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Submissions from 2024

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Literature review on appropriate health-based standards for direct and indirect potable reuse as well as various non-potable reuse scenarios, Carrie Ellis, Alexandra Russo, and Joseph E. Goodwill

Submissions from 2023

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A Ten-Fold Solvent Kinetic Isotope Effect for the Nonradiative Relaxation of the Aqueous Ferrate(VI) Ion, Cali Antolini, Danielle J. Jacoby, Sophia M. Tiano, Christopher J. Otolski, Gilles Doumy, Anne Marie March, Donald A. Walko, Joseph E. Goodwill, and Dugan Hayes

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Pilot-scale evaluation of sulfite-activated ferrate for water reuse applications, Charles D. Spellman Jr. and Joseph E. Goodwill

Submissions from 2022

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Prediction of Pavement Maintenance Performance Using an Expert System, Abdullah Al-Mansour, Kang-Won Wayne Lee, and Abdulraaof H. Al-Qaili

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Photochemical and Photophysical Dynamics of the Aqueous Ferrate(VI) Ion, Cali Antolini, Charles D. Spellman, Christopher J. Otolski, Gilles Doumy, Anne Marie March, Donald A. Walko, Cunming Liu, Xiaoyi Zhang, Benjamin T. Young, Joseph E. Goodwill, and Dugan Hayes

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Emerging investigator series: moving beyond resilience by considering antifragility in potable water systems, Joseph E. Goodwill, Patrick Ray, Destenie Nock, and Christopher M. Miller

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Elucidating the auxetic behavior of cementitious cellular composites using finite element analysis and interpretable machine learning, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Nora-Kristin Kelter, Sami Doner, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Prediction of Concrete Strengths Enabled by Missing Data Imputation and Interpretable Machine Learning, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Mohd Zaki, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Predicting the Near Field Underwater Explosion Response of Coated Composite Cylinders using Multiscale Simulations, Experiments, and Machine Learning, Sumeru Nayak, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Arun Shukla, and Sumanta Das

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A High-Resolution Earth Observations and Machine Learning-Based Approach to Forecast Waterborne Disease Risk in Post-Disaster Settings, Farah Nusrat, Musad Haque, Derek Rollend, Gordon Christie, and Ali S. Akanda

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Sulfite-activated ferrate for water reuse applications, Charles D. Spellman Jr., Sahar Da'Er, Kaoru Ikuma, Isabella Silverman, and Joseph E. Goodwill

Submissions from 2021

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Physicochemical implications of cyanobacteria oxidation with Fe(VI), Erika L. Addison, Kyle T. Gerlach, Charles D. Spellman Jr., Grace Santilli, Alyson R. Fairbrother, Zachary Shepard, Jeanine D. Dudle, and Joseph E. Goodwill

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Does improved risk information increase the value of cholera prevention? An analysis of stated vaccine demand in slum areas of urban Bangladesh, Sonia Aziz, Emily L. Pakhtigian, Ali S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, Anwar Huq, Munirul Alam, Gias U. Ashan, and Rita R. Colwell

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Versatility, Cost Analysis, and Scale-up in Fluoride and Arsenic Removal Using Metal-organic Framework-based Adsorbents, Linisha Biswal, Joseph E. Goodwill, Christoph Janiak, and Somak Chatterjee

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Contaminant transport and fate, Thomas B. Boving and William J. Blanford

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Cyclic Strain Approach for the Analysis of Ocean Wave Liquefaction, Aaron S. Bradshaw and Artur Apostolov

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Effect of ferrate and monochloramine disinfection on the physiological and transcriptomic response of Escherichia coli at late stationary phase, Sahar Daer, Joseph E. Goodwill, and Kaoru Ikuma

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Electrocoagulation applied for the removal of microplastics from wastewater treatment facilities, Dounia Elkhatib, Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, and Elvis Carissimi

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Sweeping Effects Modify Taylor’s Frozen Turbulence Hypothesis for Scalars in the Roughness Sublayer, K. A. Everard, G. G. Katul, G. A. Lawrence, A. Christen, and M. B. Parlange

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Emerging investigator series: moving beyond resilience by considering antifragility in potable water systems, Joseph E. Goodwill, Patrick Ray, Destenie Nock, and Christopher M. Miller

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A Local Similarity Function for Katabatic Flows Derived From Field Observations Over Steep- and Shallow-Angled Slopes, Chaoxun Hang, Holly J. Oldroyd, Marco G. Giometto, Eric R. Pardyjak, and Marc B. Parlange

