Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure (eBook)

This volume contains selects papers presented during the 2nd International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, held in the University of Illinois at Chicago. It covers the recent innovations, trends, and concerns, practical challenges encountered, and the solutions adopted in waste management and engineering, geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, infrastructure engineering, and sustainable engineering. This book will be useful for academics, educators, policy makers and professionals working in the field of civil engineering, chemical engineering, environmental sciences and public policy.

Dr. Arvind K. Agnihotri is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering NIT Jalandhar. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, M.Tech. from NIT Kurukshetra and B.E. from Panjab University Chandigarh. He has over 29 years' experience in research, teaching and academic administration, with several years spent holding key leadership positions. His areas of interest are Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Reinforced Earth (Geosynthetics and Geofibers), Ground Improvement and Soil-Structure-interaction. He has supervised 9 Ph.D. theses and 40 M.Tech. dissertations. He has 50 publications in international refereed journals, 10 publications in national refereed journals and 34 publications in various national and international conferences/symposia. Dr. Yeliz Yukselen-Aksoy is a Professor in the Geotechnical Engineering Division of Department of Civil Engineering of Dokuz Eylul University. She received a B.S. from Dokuz Eylül University, and an M.S. from the Dokuz Eylül University. She received her Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Dokuz Eylül. She was also at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering for one year as a visiting professor. Her research efforts have focused on environmental geotechnics, ground improvement, surface properties of clay minerals, and remediation of contaminated soils. Dr. Yukselen-Aksoy has published over 40 journal papers, 1 book chapter, and 25 conference papers. She was the recipient of the Turkish National and Scientific Research Council Scholarship.