Year 6: 8.1.2020 – 7.31.2021
A. Martinez, L. Huang and M.G. Gomez (2020). “Enhancement of the thermal conductivity of sands via microbially-induced calcite precipitation.” In 2nd Int. Conf. Energy Geotech., San Diego, CA.
5. San Pablo, A.C.M, Lee, M.1, Graddy, C.M.R., Kolbus, C.M.2, Khan, M., Zamani, A., Martin, N., Acuff, C., DeJong, J.T., Gomez, M.G., & Nelson, D.C. (2019). Meter-scale Bio-cementation Experiments to Advance Process Control and Reduce Impacts: Examining Spatial Control, Ammonium By-product Removal, and Chemical Reductions. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Accepted.
Stallings-Young, E.G., Mahabadi, N., Zapata, C.E. and van Paassen, L.A. (2021). Microbial-Induced Desaturation in Stratified Soil Conditions. Int. Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, ASCE, 7 (37). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-021-00276-9
Graddy, C. M. R.; Gomez, M. G.; DeJong, J. T.; Nelson, D. C. Native Bacterial Community Convergence in Augmented and Stimulated Ureolytic MICP Biocementation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01520.
Stallings Young, E.G., Zapata, C.E. and van Paassen, L. (2020). Unsaturated Fluid Flow through Granular Soils Treated with Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation. In Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020) Online Conference, 195, 05003 (2020), October 19-21st, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019505003
Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration
Srivatsan Mohana Rangan, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, and Anca G. Delgado. Environmental Engineering Science. ahead of print. http://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2020.0347 Hu, L., Wang, H., Xu, P., and Zhang, Y. (2021). “Biomineralization of hypersaline produced water using microbially induced calcite precipitation.” Water Research, 190, 116753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116753
Mostafazadeh-Fard, S., Samani, Z., Bandini, P., and Shukla, M. (2020). “Effect Liquid Organic Fertilizer and Zeolite on Plant Available Water Content of Sand and Growth of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne),” Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-020-00379-8
Robles, A., Yellowman, T.L., Joshi, S., Mohana Rangan, S., Delgado, A.G., 2021. Microbial Chain Elongation and Subsequent Fermentation of Elongated Carboxylates as H2-Producing Processes for Sustained Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes. Environmental Science & Technology 55(15), 10398-10410. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01319.
Edgar, M., & Boyer, T. H. (2021). Removal of natural organic matter by ion exchange: Comparing regenerated and non-regenerated columns. Water Research, 189, 116661. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116661
Rangan, Srivatsan Mohana, Aatikah Mouti, Laurie LaPat-Polasko, Gregory V. Lowry, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, and Anca G. Delgado. “Synergistic Zerovalent Iron (Fe0) and Microbiological Trichloroethene and Perchlorate Reductions Are Determined by the Concentration and Speciation of Fe.” Environmental Science & Technology (2020).
Joshi, S., Robles, A., Aguiar, S. Delgado AG. The occurrence and ecology of microbial chain elongation of carboxylates in soils. ISME J 15, 1907–1918 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00893-2
Thrust 3: Infrastructure Construction
Ossai, R., and Bandini, P. (2021). “Bench-Scale Feasibility Testing of EICP Treatment for Runoff Erosion Control.” IFCEE 2021: Earth Retention, Ground Improvement, and Seepage Control, GSP 324. Eds. C. El Mohtar et al., pp 290-298. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483411.028
Khodadaditirkolaei, H., Javadi, N., Krishnan, V., , Hamdan, N., and Kavazanjian, E. Jr.. (Forthcoming) “Crude Urease Extract for Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation,” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Lin, H., O’Donnell, S.T.; Suleiman, M.T., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., Brown, D.G. (2021) “Effects of Enzyme and Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP and MICP) Treatments on the Response of Axially Loaded Pervious Concrete Piles,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 147, No. 8
Martin, K.K., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr.+ (2021) “Enhancing the Strength of Granular Material with a Modified Enzyme-induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP) Treatment Solution,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 271
Al Aqtash, U., and Bandini, P. (2020). Influence of wall thickness and water content on the out-of-plane stability of adobe walls. Infrastructures, 2020, 5(9), 78.
Al Aqtash, U., Bandini, P., and Cooper, S. L. (2021). Lateral Strength of Traditional Adobe Walls Affected by Moisture: A Numerical Parametric Study. International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis, and Restoration. (In Press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2021.1892240
Aleali, S. A., Bandini, P., and Newtson, C. M. (2020). Multifaceted bioinspiration for improving the shaft resistance of deep foundations. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 5, 1059–1074. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42235-020-0076-6
Xiao, Y, Stuedlein, AW, Pan, Z, Liu, H, Evans, TM, He, X, Lin, H, Chu, J and van Paassen, LA (2020), Toe-Bearing Capacity of Precast Concrete Piles through Biogrouting Improvement, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146, 12, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002404
Krishnan, V., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., Martin, K.K., Hamdan, N., van Paassen, L.A., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2021) “Variability in the Unconfined Compressive Strength of EICP-Treated “Standard” Sand,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 147, No.4
Burrall, M., DeJong, J.T., Martinez, A., Wilson, D., Huang, L., “Vertical Pullout Tests of Orchard Trees for Bio-inspired Engineering of Anchorage and Foundation Systems”, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics (in review).
Al Aqtash, U. and Bandini, P. (2020). Wall Thickness and Water Content Contribution to the Out-of-Plane Instability of Adobe Walls. Proceedings of REHABEND 2020, 8th Euro-American Congress on Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, March 24-27, 2020, Granada, Spain. ISSN: 2386-8198, ISBN: 978-84-09-17873-5.
