Bi-layer material systems are found in various engineering applications ranging from nano-scale components, such as thin films in circuit boards, to macro-scale structures such as adhesive bonding in aerospace and civil ...

Most advanced oxidation processes use the hydroxyl radical (OH) to treat pollutants found in wastewater and contaminated aquifers because OH reacts with numerous compounds at near diffusion-limited rates. OH can be made ...

This research explores the functional relationship between financial structure and agent's cost-reducing effort in the realm of public-private-partnership (PPP) contracting. I consider a canonical contracting problem where ...

This thesis develops a learning framework for automation of acquisition of bridge conceptual design knowledge. The thesis proposes a new learning methodology explicitly aimed at capturing quality design aspects to help ...