International Webinar Series on Geoenvironmental Engineering, Sustainability, and Resiliency
Webinars on a wide range of topics related to geoenvironmental engineering (land contamination, waste management, etc.), sustainability, and resiliency.
Schedule of Upcoming Webinars
| Date | Presentation Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2025, 9 am CT | User-Friendly Interactive Models for Groundwater Education—Still Useful After 25 Years! | Albert J. Valocchi, Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA |
| January 23, 2025, 9 am CT | Energy Pile: Knowing Its Performance and Behavior for Sustainable Future | Anthony Gunawan, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| January 30, 2025, 9 am CT | Selection of Long-Term Shear Strength Parameters for Strain Softening Geosynthetic Interfaces | Richard Thiel, President, Thiel Engineering, Inc., Oregon House, CA, USA |
| February 6, 2025, 9 am CT | Coal Incineration Ashes: Hydration Activity, Potential for CO₂ Capture, and Properties for Geotechnical Applications | Vesna Zalar Serjun, Scientific Associate, Department of Materials, Slovenian NationalBuilding and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| February 13, 2025, 4 pm CT | Circular Economy Opportunities in Managing Organic Waste | Dharma Hagare, Senior Lecturer, Sustainability Engineering, Leader of Nutrient, Energy, Water and Materials Recycling Group (NEWMARG), School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Kingswood, Western Sydney University, Australia |
| March 6, 2025, 9 am CT | Overview of Slurry Trenching and Recent Lessons Learned | Dan Ruffing, Vice President, Geo-Solutions, Inc., New Kensington, PA, USA |
| March 13, 2025, 9 am CT | Incineration Ashes as Secondary Resources: Extraction of Scarce Elemental Resources and Recycling into Construction Materials | Lisbeth M. Ottosen, Materials & Durability Professor, Head of Section for Materials and Durability, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark |
| March 20, 2025, 9 am CT | Modernizing the Engineering Curriculum: Bringing Programming into the Classroom with Online Interactive Textbooks | Robert Lanzafame, Senior Lecturer, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands |
| March 27, 2025, 9 am CT | Insights from Landfill Mining of Old MSW Dumps in India | Manoj Datta, Emeritus Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India |
| April 3, 2025, 9 am CT | Utilization of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | Krishna R. Reddy, Professor, Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory and Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA |
| April 10, 2025, 9 am CT | Incorporating Sustainability into the Design of Contaminant Barriers | Andrea Dominijanni, Associate Professor, Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy |
| April 17, 2025, 9 am CT | Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Variability of Municipal Solid Waste Settlements in the Field through UAV-enabled Sensing | Dimitrios Zekkkos, Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA |
| April 24, 2025, 9 am CT | Emerging Trends in Circular Economy, Reshaping Academia-Industry Collaboration for Sustainability and Growth | Brajesh Kr Dubey, Professor of Environmental Engineering & Management, Department of Civil Engineering, and Chairperson of School of Water Resources, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India |
| May 1, 2025, 9 am CT | Recyclable Materials in Geotechnical Applications | Balunaini Umashankar, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, India |
Past Recorded Geoenvironmental Engineering, Sustainability, and Resiliency Webinars/Lectures
Sustainability and Resiliency-Based Innovation: Research and Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering
May 5, 2023: 19th G.A. Leonards Lecture, Purdue Geotechnical Society, Purdue University, Delivered by Dr. Krishna Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher & Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, USA
Geoenvironmental Engineering: Evolution, Challenges and Opportunities
November 12, 2020: Presentation by Prof. Krishna Reddy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA at the Workshop to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of PPGEC, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
Containment Wall at DNAPL Contaminated Site: Slurry Material Evaluation and Field Construction
January 15, 2021: Dr. Krishna Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher & Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Use of Shredded Scrap Tires as Drainage Material in Landfill Cover Systems: Laboratory Investigations and Field Application
April 23, 2021: Dr. Krishna Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher & Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Protecting Geomembrane Liner from Damage Due to Overlying Drainage Material in Landfills
May 21, 2021: Dr. Krishna Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Phytoremediation of Soils and Fill with Mixed Contaminants: Laboratory and Field Investigations
July 23, 2021: Dr. Krishna Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Sustainable Resilient Site Remediation (SRSR): Overview and Perspectives for Implementation
December 17, 2021: Dr. Krishna R. Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Modeling Coupled Dynamic Processes in Landfills: Holistic Performance to Improve Sustainability
December 7, 2021: Dr. Krishna R. Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Advice for Students Interested in Conducting Research in Geoenvironmental Engineering
December 21, 2020: Webinar on Advice for Students Interested in Conducting Research in Geoenvironmental Engineering. Panelists: Prof. Krishna Reddy, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA; Prof. Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University, USA; Prof. Franco Francisca, National University of Cordoba, Argentina; Prof. Kristin Sample-Lord, Villanova University, USA; Prof. Nilo Consoli, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil; Prof. Yeliz Yukselen, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey; Prof. Sarat Das, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India; and Prof. Claudio Cameselle, University of Vigo, Spain