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Submissions from 2024

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Unlocking Blockchain in Construction: A Systematic Review of Applications and Barriers, Bilge Celik, Yewande Sonayon Abraham, and Mohsen Attaran

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Teaching Building Information Modeling Courses in Construction Programs, Hongtao Dang, Sanjeev Adhikari, and Anne Anderson

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Bar-supported negative curvature hollow-core fiber for low-loss guidance in the near-infrared region, Arooj Fatima, Ahmet Emin Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

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Frequency selective low-loss transmission in negative curvature hollow-core fibers, Jacob Gamble, Mustafa Ordu, and Ahmet E. Akosman

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Investigating the Trends in the Adoption and Implementation of Sustainable Building Rating Systems: A Critical Analysis of the LEED Rating System, Prajjwal Gupta, Yewande S. Abraham, and Bilge Celik

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Tailoring Strut Thicknesses for Selective THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensors, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

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Addressing microplastic environmental data gaps through undergraduate research, Michelle Kryl, Ashlee Lewandoski, Grace DiBlasio, Ethan Howard, and Lillian C. Jeznach

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Evaluating the shear stiffness of asymmetric angle-ply layers in diagonal cross-laminated timber, Shaghayegh Kurzinski and Paul L. Crovella

Evaluating Students' Perceptions of Executing a Construction Lab Project Using Procore®, Shay Kurzinski, Anne Anderson, and Jonathan Robert Gomes

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Evolvement of Excusable Delay Clauses in Government Contracts since the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jung Hyun Lee, Yunping Liang, Seyed Mohammad Ehsan Tabatabaee, and Bryce Riccitelli

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HeliosFair: Fair Sharing of Solar Energy Costs in Communities, Diptyaroop Maji, Vani Gupta, Prashant Shenoy, and Ramesh K. Sitaraman

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An Artificial Intelligence-Based Framework for Automated Information Inquiry from Building Information Models Using Natural Language Processing and Ontology, Armin Nabavi, Issa Ramaji, and Naimeh Sadeghi

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Evaluating Fourth-Grader’s Perception of Engineering Through a Community-Engaged Project (Evaluation), Olivia Ryan and Maija A. Benitz

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Enhancing polarization maintenance and spectral filtering in negative curvature hollow-core fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Higher Order Mode Analysis in Frequency Selective Negative Curvature Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

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Introducing the Engineering Design Process to First-Year Students with a Project Focused on Offshore Wind Energy, Gordon Stewart, Maija A. Benitz, Lillian C. Jeznach, and Charles R. Thomas

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A Critical Assessment of Material Price Adjustment Clauses for Transportation Design–Build Projects, Moe Kyaw Thu, Parker Hamilton, Jung Hyun Lee, Gordan Kingsley, and Baabak Ashuri

THz Negative Curvature Fiber Sensor Design for Blood Constituent Analysis, Julia Ward, Ethan Neidt, Riley Como, and Ahmet E. Akosman

Submissions from 2023

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Detecting plumes in mobile air quality monitoring time series with density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise, Blake Actkinson and Robert J. Griffin

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Designing Optical Negative Curvature Fibers with Rotated Elliptical Cladding Elements, Santiago Armas and Ahmet E. Akosman

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3D printable multimode Terahertz negative curvature optical fibers, Santiago Armas, Joseph Lombardo, Ian Ramirez, Faisal Algethmi, Allison M. Marn, and Ahmet E. Akosman

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Digital Twin: Benefits, use cases, challenges, and opportunities, Mohsen Attaran and Bilge Gokhan Celik

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Strengthening Undergraduates’ Appreciation of Engineering Ethics through a Simulated Stakeholder Meeting on Offshore Wind Energy Development, Maija A. Benitz

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DESIGNING THE CURRICULUM FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY ABROAD: Sustainability Studies in Turkey, Bilge Gökhan Çelik, Dale Leavitt, and Michael Scully

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Investigation of 3D Printing Compatible THz Chemical Sensing Platform Using Negative Curvature Fibers with Elliptical Cladding Elements, Venus Fu, Viannely Francisco, and Ahmet E. Akosman

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Approaches for Assessing Flows, Concentrations, and Loads of Highway and Urban Runoff and Receiving-Stream Stormwater in Southern New England with the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM), Gregory E. Granato, Alana B. Spaetzel, and Lillian C. Jeznach

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Atmospheric Transport of Adulticides Used to Control Mosquito Populations across an Urban Metropolitan Area, Sarah L. Guberman VerPloeg, Subin Yoon, Sergio L. Alvarez, James H. Flynn, Don Collins, Robert J. Griffin, Rebecca J. Sheesley, and Sascha Usenko

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Digital Twin for Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Building Operations: A Systematic Review, Faeze Hodavand, I. J. Ramaji, and Naimeh Sadeghi

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Enhancing THz Chemical Sensing with Elliptical Cladding Elements in Negative Curvature Fibers, Ethan Howard, Julia Ward, Bradley King, and Ahmet E. Akosman

