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Year 3 Project Summaries – Annual Meeting October 2018
Thrust 1: Hazard Mitigation
- PR1-HAZ-UCD: Microbial Ecology of Stimulated Ureolytic Bio-Cementation
- PR4-HAZ-ASU: Liquefaction Mitigation via Microbial Denitrification
- PR35-HAZ-GT:
- PR36-HAZ-UCD: MICP Physical Modeling to Assess Liquefaction Mitigation
- PR37-HAZ-UCD: Up-Scaling of Stimulated Ureolytic MICP for Field-Scale Deployment
- PR38-HAZ-UCD: Upscaled Numerical Modeling of Bio-Cemented Soils
Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration
- PR6-ENV-ASU: Electrokinetic Transport for Mineral Precipitation and Soil Remediation
- PR7-ENV-NMSU: Microbially-Enhanced Iron-Modified Zeolite Permeable Reactive Barrier
- PR16-ENV-ASU: Microbial Metabolic Exploration for Bioremediation
- PR29-ENV-ASU: Microbial Metabolic Chain Elongation (MCE)
- PR42-ENV-ASU: Applied Research for the Development of a Reactive Geocomposite Mat (RGM) Containing Steel Slag Fines and Organic Media to Remove Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Impacted Waters
Thrust 3: Infrastructure Construction
- PR9-INF-UCD: Tree-Root Inspired Anchorage and Foundation Systems
- PR10-INF-GT: Root System Evaluation for Multi-Function Foundation Bio-Inspiration
- PR11-INF-NMSU: Bio-Inspired Unsaturated Soil Improvement and Reinforcement: Mechanisms and Strategies (Bio-Inspired Pile Foundations)
- PR12-INF-NMSU: Bio-Inspiration for Resilient Earthen Construction
- PR13-INF-ASU: Engineering Applications of Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation
- PR20-INF-UCD: Infrastructure Construction
- PR31-INF-NMSU: Bio-Inspired Geothermal Heat Exchange Systems
- PR44-INF-ASU: Stabilization and Control of Clay Swelling via Plant Extracted Silicate Solution
- PR45-INF-NMSU: EICP for Erosion Control in Sloping Ground
Thrust 4: Subsurface Exploration and Excavation
- PR19-OTH-UCD: A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework for Geotechnical Engineering
- PR20-SSEE-NMSU: Utilitarian Subterranean Annelid Inspired Geo-Probe: GUSANO Project
- PR21-SSEE-GT: Geotechnics of Self-Excavating Systems
- PR47-SSEE-GT: Bio-Inspired Self-Propelling Sensorial Systems
- PR48-SSEE-UCD: Snakeskin-Inspired Anisotropic Surfaces: Prescription of Frictional Interactions at Soil-Structure Interfaces
- PR49-SSEE-UCD: Universal Biomechanical Processes for Subsurface Exploration and Underground Construction
Education, Outreach and Diversity
- PR23-EO-ASU: Diversity and Inclusion
- PR24-EO-ASU: University Education
- PR25-EO-UCD: PreCollege Education
- PR26-EO-UCD: Women in Civil Engineering
- PR34-EO-NMSU: Native American REU
- PR61-EO-NMSU/ASU: Veteran Supplement
Research Proposals:
- Adaptation and Adoption of Bio-Inspired Design Course for Biogeotechnics [PDF]
- Air Pollutant Control Through Photocatalyst-Modified Cementitious Materials [PDF]
- Applied Research for the Development of a Reactive Geocomposite Mat (RGM) Containing Steel Slag Fines and Organic Media to Remove Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Impacted Waters [PDF]
- Assessing the Feasibility of Employing Inexpensive Microbial Sensor Technology for Long-Term Monitoring of Anaerobic Landfill Subsurface Environments [PDF]
- Biogenic Gas Production to Improve the Efficiency of Compaction Methods [PDF]
- Bio-inspired Geothermal Heat Exchange Systems [PDF]
- Bio-inspired Thermal Regulation of Engineered Transition Zone Energy Piles from Ant Mound/Nest Topology [PDF]
- Calcium Carbonate Cementation in Sand Treated with LOF – An Exploratory Research [PDF]
- Colloidal Facilitation of Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) [PDF]
- EICP for Subgrade Improvement and Erosion Control in Sloping Ground [PDF]
- Metal Chelation in Phytoremediation [PDF]
- MICP Large Tank Test to Demonstrate Effectiveness of Industry-Grade Treatment Reagents, Improvement Uniformity, and Nitrogen By-Product Removal and Remediation [PDF]
- Microbiology and Rearing of Black Soldier Fly Larvae for Bioconversion and Waste Management [PDF]
- Mobile Biological Soil Crust Nursery: Proof of Concept [PDF]
- Plant-Extracted Silicate Precipitation and Gelification: Applications in Sand [PDF]
- Quantifying the Bond Strength of Bio-Based Cements [PDF]
- Quantifying the Missing Link Between Degradation of Organic Matter and Geotechnical Performance of Organic Rich Soils [PDF]
- Snakeskin-Inspired Anisotropic Surfaces: Prescription of Frictional Interactions at Soil-Structure Interfaces [PDF]
- Stabilization and Control of Clay Swelling via Plant Extracted Silicate Solution [PDF]
- Universal Biomechanical Processes for Subsurface Exploration and Underground Construction [PDF]