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SUMMARY:Unlucky escapes: Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) 
 to mitigate contact erosion in sands.
DTSTART:20180905T080000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Alexandra Clarà Saracho\, PhD Student at the University of Ca
 mbridge\, Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group\nMy path to Engine
 ering began when I first saw the 285-meter high Grande Dixence Dam during 
 a family trip to Switzerland when I was 10 years old. I am originally from
  Spain\, a country characterised by a highly varying hydrological regime a
 nd where dam construction is always on the agenda. This encouraged me to u
 ndertake my Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering at the Universitat Po
 litècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona)\, spending the final year in Switzerla
 nd\, the country that originally sparked my curiosity. This gave me the va
 luable opportunity to do my thesis at EPFL on the conception of a hydropow
 er scheme in Cameroon under the supervision of Prof Schleiss and Prof Mans
 o. Always having in mind the idea of becoming a world expert on the design
  of hydraulic structures and schemes\, I decided to do a PhD. I was awarde
 d the EPSRC International Doctoral Scholar Grant to do a 4-year combined M
 aster in Research (MRes) + PhD programme in Civil Engineering as part of t
 he Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environ
 ment (FIBE CDT) at the University of Cambridge. As part of my master’s t
 hesis\, entitled “Ageing and sustainable management of earth embankment 
 dams”\, I completed a large literature review to understand the differen
 t deterioration scenarios of earth dams in the UK. This led to my current 
 PhD topic\, entitled “Improving the resilience of sands to contact erosi
 on by microbial induced calcite precipitation (MICP)”\, which crosses th
 e threshold between Biology\, Chemistry and Geotechnical Engineering to br
 ing cost-effective and low-impact solutions to improve the resilience of e
 mbankment dams and levees to contact erosion.\nA. C. Saracho
LOCATION:GC B1 10 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GCB110
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