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2024
Advancing Near Surface Soil Moisture Measurements Using Robotics, Automation, and Remote Sensing, Hemanth Narayan Dakshinamurthy
Field Flow Measurements for Pipe Installations With Non-Ideal Conditions, Jake Douglas
Tracking Perfluoroalkyl Substances From Wastewater Influent to its Accumulation in Vegetables and Forage Grass, Simon Kozik
Exploring the Role of Near Channel Geospatial Attributes to Predict Suspended Sediment Concentration Patterns Across the CONUS Region, Aaron J. Sigman
Water Data Science: Data Driven Techniques, Training, and Tools for Improved Management of High Frequency Water Resources Data, Amber Spackman Jones
2023
Laboratory Modelling of the Various Components of Backward Erosion Piping Behavior Due to Converging Flow With Different Constricted Outlets, Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelmotelb Ibrahim
Improved Sustainability and Efficiency of Partial Depth Concrete Bridge Deck Repair, Israi I. H. Abu Shanab
Long-Distance Recreational Travel Behavior and Implications of Autonomous Vehicles, Sailesh Acharya
Locating Low Head Dams Using a Deep Learning Model in ArcGIS Pro With Aerial Imagery, Caitlin R. Arnold
Comparing Scaling Approaches to Estimate Unimpaired Streamflow Timeseries and Seasonal Flow Metrics at Ungauged Streams, Karl Christensen
Development of Large-Scale Pseudo-3D Shear Wave Velocity Models at the Garner Valley Downhole Array Site, Isabella Corey
Physical Model of Rainwater Along Roadway Filter Strip, Ryan C. Eberhard
Top Mat Reinforcement Alternatives for Concrete Pavement Slabs With Embedded Inductive Power Transfer Systems, Thaddeus J. Hansen
Estimating Seasonal Crop Water Consumption in Irrigated Lands Using Soil Moisture and Reference Evapotranspiration, Oliver Henry Hargreaves
Comparing 1D, 2D, and 3D Hydraulic Models in Urban Flooding Applications, Taylor Kesler
Using Computational Fluid Dynamics for Predicting Hydraulic Performance of Arced Labyrinth Weirs, Shelby J. Koldewyn
Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction to Increase Groundwater Availability, Saeid Masoudiashtiani
Surface Water Hydrology Within the Great Salt Lake Basin, Madeline F. Merck
Modeling Framework for Dynamic Wireless Charging Lanes in Future Transportation Networks, Hossein Nasr-Esfahani
Laboratory Measurements at the Impact Point of a Falling Jet, Garrett Richins
Impacts of Area-Wide Air Pollution on Multimodal Traffic: Comparing Pedestrian, Motor Vehicle, and Transit Volumes in Utah, Prachanda Tiwari
Durability of Wireless Charging Systems Embedded Into Concrete Pavements for Electric Vehicles, Pilaiwan Vaikasi
2022
Advancing the Cyberinfrastructure for Smart Water Metering and Water Demand Modeling, Nour A. Attallah
Sustain Water Conservation Behaviors Using Nonparametric Ranking and Social Marketing, Mahmudur Rahman Aveek
Assessing the Role of Magnetite in Municipal Wastewater Treatment, Patricia Ayaa
Advancing Data Collection, Management, and Analysis for Quantifying Residential Water Use via Low Cost, Open Source, Smart Metering Infrastructure, Camilo J. Bastidas Pacheco
Pedestrian Behavior at Signalized Intersections Throughout Utah, Sadie Boyer
Highly Variable Rainfall-Runoff Patterns Across Burned Mountainous Watersheds in the Colorado River Headwaters, Haley Anne Canham
Comparison of Crop Water Use Estimation Methodologies in Irrigated Crops, Laura Christiansen
Development of an Excel Model to Evaluate The Stability of Slopes, Bradley Davis
Improving Flood Inundation and Streamflow Forecasts in Snowmelt Dominated Regions, Irene Garousi-Nejad
Investigating Tourists' Decision Making and Intentions for Outdoor Recreation Participation During Early COVID-19, Prasanna Humagain
Evaluation of Hydrograph Separation Techniques with Uncertain End-Member Composition, Eileen Page Lukens
Factors Affecting United States Geological Survey Irrigation Freshwater Withdrawal Estimates in Utah, J. Levi Manley
