Environmental Geotechnology

Role of Geochemistry in Sustainable Geotechnics.- Development on the Technology for Offshore Waste Final Disposal in S. Korea.- Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction Technique for Waste Beneficial Use Opportunities.- Sustainable Soil Remediation Phytoremediation Amended with Electric Current.- Environmental Impact of Mine Wastes: An Overview of Problems with Mining Sites in Turkey, Remediation Possibilities, and An Example from Turkey.- From Black Liquor to Green Material: Enzymatic Valorization of Pulp Industry by-Products.- Effect of Zinc Contamination on Engineering Properties of Clayey Soils.- Minimization of Biosludge from Tannery Effluent Using Anoxic Modified Conventional Activated Sludge Process.- Understanding Speciation and Leaching of Heavy Metals from a Polluted Site, Surat, Gujarat.- Model study of piled raft foundation.- Effective Utilization of Construction & Demolition Waste, Pond Ash in Combination with Geosynthetics in Flexible Road Pavement.- Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste Ash for Stabilization of Cohesive Soil.

Prof. Arvind Kumar Agnihotri is Professor of Civil Engineering at NIT Jalandhar. He completed his PhD from University of Roorkee (1998), M Tech from NIT Kurukshetra (1989) and BE from Panjab University Chandigarh (1987). He possesses a work experience of around 29 years in research, teaching and academic administration, with several years spent holding key leadership positions. His areas of interest are Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Reinforced Earth (Geo-Synthetics and Geofibers), Ground Improvement and Soil-Structure-interaction. He has supervised 9 PhD Thesis and 7 more are in progress. He has guided 45 M Tech dissertations. He has published more than 100 papers in international and National journals and conferences.  He served as Head of Civil Engineering, Dean Academic, Dean (Planning and Development) at prestigious Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar.  He is fellow/member of many professional organizations like ASCE,IGS, ISTE, Institution of Engineers, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Indian Roads Congress. He is reviewer of many international journals of repute. Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory and also the Director of the Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He is the author of 3 books: (1) Geo-Environmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, (2) Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater, and (3) Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites. He is also author of 182 journal papers, 15 edited books, 10 book chapters, and 170 full conference papers. Dr.Reddy has given 160 invited presentations in theU.S.A. and 15 other