Thrust 4: Subsurface Exploration and Excavation
Martinez, A., DeJong, J., Akin, I., Aleali, A., Arson, C., Atkinson, J., Bandini, P., Baser, T., Borela, R., Boulanger, R., Burrall, M., Chen, Y., Collins, C., Cortes, D., Dai, S., DeJong, T., Del Dottore, E., Dorgan, K., Fragaszy, R., Frost, D., Full, R., Ghayoomi, M., Goldman, D., Gravish, N., Guzman, I.L., Hambleton, J., Hawkes, E., Helms, M., Hu, D.L., Huang, L., Huang, S., Hunt, C., Irschick, D., Lin, H., Lingwall, B., Marr, W.A., Mazzolai, B., McInroe, B., Murthy, T., O’Hara, K., Porter, M., Sadek, S., Sanchez, M., Santamarina, C., Shao, L., Sharp, J., Stuart, H., Stutz, H.H., Summers, A.P., Tao, J., Tolley, M., Treers, L., Turnbull, K., Valdes, R., van Paassen, L., Viggiani, G., Wilson, D., Wu, W., Yu, X. and Zheng, J. (2021). “Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges”. Geotechnique. http://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.20.P.170
H.H. Stutz and A. Martinez (2021). “Directionally-dependent strength and dilatancy behavior of soil-structure interfaces”. Acta Geotechnica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-021-01199-5
Load Transfer Anisotropy at Snakeskin-Inspired Clay-Structure Interfaces Lin Huang, S.M.ASCE; and Alejandro Martinez, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE IFCEE 2021: From Traditional to Emerging Geotechnics. 2021
Jin, W., Aufrecht, J., Patino-Ramirez, F., Cabral, H., Arson, C., & Retterer, S. T. (2020). Modeling root system growth around obstacles. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-16
Chen, Y., Khosravi, A., Martinez, A. and DeJong, J., 2021. Modeling the self-penetration process of a bio-inspired probe in granular soils. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 16(4), p.046012.
K.B. O’Hara and A. Martinez. (2020) “Monotonic and Cyclic Frictional Anisotropy in Snakeskin-Inspired Surfaces and Piles.” J. Geotech. Geoenv. Eng., Vol. 146, No. 11. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002368
Anselmucci, Floriana; Andò, Edward; Viggiani, Gioacchino; Lenoir, Nicolas; Peyroux, Robert; et al. (2021): Quantification of root-induced shear on sand. The Biot-Bazant Conference. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14781468.v2
A. Martinez., D. Nguyen, D.J. Irschick, M.S. Basson, and S. Baeckens (2021). “Quantifying surface topography of biological systems from 3D scans.” Methods Ecol. Evol. 12, 1265–1276. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13603
Y. Chen, J.T. DeJong, R.A. Jaeger, and A. Martinez (2021). “Scaling of burrowing resistances with sediment depth: a geomechanical perspective”. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Meeting.
Patino-Ramirez, F., Arson, C., & Dussutour, A. (2021). Substrate and cell fusion influence on slime mold network dynamics. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-20.
Anselmucci, F., Andò, E., Viggiani, G., Lenoir, N., Peyroux, R., Arson, C., & Sibille, L. (2021). Use of x-ray tomography to investigate soil deformation around growing roots. Géotechnique Letters, 11(1), 96-102.
Education and Outreach
Larson, J.S. & Farnsworth, K. (2020). Crisis Teaching Online: Reaching K-12 Students through Remote Engineering Lab-based Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Advances in Engineering Education, 8(4), 1-9.
Larson, J., O’Donnell, M., Eustice, K., Nichol, C., Jaskie, K., Spanias, A., Farnsworth, K., Blain Christen, J., Lee, M. (2021). Lessons Learned from Evaluating Three Virtual Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Programs Using Common Instruments and Protocols. Proceedings of the 2021 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference & Exposition, Virtual Conference, July 26-29, 2021.
Zhao, Z., Carberry, A., Larson, J., Jordan, M., Savenye, W., Eustice, K., Godwin, A., Roehrig, G., Barr, C., Barnard, W., O’Donnell, M., Farnsworth, K. (2021). NSF Engineering Research Centers Unite: Developing and Testing a Suite of Instruments to Enhance Overall Education Program Evaluation. Proceedings of the 2021 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference & Exposition, Virtual Conference, June 27-30, 2021.
Diversity and Inclusion
Dankowicz, H., Arson, C., Kulkarni, Y., Ardekani, A., Daly, S. H., Kochmann, D. M., … & Zhao, Y. F. (2021). Journal Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Cross-Disciplinary
Raymond, A.J., DeJong, J.T., Kendall, A., Blackburn, J.T., and Deschamps, R. (2021). “Life cycle sustainability assessment of geotechnical ground improvement methods.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Year 5: 8.1.2019 – 7.31.2020
Burdalski, R., Gomez, M.G. (2020). “Investigating the Effects of Biogeochemical Conditions During Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) Soil Improvement”, ASCE GeoCongress 2020, Minneapolis, MN.
J. Montgomery, G. Candia, A. Lemnitzer, and A. Martinez (2019). “The September 19, 2017 MW 7.1 Puebla-Mexico City earthquake: observed rockfall, landslide, and volcanic activity.”
Kim, D. H., Mahabadi, N., Jang, J., & van Paassen, L. A. (2020). Assessing the Kinetics and Pore-Scale Characteristics of Biological Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Porous Media using a Microfluidic Chip Experiment. Water Resources Research, 56(2), e2019WR025420.
Lee, J., Burns, S.E., Colwell, F., Ntarlagiannis, D., Ohan, J. Saneiyan, S. (2020). Dissolution and Recrystallization of Iron Oxide during MICP, ASCE Geo-Congress 2020, Minneapolis.
Purdy, C., Raymond, A.J., DeJong, J.T., Kendall, A. (2020) Life Cycle Assessment of Site Characterization Methods Geo-Congress 2020 : Geo-Systems, Sustainability, Geoenvironmental Engineering, and Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. pp 80-89
Ross W. Boulanger, Daniel W. Wilson, Bruce L. Kutter, Jason T. DeJong and Colleen E. Bronner. 2020. “NHERI Centrifuge Facility: Large-Scale Centrifuge Modeling in Geotechnical Research.” Frontiers for Built Environment, Vol 6, Article 121.
San Pablo, A.C., Lee, M.1, Graddy, C.M.R., Kolbus, C.M.2, Zamani, A., Khan, M., Acuff, C., Martin, N., Gomez, M.G., DeJong, J.T., Nelson, D.N. (2020). “Meter-scale Soil Column Experiments to Examine Spatial Control of Bio-cementation Soil Improvement”, GeoCongress 2020 Technical Papers, 11 pp.
