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 Heading link

Register (free) in advance for all or selected webinars at:
https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpdeqsrDgoE9JGBwjrAYs1M5KlSPajt2yG

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar(s). Using it, please mark your calendar!

This series is supported by the ISSMGE Technical Committee 215 on Environmental Geotechnics (TC 215) and the ASCE/G-I Geoenvironmental Engineering Committee (GEC).
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 Can Landfills Support Biodiversity or Only Harm the Environment? Magdalena Daria Vaverková, Professor, Department of Revitalization and Architecture, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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 Heading link

Sustainability and Resiliency-Based Innovation: Research and Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering Heading link

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 Heading link

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 Heading link

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 Heading link

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 Heading link

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 Heading link

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 Heading link

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 Heading link

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 Heading link

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