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Master’s theses 2005

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1. Title: “Analysis of a visco-hypoplastic model for soils”
Student: Marco André Talarico
Advisor: José Jorge Nader
Defense Date: 12/16/2005
2. Title: “Operation model for water supply systems control centers case study: São Paulo metropolitan water system”
Student: Rosmeiry Vanzella Vicente
Advisor: Kamel Zahed Filho
Defense Date: 12/15/2005
3. Title: “Computational modeling of the dispersion of the plume of effluent from TEBAR Petrobrás submarine outfalls”
Student: Ricardo de Mattos Fortis
Advisor: Jayme Pinto Ortiz
Defense Date: 12/07/2005
4. Title: “Reuse of fresh concrete dosed in a plant with the use of hydration stabilizing additive”
Student: Humberto Ribeiro Benini
Advisor: Maria Alba Cincotto
Defense Date: 11/29/2005
5. Title: “Decomposition of linear deformation plots in a reinforced and prestressed concrete beam under conditions of use: retroanalysis in the identification of parameters”
Student: Rodolfo Horvath Junior
Advisor: Joao Cyro Andre
Defense Date: 11/28/2005
6. Title: “Constructive deviations and the theory of reliability”
Student: Fernando Lopes de Morais
Advisor: Fernando Rebouças Stucchi
Defense Date: 11/22/2005
7. Title: “On the behavior of steel beams under thermal gradient with buckles prevented in a fire situation”
Student: Luis Carlos Zovin de Barros Fernandes
Advisor: Valdir Pignatta e Silva
Defense Date: 11/16/2005
8. Title: “Prospecting technologies for the implementation of the practice of water reuse at the international airport of São Paulo in Guarulhos”
Student: Walter Onyebuchi Okpala
Advisor: Ivanildo Hespanhol
Defense Date: 11/16/2005
9. Title: “Verification of steel columns with composite bending considering buckling lengths, fictitious horizontal forces and advanced analysis”
Student: Henrique Campelo Gomes
Advisor: Julio Fruchtengarten
Defense Date: 11/01/2005
10. Title: “Morphological evolution of the Paraíba do Sul River by anthropic actions”
Student: Luiz Roberto Barretti
Advisor: Carlos Lloret Ramos
Defense Date: 10/20/2005
11. Title: “PMO (Project Management Office): application study for companies that build infrastructure works”
Student: Jorge Arnaldo Curi Yazbek
Advisor: João da Rocha Lima Junior
Defense Date: 09/29/2005
12. Title: “A proposal to provide simulation systems over the internet”
Student: Marco Antonio Yamamoto
Advisor: Cheng Liang Yee
Defense Date: 09/29/2005
13. Title: “Evaluation of methodologies applied to water resources planning studies in the metropolitan region of São Paulo with an emphasis on the water supply system”
Student: Maria Regina Ferraz de Campos
Advisor: Kamel Zahed Filho
Defense Date: 09/29/2005
14. Title: “Real losses in water distribution systems – proposed methodology for assessing real losses and defining control actions”
Student: Kelly Cristina de Oliveira Arikawa
Advisor: Milton Tomoyuki Tsutiya
Defense Date: 09/28/2005
15. Title: “The question of the accumulation of solid waste in urban detention basins in the metropolitan region of São Paulo”
Student: Liliane Frosini Armelin
Advisor: Rubem La Laina Porto
Defense Date: 09/26/2005
16. Title: “Proposal for an optimization methodology for expanding the capacity of public water supply systems: discussion for application in small and large systems”
Student: Fabiana Rorato de Lacerda Prado
Advisor: Kamel Zahed Filho
Defense Date: 09/23/2005
17. Title: “Study of the relationship of solid flow x net flow in small urban basins”
Student: José Claudio de Carvalho Rossini
Advisor: Luis Cesar de Souza Pinto
Defense Date: 09/23/2005
18. Title: “Study of ‘mega’ type piles aiming at their design and execution”
Student: Renato Silva Araujo
Advisor: Claudio Michael Wolle
Defense Date: 09/22/2005
19. Title: “Stability of water courses draining over non-cohesive alluvial beds”
Student: José Carlos de Melo Bernardino
Advisor: Giorgio Brighetti
Defense Date: 09/16/2005
20. Title: “Comparison between performance of open and closed piped metal piles in Baixada Santista”
Student: Marcelo Pirani Ghilardi
Advisor: Faiçal Massad
Defense Date: 09/16/2005
21. Title: “Characterization of a value index for the market for investments in office buildings for lease”
Student: Stênio Brasil Accioly de Araujo
Advisor: Claudio Tavares de Alencar
Defense Date: 09/16/2005