Wang, Y. et al. 2019. A microfluidic chip and its use in characterising the particle-scale behaviour of microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP). Géotechnique 69:12, 1086-1094
Won, J., Jeong, B., Lee, J., Dai, S. and Burns, S.E., 2020. Facilitation of microbially induced calcite precipitation with kaolinite nucleation. Géotechnique, pp.1-7.
Xiao, Y., Stuedlein, A.W., Ran, J., Evans, T.M., Cheng, L., Liu, H., van Paassen, L.A. and Chu, J., 2019. Effect of Particle Shape on Strength and Stiffness of Biocemented Glass Beads. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(11), p.06019016.
Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration
Delgado, A.G., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Mohana Rangan, S., Rao, S. Abiotic/biotic reduction of trichloroethene and perchlorate: laboratory treatability study for a Superfund site. Battelle Conference 2019.
Edgar, M., Ray, H., Grubb, D. G., van Paassen, L. A., Hamdan, N., & Boyer, T. H. (2020). Removal of Phosphate and Nitrate from Impacted Waters via Slag-Driven Precipitation and Microbial Transformation. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 6(2), 04020007.
Giraldo-Silva, A., Fernandes, V., Bethany, J., & Garcia-Pichel, F. (2020). Niche Partitioning with Temperature among Heterocystous Cyanobacteria (Scytonema spp., Nostoc spp., and Tolypothrix spp.) from Biological Soil Crusts. Microorganisms, 8(3), 396.
H.L. Hebeler, A. Martinez, and J.D. Frost (2019). “Characterization of intermediate and structured soils with a CPT-interface response soil classification framework.” Proc. XVI Panam. Cong. Soil
Tengfei Chen, Burcu M. Yavuz, Anca G. Delgado, Brielle Januszewski, Yi Zuo, Paul Westerhoff, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, and Bruce E. Rittmann. Multi-cycle Ozonation + Bioremediation for Soils Containing Residual Petroleum. Environmental Engineering Science.Dec 2019.1443-1451.
Voth-Gaeddert, L., Torres, O., Maldonadox, J., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Rittmann, B., Oerther, D. (2019) Aflatoxin Exposure, Child Stunting, and Dysbiosis in the Intestinal Microbiome Among Children in Guatemala. Environmental Engineering Science.
Thrust 3: Infrastructure Construction
Burrall, M., DeJong, J.T., Martinez, A., Wilson, D., Huang, L. “Bio-inspiration through tree root pullout tests for innovative anchorage design”, GeoCongress 2020, Minneapolis, MN, March 2020.
Burrall, M., Huang, L., DeJong, J.T., Wilson, D.W., Martinez, A., “Dynamics of Sequential Failure of Tree Root Foundations”, Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, June 2019.
Cao, J., Roy, N. and Frost, J.D. (2020). “Relating Shear-Induced Evolution in Topology of Pore Networks to Sand Specimen Response”,Geotechnique Letters.
Lo, C. Y., Tirkolaei, H. K., Hua, M., De Rosa, I. M., Carlson, L., Kavazanjian Jr, E., & He, X. (2020). Durable and ductile double-network material for dust control. Geoderma, 361, 114090
Martin, K., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., Krishnan, V., Adam, R., Ramirez, J., Shurley, D., Kavazanjian, E. (2018) “Bench-scale Bio-grouted Column Formation Using Enzyme-induced Carbonate Precipitation.” Proceedings of B2G-Atlanta, ISSMGE
O’Donnell, S. T., Hall, C.A., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Rittmann, B.E. (2019) “A Biogeochemical Model for Soil Improvement by Denitrification” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Ossai, R., Rivera, L., and Bandini, P. (2020). Experimental Study to Determine an EICP Application Method Feasible for Field Treatment for Soil Erosion Control. Geo-Congress 2020: Biogeotechnics. Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) 320. Reston, Virginia: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 205 – 213
Zamani, Ph.D.; C. Phradichith; J. DeJong, Ph.D.; D. Nelson, Ph.D. (2020) “Effect of biofilm treatment strategy on the permeability reduction of sands”. GeoCongress 2020.
Thrust 4: Subsurface Exploration and Excavation
Chen, A. Khosravi, A. Martinez, J. DeJong, and D. Wilson (2020). “Analysis of the self-penetration process of a bio-inspired in-situ testing probe.” GeoCongress 2020.
Chen, A. Khosravi, A. Martinez, J.T. DeJong, and D. Wilson. 2020. “DEM analysis of an in situ reaction module for penetration in-situ testing.” 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization.
Frost, J. D., Roy, N., Chen, C. C., Park, J. Y., Jang, D. J., Lu, Y., & Cao, J. (2019). Quantitative Analysis of Microstructure Properties and their Influence on Macroscale Response. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 23(9), 3777-3792.
Huang, S., Mahabadi, N. and Tao, J.* Impact of Shell-Opening of a Model Razor Clam on the Evolution of Force Chains in Granular Media. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2019. Pasadena, CA
K.B. O’Hara and A. Martinez (2020). “Effects of Asperity Height on Monotonic and Cyclic Interface Behavior of Bioinspired Surfaces under Constant Normal Stiffness Conditions.” GeoCongress 2020.
Ma, Y., Evans, T.M. & Cortes, D.D. 2D DEM analysis of the interactions between bio-inspired geo-probe and soil during inflation–deflation cycles. Granular Matter 22, 11 (2020).
Martinez, J.T. DeJong, R. Jaeger, and A. Khosravi (2019). “Evaluation of self-penetration potential of a bio-inspired site characterization probe by cavity expansion analysis.” Accepted for publication in Can. Geotech. J.
Martinez, A., Huang, L. Study of Interface Frictional Anisotropy at Bioinspired Soil-Structure Interfaces. GeoCongress 2020.
Martinez, A., O’Hara, K.B., Sinha, S.K., Wilson, D., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2018). Monotonic and Cyclic Centrifuge Testing of Snake Skin-Inspired Piles. Proceedings of B2G Atlanta 2018 Symposium on Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics, Atlanta, in press.
