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Sustainable energy for Galena, Alaska: Timber Harvest Management Plan

Creator:: Kalke, Timothy R.
Abstract:: Increased energy costs have prompted the rural village of Galena, Alaska to explore viable alternatives for heat and power generation. Continued dependency on petroleum products will cause the community’s economic driving force, the Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA), to face uncertain operability. A wood-fired boiler is scheduled to be installed,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: in the writing of this report. I would like to thank the rest of my graduate committee; Dr. John

Developing tools to improve tsunami resilient design of coastal structures

Creator:: Thomas, Seth Alan
Abstract:: Over the last decade the world has seen three major tsunamis strike the coasts of Indonesia, Samoa, and Chile. These tsunamis have caused significant losses of life and property on the coastal cities of these and nearby countries. The NEES (Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation) Housesmash project was created to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: relative to the baseline conditions without a seawall. Reduction factors ranged from 1.0 (no reduction

Right-hook crash causality at signalized intersections

Creator:: Jannat, Mafruhatul
Abstract:: A Right-hook (RH) crash is a common type of bicycle-motor vehicle crash that occurs between a right-turning vehicle and through-moving bicycle at an intersection. At signalized intersections, RH crashes can occur at the onset of the green or during the latter portion of the green phase. In spite of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: frequency and severity of this crash type, no experimental studies have provided compelling evidence as to

Investigation of effectiveness of radar speed signs and additional lighting for speed control in highway construction and maintenance work zones

Creator:: Jafarnejad, Ali
Abstract:: Every year thousands of people are killed or injured in work zone crashes in the US due to excessive speed, distraction, inattentiveness, low visibility, and other factors. Roadway construction and maintenance operations often occur at night when the traffic volume is low, creating less congestion and delay to the traffic....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: motorists and equipment operators. Statistical analysis revealed that there is no difference between mean

Estimating a juniper biomass supply from private rangelands : the impact of distance and biotic factors on costs

Creator:: McCaulou, Jeff C.
Abstract:: Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a biomass industry based on a locally fixed source of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) feedstock. This study identifies a supply of juniper from private lands to determine how much of the available juniper is economically supplied at alternative prices...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: plant life that researchers do not report hydrologic responses to the presence of juniper in

Balancing Timber Production and Conservation in the Oregon Coast Range: an Examination of the Response by Birds and Bird-induced Ecosystem Services to Forest Management at Multiple Scales

Creator:: Harris, Scott H.
Abstract:: Society derives many critical and irreplaceable values from forests. With a growing global human population and rates of consumption, forests are under increasing pressure to provide all these values simultaneously. To meet societal demands for wood products, tree plantations are becoming increasingly common and are replacing native forests. Yet, forests...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: trees, and reduces damage to trees, but I detected no change in tree growth due to the presence of

Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy (solar and wind) on Water, Food and Energy Nexus

Creator:: Hassanpour Adeh, Elnaz
Abstract:: Rapid increasing of renewable energies and the knowledge about their environmental effects are very limited. As a result, the renewable energies (e.g. solar or wind energies) will play a vital role in the future because it is well accepted by environmental friendly industries. This dissertation presents the modeling, data analysis...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: was used to evaluate the potential water use efficiency in Oregon. Our results show there is no

Design and implementation of a heuristic-based decision support system for nurse scheduling

Creator:: Sitompul, Darwin
Abstract:: A decision support system (DSS) for nurse scheduling in hospitals is developed and implemented on microcomputer. The system includes algorithms and databases for developing weekly work and shift patterns and combining these into working schedules for nurses for a specified time horizon, and interface modules for the user to interact...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Schedules 60 4.10 Staff Requirement Report 62 5.1 Flowchart for User Interface 65 5.2 Algorithm for

Non-destructive determination of yield stress for in-situ gusset plates

Creator:: Pflaum, Therese Michelle
Abstract:: Failure of a gusset plate that caused the I-35W Bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN resulted in mandated rating of connections by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Rating connections requires material properties as an input. The material properties are generally reported on the available detailed drawings for bridges. However, some bridges...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: present there are no recognized, non-destructive testing methods available to establish the yield stress

An analysis of technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmill industry

Creator:: Helvoigt, Ted L.
Abstract:: The objective of this project was to investigate technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmilling industry over the period 1968-2002. Productivity growth was decomposed into three components: technical change, efficiency change, and scale efficiency change. In addition, using econometric methods, changes in output elasticities and input substitution...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Sustainable energy for Galena, Alaska: Timber Harvest Management Plan

Developing tools to improve tsunami resilient design of coastal structures

Right-hook crash causality at signalized intersections

Investigation of effectiveness of radar speed signs and additional lighting for speed control in highway construction and maintenance work zones

Estimating a juniper biomass supply from private rangelands : the impact of distance and biotic factors on costs

Balancing Timber Production and Conservation in the Oregon Coast Range: an Examination of the Response by Birds and Bird-induced Ecosystem Services to Forest Management at Multiple Scales

Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy (solar and wind) on Water, Food and Energy Nexus

Design and implementation of a heuristic-based decision support system for nurse scheduling

Non-destructive determination of yield stress for in-situ gusset plates

An analysis of technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmill industry

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