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SUMMARY:Biogeotechnics Webinar - 5 Little Known Keys For Successful Biogeo
 technical Practice
DTSTART:20200915T133000
DTEND:20200915T143000
DTSTAMP:20260504T080622Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Lyesse Laloui\, Dr. Dimitrios Terzis\, Maren Katterbach
 \, Dr. Alexandra Clarà Saracho\nAbstract:\n\nThe vast majority of infrast
 ructure assets are constructed with or on unsuitable soils\, which must be
  improved prior to\, or after\, construction. Conventional ground improvem
 ent technologies have historically relied on cement- and petroleum-based m
 aterials\, perceived as straightforward commodities. This view can no long
 er be sustained due to the large volume and machine-intensive operations r
 equired\, along with the resultant high carbon footprint and environmental
  damage. This webinar will present an alternative approach to material des
 ign and delivery using natural organic systems present within the soil to 
 precipitate carbonate minerals that act as soil-binding agents. Technical 
 discoveries and developments of bio-cemented soils will be presented\, wit
 h a particular focus on how this technology can be integrated into mainstr
 eam geotechnical practice. Through the following points\, under the scope 
 of the ERC-funded BIOGEOS project\, this talk will highlight to researcher
 s and practitioners alike\, the opportunities of a technology that will sh
 ape the future of low carbon soil remediation and stabilization practices:
 \n\n• Applications & performance of bio-cemented soils\n• Breaking the
  nitrogen barrier in biotic calcification\n• Economics & environmental i
 mpact\n• Equipment & monitoring\n• Industrial practice: guidelines for
  successful integration\n\n\nLecturers:\n\nProf. Lyesse Laloui\nProfessor 
 Lyesse Laloui is the director of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of EPFL. He
  is the recipient of the Advanced ERC Grant for his project BIOGEOS (BIO-m
 ediated GEO-material Strengthening). He also received an ERC Proof of Conc
 ept Grant in 2020\, to bring his research from lab to market. Founder and 
 Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Geomechanics for Energy and the Environmen
 t journal\, he is a leading scientist in the field of geomechanics and geo
 -energy. He has written and edited 13 books and published over 320 peer re
 viewed papers\; his work is cited more than 6500 times with an h-index of 
 42 (Scopus). Two of his papers are among the top 1% in the academic field 
 of Engineering.\n\nDr. Dimitrios Terzis\nDimitrios is a Scientist and Lect
 urer at the Swiss Federal institute of Technology\, Lausanne (EPFL). In 20
 17 he obtained his PhD in Mechanics from EPFL. He has co-authored over ten
  peer-reviewed publications focusing on research and development around so
 il bio-cementation. He is the co-inventor of three patents which introduce
  niche elements towards efficient upscaling\, environmental and economic a
 pplications of bio-geo-technical systems. He is the recipient of innovatio
 n grants and awards which sum up to over a million CHF. In 2018 he co-foun
 ded the EPFL spin-off MeduSoil which designs and delivers real-world syste
 ms based on bio-cementation to serve mainstream geotechnical projects. Sin
 ce 2019 he is the principal lecturer and organizer of the course “Innova
 tion for construction and the environment” which is taught in the Civil 
 Engineering section of EPFL.\n\nMaren Katterbach\nMaren is head of departm
 ent and a consulting engineer with Lombardi Engineering Ltd. in Switzerlan
 d.  Maren has been involved in a variety of projects\, including undergro
 und construction\, foundation stability\, dam construction\, and safety as
 sessments. Within the framework of various dam projects in Europe\, Africa
 \, Latin America and Asia\, she has provided expertise in the roles of con
 sultant or designer for major foundation grouting works. Maren provides te
 chnical support to the EPFL spin-off MeduSoil\, where through her role as 
 the company’s CTO\, she is designing and implementing real-scale solutio
 ns of the novel technique\, which combines technical innovation\, with eco
 nomic efficiency and environmental responsibility in grouting applications
 .\n\nDr. Alexandra Clarà Saracho\nAlexandra is a Postdoctoral Researcher 
 at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics at EPFL. She holds a MRes in Future In
 frastructure and Built Environment (2016) and a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engi
 neering (2020)\, both from the University of Cambridge (UK). Her Ph.D. res
 earch investigated the application of biocement for the erosion control of
  sands and was the product of an industry-academia collaboration between U
 niversity of California\, Berkeley (USA)\, Hiroshima University (Japan)\, 
 the University of Cambridge\, and Japan Oil\, Gas and Metals National Corp
 oration.  Passionate about interdisciplinary approaches\, her current res
 earch focuses on the design of carbonate-based biomaterials and delivery s
 trategies that are coupled with end geotechnical applications\, resulting 
 in increased functionality.\n\n 
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