International Webinar Series on Geoenvironmental Engineering, Sustainability, and Resiliency

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This webinar series is supported by:
ISSMGE Technical Committee 215 on Environmental Geotechnics (TC 215)
ASCE/G-I Geoenvironmental Engineering Committee (GEC)
UIC Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL)
UIC Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory (GAGEL)
Date Presentation Title Presenter
September 4, 2026, 9 am CT Expanded Scope of Geoenvironmental Engineering to Address Broader Challenges Facing Society Krishna R. Reddy, Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, USA
September 11, 2026, 9 am CT Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Fugitive Dust Control Dr. Edward Kavazanjian, Regents Professor and Ira A. Fulton Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Director, Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG), School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
September 18, 2026, 9 am CT Energy Geostructures - Geothermal Solutions for Deep Foundations and Densely Developed Urban Areas Tony Amis, Senior Vice President, Endurant Energy (formerly GI Energy), New York, NY, USA
September 25, 2026, 9 am CT Flat Plate Dilatometer (DMT): Overview, Evolution, and Applications in Geotechnical Engineering Dr. Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, Professor, Department of Construction Engineering, Jadavpur University, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India
October 2, 2026, 9 am CT Geotechnical Insights into Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Protection Navid H. Jafari, Associate Professor, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
October 9, 2026, 9 am CT Reliability-Based Design for Sustainable MSE Walls Dr. Richard J. Bathurst, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre, Queen's-RMC, Kingston, ON, Canada
October 16, 2026, 9 am CT EGRWSE-2026 Preview Webinar: Everything You Need to Know Before You Attend Prof. Chandresh Solanki (SVNIT Surat, India); Prof. Krishna R. Reddy (University of Illinois Chicago, USA); Prof. Arvind Kumar Agnihotri (NIT Jalandhar, India)
November 6, 2026, 9 am CT Cost and Carbon Savings in Load-Bearing Bridge Abutment Construction Utilising Polymer Geogrids Chaido Doulala-Rigby (Yuli), Chair of the British Geotechnical Association and Chief Civil Engineer & Business Development, Tensar (a Division of CMC), UK
November 13, 2026, 9 am CT Landfill Performance in Cold Regions: Temperature Evolution, Settlement, and Methane Mitigation Dr. Wameed Alghazali, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Sherbrooke, and Research Associate, Carleton University, Canada
November 20, 2026, 9 am CT Nature-Based and Inspired Responsive Systems in Ground Engineering Dr. Michael Harbottle, Senior Lecturer in Geoenvironmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
December 4, 2026, 9 am CT Understanding Debris Flows in the Himalayas: From Material Behavior to Landscape Impact Dr. Ritesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
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Keynote Lecture by Professor Krishna Reddy (University of Illinois Chicago) at the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2025) on Geotechnical Practices for Innovation and Sustainability, NIT Jalandhar, India, December 18, 2025! Read the paper (SpringerLink)

International Webinar Series on Geoenvironmental Engineering, Sustainability, and Resiliency, University of Illinois Chicago, USA, Dr. 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 3, 2025

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

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

January 15, 2021: Dr. Krishna Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher & Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

April 23, 2021: Dr. Krishna Reddy, University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher & Professor, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

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

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

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

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

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