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  • 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 ...
  • 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, ...
  • 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)
  • Circuit-Averaged Modeling of Non-Ideal Low-Power DC-AC Inverters 
    Ghizzawi, Farouk (Lebanese American University, 2021-03-21)
    With the growing demand for electrical DC storage and sources, DC-AC conversion has become an indispensable component for not only high and medium, but also low-power applications. In this thesis, we introduce an efficient ...
  • Open Space Indoor Navigation with RSS Sequence Transduction Neural Networks 
    Al Ghareeb, Farhan (Lebanese American University, 2020-06-18)
    In conjunction to the extensive research conducted in outdoor positioning and navigation systems, indoor localization and navigation techniques have been gaining interest and attention with various technologies proposed ...
  • Landslide Hazard and Risk Level Assessment of Quarried Slopes in Lebanon using Drone Imagery 
    Kaafarani, Rouba (Lebanese American University, 2020-08-18)
    Human activities are continuously altering the geometry and steepness of natural slopes. When left exposed and unprotected, these slopes become susceptible to slide due to natural triggering factors like earthquakes and ...
  • Analysis of The Lebanese Driver's Behavior at The Onset of Yellow Lights at Signalized Intersections 
    Chahine, Ricardo (Lebanese American University, 2020-10-15)
    Intersections are critical points within the highway system at which the risk of crashes increases. This study seeks to better understand the behavior of the Lebanese driver at an intersection by examining the relationship ...
  • Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Boiling Flows in Macro and Micro-scale Channels 
    Maalouly, Michael (Lebanese American University, 2020-12-01)
    Two-phase boiling flows are used in a wide range of engineering applications. One of the most common applications is cooling systems. A refrigerant is injected into a closed-loop under saturation conditions extracting the ...

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