Exploring the Effects of Upstream Disturbances on Elbow Meter Performance With Numerical Modeling Applications, Riley D. Manwaring
Passage Probability of Woody Debris Elements and Accumulations at I- and V-Shaped Rock Weirs, Kathryn Margetts
Advances in Process Understanding and Methods to Support River Temperature Modeling in Large Regulated Systems, Bryce A. Mihalevich
Using Experiments, 3D Scanning, and Computational Fluid Dynamics to Analyze Variance in Minor Loss Coefficients, Adam B. Pack
Network-Wide Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis with Statistical and Machine Learning Models in Utah, Md Rafiur Rahman
Long Term Feasibility of Inductive Power Transfer Systems Embedded in Concrete Pavement Panels, Nathan J. Raine
Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Predict Flow Through the West Crack Breach of the Great Salt Lake Railroad Causeway, Michael Rasmussen
Automated Quality Control for In-Situ Water Temperature Sensors, Leah S. Richardson
Bugs Buy Steady Releases from Hydropower Producers to Encourage More Synergistic Reservoir Management, Moazzam Ali Rind
Evaluation of Human and Ecological Water Management Tradeoffs in a Seasonal Watershed with Spatially-Distributed Demands, Jesse Lee Rowles
CuO Nanoparticles Solubility as Influenced by Soil Pore Water, Native Microorganisms, and Wheat Rhizosphere Chemistry in a Sand Matrix, Dakota Sparks
Characterizing Karst Mountain Watersheds Through Streamflow Response to Snowmelt, Daniel Meade Thurber
Evaluating Plant Uptake of 4,4'-Methylenedianiline, Jeff Wight
Identifying Fibre Orientations for Fracture Process Zone Characterization in Scaled Centre-Notched Quasi-Isotropic Carbon/Epoxy Laminates with a Convolutional Neural Network, Xiaodong Xu, Aser Abbas, and Juhyeong Lee; Engineering Fracture Mechanics
2021
Improvement Opportunities in the Two-Source Energy Balance Model for ET Using UAV Imagery and Point Cloud Information, Mahyar Aboutalebi
Ammonia Emission Assessment From Gasoline and Diesel Engines Under Utah Specific Conditions, Motasem Suleiman Abualqumboz
Summer Stream Temperature Patterns and Controls in an Irrigation Depleted Western Stream, Sara Madison Alger
Numerical Simulation of Losses in Four-Way Pipe Junctions, Simon Barth
An Open Source Cyberinfrastructure for Collecting, Processing, Storing and Accessing High Temporal Resolution Residential Water Use Data, Camilo J. Bastidas Pacheco, Joseph C. Brewer, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, and Juan Caraballo; Environmental Modelling & Software
An Analysis of Electromagnetic Flowmeters: A Numerical Study, Kade J. Beck
Testing Methods of Surficial Sinkhole Identification Using Remotely Sensed Data, Dane P. Brophy
Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Determine Gas Expansion Factors of Differential Pressure Flow Meters, Patrick L. Campana
Active Transportation Routes Using Canal Corridors: Decision Tools in Creating Successful Canal Trail Projects, Matthew Scott Crump
Effects of Flow Path Factors in the Permeability of Natural and Man-made Granular Soils Using the Kozeny-Carman Equation, Robert Davies
Classical Venturi Meter Performance Downstream of the Through Leg of a Tee Junction, Matthew P. Day
A Review of Harmful Algal Bloom Prediction Models for Lakes and Reservoirs, Jade Snyder Echard
Exploring Analytical Issues Associated With Oxidation Kinetics in Drinking Water, Shadi Haji Eghrari
A Laboratory Study of the Hydraulics of Moderate-Sloped Stepped Chutes with a Labyrinth Crest, L. Kade Flake
Temperature Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Ultra-High-Performance Concrete, Jenny Bernadette Gomes
Concrete Maturity Method Applied to Rapid-Setting Calcium-Sulfoaluminate (CSA) Concretes for Pavement Repair Under Different Ambient Temperatures, Ryan Nicholas Langford
Development and Application of a Decision Framework to Support Improved River Basin Water Management, Leah Meeks
Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Western Desert of Egypt Under Climate Change: A Case Study of the Siwa Region, Noha Hossam Moghazy
Accounting for Critical Attributes and Uncertainty in Flow-Ecology Relationships, Elizabeth Decker Morgan
Estimation of High-Resolution Evapotranspiration in Heterogeneous Environments Using Drone-Based Remote Sensing, Ayman M. M. Nassar
Venturi Meter Performance When Installed on the Branch of a Tee Junction with Converging Run Flow, E. Elliot Naulu
Understanding the Marginal Utilities of Commute Time, Work Time, Travel Cost, and Income Using Stated Preferences Surveys, Niranjan Poudel
Uses and Challenges of Collecting LiDAR Data from a Growing Autonomous Vehicle Fleet: Implications for Infrastructure Planning and Inspection Practices, Md Ashikur Rahman
Evaluation of Bioretention Performance in Northern Utah as a Function of Media, Vegetation, and Loading, Trixie Rife
Analysis of Large Embankment Dam in Case of Rapid Drawdown and Earthquake Aftershock, Pothikul Vivithkeyoonvong
2020
Advancing Water Resources Systems Modeling Cyberinfrastructure to Enable Systematic Data Analysis, Modeling, and Comparisons, Adel Mohammad Kheir Abdallah
Ranchers Adapting to Climate Variability in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah, Hadia Akbar
Characterizing Water and Water-Related Energy Use in Multi-Unit Residential Structures with High Resolution Smart Metering Data, Joseph C. Brewer
Effects of Short Season Irrigation on Pasture Yield and Predicting Yield With Sentinel-2 Satellite, Ihsan Bugra Bugdayci
Impacts of Beaver Dams on Mountain Stream Discharge and Water Temperature, Timothy R. Clark
Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Duckweed and Waste Activated Sludge Under Aerobic and Anaerobic Solids Stabilization Conditions, Kwame Tweneboah Duodu
Energy Dissipation of Type a Piano Key Weirs, Kam R. Eslinger and Brian M. Crookston; Water
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District Bottom-Up Climate Vulnerability Study Using RiverWare, Jacob Everitt
Cost-Effective Planning Strategies for Battery Electric Bus Systems, Yi He
Would You Rather Teleport or Spend Some Time Commuting? Investigating Individuals’ Teleportation Preferences, Prasanna Humagain and Patrick A. Singleton; 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
The Role of Carbonate Minerals in Arsenic Mobility in a Shallow Aquifer Influenced by a Seasonally Fluctuating Groundwater Table, Jeremy Jensen
Hydraulic Analysis of Coupling a Labyrinth Weir With a Steep Stepped Chute, Tucker J. Jorgensen
Strategic Infrastructure Planning for Autonomous Vehicles, Zhaocai Liu
Comparing Single-Objective Optimization Protocols for Calibrating the Birds Nest Aquifer Model—A Problem Having Multiple Local Optima, Richard T. Lyons, Richard C. Peralta, and Partha Majumder; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Experimental Static and Cyclic Behavior of Hybrid Non-Metallic Bridge Decks Reinforced with Discrete GFRP Rebar and GFRP Macrofiber, Jared W. McRory
Influence of Model Grid Size on the Estimation of Surface Fluxes Using the Two Source Energy Balance Model and sUAS Imagery in Vineyards, Ayman Nassar, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, William Kustas, Hector Nieto, Mac McKee, Lawrence E. Hipps, David King Stevens, Joseph Alfieri, John Prueger, Maria Mar Alsina, Lynn McKee, Calvin Coopmans, Luis Sanchez, and Nick Dokoozlian; Remote Sensing
A Low-Cost, Open Source Monitoring System for Collecting High Temporal Resolution Water Use Data on Magnetically Driven Residential Water Meters, Camilo J. Bastidas Pacheco, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, and Robb J. Tracy; Sensors
Arsenic Release From Surface Soils Induced by Stormwater Bioretention, Kaisa H. Patterson
Exploring the Feasibility of Introducing Alternative Fuel Vehicles into Fleet, Samia Rubaiat
The Effect of Weather on Pedestrian Activity at Signalized Intersections in Utah, Ferdousy Runa