Education and Outreach
Bronner, C.E., Raymond, A.J. Integrating geotechnical engineering research into K-12 education through a graduate course in engineering education. Geo-Congress 2020.
Chandler, J. L. S., Hirshorn, J., & Carranza, S. (2019, November). Examining the Colonized Mind using Critical Analyses. National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), 29th Annual International Conference; Tucson, AZ.
Hall, Caitlyn A. (2020). My career earthquake. Science, 368 (648), 330. doi: 10.1126/science.368.6488.
Hall, Caitlyn A, McCutcheon, Griffin, Morton, Evvan V., Tindell, R. Kevin, and Weller, Nicholas. (2020). Strategies to curtail Valley Fever in Arizona: A policy memorandum to Congressman Greg Stanton. Journal of Science Policy and Governance, 16(1): 1-9.
Larson, J., Barnard, W., Chandler, J., O’Donnell, M., Savenye, W., & Zapata, C. (2020). Moving Beyond Technical Skills: Fostering the Development of Essential Skills Needed for a Successful Career in Engineering. In J. P. Hambleton, R. Makhnenko, & A. S. Budge (Ed.), Geo-Congress 2020: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Special Topics (pp. 694-701). doi: 10.1061/9780784482810.07
Oathes, T, Bronner, C.E., and DeJong, J. (2020). Developing Authentic Design Experiences Using Case Studies in a Senior Design Course. Proceedings of Geo-congress 2020: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Special Topics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 25 to 28, 2020. pp. 669-675.
Savenye, W., Chandler, J. L. S., Larson, J., Zapata, C., Bronner, C., Hong, Y-C., Archambault, L., Elwood, K., Nielsen, M., Strand, E., Spector, M., & Dalal, M., (2019, October). Building Up the Next Generation Through Mentoring: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from Three Perspectives. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Las Vegas, NV.
Zhao, Z., Barnard, W., Carberry, A., Cook-Davis, A., Jordan, M., Larson, J., O’Donnell, M., & Savenye, W. (2019). Creating common tools to evaluate education and diversity impacts across three engineering research centers. 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Cincinnati, OH, October 16-19.
Ziotopoulou, K., Bronner, C.E., and Moug, D. (2020). Graduate Student Perceptions of Mentoring: A Pilot Case Study in the Geotechnical Graduate Student Society at UC Davis. Proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Education, June 23-25, 2020, streamed from Athens, Greece.
Other Projects
C.E. Bronner, A. Wakefield, J. VanderGheynst, and K. Moloney (2019). Student-centered Strategies for Promoting Inclusive, Supportive, Diverse Environments in Graduate STEM Education. 2019 American Society of Engineering Education Conference Proceedings.
Year 4: 8.1.2018 – 7.31.2019
Thrust 1: Hazard Mitigation
Hall, C.A., Van Paassen L.A., Rittmann, B.E., Kavazanjian, E., DeJong, J.T. and Wilson, D.W. (2018) Predicting desaturation by biogenic gas formation via denitrification during centrifugal loading, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Hongkong, August 3-5, 2018. http://gcf-conf.ust.hk/unsat2018/paper/pdf/3-12.UNSAT2018_308.pdf
Humire, F. A., Ziotopoulou, K., and Martinez, A. (2019). Experimental study of shear strain accumulation during cyclic mobility. Proc. 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (ICEGE), Rome, Italy (in press).
Kim, D., Mahabadi, N., and van Paassen, L. (2018) Pore-scale study on biomineral precipitation using microfluidc chip experiment, Proceedings of International Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, 10-13 September, Atlanta, in press.
Mahabadi, N., and van Paassen, L. (2018) Pore scale study of gas bubble nucleation and migration in porous media, Proceedings of International Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, 10-13 September, 2018, Atlanta, in press.
Pham, V.P. and van Paassen, L.A., (2018), Soil Improvement Through a Biologically Based Method, International Conference VietGeo 2018 Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in Response to Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Infrastructure, September 26-28 2018.
Pham, V.P., van Paassen, L.A. and Van der Star, W.R.L. (2018) Quantifying the desaturation effect of biogenic gas formation in sandy soil, Proceedings of the 7th international conference on unsaturated soils, Hongkong, August 3-5, 2018. http://gcf-conf.ust.hk/unsat2018/paper/pdf/1c-8.UNSAT2018_310.pdf
Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration
Mohana Rangan S, Ibrahim I, Delgado AG, and Krajmalnik-Brown R. Enriching microorganisms for metabolic chromium reduction. 1st International Symposium on “Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics” (B2G), Georgia Tech, GA, September 2018, in press.
van Paassen, L.A., Tollenaar, R.N., Jommi, C., Steins, A. & Von Unold, G. (2018) Investigating some irregularities observed during suction measurements using the Hyprop device, Proceedings of the 7th international conference on unsaturated soils, Hongkong, August 3-5, 2018
Zermeno, D., Altizer, M., Martin, K., Mahabadi, N., van Paassen, L., Kavazanjian, E., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Torres, C. (2018). Electrokinetic transport to enhance enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP). 1st International Symposium on “Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics” (B2G), Georgia Tech, GA, September 2018, In press
Halalsheh, N., A. Trujillo, and C. Papelis. Effect of zeolite chemical treatment on selenium sorption affinity and remediation. Presented at the AGU 2018 Fall meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10 – 14, 2018.
Thrust 3: Infrastructure Construction
Mahabadi N., Yun T.S., Jang J. (2019) Water Permeability Reduction in THF Hydrate-Bearing Sediments. In: Shu S., He L., Kai Y. (eds) New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering. GeoChina 2018. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham.
Mallett, S., Siegel, A., Vego, I., and Frost, J.D., (2018). Uplift behavior of root-inspired anchorage models. Proceedings of B2G Atlanta 2018 Symposium on Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics, Atlanta, in press.
Martin, K., Khodadadi T., H., Krishnan, V., Adam, R., Ramirez, J., Shurley, D., and Kavazanjian, E. (2018). Bench-scale bio-grouted column formation using enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation. Biomediated and Bioinspired Geotechnical (B2G) Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia.