22. Title: “Treatment of sanitary sewage and digestion of excess aerobic sludge in an upstream anaerobic digester and sludge mantle (UASB)”
Student: Adriana Hélia Caseiro
Advisor: Roque Passos Piveli
Defense Date: 08/09/2005
23. Title: “One-dimensional mathematical modeling of cohesive sediment transport”
Student: Raquel Chinaglia Pereira dos Santos
Advisor: Giorgio Brighetti
Defense Date: 09/05/2005
24. Title: “Reflections on water resource management for the São Paulo industrial sector”
Student: Anicia Aparecida Baptistello Pio
Advisor: Monica Ferreira do Amaral Porto
Defense Date: 09/01/2005
25. Title: “Comparative evaluation of different models of graphical interfaces used in the teaching of geometry, according to the concepts of usability”
Student: André Luís Lima de Oliveira
Advisor: Eduardo Toledo Santos
Defense Date: 08/30/2005
26. Title: “Behavior of a polishing pond in the metropolitan region of Curitiba and the possibility of using duckweed to improve the quality of the effluent”
Student: Luis César Baréa
Advisor: Pedro Alem Sobrinho
Defense Date: 08/26/2005
27. Title: “Risk management – an approach of processes and practices for application with public works contractors of urban infrastructure in the municipality of São Paulo”
Student: Renê Marcelo Rocha
Advisor: Eliane Monetti
Defense Date: 08/26/2005
28. Title: “Control of the formation of disinfection by-products (THMs) in water supply”
Student: Sonia Diniz
Advisor: Sidney Seckler Ferreira Filho
Defense Date: 08/26/2005
29. Title: “Application of the total maximum daily load – TMDL methodology in studies of water bodies in Brazil”
Student: Mateus Machado Neves
Advisor: Monica Ferreira do Amaral Porto
Defense Date: 08/25/2005
30. Title: “Removal of organic matter and phosphorus from anaerobic treatment effluent by physical-chemical process”
Student: Flavio Yoshida
Advisor: Pedro Alem Sobrinho
Defense Date: 08/23/2005
31. Title: “Evaluation of the effectiveness of the criteria for receiving non-domestic effluents in sewage collection and transportation systems”
Student: Irineu Delatorre Junior
Advisor: Dione Mari Morita
Defense Date: 08/23/2005
32. Title: “Application of the mathematical model of water quality – SIMOX-III – in the Camanducaia River basin”
Student: Nelson Menegon Junior
Advisor: Monica Ferreira do Amaral Porto
Defense Date: 08/23/2005
33. Title: “Planning and environmental aspects involved in the final disposal of sludge from water treatment plants in the metropolitan region of São Paulo”
Student: Gladys Fernandes Januário
Advisor: Sidney Seckler Ferreira Filho
Defense Date: 08/19/2005
34. Title: “Evaluation of the feasibility of using Bartha’s respirometric test to determine the biodegradation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in tropical soil: case of phenanthrene”
Student: Gabriela Sá Leitão de Mello
Advisor: Dione Mari Morita
Defense Date: 08/16/2005
35. Title: “Evaluation of the impact of urbanization on water quality for the Cabuçu de Baixo River basin”
Student: Letícia Santos Masini
Advisor: Monica Ferreira do Amaral Porto
Defense Date: 08/16/2005
36. Title: “Leaching of ecotoxicological agents from co-processed cement – methodology”
Student: Patrícia Falcão Bauer Lourenço
Advisor: Maria Alba Cincotto
Defense Date: 08/15/2005
37. Title: “Techniques for assessing taste and odor in drinking water: analytical method, sensory analysis and consumer perception”
Student: Rosemeire Alves
Advisor: Sidney Seckler Ferreira Filho
Defense Date: 08/15/2005
38. Title: “Attributes that configure quality for residential locations: a matrix for market customers in the city of São Paulo”
Student: Andrea Pascale
Advisor: Claudio Tavares de Alencar
Defense Date: 08/12/2005
39. Title: “Contribution of physical modeling to the optimization of hydraulic works projects”
Student: Cristiano Augusto Leonardo
Advisor: Kikuo Tamada
Defense Date: 08/12/2005
40. Title: “Pouring of surface and flow under floodgates”
Student: Ivan Juncioni de Arauz
Advisor: Kikuo Tamada
Defense Date: 08/12/2005
41. Title: “Passive control of vibrations with liquid column attenuator: experimental calibration of the mathematical model”
Student: José Ricardo Nunes Marques Coelho
Advisor: Carlos Eduardo Nigro Mazzilli
Defense Date: 08/11/2005
42. Title: “Feasibility of using compacted silt as a waterproofing material in waste landfills”
Student: Alexandre de Almeida Prado Ferrari
Advisor: Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov
