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Recycling of Waste Plastic for the Production of Road Interlocking Paving Stone in Nigeria

Praise Onimisi Dawodu, Apata Akindele & Udeme Imoh · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

As the demand for construction materials increases, the need to find alternative construction materials that are readily available and cheaper is imperative. This research attempts to explore the recycling of waste plastic as a complete replacement for the Portland cement used in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12785

Technological Challenges of an Engineering Department Amidst Pandemic

Jimmy Adora Nebrida & Oliver Oliveros · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Technology management is more important than ever due to the quick development of technology across all fields of specialization. The study is grounded on the challenges faced by lecturers and students of the engineering department and highlighted the mechanisms used in finding t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12781

Towards Migrating from Monolithic-Based Web Application to Micro Service: A Case Study of ezScrum Product Backlog

Dedy Kurniawan · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

The software ezScrum is a legacy web application that has been developed and maintained for more than ten years. With web technology constantly evolving, the ezScrum development team has found it increasingly difficult to keep up and many older technologies are still used. A cons...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12782

Development of a Solar Power Generating System with Auto-Tracking and Data Logging Devices

A. S. Onawumi, N. A. Akinrinade, M. A. Olojede & A. O. Ajayeoba · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Solar power systems have become a viable wellspring of sustainable energy over the years and are commonly used for a variety of industrial and domestic applications. Capturing and storing the maximum amount of available energy for prediction and future analysis have been the majo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12779

A Global Look at the Market Potential of Liquid Container Board and Its Ability to Reduce Plastic Waste – A Brief Review

Klaus Dölle, Nicole Byrnes, Sean Dristle, Tyler Fernandez, Mumin Hussein, Colby Krauss, Brody McCarthy, Paul Sausville, Johnny Schoen, Jack Slavinskas, Evan Wilson & Ian Wojcikowski · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

The use of aseptic packaging creates many opportunities around the world to replace plastic based packaging of liquid and food-based containers in the near future. This will lead to a cleaner environment, less pollution within the air and the sea, and will help stimulate growth w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12780

Status of Research on Water Hammer Effect in Long Distance Pressure Pipelines

Wu Linfeng, You Rongyu, Wang Wen & Zhang Fan · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

In the long distance pressure pipeline, the sudden change of instantaneous pressure caused by the rapid change of liquid velocity is called water hammer, which seriously threatens the safe operation of hydropower station.  In this paper, the development and calculation methods of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12778

Productivity Improvement through Work Study Techniques: A Case of a Modern Rice Mill in Ikwo, Ebonyi State

Innocent Nnanna & Julius Egwu Arua · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Aim: To explore the use of the work-study techniques in the efficiency improvement in the productivity of a firm or industry. A firm's profit can be increased through productivity improvement by reducing non-value-added operations and adopting a new process for a particular activ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12777

Preparation of Ceramsite from Solid Waste

Maqianwen Si · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

A large number of solid waste stockpiles produce pollution and harm to the atmosphere, soil, water bodies, and biosphere. Ceramic pellets are an emerging material with excellent performance and wide application. Ceramic pellets have many good properties, so they are widely resear...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12775

Review of Typical Vehicle Detection Algorithms Based on Deep Learning

Gaoyan Dong, Bin Li, Yiliang Chen & Xinyu Wang · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Object detection is the crucial task in the field of computer vision. In recent years, intelligent driving technology and intelligent transportation system have set off a boom. Therefore, vehicle object detection has also become a hot research task in the field of computer vision...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12774

Ascertaining the Knowledge Level of Fresh Graduates of Civil Engineering and Allied Programmes on the Types and Primary Functions of Geosynthetics: A Study from Ghana

Matthew Kwaw Somiah · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

This study was informed by the lack of country-specific studies that established the knowledge level in geosynthetics among fresh graduates with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or allied programmes in developing countries. Thus, this study seeks to establish the knowledg...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12773

Application of the Trapez-Method to the Calculation of Coupling Matrices between Uniaxial Guide Modes

Charmolavy G. L. Nkouka Moukengue, B. Mafouna Kiminou & Odilon Nguembo · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

In this paper, we determine the different possible couplings at the discontinuities of the two circular and rectangular waveguides using the trapez-method. The development of the normal modes of the fields allows us to obtain the amplitude of the fields of the transverse electric...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12772

Assessing Structural Performance of Ceramic Waste as Partial Replacement of Coarse Aggregate on Properties of Concrete

Evans Biney, Vincent K. Akortia, Charles K. Kankam, John K. Quarm Junior & Peter Adzakey · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

The need to reduce the increasing demand for crushed granite as coarse aggregate as well as the need to safeguard the environment from degradation has given rise to various researches on alternative materials that can serve the same purpose while minimizing environment hazard. Th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12771

A Proposed Air-land Distribution Network for Delivery of Emergency Supplies in Mexico

Ramon-Gabriel Garcia-Martinez, Tania-Lucero Reyes-Ortiz, Gloria-Karina Herrera-Cortina, Eduardo Belmonte-García, Lizbeth Calihua-Pacheco & Santiago-Omar Caballero-Morales · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Within logistics and the COVID-19 pandemic, the distribution of vaccines represented an important challenge as time was vital to attend the needs of the world population. This aspect involved an efficient the distribution chain between vaccine producers and consumers. For this pu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12770

Development and Performance of Hydrocyclone Separator for Biodiesel Production

S. A. Fatounde, T. A. Oni & A. S. Idowu · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Hydrocyclone is an equipment that uses a cyclone or tangential injection flow process with centrifugal forces to separate liquids of different densities. The denser liquid move downwards in a spiral path into an underflow chamber, while clean liquid which is less dense move upwar...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12769