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  • Assessing membrane biofilm predevelopment strategies to improve anaerobic membrane bioreactor effluent quality 
    Bou Nehme, Christelle (Lebanese American University, 2022-05-16)
    Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater has been addressed as an alternative water resource to a great extent lately because of major water scarcity faced worldwide. Among wastewater treatment technologies envisaged, ...
  • The Effect of the Variation of the Modulus of Subgrade Reaction on the Design of Large Shallow Foundations 
    Al Kaaby Al Zoaby, Hassan (Lebanese American University, 2022-01-13)
    The design of mat foundations is a common application of soil-structure interaction. In a typical mat foundation design, the structure element (mat) is modeled as either rigid or flexible plate overlying an elastic subgrade. ...
  • Non-linear base and shaft reaction models for 1-D pile driving analysis 
    Loukidis, Dimitrios; Salgado, Rodrigo; Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Zhang, Yanbei (Korea Geotechnical Society, 2022-06-20)
    Simulation of pile driving is frequently used in present design practice to study pile drivability and to estimate pile static capacity based on driving data. The accuracy of both drivability analysis and static resistance ...
  • Landslide hazard mapping for Lebanon 
    Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Wartman, Joseph (Korea Geotechnical Society, 2022-06-20)
    Landslides are a major hazard in Lebanon due to the country’s rugged topography and its setting in a region of high seismicity and high rainfall intensity. The situation is further exasperated by rapid expansion in urban ...
  • An interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Open City 
    Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Appelhans, Nadine; Carlow, Vanessa Miriam; Mumm, Olaf; Murad, Majd; Schroder, Boris; Trapp, Jan Hendrik (2022-06-16)
    Cities worldwide are being confronted with perpetual economic challenges, flows of migration, and increasing vulnerability to the consequences of global changes. Within contemporary urban lines of conflict, the ‘open city’ ...
  • Static and dynamic analyses of Dahr El Baidar slope 
    Matar, T.; Chehade, F. Hage; Harb, J.; Rahhal, M.; Abdel Massih, D. Youssef; Abdallah, C.; Ibrahim, E.; Khalaf-Keyrouz, L.; Nasr, G.; Abou-Jaoude, G.; Sursock, A. (National Technical University of Athens, 2022-06-16)
    The slope of Dahr El Baidar located on the central mountain of Lebanon hosts a section of the Arab Highway that is under construction to connect Beirut to neighboring Arab countries. This slope has experienced several ...
  • A Stackelberg Game Inspired Model of Real-Time Economic Dispatch with Demand Response 
    Shakrina, Youssef (Lebanese American University, 2021-05-25)
    Traditional electric power systems have several challenges in maintaining their reliability and being able to meet the demand of the consumers at peak hours. Additionally, environmental concerns may arise from several ...
  • Low-Light Image Enhancement for Object Classification using Deep Learning 
    Al Sobbahi, Rayan (Lebanese American University, 2021-05-11)
    Low-light image (LLI) enhancement is an important image processing task that aims at improving the illumination of images taken under low-light conditions. Recently, a remarkable progress has been made in utilizing deep ...
  • The Kfarnabrakh Landslide of November 30th, 2015 
    Unknown author (2022-06-15)
    During the early hours of November 30th, 2015, the mountain town of Kfarnabrakh experienced a major landslide at one of the town’s rock cliffs. Kfarnabrakh is 1,150 meters above the sea level, 45 km south-east of Beirut, ...
  • Machinic Utopias, Automated Futures 
    Abou-Jaoude, Grace (Delft University of Technology, 2018-07-02)
    ‘Machinic Utopias, Automated Futures’ speculates on the role of designers as active agents addressing the potential implications of automated technologies on urban space in the specific context of the horticultural production ...
  • Detection of COVID-19 from X-Ray Images 
    Kandalaft, Joseph (Lebanese American University, 2021-08-05)
    Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new disease that is based on the SARSCoV- 2 virus. The virus has caused a worldwide pandemic due to its high infection rate and severity of symptoms. Several methods for detecting ...
  • Soil stiffness nonlinearity in one-dimensional pile-driving simulations and formulas 
    Loukidis, Dimitrios; Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Salgado, Rodrigo; Zhang, Yanbei; Bisht, Vibhav (ASTM International, 2022-06-14)
    Driven piles are commonly used as foundation elements in engineering projects. Due to their simplicity, pile-driving formulas have been widely used in practice to estimate static pile capacity based on observations made ...
  • Relationship between Lebanese Homeowners’ awareness of Climate Change and their Decision to use Thermal Insulation in their Homes 
    Keushkerian, Bedros (Lebanese American University, 2021-06-03)
    Climate change is considered a major threat to the environment and society as a whole. Reducing building energy consumption through the use of thermal insulation is one way of combating climate change. This study examines ...
  • Landslide susceptibility mapping based on triggering factors using a multi-modal approach 
    Kaafarani, Rouba; Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Wartman, Joseph; Tawk, Miriam (2022-06-10)
    Landslide susceptibility mapping has been done using statistical and physically-based assessment techniques with limited focus on mode-specific models to identify failure modes and runout patterns. Because each failure ...
  • Quantitative coseismic and precipitation-induced landslide risk mapping for the country of Lebanon 
    Pollock, William; Wartman, Joseph; Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Grant, Alex (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2022-06-09)
    Quantitative landslide risk assessment is a key step in creating appropriate land use policies. The forced migration of those displaced by recent events in Syria has highlighted the need for studies to guide humanitarian ...
  • The role of soil stiffness non-linearity in 1D pile driving simulations 
    Salgado, R.; Loukidis, D.; Abou-Jaoude, G.; Zhang, Y. (2022-06-09)
    Drivability studies and determination of pile static capacity from driving resistance are an integral part of present foundation engineering practice. The success of both pile driving simulations and back-calculation of ...
  • Multimodal method for landslide risk analysis 
    Pollock, William; Grant, Alex; Wartman, Joseph; Abou-Jaoude, Grace (2022-06-09)
    Quantitative landslide risk analysis is a key step in creating appropriate land use policies. However, regional scale landslide hazard and risk studies are traditionally based on a single, infinite-slope style of failure, ...
  • An Overview of scenario approaches 
    Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Mumm, Olaf; Carlow, Vanessa Miriam (2022-06-09)
    Rising complexities and uncertainties have emphasized the need to employ scenario thinking in urban design and planning. While different scenario methods have been widely used across disciplines, a comprehensive review of ...
  • Risk at the margins 
    Pollock, William; Wartman, Joseph; Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Grant, Alex (2022-06-09)
    Quantitative landslide risk analysis is a key step in creating appropriate land use policies. The forced migration of those displaced by recent armed conflict in Syria has highlighted the need for studies to guide humanitarian ...
  • Evaluation of Dynamic Analyses and Static Pile Load Tests from Bored Cast-in-Situ Piles in Dense Sands and Sandstones 
    Abou-Jaoude, Grace; Sadek, S.; Ghalayini, I. (IOS Press, 2022-06-03)

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