Defense Date: 08/09/2005
43. Title: “Frame performance – formulation of models for assessing safety and habitability parameters”
Student: Carlos Yuiti Yamamoto
Advisor: Orestes Marraccini Goncalves
Defense Date: 08/09/2005
44. Title: “Influence of cable vibrations on the aeroelastic instability of a simple cable-stayed beam”
Student: Nelson Antonio Martins Peres
Advisor: Carlos Eduardo Nigro Mazzilli
Defense Date: 08/09/2005
45. Title: “Comparison of methods of analysis of stapled soil structures”
Student: Víctor Enrique León Bueno de Camargo
Advisor: Waldemar Coelho Hachich
Defense Date: 07/29/2005
46. ​​Title: “Slum urbanization planning: socio-economic-environmental characterization of slums based on census data from IBGE”
Student: Waldemar Bon Junior
Advisor: Alex Kenya Abiko
Defense Date: 07/13/2005
47. Title: “Study of the nonlinear dynamic model of a cable-stayed beam”
Student: Franz Renán Villarroel Rojas
Advisor: Carlos Eduardo Nigro Mazzilli
Defense Date: 07/06/2005
48. Title: “Disaggregated consumption of electricity for end use in shopping centers in the city of São Paulo – case studies”
Student: Airton Menezes de Barros Filho
Advisor: Racine Tadeu Araujo Prado
Defense Date: 07/04/2005
49. Title: “Reinforcement of bending and shearing with carbon fiber composite materials in reinforced concrete beams”
Student: Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Araújo
Advisor: Tulio Nogueira Bittencourt
Defense Date: 06/30/2005
50. Title: “Labor productivity and unitary consumption of materials in the roofing service”
Student: Frederico Santos Belchior dos Reis
Advisor: Ubiraci Espinelli Lemes de Souza
Defense Date: 06/29/2005
51. Title: “Hydraulics of an overflow system”
Student: Hiroshi Teraguchi
Advisor: Kikuo Tamada
Defense Date: 06/29/2005
52. Title: “Study of the processability and properties of PVC reinforced with pine residues”
Student: Antonio Rodolfo Junior
Advisor: Vanderley Moacyr John
Defense Date: 06/27/2005
53. Title: “Subsidies for programming the execution of reinforced concrete structures at the operational level”
Student: Auriciane Colzani Fachini
Advisor: Ubiraci Espinelli Lemes de Souza
Defense Date: 06/22/2005
54. Title: “Evaluation of concrete with coarse aggregates recycled from construction and demolition waste reinforced with steel fibers”
Student: Ivie Ferrari Della Pietra Barbosa
Advisor: Antonio Domingues de Figueiredo
Defense Date: 06/20/2005
55. Title: “On the study of lateral buckling of steel beams using a geometrically accurate nonlinear theory”
Student: Jairo Fruchtengarten
Advisor: Julio Fruchtengarten
Defense Date: 06/10/2005
56. Title: “Characterization of latex paints for civil construction: diagnosis of the market in the State of São Paulo”
Student: Josias Marcelino da Silva
Advisor: Kai Loh
Defense Date: 06/10/2005
57. Title: “Prediction models for the depassivation of reinforcement in concrete structures subject to carbonation”
Student: Thomas Garcia Carmona
Advisor: Paulo Roberto do Lago Helene
Defense Date: 06/10/2005
58. Title: “Methodology for inspection and diagnosis of bridges and concrete viaducts”
Student: Marcos Pedrosa Miter
Advisor: Paulo Roberto do Lago Helene
Defense Date: 06/09/2005
59. Title: “Water reuse for washing vehicles”
Student: Eduardo Bronzatti Morelli
Advisor: Ivanildo Hespanhol
Defense Date: 06/07/2005
60. Title: “The legal and institutional dimensions of water reuse in Brazil: proposed regulation for reuse in Brazil”
Student: Raquel dos Santos Rodrigues
Advisor: Ivanildo Hespanhol
Defense Date: 06/06/2005
61. Title: “On the modeling of geotechnical engineering problems using the finite element method”
Student: Hélio Mazzilli Xavier de Mendonça
Advisor: Miguel Luiz Bucalem
Defense Date: 05/30/2005
62. Title: “Comparative study of disinfection with chlorine gas and ultraviolet radiation from effluents from activated and nitrified sludge processes”
Student: Fernando Lourenço de Oliveira
Advisor: Pedro Alem Sobrinho
Defense Date: 05/24/2005
63. Title: “Odor control in the sanitary sewage system in the municipalities of Santos and São Vicente with the use of hydrogen peroxide”
Student: João Guedes Neto
Advisor: Milton Tomoyuki Tsutiya
Defense Date: 05/23/2005
64. Title: “Entries for the public of the elderly: guidelines for formatting the product”
Student: Daniel Pitelli de Britto
Advisor: Eliane Monetti
Defense Date: 05/18/2005