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A multi-year study of engineering self-efficacy in the US: exploring gender differences in a small engineering program. International Journal of Gender, Lillian C. Jeznach, Maija A. Benitz, and Selby M. Conrad

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Assessing Potential Effects of Climate Change on Highway-Runoff Flows and Loads in Southern New England by Using Planning-Level Space-for-Time Analyses, Lillian C. Jeznach, Gregory E. Granato, Daniel Sharar-Salgado, Susan Cheung Jones, and Daniel Imig

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Modeling the effects of reservoir operation on algal dynamics, Lillian C. Jeznach, Jenny Kroon, Eileen Sundberg, and Ashley Bosse

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Project Chief Engineer: An Industry Review of a New Position on Design-Build Teams for Major Transportation Projects, Jung Hyun Lee and Baabak Ashuri

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Imaging Window Optimization for Reflection-Mode Continuous-Wave Terahertz Imaging, A. M. Marn, N. Arduino, M. Raley, and P. Maguire

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LEVERAGING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION INQUIRY FROM BUILDING INFORMATION MODELS, Armin Nabavi, I. J. Ramaji, Naimeh Sadeghi, and Anne Anderson

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Selection of Best Practices that Enhance Phase-Based Cost and Schedule Performances in Complex Construction Projects, Elnaz Safapour, Sharareh Kermanshachi, and I. J. Ramaji

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Evaluation of aerosol- and gas-phase tracers for identification of transported biomass burning emissions in an industrially influenced location in Texas, USA, Sujan Shrestha, Shan Zhou, Manisha Mehra, Meghan Guagenti, Subin Yoon, Sergio L. Alvarez, Fangzhou Guo, Chun Ying Chao, James H. Flynn, Yuxuan Wang, Robert J. Griffin, Sascha Usenko, and Rebecca J. Sheesley

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Passive Polarization Filtering in Negative Curvature Hollow-Core Fibers, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

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Marine Submicron Aerosols from the Gulf of Mexico: Polluted and Acidic with Rapid Production of Sulfate and Organosulfates, Shan Zhou, Fangzhou Guo, Chun Ying Chao, Subin Yoon, Sergio L. Alvarez, Sujan Shrestha, James H. Flynn, Sascha Usenko, Rebecca J. Sheesley, and Robert J. Griffin

Submissions from 2022

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Evaluating the effectiveness of extracurricular online workshops on student learning in construction, Yewande S. Abraham, Bilge Gokhan Celik, Max Spaan, and Natalie Mansson

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Programming Practice Logs as a Tool to Support Equity and Inclusion, Sonya Cates

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The Effects of Three-Dimensional Ligand Immobilization on Kinetic Measurements in Biosensors, Elisa Chiodi, Allison M. Marn, Monireh Bakhshpour, Nese Lortlar Ünlü, and M. Selim Ünlü

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Frequency Selective Hollow-core Negative Curvature Fiber Design via Nest-clad Poling, Jacob Gamble, Allison M. Marn, Mustafa Ordu, and Ahmet E. Akosman

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Model archive for analysis of flows, concentrations, and loads of highway and urban runoff and receiving-stream stormwater in southern New England with the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM), G.E Granato, A.B. Spaetzel, and Lillian C. Jeznach

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Effects of Biopolymers on the Liquid Limit and Undrained Shear Strength of Soft Clays, Pamela K. Judge, Eileen Sundberg, Don J. DeGroot, and Guoping Zhang

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Construction Research Congress 2022, Sanjgna Karthick, Sharareh Kermanshachi, and I. J. Ramaji

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Optimal Positioning of the Nested Elements in Negative Curvature Hollow-core Fibers, Mustafa Ordu and Ahmet E. Akosman

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Re-thinking the design of low-loss hollow-core fibers via optimal positioning of the nested elements, Mustafa Ordu and Ahmet E. Akosman

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First-year engineering living-learning communities improve four-year graduation rates at a small private university, William J. Palm

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The status of emergency alert systems for construction project sites, Steven E. Pulver, Bilge Gokhan Celik, and Y. S. Abraham

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Disparities in air quality downscaler model uncertainty across socioeconomic and demographic indicators in North Carolina, Shan Zhou, Robert J. Griffin, Alexander Bui, Aaron Lilienfeld Asbun, Mercedes A. Bravo, Claire Osgood, and Marie Lynn Miranda

Submissions from 2021

Assessing the Effectiveness of Active-learning Approaches in Advancing Student Understanding of Construction Scheduling in a Virtual Environment, Yewande S. Abraham, Bilge Gokhan Celik, Max Frasier Spaan, and Natalie Mansson

Low-loss nested-compound negative curvature hollow-core fiber for mid-IR transmission, Ahmet E. Akosman and Mustafa Ordu

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Nested compound negative curvature hollow-core fiber for single-mode operation in the infrared region, Ahmet E. Akosman and Mustafa Ordu

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A socio-technical intervention in bim projects - An experimental study in global virtual teams, Anne Anderson and Shobha Ramalingam