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My Private Lead Service Line, Lillian C. Jeznach and Joseph E. Goodwill

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Integrating multiscale numerical simulations with machine learning to predict the strain sensing efficiency of nano-engineered smart cementitious composites, Gideon A. Lyngdoh and Sumanta Das

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Finite Element-Based Numerical Simulations to Evaluate the Influence of Wollastonite Microfibers on the Dynamic Compressive Behavior of Cementitious Composites, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Sami Doner, Sumeru Nayak, and Sumanta Das

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Hydrologic Regionalization under Data Scarcity: Implications for Streamflow Prediction, Jeeban Panthi, Rocky Talchabhadel, Ganesh R. Ghimire, Sanjib Sharma, Piyush Dahal, Rupesh Baniya, Thomas Boving, Soni M. Pradhanang, and Binod Parajuli

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Development and Application of STORMTOOLS Design Load (SDL) Maps, Isabella Silverman, Blaze Engelman, Alexa Leone, Michael Rothenbucher, Allison Munch, Joseph Sorrentino, Brandon Markiewicz, Chris Pearson, Christopher Baxter, Craig Swanson, George Tiastas, and Malcolm Spaulding

Submissions from 2020

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Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17, Ali S. Akanda and et al

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Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, Ali S. Akanda and et al

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Prioritizing Water Security in the Management of Vector Borne Diseases: Lessons from Oaxaca Mexico, Ali S. Akanda, Kristin Johnson, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Janelle Couret

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A computer vision based rebar detection chain for automatic processing of concrete bridge deck GPR data, Pouria Asadi, Mayrai Gindy, Marco Alvarez, and Alireza Asadi

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Prediction of the Limiting Flux and Its Correlation with the Reynolds Number during the Microfiltration of Skim Milk Using an Improved Model, Carolina Astudillo-Castro, Andrés Cordova, Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Carmen Soto-Maldonado, Pedro Valencia, Paola Henriquez, and Rafael Jimenez-Flores

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Cooling rate effects on the structure of 45S5 bioglass: Insights from experiments and simulations, Pratik Bhaskar, Rajesh Kumar, Yashasvi Maurya, R. Ravinder, Amarnath R. Allu, Sumanta Das, Nitya Nand Gosvami, Randall E. Youngman, Mikkel S. Bodker, Nerea Mascaraque, Morten M. Smedskjaer, Mathieu Bauchy, and N.M. Anoop Krishnan

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Sulfite activation changes character of ferrate resultant particles, Bradley M. Bzdyra, Charles D. Spellman Jr., Irene Andreu, and Joseph E. Goodwill

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Comparison of microplastic isolation and extraction procedures from marine sediments, Michaela A. Cashman, Kay T. Ho, Thomas B. Boving, Stephen Russo, Sandra Robinson, and Robert M. Burgess

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Developing a forecasting model for cholera incidence in Dhaka megacity through time series climate data, Salima Sultana Daisy, AKM Saiful Islam, Ali S. Akanda, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Nuhu Amin, and Peter Kjaer Mackie Jensen

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A Critical Review of Extraction and Identification Methods of Microplastics in Wastewater and Drinking Water, Dounia Elkhatib and Vinka Oyanedel-Craver

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Evaluation of Cold Recycled Asphalt Mixture Treated with Portland Cement as Base-Layer Materials, Masoud Faramarzi, Yongjoo Kim, Sooahn Kwon, and Kang-Won Wayne Lee

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WTP for Water Filters and Water Quality Testing Services in Guatemala, Todd Guilfoos, Sarah Hayden, Emi Uchida, and Vinka Oyanedel-Craver

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Dynamics of confined water and its interplay with alkali cations in sodium aluminosilicate hydrate gel: insights from reactive force field molecular dynamics, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Rajesh Kumar, N. M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Elucidating the constitutive relationship of calcium–silicate–hydrate gel using high throughput reactive molecular simulations and machine learning, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Hewenxuan Li, Mohd Zaki, N. M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Fracture Toughness of Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Gels: Evaluations Using Nanoindentation Experiment and Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Sumeru Nayak, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Fracture toughness of sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (NASH) gels: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Sumeru Nayak, Rajesh Kumar, N. M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Household Water Storage Management, Hygiene Practices, and Associated Drinking Water Quality in Rural India, Sarah L. McGuinness, Joanne O'Toole, S. Fiona Barker, Andrew B. Forbes, Thomas B. Boving, Asha Giriyan, Kavita Patil, Fraddry D'Souza, Ramkrishna Vhaval, Allen C. Cheng, and Karin Leder

