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Prepared by the Technical Committee on Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. This volume reports on anthropogenic chemicals, a new category of environmental contaminant that is predominantly unregulated and human-made. Occurring in air, soil, water, food, and human and animal tissues in trace concentrations, these chemical compounds persist in the environment and are capable of altering the physiology of target receptors. This report considers specific pollutants, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, antimicrobials and antibiotics, hormones, plasticizers, surfactants, fire retardants, pesticides, and nanoparticles. It also summarizes the analytical methods used for separation and quantification of emerging contaminants and describes molecular biology approaches to identify organisms capable of degrading these chemicals. The report contains extensive illustrations and tables with current references. This book is a must-have for both undergraduate and graduate students in environmental engineering and resources; teachers; researchers; and practicing environmental engineers.

Pollutants. --- Pollution. --- Pollutants --- Water resources --- Chemical compounds --- Human and behavioral factors --- Soil water --- Industrial wastes --- Surface-active agents --- Fires

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This practical workbook targets individuals seeking personal effectiveness and professional satisfaction. Drawing from the wisdom of many resources, Hensey offers tried and true strategies that prepare you to take the most promising path toward a successful future. This easy-to-read guide walks you through the process of understanding and actualizing your potential with insightful advice, chapter worksheets, and a variety of related resources. Using a holistic approach, the book covers a variety of topics in its examination of life planning that include: human development; life goals; communications essentials; leadership; setting goals; job changes; time management; resourceful thinking; decision making; teamwork; and much more.

Civil engineers --- Success in business. --- Interpersonal relations. --- Professional development --- Human and behavioral factors --- Leadership --- Decision making --- Team building --- Driver behavior --- Resource management --- Management methods --- Vocational guidance.

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The challenge of improving the daily lives of people in developing communities calls for a new generation of global engineers who can operate in environments vastly different from those in the developed world. Engineers must become creative and innovative as they contend with uncertainty, complexity, and constraints in unfamiliar cultural settings. They must also deal with a multitude of technical and nontechnical issues beyond their accustomed practice. In this book, Bernard Amadei addresses the role of engineering in poverty reduction and human development. He introduces a framework to help engineers conduct small-scale projects in communities vulnerable to the consequences of a wide range of adverse events. His framework combines concepts and tools traditionally used by development agencies with techniques from engineering project management and systems thinking. When blended, these tools and techniques from seemingly unrelated fields offer engineers better methods to manage the difficulties inherent in community development projects. Engineering for Sustainable Human Development is about the delivery of projects that are done right from a performance (technical) point of view and are also the right projects from a social, environmental, and economic (context) point of view. This multidisciplinary approach to sustainable engineering will be valuable to practitioners and students, as well as people associated with development organizations and aid agencies. A

Sustainable construction. --- Project management --- Sustainable development --- Human and behavioral factors --- Risk management --- Dynamic structural analysis --- Systems management --- Engineering education --- Innovation --- United States --- Project management --- Sustainable development --- Human and behavioral factors --- Risk management --- Dynamic structural analysis --- Systems management --- Engineering education --- Innovation --- United States

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Sponsored by the Committee on Tall Buildings of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. Tall and super-tall buildings are going up all over the world, notably in east and south Asia, the Pacific Rim, and the Middle East. Advances in materials, structural design, and wind engineering ensure that these buildings meet strength and safety requirements. But wind-induced building motion can cause structures to creak and groan, elevator cables to clash, horizons to .swing,. and human occupants to feel dizzy, nausea, or highly anxious. Wind-Induced Motion of Tall Buildings presents an overview of current research on occupant response to motion in tall buildings. This state-of-the-art report describes the physiology and psychology of the human perception of motion and explains the factors that can be used to characterize a building.s movement. The authors summarize the results of field studies and motion simulator experiments that examine human perception of and tolerance for building motion. They survey the serviceability criteria adopted by international standards organizations and offer general acceptance guidelines based on peak acceleration thresholds. Finally, they identify design strategies that can mitigate wind-induced building motion through structural optimization, aerodynamics treatment, and vibration dissipation or absorption. The human tolerance for wind-induced building motion can vary greatly and poses a challenge in new buildings of ever-increasing height and complexity of shape. Property developers, building owners, and design professionals working on tall buildings will use this report to ensure that occupants remain comfortable and secure in tall buildings during periods of strong wind.

Tall buildings --- Wind-pressure. --- Architecture --- Motion (dynamics) --- Building design --- High-rise buildings --- Human and behavioral factors --- Wind forces --- Buildings --- Cables --- Wind engineering --- Asia --- Middle East --- Aerodynamics. --- Human factors. --- Motion (dynamics) --- Building design --- High-rise buildings --- Human and behavioral factors --- Wind forces --- Buildings --- Cables --- Wind engineering --- Asia --- Middle East