highly Flame-Retardant Rigid Polyurethane Foams Prepared Using Corn Oil, Camila Muliterno Zequine

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

One of the biggest catastrophic problems worldwide is the structural fire that destroys properties, durable goods and lives. Polyurethanes are one of the most important polymers because of the widely use in industrial applications, such as thermal insulation, coating, construction and automobiles. However, polyurethane foams have the disadvantage of being flammable. Most of the starting materials for the production of polyurethanes are derivate from petroleum-based resources, which generates environmental and governmental problems. In this study, bio-based rigid polyurethane foams were synthesized using corn oil. First, commercial corn oil was fully epoxidized to be used in the synthesis of flame-retardant rigid …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Corn Oil Based Polyol And Its Application For Rigid Flame Retardant Polyurethane Foams, Sneha Ramanujam

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

A novel bio-based polyol was synthesized using corn oil and 2-mercaptoethanol via thiol-ene reaction as an alternative to petroleum-based polyol for the synthesis of polyurethane foams. The polyol was analyzed using wet chemical techniques to obtain a hydroxyl number and the viscosity of the polyol. Infrared spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography were used to confirm the structural properties of the foams. Flame-retardant polyurethane foams were prepared by the addition of different concentrations of dimethyl methyl phosphonate (DMMP) in the final foam composition. The effect of DMMP on the thermo-mechanical properties of the polyurethane foams was analyzed. The TGA analysis showed …

Synergy And Timing: A Concurrent Mass Medical Campaign Predicted To Augment Indoor Residual Spraying For Malaria, Richard C. Elliott, David L. Smith, Dorothy C. Echodu

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Control programmes for high burden countries are tasked with charting effective multi-year strategies for malaria control within significant resource constraints. Synergies between different control tools, in which more than additive benefit accrues from interventions used together, are of interest because they may be used to obtain savings or to maximize health impact per expenditure. One commonly used intervention in sub-Saharan Africa is indoor residual spraying (IRS), typically deployed through a mass campaign. While possible synergies between IRS and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) have been investigated in multiple transmission settings, coordinated synergy between IRS and other mass medical distribution campaigns …

Development Of A Sonically Powered Biodegradable Nanogenerator For Bone Regeneration, Avi S. Patel

University Scholar Projects

Background: Reconstruction of bone fractures and defects remains a big challenge in orthopedic surgery. While regenerative engineering has advanced the field greatly using a combination of biomaterial scaffolds and stem cells, one matter of difficulty is inducing osteogenesis in these cells. Recent works have shown electricity’s ability to promote osteogenesis in stem cell lines when seeded in bone scaffolds; however, typical electrical stimulators are either (a) externally housed and require overcomplex percutaneous wires be connected to the implanted scaffold or (b) implanted non-degradable devices which contain toxic batteries and require invasive removal surgeries.

Objective: Here, we establish a biodegradable, piezoelectric …

Development Of A Sonically Powered Biodegradable Nanogenerator For Bone Regeneration, Avi Patel

Honors Scholar Theses

Background: Reconstruction of bone fractures and defects remains a big challenge in orthopedic surgery. While regenerative engineering has advanced the field greatly using a combination of biomaterial scaffolds and stem cells, one matter of difficulty is inducing osteogenesis in these cells. Recent works have shown electricity’s ability to promote osteogenesis in stem cell lines when seeded in bone scaffolds; however, typical electrical stimulators are either (a) externally housed and require overcomplex percutaneous wires be connected to the implanted scaffold or (b) implanted non-degradable devices which contain toxic batteries and require invasive removal surgeries.

Objective: Here, we establish a biodegradable, piezoelectric …

Systems Analysis For Pet And Olefin Polymers In A Circular Economy, David R. Shonnard, Emily Tipaldo, Vicki Thompson, Joshua M. Pearce, Gerard T. Caneba, Robert Handler

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET #1) and polyolefin plastics such polyethylene (HDPE #2, LDPE #4) and polypropylene (PP #5) are major products from the chemical industry, and they comprise a significant fraction of municipal solid waste that ends up in landfills or as litter and marine debris. The reuse of these polymeric materials can be optimized through systems analysis with a view on materials flow analysis, techno-economics, environmental life cycle assessment, and consequential societal impacts. This contribution will present the overall research approach for this exploratory project within the DOE- and industry-funded REMADE Institute and end with a proposed systems analysis framework.

