April 11 -13 , 2021
CBBG is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, and partners to our 2021 Mid-Year Meeting! This website will house all information related to the event. Visit frequently for updated information.
CBBG Mid-Year Meeting 2021 Guest Speakers
 Carlos Santamarina, Ph.D. |  Yvette Upton, Ed.D |
| Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Associate Director, Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | Prevention Educator Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire |
| Santamarina’s research team follows a “physics-inspired, data-driven” approach to study subsurface processes, which typically involve soils, fractured rocks and complex fluids. The research brings together particle-level and pore-scale experiments, high-resolution process monitoring systems, and complementary numerical studies. | Upton is a highly collaborative leader and educator with a passion for gender and racial equity in our world. With more than 20 years of experience in higher education, including gender studies, women's centers and sexual violence, Dr. Upton currently presents to a wide range of audiences on these topics. She served as the founding director of the Georgia Tech Women’s Resource Center and loves the opportunity to work with STEM students and professionals. |
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Meeting Agenda [PDF]
Sunday, April 11, 2021 – Mid-Year Online Meeting – https://zoom.us/j/2502945270
| ASU / UCD | NMSU | GT | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | TBD | TBD | CBBG Student Retreat – CBBG Student Leadership Council |
Monday, April 12, 2021 – Mid-Year Online Meeting – https://zoom.us/j/2502945270
| ASU / UCD | NMSU | GT | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00AM | 9:00AM | 11:00AM | Welcome and Meeting Overview – David Frost (Georgia Tech) |
| 8:30AM | 9:30AM | 11:30AM | Strategic Plan Rollout – Ed Kavazanjian (ASU) |
| 9:30AM | 10:30AM | 12:30PM | Break / Lunch |
| 10:00AM | 11:00AM | 1:00PM | Creativity & Bio-geotechnics – Carlos Santamarina (bio) |
| 11:00AM | 12:00PM | 2:00PM | Student Presentations Peter Zelkowski PhD student NMSU (Advisor: Paola Bandini). “Development and prototype testing of laterally expansive piles” Michael Edgar, PhD student ASU (Advisor: Ed Kavazanjian) “Nutrient removal and recycling from agricultural run-off” YuYan Chen, PhD student UCD (Advisor: Alejandro Martinez) “Bio-Inspired strategies for a self-burrowing in-situ testing probe” Shaivan Shivaprakash, PhD student GT (Advisor: Susan Burns) “Carbonate precipitation in carbonate bearing soils” |
| 12:00PM | 1:00PM | 3:00PM | Break / Lunch |
| 12:30PM | 1:30PM | 3:30PM | IAB Academic Debate – (2IABs, 2SIs) |
| 1:30PM | 2:30PM | 4:30PM | Student Presentations Ishani Kulasekara MS student NMSU (Advisor: Lambis Papelis). “Selenium removal in a hybrid microbial physicochemical system” Yong Tang, PhD student ASU (Advisor: Julian Tao) “Self-burrowing robots inspired by nature” Maya El Kortbawi, PhD student UCD (Advisor: Katerina Ziotopoulo) “Bounding surface plasticity modeling for bio-cemented sands” Rodrigo Borela, PhD student GT (Advisor: David Frost) “Effect of penetrometer tip shape in granular beds” |
| 2:30PM | 3:30PM | 4:30PM | Closing – David Frost (Georgia Tech) & Ed Kavazanjian (ASU) |
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 – Mid-Year Online Meeting – https://zoom.us/j/2502945270
| ASU / UCD | NMSU | GT | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00AM | 9:00AM | 11:00AM | Effective Strategies to Combat Racism in Ourselves and Our Workplaces – Yvette Upton |
| 9:30AM | 10:30AM | 12:30PM | Break / Lunch |
| 10:00AM | 11:00AM | 1:00PM | SAB Presentations – (SAB Members) |
| 11:00AM | 12:00PM | 2:00PM | CBBG Survey Feedback – Megan O’Donnell (ASU) |
| 12:00PM | 1:00PM | 3:00PM | Break / Lunch |
| 12:30PM | 1:30PM | 3:30PM | Senior Investigator Sessions Leon van Paassen, Associate Professor, ASU “How burping bacteria mitigate earthquake liquefaction, mesoscale tank tests” Douglas Cortes Associate Professor, NMSU. “Utilitarian subterranean annelid-inspired geo-probe” Anca Delgado, Assistant Professor, ASU “New bioremediation strategies for impacted groundwater” Jackie Pena, Assistant Professor, UCD “Optimizing manganese bio-mineralization in granular media” Sheng Dai, Assistant Professor, GT, “Hard rock drilling with angel-wing inspired bits” Paola Bandini Associate Professor, NMSU. “Enzyme induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) for erosion control in sands” Mike Gomez, Assistant Professor UW “Liquefaction behavior of bio-cemented sands: A path forward from Element to Systems-level Response" Susan Burns, Professor, GT “Extending carbonate precipitation technology usage through international C2C collaboration”. |
| 2:30PM | 3:30PM | 4:30PM | Closing – David Frost (Georgia Tech) & Ed Kavazanjian (ASU) |