65. Title: “Formulation of the problem of uniform torsion in massive cross-section bars”
Student: Henrique Furia Silva
Advisor: Valdir Pignatta e Silva
Defense Date: 05/17/2005
66. Title: “Study of the Influence of the substitution of portland cement by metakaolin in concrete”
Student: Charles Siervi Lacerda
Advisor: Paulo Roberto do Lago Helene
Defense Date: 05/10/2005
67. Title: “A method for modal analysis of structures subjected to ambient excitation”
Student: Lourival da Silva Ferreira Neto
Advisor: Mario Eduardo Senatore Soares
Defense Date: 04/18/2005
68. Title: “Investigation of the addition of dosfolat in activated sludge systems to control and reduce the generated sludge”
Student: Marcelo de Castro Bertacchi
Advisor: Pedro Alem Sobrinho
Defense Date: 4/15/2005
69. Title: “Water quality from urban runoff – review for local use”
Student: Maria Carolina Rivoir Vivacqua
Advisor: Sergio Rocha Santos
Defense Date: 4/15/2005
70. Title: “Behavior of piezometers in a landfill”
Student: Marcilio Gama Coêlho
Advisor: Carlos de Sousa Pinto
Defense Date: 4/12/2005
71. Title: “Catedral da Sé de São Paulo: historical, architectural and structural aspects”
Student: Karen Niccoli Ramirez
Advisor: Henrique Lindenberg Neto
Defense Date: 04/11/2005
72. Title: “The importance of zoning in the behavior of rockfill dams with a concrete face”
Student: Luis Otavio de Carvalho Oliveira
Advisor: Paulo Teixeira da Cruz
Defense Date: 4/8/2005
73. Title: “Effects of aging on the microstructure and mechanical behavior of fiber cement”
Student: Cleber Marcos Ribeiro Dias
Advisor: Vanderley Moacyr John
Defense Date: 04/01/2005
74. Title: “Use of meteorological radar in hydrology”
Student: Flávia Munhoso Gonçalves
Advisor: Mario Thadeu Leme de Barros
Defense Date: 03/30/2005
75. Title: “Identification and ranking of the quality attributes of shopping malls with a thematic mix with an emphasis on high-comparison products”
Student: Yoakim Petrola de Melo Junior
Advisor: Eliane Monetti
Defense Date: 03/30/2005
76. Title: “Water retention in iron ore”
Student: Guilherme Semensato Abrão
Advisor: Fernando Antonio Medeiros Marinho
Defense Date: 03/29/2005
77. Title: “Analysis of the influence of the specific mass of coarse aggregates from construction and demolition waste on the mechanical performance of concrete”
Student: Priscila Meireles Carrijo
Advisor: Antonio Domingues de Figueiredo
Defense Date: 03/16/2005
78. Title: “Readjustment of the use of valley floor areas unoccupied by interventions in informal settlements: case study of ‘Operation Cajuru’”
Student: Fernanda Paes de Barros
Advisor: Witold Zmitrowicz
Defense Date: 10/03/2005
79. Title: “Permanent programs for the rational use of water on university campuses: the program for the rational use of water at the University of São Paulo”
Student: Gisele Sanches da Silva
Advisor: Orestes Marraccini Goncalves
Defense Date: 03/09/2005
80. Title: “The creation of a simulator for the optimization of ship maneuvers using the radio controlled model technique conducted by a real pilot in a physical model”
Student: Ricardo Roberto da Costa Gonçalves
Advisor: Paolo Alfredini
Defense Date: 03/02/2005
81. Title: “Analysis of the confinement given by slabs on pillars with concrete of different strengths along the height”
Student: Ana Paula Silveira dos Santos
Advisor: Fernando Rebouças Stucchi
Defense Date: 02/25/2005
82. Title: “Models with distributed cracking in the representation of reinforced concrete structures”
Student: José Antonio Severino da Silva
Advisor: Joao Carlos Della Bella
Defense Date: 02/25/2005
83. Title: “Structural engineering in Oscar Niemeyer’s architecture”
Student: James Galvane Junior
Advisor: Henrique Lindenberg Neto
Defense Date: 02/24/2005
84. Title: “prestressing as a set of equivalent concentrated loads”
Student: Marcelo Menegatti
Advisor: Fernando Rebouças Stucchi
Defense Date: 02/24/2005
85. Title: “Design of reinforced concrete surface elements: membranes, plates and shells”
Student: Reinaldo Chen
Advisor: Joao Carlos Della Bella
Defense Date: 02/23/2005
86. Title: “Reuse as a tool for the development of water resources in industrial environments”
Student: Fabio Nunes dos Santos
Advisor: Ivanildo Hespanhol
Defense Date: 02/21/2005
87. Title: “Finite elements in mixed formulation to solve the first order problem of thin plates. A calculation program ”
Student: Munir Mohamed Kassab
Advisor: Henrique de Britto Costa
Defense Date: 01/20/2005