“Polysoaps” Via Raft Copolymerization To Form Well-Defined Micelles For Water Remediation And Targeted Drug Delivery Applications, Phillip Pickett

Dissertations

Amphiphilic copolymers have become increasingly important for environmental and biological applications due to their behavioral characteristics in aqueous solution. For example, structurally-tailored statistical amphiphilic copolymers or “polysoaps” can self-assemble into micelles or other architectures in water at various concentrations. Polysoaps may be differentiated from small molecule surfactant micelles in their capability to self-assemble into unimolecular associates (unimolecular micelles) with no dependence on concentration. Such micelles offer enormous potential for dispersion of hydrophobic species in water at high dilution. Importantly, each polymer chain forms its own micelle and upon dilution, these micelles remain intact and capable of dispersing hydrocarbon material in …

Engineering Multifunctional And Morphologically Diverse Polymer Brush Surfaces, Cassandra M. Reese

Dissertations

The combination of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) and post-polymerization (PPM) serves as a powerful approach to fabricate complex, multifunctional polymer films, which can be precisely tuned for desired surface engineering applications. Careful manipulation of PPM parameters such as reaction conditions, the tethered brush parameters, and the physical properties of the unbound post-modifier greatly influence the depth of penetration of the post-modifier and the polymer brush compositional heterogeneity. This dissertation focuses on engineering polymer brush surfaces with multifunctional chemistries and tunable morphologies by investigating the PPM parameters that dictate the distribution of post-modifiers on grafted polymer brush surfaces.

The first chapter of …

Structural Design Guidelines For Pervious Concrete Pavements, April Smith

Civil Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

Pervious pavements have gained popularity in recent years as the transportation industry focuses on sustainability and environmental impact. This research investigated the structural design of pervious concrete pavements. There is no standard design method; therefore, the goal was to lessen ambiguity surrounding the use of pervious concrete for pavement structures. By characterization of the rigid pavement design equation from the 1993 AASHTO Structural Design Guide for Design of Pavement Structures through laboratory exploration and review of existing literature, a guide was created to assist engineers in the design of pervious concrete pavements.

Exploring The Electrical Properties Of Twisted Bilayer Graphene, William Shannon

Senior Theses

Two-dimensional materials exhibit properties unlike anything else seen in conventional substances. Electrons in these materials are confined to move only in the plane. In order to explore the effects of these materials, we have built apparatus and refined procedures with which to create two-dimensional structures. Two-dimensional devices have been made using exfoliated graphene and placed on gold contacts. Their topography has been observed using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) confirming samples with monolayer, bilayer, and twisted bilayer structure. Relative work functions of each have been measured using Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) showing that twisted bilayer graphene has a surface potential …

Manufacturing And Testing The Permanent Magnet Linear Motor, Renjie Kang

Senior Theses

Controlled mechanical motion is vital in many useful applications in technology. Among them, linear motors have advantages over traditional rotating motors. In this work, we built a permanent magnet linear motor to test and measure its energy efficiency. A maximum 29% total energy efficiency, and 67% energy transfer rate, were detected. In addition, a C-shape support structure was added to the moving part in order to increase the moving accuracy. The tests show that, with the support structure, the fluctuation in the vertical direction decreases significantly, but the friction of the system slightly increases.

Investigation Of The Surface Topology Changes Associated With Fatigue, Randall D. Kelton

Material Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Metals have long been known to change their surface topology when subjected to a plastic strain. Given that a plastic zone exists at the tip of a propagating crack, it would seem natural to quantitatively study surface topology changes associated with nucleating and propagating fatigue cracks. So far the workers in this study have only found one measurement of the surface topology changes associated with a nucleating crack. The current research seeks to study and refine, a possible correlation between crack growth and surface topology changes, with the object to develop a damage index for fatigue cracking from surface topology …