Kavazanjian, E., DeJong, J.T., Hall, C., Rittman, B.E., van Paassen, L.A., Wilson, D.W. (2018). Evaluation of Biogenic Gas Formation by Denitrification in Centrifuge. 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2018).
Thrust 4: Subsurface Exploration and Excavation
Huang, S. and Tao, J.* (2019) 2D Simulation of the Bioinspired Dual-Anchor Burrowing Mechanism in Dry Sand. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2019. Pasadena, CA.
Education and Outreach
Farnsworth, K., Larson, J.S., Folkestad, L.S., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., Glazewski, K., and Savenye, W. (2019). Preparing students for real-world practice: Problem-Based Learning in a post-secondary engineering course. Proceedings from HK AECT International Conference, Hong Kong, China.
Savenye, W., Chandler, J. L. S., Larson, J., Zapata, C., Bronner, C., Hong, Y-C., Archambault, L., Elwood, K., Nielsen, M., Strand, E., Spector, M., and Dalal, M., (2019). Building Up the Next Generation Through Mentoring: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from Three Perspectives. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Las Vegas, NV.
Saenz, D.S. (2017). Seeking surfeits in the context of diversity: The positive consequences of numerical distinctiveness Presented @ the National Academies of Science Sackler Colloquia Series: Pressing Questions in the Study of Psychological and Behavioral Diversity, Irvine, CA
Other
Year 3: 8.1.2017 – 7.31.2018
Gomez, M.G., DeJong, J., and Anderson, C. M. (2018). Effect of bio-cementation on geophysical and cone penetration measurements in sands. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2018 55(11), 1632-1646.
Hall, C.A., Kim, D., Mahabadi, N., and van Paassen, L.A. (2017) Characterization of Biogenic gas and mineral Formation Process by Denitrification in Porous Media. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017. New Orleans, LA, December 11-15, 2017.
Kavazanjian, E., Jr., O’Donnell, S.T., Rittmann, B., Hamdan, N., Hall, C., and van Paassen, L.A. (2018). Mitigation of Liquefaction Beneath Existing Facilities Using Microbial Denitrification, Proceedings, Eleventh US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Los Angeles, June 2018.
Hall, C. (2018). YHS Collection on “Unexpected Results in Hydrology”. Young Hydrologic Society.
Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration
Esquivel-Elizondo, S., Howells, A., Calvo, D.C., Shock, E., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2017). Anaerobic carbon monoxide oxidizers in oceans, lake and volcanic sediments, and high pH environments. Conference proceeding. Multi-omics for Microbiomes, Pasco, WA, August 2017.
Mahabadi, N., Kim, D., Hall, C., Kim, D., Jang. J., and van Paassen, L.A. (2017) Effect of Carbonate Precipitation on the Hydrodynamics of Porous Media: Numerical Simulation. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017. New Orleans, LA, December 11-15, 2017.
Smith, A., Halalsheh, N., and Papelis, C. (2017). Arsenic removal from water using zeolites: Effects of zeolite treatment and geochemical conditions. Presented at the 254th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC.
Thrust 3: Infrastructure Construction
Al Aqtash, U., Bandini, P., and Cooper, S. (2017). Effect of moisture on the out-of-plane lateral strength of residential adobe masonry walls. Earth USA 2017, Proc. 9th Inter. Conf. on Architecture and Construction with Earthen Materials, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 29-October 1. ISBN: 9780359943340
Alcantar, J., Aleali, S.A., Pasillas Rodriguez, J.N., Bandini, P., and Newtson, C.M. (2018). Bio-inspired vascular system in driven precast pile foundations. Proc. Inter. Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G), Atlanta, in press.
Burrall, M., DeJong, J.T., Wilson, D.W., Martinez, A., and Huang, L. (2018). Vertical pullout tests of tree root systems for bio-inspired foundation idea development, Proc. Inter. Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G), Atlanta, in press.
Gebremariam, T., Weldon, B., and Bandini, P. (2017). Experimental evaluation of two small-scale adobe walls under lateral loading. Earth USA 2017, 9th Inter. Conf. on Architecture and Construction with Earthen Materials, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 29-October 1. ISBN: 9780359943340
Lu, Y., Cortes, D.D., and Dai, S. (2018). From phase change materials to enhanced geothermal recovery. Proc. Inter. Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G), Atlanta, in press.
Thrust 4: Subsurface Exploration and Excavation
Borela, R., Vangla, P., Mallett, S., Castro Puello, I., Fastiggi, V., and Frost, J.D., (2018). Earthworm locomotion, a soil mechanics perspective: anchorage and 2D DEM modeling. Proc. Inter. Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G), Atlanta, in press.
Frost, J.D., and Martinez, A. (2018). Characterization of the interface shear response of JSC-1A, GRC-3 and JSC-Mars1 regolith simulants. J. Aerosp. Eng., Vol. 31, No. 1.
Frost, J.D., Roozbahani, M.M., Martinez, A., Jackson, K., Leonard, L., Yamamoto, K., and Jones, M., (2017), Biologically-Inspired Insights Into Soil Arching and Tunnel Stability from Topology of Ant Nests, Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul, Korea. CD-ROM.
Martinez, A., and Frost, J.D., (2017), Numerical Comparison of Vane Shear and Torsional Interface Shear Tests, Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul, Korea.CD-ROM.
Martinez, A, Khosravi, A., DeJong, J.T, and Wilson, D. (2018). Discrete Element Simulations of Bio-Inspired Self-Burrowing Probes in Sands of Varying Density. Proc. Inter. Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G), Atlanta, in press.
Martinez, A., O’Hara, K.B., Sinha, S.K., Wilson, D., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2018). Monotonic and Cyclic Centrifuge Testing of Snake Skin-Inspired Piles. Proceedings of B2G Atlanta 2018 Symposium on Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics, Atlanta, in press.
Yamamoto, K., Vangla, P., Roozbahani, M., Frost, J.D., Tolhurst, G., and Frost, J., (2018). 2D study of excavation processes and structural analysis of harvester ant nests. Proc. Inter. Symposium on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G), Atlanta, in press.
