Contemporary Issues in Geoenvironmental Engineering (eBook)

ABDULLAH GALAA ABDELAAL, Ph.D., P.Eng. Abdullah has more than twelve years of experience in the fields of geotechnical/geoenvironmental engineering and waste management through conducting research, teaching and providing consulting services. He has a bachelor degree in civil engineering from Cairo University, Egypt, and obtained a PhD degree from the University of Toronto, Canada and is licensed professional engineer in Ontario, Canada. Abdullah’s research focused on assessing the liquefaction potential of stabilized mine waste and characterizing its stiffness development using non-destructive techniques. After PhD, research focus tuned to the behavior of sustainable construction materials (Rammed Earth) and the reuse of dredged marine sediments. Abdullah was involved in solving geotechnical/geoenvironmental engineering problems including design of landfills, dewatering and hydrogeology, slope stability, deep and shallow foundations, and earth retention systems; he planned and led many site investigation and quality control programs. Abdullah was involved in large scale infrastructure projects such as subway tunnels and landfills. In addition, Abdullah was involved as a consultant in planning and supporting entrepreneurial groups working in the waste management sector.  Recently, Abdullah was involved, as a consultant, in establishing the first industrial waste exchange program in Egypt as well as identification and assessment of key policy reforms and investment options to reduce air, water and land pollution in Egypt. D. N. SINGH Prof. Singh is an Institute Chair Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He obtained B. Tech., M. Tech. And Ph. D. From Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, during 1986, 1989 and 1993, respectively. He mainly researches and practices Environmental Geotechnology an upcoming field in the realm of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering. His research is multidisciplinary and focused on ‘geomaterials characterization’ by employing various energy fields. In the process, he and his research group have successfully evolved several ‘need-based’ instrumentation that has become a panacea for dealing with the issues being faced by the contemporary society due to rapid and uncontrolled industrialization. He is Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Geotechnics, a journal published by the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK. He is recipient of Young teachers’ award (instituted by the AICTE, New Delhi), 2003 SP Research Award (instituted by Shamsher Prakash Foundation, Rolla, MO, USA); John R. Booker Excellence Award-2011 (instituted by IACMAG, USA) and Richard Feynman Prize 2014 (instituted by the ICE, UK). He is a fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

The influence of filler content on the compactness of the bituminous mixture.- Thin sections images processing technique for the porosity estimation in carbonate rocks.- LANDSLIDE STUDY OF LANDS IN QUARRYS. CASE CHOUF AMAR - M'SILA, ALGERIA.- Permeability Characterization of Clay under Different GradientWetting and drying compacted soil-lime Mixtures.- The lithological and geochemical characteristics of shale formation samplified by Mesozoic sediments of the Basque-Cantabrian basin.- Quantitative research on the evolution of mesoparameters at out of the shear band of the air-dried clay.- Effect of Quarry Dust on Compaction Characteristics of Clay.- Effect of Temperature on Strength and Microstructure of Lime Stabilized Flyash.- FLOW OF MICROBIAL SUSPENSION THROUGH POROUS MEDIA.- Investigations on the effects of microorganisms on coarse grained soil.- STABILIZATION OF DISPERSIVE SOIL USING BIOPOLYMER.- Study on the effects of the rheological properties for flow behaviour of Assam crude oil with various chemicals.- SPATIAL IMAGING OF THE WATER RESOURCE AND NATURAL ENVIRONEMENT COASTAL GHARB BASIN: DOWNSTREAM PART OF THE HYDRAULIC BASIN OF THE SEBOU RIVER (MOROCCO).- Evaluating and Characterizing Oil field Produced Water of Upper Assam Basin.- REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN A TROPICAL SAND TANK MODEL.- Evaluation of land subsidence based on distributed monitoring and SEM analysis.- AN ASSESSMENT OF CRUDE OIL LEAKAGE BENEATH A TANK IN A REFINERY IN THE NIGER DELTA SUB-REGION NIGERIA, THROUGH GEOTECHNICAL TECHNIQUES.- THE INFLUENCE OF GEOCHEMISTRY OF GAS HYDRATES ON THE SHEAR STRENGTH AND STABILITY OF MARINE SEDIMENT MOVEMENT.- IN-SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER (A CASE STUDY OF BARUWA COMMUNITY, LAGOS, NIGERIA).- Analysis of Infiltration, Colapsividade and Absorption of Surface Layer in Area of Deployment in the Housing Sector Jardins Mangueiral in Federal District - Brazil.- Environmental Aging Effect & Geotechnical Stabilization of Organic Waste on Soil.- Laboratory Study on the Permeability of Fresh Municipal Solid Waste.- COMPACTION PROPERTIES OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.- Strength Characteristics of Dispersive Soil by Using Industrial By-Products.- The sustainable use of fine marble waste powder for the stabilization of desert sand in Oman.- Assessing the suitability of compacted bentonite-pond ash mixes as a landfill liner.- FEASIBILITY STUDY ON USAGE OF METALIZED PLASTIC WASTE IN CONCRETE.- Stabilization of Red Mud Using Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag by Geopolymerization Technique.- Effect of physico-chemical treatment on the mechanical properties of dredged sediment.- CHARACTERIZATION OF DREDGED SAND FROM CHILKA LAKE AS A GEO MATERIAL WITH AND WITHOUT BIOPOLYMER.- Correlations between sediment characteristics from Tunisian harbors.- SOME STUDIES ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF CEMENT STABILIZED DREDGED SOIL FROM FLOOD SPILL CHANNEL OF JHELUM RIVER SRINAGAR.- Dredged marine sediments as raw materials in civil engineering applications.