Listar Undergraduate Research Program for Honor and Outstanding Students por autor "Pacheco Crosetti, Gustavo E."

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    • Alternatives for Processing Plastics with Recycle Codes from 3 to 7 

      Cuevas Colón, Bianka J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019-08-19)
      Solid waste management represents a challenge for Puerto Rico. According to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (2019), more than half of the landfills have a closure order and only type one and two ...

    • Assessment of Structural Damages due to the Earthquakes in Puerto Rico Occurred on January 2020 

      García Torres, Edgardo J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021-09-17)
      The objective of this research is to develop a comprehensive classification and documentation of the failures in buildings that occurred in Puerto Rico in January 2020 as a result of the southern earthquakes, determine ...

    • Envolvente de un Edificio Resistente a Huracanes 

      Madera Olmeda, Valeria (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021-09-17)
      El paso de un huracán puede ocasionar muchos daños en la envolvente de las casas y edificios (Costa, C., Olona, C., Tombesi, C., 2020). Las fallas principales son en las ventanas y puertas, ya que son los elementos más ...

    • Infrastructure Condition Assessment Using Drones 

      Atra, Imad (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020-11-13)
      The condition assessment in pavement is carried out by performing a traditional visual inspection, and by applying the Pavement Condition Index -PCI (Vásquez, 2002). The visual inspection implies to access the roadway and ...

    • Risk & Vulnerability Assessment on Water Treatment Infrastructure against Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico 

      Lugo Montes, Abdiel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020-11-13)
      This research focused on the use of FEMA’s Hazus-Multi Hazard GIS modeling software for the performance of a risk and vulnerability assessment on drinking water treatment plants in Puerto Rico against natural hazards. ...

    • Use of Plastic as a Replacement of Fine Aggregates in Concrete Admixtures 

      Meléndez Santana, Tanayshalí (Polytechnic University Of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Although current legislation established that 35% of plastic waste must be recycled on Puerto Rico (PR), actual figures are far below this target (ADS, 2017). Plastic materials have a great impact on the environment since ...

    • Vulnerability of Bridges to Natural Events 

      León Malavé, Patricia (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020-11-13)
      This project utilized the HAZUS program and ArcGIS to perform vulnerability assessments on the bridges in Puerto Rico After conducting earthquake scenarios, the most probable bridge to experience failure or distress was ...

    • Vulnerability of schools in Puerto Rico to tsunami events 

      Torres Rodríguez, Verónica A.; Cohen Vázquez, Joel A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021-09-17)
      Puerto Rico is in an area of high seismicity, due to the presence of seismic faults around and within the Island These faults have the potential to generate earthquakes that cause tsunamis, as occurred in 1918 in the ...