Education and Outreach
Elwood, K., Savenye, W., Larson, J., Jordan, M. E., and Zapata, C. (2017, November). Wicked instructional problems: Exploring how STEM teachers use design thinking. Paper session presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology, Jacksonville, FL.
Savenye, W. (2017) Response to Reeves’s Learning from and with media and technology. In A. A. Carr-Chellman & G. Rowland (Eds.). Classic Dialogues: Exploring the Field of Educational Technology, 145-147. New York: Routledge.
Leshner, C., & Saenz, D.S. (2018). Beliefs of American Immigrant Behavior. Presented at the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Elwood, K., Hong, Y.-C., & Savenye, W. (2018). Book Review. Review of Spector, J. M., & Yuen, A. H. K. 2016) Educational program and project evaluation. TechTrends, (1).
Savenye, W. (2017). STEM Engineering Education for All Learners: The Education and Outreach Program for a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, CBBG. KEYNOTE address presented at the annual international meeting of ICoME, International Conference on Media in Education, first time held in the U.S. – at University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 2, 2017. (Contributors: J. Larson, C. Zapata, E. Kavazanjian, D. Saenz, M. Mitchell, C. Bronner S. Brown, W. Newstetter, P. Bandini, D. Frost, J. DeJong, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, M. O’Donnell, W. Barnard, K. Elwood, M. Dalal, E. Stallings.)
Diversity and Inclusion
Other Projects
Lanzarini-Lopes M, Delgado AG, Guo Y, Dahlen P, and Westerhoff P. (2018). Optical fiber-mediated photosynthesis for enhanced subsurface oxygen delivery. Chemosphere 195: 742–748.
Mahabadi, N. and Jang, J. (2017). Fluid displacement patterns in porous media: 3D pore-network modeling. 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Sep. 17-22, Seoul, Korea.
Year 2: 8.1.2016 – 7.31.2017
Thrust 1: Hazard Mitigation
Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration
Chen T, Delgado AG, Maldonado J, Zuo Y, Kamath R, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, and Rittmann BE. (2017). Interpreting the interaction between ozone and residual petroleum hydrocarbons in soil. Environmental Science & Technology 51 (1): 506–513.
Gomez, M.G. and DeJong, J.T. (2017). Influence of Soil Microorganisms on Biogeochemical Reaction Rates and Calcite Precipitation Microstructure in Bio-cemented Sands. ASCE EMI 2017 Conference, San Diego, CA, June 2017.
Apul OG, Delgado AG, Kidd J, Alam F, Dahlen P, Westerhoff P. 2016. Carbonaceous nano-additives augment microwave-enabled thermal remediation of soils containing petroleum hydrocarbons. Environmental Science: Nano. 3: 997-1002.
Halalsheh, N., A. Smith, and C. Papelis. Effect of geochemical conditions and chemical treatment of zeolites on their ability to bind selenium oxyanions. Presented at the 254th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 20 – 24, 2017
Thrust 3: Infrastructure Construction
DeJong, J.T., Burrall, M., Wilson, D.W. and Frost, J.D. (2017). A Bio-Inspired Perspective for Geotechnical Engineering Innovation. ASCE Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2017.
Cross-Cutting Projects
Frost, J.D. (2016). The Evolving Role of Materials in Infrastructure Systems. Proceedings of Civil Engineering Research in Ireland Conference, Galway, pp. 31-36.
Education and Outreach
Elwood, K., Savenye, S., Jordan, M. E., Larson, J., & Zapata, C. (2016). Design thinking: A new construct for educators. Proceedings of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology, Las Vegas, NV, Vol. 1, 43-52.Larson, J., Dalal,
Savenye, W., and Hong, Y.-C. (2017). Instructional sequences. In A. A. Pina (Ed.). Instructional Design Standards for Distance Learning, 33-46. Bloomington, IN: Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
Savenye, W., Larson, J., Zapata, C., Kavazanjian, E., Elwood, K., Reed, A., Mitchell, M., Brown, S., Bronner, C., Saenz, D., Newstetter, W., Benton-Johnson, F., Dalal, M., Gomez, M., Delgado, N. (2016). The Ultimate Higher Education Start-up: Building Education / Outreach / Diversity for an NSF Engineering Research Center. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, held in Las Vegas, NV, October 17-21, 2016.
Diversity and Inclusion
Other Projects
Year 1: 8.1.2015 – 7.31.2016
Anderson C.M., Gomez, M.G., DeJong, J.T., and Nelson, D.C. (2016). Effect of Cementation on Cone Penetrometer Measurements. ASCE GeoSeis Conference, Phoenix Arizona, February 2016.
Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration
Chen T, Delgado AG, Yavuz BM, Proctor AJ, Maldonado J, Zuo Y, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, and Rittmann BE. 2016. Ozone enhances biodegradability of heavy hydrocarbons in soil. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science. 11(1): 7-17.
Delgado AG, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Fajardo-Williams D, and Halloum I. Nature’s helpers: Using microorganisms to remove trichloroethene (TCE) from groundwater. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2015.
Delgado AG, Fajardo-Williams D, Kegerreis KL, Parameswaran P, Krajmalnik-Brown R. 2016. Impact of ammonium on syntrophic organohalide-respiring and fermenting microbial communities. mSphere 1(2):e00053-16.doi:10.1128/mSphere.00053-1.
Apul OG, Dahlen P, Delgado AG, Sharif F, Westerhoff P. 2016. Treatment of heavy, long-chain petroleum-hydrocarbon contaminated soils using chemical oxidation. Journal of Environmental Engineering ASCE, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001139.
Thrust 3: Infrastructure Construction
Xu, T., and Frost, J. D. (2015). DEM Modeling of Insertion and Expansion during Flat Dilatometer Testing. The 3rd International Conference on the Flat Dilatometer. June 14-16, 2015. Rome.
Thrust 4: Resource Development
Cross-Cutting Projects
DeJong, J.T. and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2016). Sustainable Biogeotechnics. Proceedings from NSF Workshop on Geotechnical Fundamentals in the Face of New World Challenges, Washington, D.C., July 17-19, 2016.