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A stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of a riverbank filtration intervention to improve access to safe water on health in rural India, Sarah L. McGuinness, Joanne O'Toole, Andrew B. Forbes, Thomas B. Boving, Kavita Patil, Fraddry D'Souza, Chetan A. Gaonkar, Asha Giriyan, S. Fiona Barker, Allen Cheng, Martha Sinclair, and Karin Leder

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Strain sensing efficiency of hierarchical nano-engineered smart twill-weave composites: Evaluations using multiscale numerical simulations, Sumeru Nayak and Sumanta Das

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A Peridynamics-Based Micromechanical Modeling Approach for Random Heterogeneous Structural Materials, Sumeru Nayak, R. Ravinder, N. M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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The record 2017 flood in South Asia: State of prediction and performance of a data-driven requisitely simple forecast model, Wahid Palash, Ali Shafqat Akanda, and Shafiqul Islam

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Spatiotemporal modeling of dengue fever risk in Puerto Rico, Gavino Puggioni, Jannelle Couret, Emily Serman, Ali S. Akanda, and Howard S. Ginsberg

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Department of Error: Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2020) 395(10239) (1779–1801), (S0140673620301148), (10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30114-8)), Robert C. Reiner, Kirsten E. Wiens, Aniruddha Deshpande, Mathew M. Baumann, Paulina A. Lindstedt, Brigette F. Blacker, Christopher E. Troeger, Lucas Earl, Sandra B. Munro, Degu Abate, Hedayat Abbastabar, Foad Abd-Allah, Ahmed Abdelalim, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Getaneh Abebe, Kedir Hussein Abegaz, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Michael R.M. Abrigo, Manfred Mario Kokou Accrombessi, Dilaram Acharya, Maryam Adabi, Oladimeji M. Adebayo, Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, Victor Adekanmbi, Olatunji O. Adetokunboh, Davoud Adham, Beyene Meressa Adhena, Mohsen Afarideh, and Keivan Ahmadi

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Performance of silver nanoparticle-impregnated ovoid ceramic water filters, Zachary J. Shepard, Elizabeth M. Lux, and Vinka A. Oyanedel-Craver

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Potential Implications of Acid Mine Drainage and Wastewater Cotreatment on Solids Handling: A Review, Charles D. Spellman Jr., Travis L. Tasker, Joseph E. Goodwill, and William H.J. Strosnider

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Abatement of circumneutral mine drainage by Co-treatment with secondary municipal wastewater, Charles D. Spellman Jr., Travis L. Tasker, William H.J. Strosnider, and Joseph E. Goodwill

Submissions from 2019

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Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using a modified Tollens’ method in conjunction with phytochemicals and assessment of their antimicrobial activity, Muna A. AbuDalo, Ismaeel R. Al-Mheidat, Alham W. Al-Shurafat, Colleen Grinham, and Vinka Oyanedel-Craver

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Microstructure and Strength Development of Sodium Carbonate–Activated Blast Furnace Slags, Busra Akturk, Sumeru Nayak, Sumanta Das, and Ahmet B. Kizilkanat

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A Machine Learning Based Approach for Automatic Rebar Detection and Quantification of Deterioration in Concrete Bridge Deck Ground Penetrating Radar B-scan Images, Pouria Asadi, Mayrai Gindy, and Marco Alvarez

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Chapter 11 - Using "nano tools" as the basis for a hands-on experiential course in nanotechnology, Geoffrey D. Bothun, Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, and Keunhan Park

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Using Case Studies of Bridge Scour in Rhode Island to Evaluate Simplified Scour Equations, Aaron S. Bradshaw, Paul Sauco, Wendy K. Laurent, Christopher D.P. Baxter, M. Reza Hashemi, Monique Lafrance Bartley, Brian Caccioppoli, and John King

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Identification of hydroxyl and sulfate free radicals involved the reaction of 1,4-dioxane with peroxone activated persulfate oxidant, Michaela A. Cashman, L. Kirschenbaum, Justin Holowachuk, and Thomas Boving

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Effect of soil deformability on the failure mechanism of shallow plate or screw anchors in sand, Benjamin Cerfontaine, Jonathan A. Knappett, Michael J. Brown, and Aaron S. Bradshaw

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Design of plate and screw anchors in dense sand: failure mechanism, capacity and deformation, Benjamin Cerfontaine, Jonathan Knappett, Michael Brown, and Aaron Bradshaw

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Desalination using low biofouling nanocomposite membranes: From batch-scale to continuous-scale membrane fabrication, Sneha Chede, Nelson M. Anaya, Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Sanam Gorgannejad, Tequila A.L. Harris, Jumana Al-Mallahi, Muna Abu-Dalo, Hani Abu Qdais, and Isabel C. Escobar

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Simulating the Fracture of Notched Mortar Beams through Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) and Peridynamics, Sumanta Das, Canio Hoffarth, Bo Ren, Benjamin Spencer, Gaurav Sant, Subramaniam D. Rajan, and Narayanan Neithalath

Prediction of effective properties of fly ash-based geopolymers, Sumanta Das, Pu Yang, Sudhanshu S. Singh, James C.E. Mertens, Xianghui Xiao, Nikhilesh Chawla, and Narayanan Neithalath

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Dynamic compressive behavior of metallic particulate-reinforced cementitious composites: SHPB experiments and numerical simulations, Sami Doner, Sumeru Nayak, Koray Senol, Aun Shukla, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, Ibrahim Kutay Yilmazcoban, and Sumanta Das

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Pulse UV light effect on microbial biomolecules and organic pollutants degradation in aqueous solutions, F. Faghihzadeh, N. M. Anaya, H. Hadjeres, T. B. Boving, and V. Oyanedel-Craver

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Assessment of modern recharge to arid region aquifers using an integrated geophysical, geochemical, and remote sensing approach, Othman Abdurrahman Fallatah, Mohamed Ahmed, Dawn Cardace, Thomas Boving, and Ali S. Akanda

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Measuring Six-Degree-of-Freedom Movements of Buried Objects in Soil Using a Magnetometer, Hande Gerkus, Ying Lai, Asitha Senanayake, Robert B. Gilbert, Yunhan Huang, Joseph R. Giampa, and Aaron S. Bradshaw

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The effect of shape on the pull-out capacity of shallow plate anchors in sand, J. R. Giampa, A. S. Bradshaw, H. Gerkus, R. B. Gilbert, K. G. Gavin, and V. Sivakumar

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Preliminary Assessment of Ferrate Treatment of Metals in Acid Mine Drainage, Joseph E. Goodwill, Julie LaBar, Debbie Slovikosky, and William H.J. Strosnider

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Awwa scholarships in action, Alexander S. Gorzalski, Lucas Alexandre Djehdian, Jay R. Werber, and Joseph E. Goodwill

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Comparison of ferrate and ozone pre-oxidation on disinfection byproduct formation from chlorination and chloramination, Yanjun Jiang, Joseph E. Goodwill, John E. Tobiason, and David A. Reckhow

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Estimating cholera risk from an exploratory analysis of its association with satellite-derived land surface temperatures, Rakibul Khan, Haidar Aldaach, Claire McDonald, Munirul Alam, Anwar Huq, Yongxuan Gao, Ali S. Akanda, Rita Colwell, and Antarpreet Jutla

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Long-Range River Discharge Forecasting Using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, Rakibul Khan, Moiz Usmani, Ali Akanda, Wahid Palash, Yongxuan Gao, Anwar Huq, Rita Colwell, and Antarpreet Jutla

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Realistic atomic structure of fly ash-based geopolymer gels: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, Rajesh Kumar, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Field Performance of Reinforced Dunes for Improving Coastal Resilience, Brian Maggi, Aaron Bradshaw, Christopher Baxter, Annette Grilli, Stephen Licht, Naser Al Naser, and Paolo Stegagno

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A microstructure-guided numerical approach to evaluate strain sensing and damage detection ability of random heterogeneous self-sensing structural materials, Sumeru Nayak and Sumanta Das

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Spatial damage sensing ability of metallic particulate-reinforced cementitious composites: Insights from electrical resistance tomography, Sumeru Nayak and Sumanta Das

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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of Particle Reinforced Alkali Activated Slag Mortars, Sumeru Nayak, Ahmet B. Kizilkanat, Narayanan Neithalath, and Sumanta Das

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Fracture Response of Metallic Particulate-reinforced Cementitious Composites: Insights from Experiments and Multiscale Numerical Simulations, Sumeru Nayak, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Microstructure-guided numerical simulation to evaluate the influence of phase change materials (PCMs) on the freeze-thaw response of concrete pavements, Sumeru Nayak, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, and Sumanta Das

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Influence of Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials (PCMs) on the Chloride Ion Diffusivity of Concretes Exposed to Freeze-thaw Cycles: Insights from Multiscale Numerical Simulations, Sumeru Nayak, Gideon A. Lyngdoh, and Sumanta Das

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Static pile load test inversion, Gopu R. Potty, Aaron Bradshaw, S. Suresh, and U. Krishnakumar

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Glass Fracture Upon Ballistic Impact: New Insights From Peridynamics Simulations, Jared Rivera, Jonathan Berjikian, R. Ravinder, Hariprasad Kodamana, Sumanta Das, Naresh Bhatnagar, Mathieu Bauchy, and N. M. Anoop Krishnan

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Development of a floating adsorbent for cadmium derived from modified drinking water treatment plant sludge, Eko Siswoyo, Imroatul Qoniah, Puji Lestari, Joni Aldila Fajri, Rizki Amalia Sani, Della Gita Sari, and Thomas Boving

Submissions from 2018

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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, Ali S. Akanda and et al

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Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, Ali S. Akanda and et al

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Growing Water Insecurity and Dengue Burden in the Americas, Ali S. Akanda and Kristin Johnson

Land use and mitigation effects on barrier beach erosion in storms: Case study in Rhode Island, Naser Al Naser, Annette R. Grilli, Stephan T. Grilli, Christopher Baxter, Aaron Bradshaw, and Brian Maggi

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Enhanced reductive de-chlorination of a solvent contaminated aquifer through addition and apparent fermentation of cyclodextrin, William James Blanford, Michaeol Philip Pecoraro, Rebecca Heinrichs, and Thomas Bernhard Boving

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Crack Healing in Cementitious Mortars Using Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation: Quantification Based on Fracture Response, Akash Dakhane, Sumanta Das, Hannah Hansen, Sean O'Donnell, Farouq Hanoon, Aimee Rushton, Carlos Perla, and Narayanan Neithalath

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Elucidating the influences of compliant microscale inclusions on the fracture behavior of cementitious composites, Sumanta Das, Matthew Aguayo, Nihat Kabay, Barzin Mobasher, Gaurav Sant, and Narayanan Neithalath

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Microstructure-guided numerical simulations to predict the thermal performance of a hierarchical cement-based composite material, Sumanta Das, Matthew Aguayo, Subramaniam D. Rajan, Gaurav Sant, and Narayanan Neithalath

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Kinetic, metabolic and macromolecular response of bacteria to chronic nanoparticle exposure in continuous culture, F. Faghihzadeh, N. M. Anaya, C. Astudillo-Castro, and V. Oyanedel-Craver

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A Case Study on a Cement Treated RAP Containing Asphalt Emulsion and Acryl Polymer, Masoud Faramarzi, Kang-Won Wayne Lee, Yongjoo Kim, and Sooahn Kwond

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A simple method for assessing the peak friction angle of sand at very low confining pressures, Joseph R. Giampa and Aaron S. Bradshaw

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Erratum: "Influence of dilation angle on drained shallow circular anchor uplift capacity" by Joseph R. Giampa, Aaron S. Bradshaw, and James A. Schneider [Int. J. Geomech (08218002)] DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000725, Joseph R. Giampa, Aaron S. Bradshaw, and James A. Schneider

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Quantifying and contextualizing disinfection byproducts during the Flint Water Crisis: a case study, and framework for broader application, Joseph E. Goodwill, Mark W. Hagemann, Marc A. Edwards, and David A. Reckhow

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The “Grahampire”: The Broad Impacts of Excellence in Water Research, Joseph E. Goodwill, Jennie Rand, and Kevin Bergschneider

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Climate projections and extremes in dynamically downscaled CMIP5 model outputs over the Bengal delta: a quartile based bias-correction approach with new gridded data, M. Alfi Hasan, A. K.M.Saiful Islam, and Ali Shafqat Akanda

Development of fragility curves for reinforced dunes, Brian Maggi, Christopher Baxter, Aaron Bradshaw, Annette Grilli, Stephen Licht, Paolo Stegagno, and Naser Al Naser