Teaching in the Era of COVID-19: A Reinvented Course Project for an Ocean Engineering Course, Maija A. Benitz

Understanding the Impacts of COVID-19 on Feelings of Stress and Anxiety in Women Engineering Students, Maija A. Benitz, Lillian C. Jeznach, and Selby M. Conrad

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Bridging Education and Engineering Students through a Wind Energy-Focused Community Engagement Project, Maija A. Benitz and Li-Ling Yang

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On dark matter as a geometric effect in the galactic halo, Ugur Camci

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Pathways to Coastal Resiliency: the Adaptive Gradients Framework, Elisabeth M. Hamin and Pamela K. Judge

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My Private Lead Service Line Replacement, Lillian C. Jeznach and Joseph E. Goodwill

Diversity and Inclusion Lessons that Support the Traditional Civil Engineering Curriculum, Pamela K. Judge

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Multiplexed, high-sensitivity measurements of antibody affinity using interferometric reflectance imaging sensor, Allison M. Marn, James Needham, Elisa Chiodi, and M. Selim Ünlü

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Leveraging Digital Twin for Enhancing Occupants Comfort: A Case Study, Karina Nurumova, I. J. Ramaji, and Sharareh Kermanshachi

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Load transfer mechanisms in cylindrical interbody cage constructs, William J. Palm, William S. Rosenberg, and Tony M. Keaveny

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Application of Vision-Based Artificial Intelligence in Creating a Contactless Interaction with Immersive Environments, I. J. Ramaji, Anne Anderson, Sonya Cates, Jonathan Tetreault, Abigail Fleming, Katarina Pugsley, and Kristina Mendela

Development of an automated tool for cost estimation of transportation projects, Behzad Rouhanizadeh, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Issa J. Ramaji, and Shahrad Shakerian

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Numerical investigation of confinement losses in semiconductor-core optical fibers, Mustafa W. Syed, Ahmet E. Akosman, and Mustafa Ordu

Submissions from 2020

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CFD Simulations and Experimental Measurements of Flow Past Free-Surface Piercing, Finite Length Cylinders with Varying Aspect Ratios, Maija A. Benitz

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Comparison of Hydrodynamic Load Predictions Between Reduced Order Engineering Models and Computational Fluid Dynamics for the OC4-DeepCwind Semi-Submersible, Maija A. Benitz

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Hydrodynamics of offshore structures with specific focus on wind energy applications, Maija A. Benitz

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Validation of Hydrodynamic Load Models Using CFD for the OC4-DeepCwind Semisubmersible, Maija A. Benitz

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Adapting a community engagement project in engineering and education to remote learning in the era of COVID-19, Maija A. Benitz and Li-Ling Yang

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Physical activity in the classroom across the curriculum, Sonya Cates

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Comparison of SELDM Simulated Total-Phosphorus Concentrations with Ecological Impervious-Area Criteria, Lillian C. Jeznach and Gregory E. Granato

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Model archive for analysis of the effects of impervious cover on receiving-water quality with the Stochastic Empirical Loading Dilution Model (SELDM): U.S. Geological Survey data release, Lillian C. Jeznach and Gregory E. Granato

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Proactive modeling of water quality impacts of extreme precipitation events in a drinking water reservoir, Lillian C. Jeznach, Mark Hagemann, Mi-Hyun Park, and John E. Tobiason

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A framework for modeling contaminant impacts on reservoir water quality, Lillian C. Jeznach, Christina Jones, Thomas Matthews, John E. Tobiason, and David P. Ahlfeld

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Modeling Crude Oil Fate and Transport in Freshwater, Lillian C. Jeznach, Aarthi Mohan, John E. Tobiason, and David Reckhow

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Teaching across disciplines: a case study of a project-based short course to teach holistic coastal adaptation design, Pamela K. Judge, Jane A. Buxton, Thomas C. Sheahan, Eleanor R. Phetteplace, David L. Kriebel, and Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield

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Step-index Si-Ge-core silica-cladded optical fibers, Mustafa Ordu, Ahmet E. Akosman, Jicheng Guo, Shyamsunder Erramilli, Siddharth Ramachandran, and Soumendra N. Basu

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Interpreted information exchange: Implementation point of view, Issa J. Ramaji and Ali M. Memari

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Ultrasound beam steering with flattened acoustic metamaterial Luneburg lens, Liuxian Zhao, Eitan Laredo, Olivia Ryan, Amirhossein Yazdkhasti, Hyun Tae Kim, Randy Ganye, Timothy Horiuchi, and Miao Yu

Submissions from 2019

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Deepening Engineering Skills through Community Engaged Learning in a Sustainable Energy Systems Course, Maija A. Benitz and Li-Ling Yang

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Teaching Wind Energy to Engineering and Education Undergraduates Through Community Engagement, Maija A. Benitz and Li-Ling Yang

Comparative analysis of strengths and limitations of infrastructure resilience measurement methods, Thahomina Jahan Nipa, Sharareh Kermanshachi, and Issa Ramaji