Education and Outreach
Savenye, W. (2016). Willi’s Voice: The Academic Road – Thorns and Roses. In J. A. Donaldson, Ed., Women’s Voices in the Field of Educational Technology: Our Journeys, 121-129. Switzerland: Springer International.
Savenye, W. (2015). Applied Instructional Design: Learner-Centered, Adaptable to Varied Learning Environments, Powerful and Effective. Editorial. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 5(1), 1. Available at http://www.jaidpub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Savenye11-15.pdf
Savenye, W. (2015). Learning in museums. In J. M. Spector, Ed., The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, Vol. 2, 462-464. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Pre-CBBG:
Al-Aqtash, U. and Bandini, P. (2014). Prediction of unsaturated shear strength of an adobe soil from the soil-water characteristic curve. Construction and Building Materials. In review.
Bandini, P. and Olague-Caballero, R.I. (2012). Compressibility of cemented sands of semiarid environment. Revista International de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil Vol. 12(1): 35-41 (In Spanish).
Bernardi, D., DeJong, J., Montoya, B., and Martinez, B. (2014). Bio-bricks: Biologically cemented sandstone bricks. Construction and Building Materials 55:462-469.
Bianchini, A., and Bandini, P. (2010). Prediction of pavement performance through neuro-fuzzy reasoning. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering – An International Journal Vol. 25(1): 39-54.
DeJong, J., Mortensen, B., and Martinez, B. (2007). Bio-soils interdisciplinary science and engineering initiative, NSF final report for Grant #CMS-0628782. p 85.
DeJong, J., Proto, C., Kuo, M., and Gomez, M. (2014). Bacteria, biofilms, and invertebrates: the next generation of geotechnical engineers? In Geo-Congress 2014 (American Society of Civil Engineers), pp 3959-3968.
DeJong, J.T., Fritzges, M.B., and Nesslein, K. (2006). Microbially induced cementation to control sand response to undrained shear. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 132(11):1381-1392.
DeJong, J.T, Mortensen, B.M., Martinez, B.C., and Nelson, D.C. (2010). Bio-mediated soil improvement.Ecological Engineering 36(2):197-210.
DeJong, J.T., Soga, K.S., Kavazanjian, E., Burns, S., van Paassen, L., Al Qabany, A., Aydilek, A., Bang, S.S., Burbank, M., Caslake, L., Chen, C.Y., Cheng, X., Chu, J., Ciurli, S., Fauriel, S., Filet, A.E., Hamdan, N., Hata, T., Inagaki, Y., Jefferis, S., Kuo, M., Laloui, L., Larrahondo, J., Manning, D.A.C., Martinez, B., Montoya, B.M., Nelson, D.C., Palomino, A., Renforth, P., Santamarina, J.C., Seagren, E.A., Tanyu, B., Tsesarsky, M., and Weaver, T. (2013). “Biogeochemical processes and geotechnical applications: progress, opportunities, and challenges,” Geotechnique, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 287-301.
Delgado, A.G., Fajardo-Williams, D., Popat, S.C., Torres, C.I., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2014). Production of Dehalococcoides in a continuous flow stirred-tank reactor coupling high-cell densities to fast rates of trichloroethene dechlorination. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98, 6: 2729-2737. DOI 10.1007/s00253-013-5263-5
Delgado, A.G., Parameswaran, P., Fajardo-Williams, D., Halden, R, and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2012). Role of bicarbonate as a pH buffer and electron sink in microbial dechlorination of chloroethenes. Microbial Cell Factories, 13; 11(1):128.
Diaz-Rodriguez, J.A., Antonio-Izarras, V.M., Bandini, and Lopez-Molina, J.A. (2008). Cyclic strength of a natural liquefiable sand stabilized with colloidal silica grout. Canadian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 45: 1345-1355
Dung, T., Bawazir, A.S., Shukla, M.K., and Bandini, P. (2011). Some hydraulic and wicking properties of St. Cloud zeolite and zeolite-soil mixtures. Applied Engineering in Agriculture Vol. 27(6): 955-967
Espinoza D.N. and Santamarina J.C. (2010). Ant tunneling – a granular media perspective. Granular Matter12(6):607-616.
Garcia-Pena, E. I., Parameswaran, P., Kang, D. W., Canul-Chan, M., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2011). Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion process of vegetable and fruit residues”: Process and microbial ecology. Bioresource Technology 102:9447–9455.
Hamdan, N., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Rittmann, B.E. (2011). “Sequestration of Radionuclide and Metal Contaminants through Microbially-Induced Carbonate Precipitation,” Proceedings of the 14th Pan American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Toronto, Canada, 2-6 October.
Hamdan, N., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Rittmann, B.E. (2013). “Carbonate Cementation via Plant Derived Urease,” Proceeding of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,Paris, France, 2-5 September.
Hamdan, N., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., Rittmann, B.E., and Karatas, I. (2011). “Carbonate Mineral Precipitation for Soil Improvement through Microbial Denitrification,” Proceedings of GeoFrontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, GSP 211, pp. 3925-3934.
Karatas, I., Kavazanjian, E, Jr., and Rittmann, B. (2008). Microbially induced precipitation of calcite using Pseudomonas denitrificans. in Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Bio-Geo-Civil Engineering (Delft, The Netherlands), pp 58-66.
Kavazanjian, E., Jr. and Hamdan, N. (2014). “Enzyme induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) columns for ground improvement.” Proc. of the 2015 ASCE Geo-Institute GeoCongress, San Antonio, Texas.
Kavazanjian, E., Jr. and O’Donnell, S.T. (2014). Mitigation of earthquake-induced liquefaction via microbial denitrification: A two-phase process. Submitted for publication, Proc. of the 2015 ASCE Geo-Institute GeoCongress, San Antonio, Texas.
Kavazanjian, E., Jr., Iglesias, E., and Karatas, I. (2009). Biopolymer soil stabilization for wind erosion control. inProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics Geotechnical Engineering (Alexandria, Virginia), pp 881-884.
Kavazanjian, E., Jr. and Karatas, I. (2008). “Microbiological Improvement of the Physical Properties of Soil,” Symposium to Honor James K. Mitchell, Proceedings of the. 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO (on CD ROM).
Krajmalnik-Brown, R., et al. (2004). Genetic identification of a putative vinyl chloride reductase in Dehalococcoides sp. strain BAV1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70(10):6347-6351.
Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Sung, Y., Ritalahti, K.M., Michael Saunders, F., & Loffler, F.E. (2007). Environmental distribution of the trichloroethene reductive dehalogenase gene (tceA) suggests lateral gene transfer among Dehalococcoides. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 59(1):206-214.
Martinez, B., DeJong, J., and Ginn, T. (2014). Bio-geochemical reactive transport modeling of microbial induced calcite precipitation to predict the treatment of sand in one-dimensional flow. Computers and Geotechnics58:1-13.
Mitchell, J.K. and Santamarina, J.C. (2005). Biological considerations in geotechnical engineering. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 131(10):1222-1233.
Montoya, B. and Dejong, J. (2013). Healing of biologically induced cemented sands. Geotechnique Letters3:147-151.
Mortensen, B., Haber, M., DeJong, J., Caslake, L., and Nelson, D. (2011). Effects of environmental factors on microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation. Journal of Applied Microbiology 111(2):338-349.
Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Tang, Y., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., and Rittmann, B.E. (2014). Managing the interactions between sulfate- and perchlorate-reducing bacteria when treating highly perchlorate-contaminated groundwater with hydrogen-fed biofilms. Water Research. 55: 215-224.
Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Ilhan, Z. E., Kang, D.-W., Rittmann, B., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2013). Phylogenetic analysis of nitrate and sulfate reducing bacteria in a hydrogen-fed membrane biofilm reactor. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 85(1):158-167.
Ornelas, A.*, Savenye, W., Sadauskas, J. D., Houston, S., Zapata, C., and Ramirez, E. (2013). An engineering and educational technology team approach to introducing new unsaturated soils mechanics material into introductory undergraduate geotechnical engineering courses: Cross-curricular coordination and working outside of your comfort zone. Proceedings of the 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, held in Atlanta, GA, June 23 – 26, 2013.
Phadnis, H. and Santamarina, J. (2011). Bacteria in sediments: pore size effects. Geotechnique Letters1(October-December):91-93.
Prezzi, M., Bandini, P., Carraro, J.A.H., and Monteiro, P.J.M. (2011). Use of Recyclable Materials in Sustainable Civil Engineering Applications.
Rebata-Landa, V. and Santamarina, J.C. (2006). Mechanical limits to microbial activity in deep sediments.Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 7(11).
Rebata-Landa, V. and Santamarina, J.C. (2012). Mechanical effects of biogenic nitrogen gas bubbles in soils.Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 138(2):128-137.
Savenye, W. (2007). Interaction: The power and promise of active learning. In M. Spector, Ed. Finding your online voice: Stories told by experienced online educators. Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 141-162.
Savenye, W. (2013). Learning in museums. In J. M. Spector, Ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Technology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Savenye, W. (2013). Perspectives on assessment of educational technologies for informal learning: A review of issues, perspectives, strategies and possibilities. In J. M. Spector, M. D. Merrill, J. Elen, & M. J. Bishop, Eds.Handbook of research on educational communications and technology. (4th ed.). New York: Springer, 257-267.
Savenye, W. (Coordinator/Producer with A. Igoe, J. Middleton, & T. Brush) (2004). Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology: 26 video cases of exemplary technology-modeling teachers.
Savenye, W. C. (2004). Evaluating web-based learning systems and software. In N. Seel, & Z. Dijkstra (Eds.)Curriculum, plans, and processes in instructional design: International perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 309-330.
Savenye, W., and Robinson, R. (2004). Qualitative research issues and methods: An introduction for instructional technologists. In D. Jonassen, (Ed.), Handbook of research on educational communications and technology. 2nd Ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1045-1071.
Savenye, W., Dwyer, H., Niemczyk, M., Olina, Z., Kim, A., Nicolaou, A., and Kopp, H. (2003). Development of the digital high school project: a school-university partnership. In Michael Corry & Chih-Hsiung Tu (Eds.)Distance education: what works well. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 3-14.
Savenye, W., Ozogul, G., and Cromack, C. (2007). Microsoft Research Assessment Toolkit. [Web Site]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Research. Available May 08, 2009 at from Microsoft Research Education and Scholarly Communication, at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/education/ or directly downloadable from http://www.facultyresourcecenter.com/curriculum/pfv.aspx?ID=6830
Savenye, W., Robinson, R., Niemczyk, M., and Atkinson, R. (2008). Data collection and analysis: Measuring individual learning. In J. M. Spector, M. D. Merrill, J. J. G. vanMerrienboer, & M. Driscoll, (Eds.), Handbook of research on educational communications and technology. 3rd Ed. New York, Routledge.
Savioli, A., Viggiani, C., and Santamarina, J. (2014). Root-Soil Mechanical Interaction. in Geo-Congress 2014, pp 3977-3984.
Wosick, E., Gebremariam, T., Weldon, B., Bandini, P., and Al-aqtah, U. (2014). Strength characteristics of typical adobe material in the southwestern United States, In: Proc. 9th Int. Masonry Conf., Guimaraes, Portugal, June 2014.
Zhang, H., Banaszak, J.E., Parameswaran, P., Alder, J., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., and Rittmann, B. E. (2009). Focused-Pulsed sludge pre-treatment increases the bacterial diversity and relative abundance of acetoclastic methanogens in a full-scale anaerobic digester. Water Research 43: 4517–4526.
Zhao H.P., Ilhan Z.E., Ontiveros-Valencia A., Tang Y, Rittmann B., and R. Krajmalnik-Brown, (2013). “Effects of multiple electron acceptors on microbial interactions in a hydrogen-based biofilm”. Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (13), 7396–7403.
Ziv-El, M., Cai, K., Halden, R., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., and Rittmann, B.E. (2012). Managing methanogens and homoacetogens to promote reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene with direct delivery of H2 in a membrane biofilm reactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering.