Publications

The CBBG team has several individual publications, as well as co-authored publications within the team. This past success will be leveraged and increased to include over 40 key faculty members across four partner universities. The following are some of the publications authored and co-authored by members of the CBBG team: Thrust 1:  Hazard Mitigation Thrust 2:  Environmental Protection and Restoration Thrust 3:  Infrastructure Construction Methods and Materials Thrust 4: Subsurface Exploration and Excavation

Year 8: 08.01.2022 – 07.31.2023

Thrust 1: Hazard Mitigation

El Kortbawi, M., Moug, D. M., Ziotopoulou, K., DeJong, J., and Boulanger, R. W. (accepted). Axisymmetric simulations of cone penetration in bio-cemented sands. ASCE Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

Yang, P., Kavazanjian, E., and Neithalath, N. (2023). DEM Simulations on the Influence of Carbonate Precipitation on Liquefaction Mitigation of Sand, Computers and Geotechnics, published online 07/17/23.

El Kortbawi, M., Ziotopoulou, K., and Boulanger, R. W. (2022). Developing a Constitutive Model for Bio-Cemented Sands: Formulation, Calibration and Element Level Validation. ASCE GeoCongress 2022, Charlotte, NC, March 20-23.

Lee, M., El Kortbawi, M., Gomez, M. G., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2020). Examining the liquefaction resistance of cemented sands using Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation and Gypsum. ASCE GeoCongress, Minneapolis.

Moug, D.M., Sorenson, K.R., Khosravifar, A., Preciado, M., Young, E.S., van Paassen, L.A., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., Zhang, B., Stokoe, K.H., Menq, F.M., and Wang. Y. (2022). Field Trials of Microbially Induced Desaturation in Low-Plasticity Silt, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 148, No. 11, November.

Lee, Minyong, Michael G. Gomez, Charles M. R. Graddy, Alexandra C. M. San Pablo, Jason T. DeJong, and Douglas C. Nelson (2023). Improving the Spatial Control of Soil Biocementation Using Indigenous Microorganisms: Column Experiments and Reactive Transport Modeling. Engineering Geology 318 (June): 107104.

Burdalski, R.J., Ribeiro, B.G.O., Gomez, M.G., & Gorman-Lewis, D. (2022). Mineralogy, Morphology, and Reaction Kinetics of Ureolytic Bio-cementation in the Presence of Seawater Ions and Varying Parent Soil Materials. Scientific Reports, Under Review.

Hall, C.A., van Turnout, A., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., van Paassen, L.A., and Rittmann, B.E. (2022). Multi-phase Biogeochemical Model for Microbially Induced Desaturation and Precipitation, EGUsphere, egusphere-2022-1419, preprint posted online 16 December 2022.

DeJong, J.T.; Gomez, M.G.; San Pablo, A.C.; Graddy, C.M.R.; Nelson, D.C.; Lee, M.; Ziotopoulou, K.; El Kortbawi, M.; Montoya, B.; Kwon, T.H. (2023). State of the Art: MICP soil improvement and its application to liquefaction hazard mitigation. Proceedings of the 20th ICSMGE-State of the Art and Invited Lectures.

Zeng, C., van Paassen, L.A., Zheng, J-J., Stallings-Young, E.G., Hall, C.A., Veenis, Y, van der Star, W.R.L. Konstantinou, M., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2022). Soil Stabilization with Microbially Induced Desaturation and Precipitation (MIDP) by Denitrification: A Field Study, Acta Geotechnica, published online 29 October 2022.

Thrust 2:  Environmental Protection and Restoration

H.M.I.P. Kulasekara, D.S. Rajapakshe, T. Quary, Y. Zhang, and C. Papelis (2023). Abiotic and microbial remediation of groundwater impacted by metalloids. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (9ICEG), Volume 1.

Robles A, Sundar SV, Mohana Rangan S, Delgado AG (2023). Butanol as a major product during ethanol and acetate chain elongation. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology – Bioprocess Engineering, 11.

Mohana Rangan S, Rao S, Robles A, Mouti A, LaPat-Polasko L, Lowry GV, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Delgado AG (2023). Decoupling Fe0 application and bioaugmentation in space and time enables microbial reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene to ethene: evidence from soil columns. Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 10, 4167–4179.

Kulasekara HMIP, Zhang Y, Papelis C. Effect of Nitrate Presence on Selenium Bioremediation in Chemically Modified Zeolite Columns. Water. 2023; 15(10):1841.

Markale, M. Carrel, D.L. Kurz, V.L. Morales, M. Holzner, J. Jiménez-Martínez. Internal Biofilm Heterogeneities Enhance Solute Mixing and Chemical Reactions in Porous Media. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 21, 8065–8074.

Kulasekara HMIP, Zhang Y, Papelis C. Microbial Enhancement of Selenium Removal in Chemically Modified Zeolite Columns. Water. 2023; 15(10):1837.

Meinel M, Delgado AG, Ilhan E, Luna Aguero M, Aguiar S, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Torres CI (2022).  Organic carbon metabolism is a main determinant of hydrogen demand and dynamics in anaerobic soils. Chemosphere 303, 134877.

J.E. Patiño, W.P. Johnson, V.L. Morales (2023). Reconciling Mechanisms of Retention with Fate of Silver Colloids in Saturated Granular Media in the Presence of Chemical Heterogeneity. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 641, 666-674.

Thrust 3:  Infrastructure Construction Methods and Materials

Roy, N., Frost, D., & Terzis, D. (2022). 3-D Pore Network and Contact Analysis of Cemented Materials: Case Study on Microbial-Induced-Calcite-Precipitated Sands. Scientific Reports.

Krishnan, V., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2022). An Improved Method for Determining Urease Activity from Electrical Conductivity Measurements. ACS Omega, published online 04/06/2023.

Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Bandini, P. (2023). Biogeotechnics Clears Air and Water, Geostrata Magazine, ASCE, V. 26, No. 6, 13 p.

A. Kim, K.D. Tran, M. Burrall, M.K. Jeon, A. Martinez, J.T. DeJong, and T.H. Kwon (2022). Centrifuge Modeling on Pull-out Behavior of Tree-Root Inspired Anchors Embedded in dry Sands at Various G-levels. 10th International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics.

X. Li, J. Tao, and L. van Paassen. Effects of the Submerged Height of Mangrove-Inspired Skirt-Pile Group on Scour Mitigation around a Monopile Foundation. In: Geo-Congress 2023. Geo-Congress 2023. Los Angeles, California: ASCE, Mar. 23, 2023, pp. 442-450. DOI: 10.1061/9780784484708.041.

X. Li, L. van Paassen, and J. Tao. Investigation of Using Mangrove-Inspired Skirt Pile Group as a Scour Countermeasure. In: Ocean Engineering 266 (Dec. 15, 2022), p. 113133. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113133.

Huntoon, J.A., Thomas, V.M., and Frost, J.D., (2023), Life Cycle Assessment of Root-Inspired Ground Anchors and Conventional Ground Anchors, Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles.

Wenbin Fei, Luis A. Bandeira Neto, Sheng Dai, Douglas D. Cortes, Guillermo A. Narsilio (2022). Numerical analyses of energy screw pile filled with phase change materials. Renewable Energy.

Thrust 4:  Subsurface Exploration and Excavation

 H. Bagheri, D. Stockwell, B. Bethke, et al. A Bio-Inspired Helically Driven Self-Burrowing Robot. In: Acta Geotechnica (Apr. 08, 2023). DOI: 10.1007/s11440-023-01882-9.

N. Zhang, Y. Chen, A. Martinez, and R. Fuentes. (2023). A bio-inspired self-burrowing probe in shallow granular materials. J. Geotech. Geoenv. Eng., 149(9).

Yumeng Zhao, Sheng Dai (2023). “Challenges of rock drilling and opportunities from bio-boring”. Biogeotechnics.

Y. Zhong and J. Tao. Comparative Analysis of Horizontal Self-Burrowing Strategies Using Full-Scale DEM-MBD Co-Simulations. In: Geo-Congress 2023. Geo-Congress 2023. Los Angeles, California: ASCE, Mar. 23, 2023, pp. 106-114.

N. Zhang, Y. Chen, A. Martinez, and R. Fuentes (2023). DEM Simulation of a Bio-Inspired Self-Burrowing Probe in Granular Materials. Accepted for GeoCongress.

Chen, Y., Martinez, A. & DeJong, J. DEM simulations of a bio-inspired site characterization probe with two anchors. Acta Geotech. (2022).

K.B. O’Hara and A. Martinez. Load transfer directionality of snakeskin-inspired piles during installation and pullout in sands. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

Wilson F. Espinoza, Jean-Michel Pereira, Timothy Kneafsey, Sheng Dai (2023). Mechanical and creep properties of granitic minerals of albite, biotite, and quartz at elevated temperature. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.

Y. Zhong, S. Huang, and J. Tao. Minimalistic Horizontal Burrowing Robots. In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 149.4 (Apr. 01, 2023), p. 02823001. DOI: 10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11468.

Zhao, Y., Deng, B., Cortes, D.D. et al. Morphological advantages of angelwing shells in mechanical boring. Acta Geotech. (2023).

O.M. Hunt, K.B. O’Hara, Y. Chen, A. Martinez. Numerical and physical modeling of the effect of cone apex angle on the penetration resistance in coarse-grained soil. In review for publication in the International Journal of Geomechanics.

Md. Ragib Shaharear, Yong Tang, Xiwei Li, and Junliang (Julian) Tao (2023). Penetration Forces of a Rotating Helical Penetrator in Granular Media: experiments and insights to the design of a burrowing robot. Geo-Congress 2023.

Haozhou He, Andras Karsai, Bangyuan Liu, Frank L. Hammond III, Daniel I. Goldman, Chloé Arson (2023). Simulation of compound anchor intrusion in dry sand by a hybrid FEM+SPH method. Computers and Geotechnics.

Education and Outreach

Melo de Lyra, M. V., Carberry, A., Larson, J. S., Zhao, Z., Godwin, A., Savenye, W., & Barr, C. (2023). Design and Testing of a Quantitative Instrument to Evaluate Engineering Research Center Participation. Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD.

Caton, A., Bradshaw-Ward, D., Kinshuk, & Savenye, W. (2022). Future directions for digital literacy fluency using cognitive flexibility research: A review of selected digital literacy paradigms and theoretical frameworks. Journal of Learning for Development, 9(3), 381-393.

Uehara, G., Larson, J., Barnard, W., Esposito, M., Posta, F., Yarter, M., Sharma, A., Kyriacou, N., Dobson, M., Spanias, A. (2022). Undergraduate Research and Education in Quantum Machine Learning. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, October 8-11, 2022.

Diversity and Inclusion:

Hall, C. A., Illingworth, S., Mohadjer, S., Roxy, M. K., Poku, C., Otu-Larbi, F., Reano, D., Freilich, M., Veisaga, M. L., Valencia, M., and Morales, J.: GC Insights: Diversifying the Geosciences in Higher Education: a Manifesto for Change, EGUsphere.

Other:

Chandler, J. L. S. & Mertz, E. (2022). Organizational Management is Paradoxically Both Leaderless and Leaderful. In A. Örtenblad, K. M. Jørgensen, & F. Hertel (Eds.), Exploring and debating leaderless management. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

ElMouchi, A., Siddiqua, S., Salifu, E. and Wijewickreme, D. (2022). Muskeg soil stabilization using the Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation technique by the Urease Active Bioslurry Approach. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Accepted.

Melo, Dora L. de, Alissa Kendall, and Jason T. DeJong (2023). Review of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Evaluation of Geotechnical Systems, March, 583–92.

Year 7: 08.01.2021 – 07.31.2022

Thrust 1: Hazard Mitigation

Stallings Young, E. G., Zapata, C. E., & Van Paassen, L. A. (2022). Experimental Investigation of Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation (MIDP) in a Layered Granular Soil System. In Geo-Congress 2022 (pp. 347-355). 

Lee, M.1, Gomez, M.G., San Pablo, A.C., Graddy, C.M.R., DeJong, J.T., Nelson, D.C. (2022). “Enhancing the uniformity and extent of bio-cementation soil improvement: physical experiments and reactive transport modelling”, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Sydney 2022.

Wang, L., Gao, Y., He, J., Gao, Y., & Van Paassen, L. A. (2021). Effect of biogenic gas formation through microbial induced desaturation and precipitation on the static response of sands with varied relative density. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(8), 04021071. 

El Kortbawi, M., Ziotopoulou, K., DeJong, J. T., and Moug, D. M. (2022) Effect of bio-cementation in sands on cone tip resistance: a numerical study. CPT’22 Bologna. DOI:10.1201/9781003308829-50

Thrust 2:  Environmental Protection and Restoration

Nelson, C. & Garcia-Pichel, F. (2021). Beneficial cyanosphere heterotrophs accelerate establishment of cyanobacterial biocrust. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Crane, L., Ray, H., Hamdan, N., & Boyer, T. H. (2022). Enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation utilizing fresh urine and calcium-rich zeolites. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(2), 107238.

Miranda EM, Severson C, Reep JK, Hood D, Hansen S, Santisteban L, Hamdan N, Delgado AG, 2022. Continuous-mode acclimation and operation of lignocellulosic sulfate-reducing bioreactors for enhanced metal immobilization from acidic mining-influenced water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. Part of Special Issue Pollution Control and Resource Recovery for Metals-Bearing Hazardous Wastes. 425, 128054. 

Edgar, M. and Boyer, T.H.  2022.  Nitrate adsorption and desorption during biological ion exchange. Separation and Purification Technology 285, 120363. 

Apul OG, Arrowsmith S, Hall CA, Miranda EM, Alam F, Dahlen P, Sra K, Kamath R, McMillen S, Sihota N, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Delgado AG, 2022. Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a weathered, unsaturated soil is inhibited by peroxide oxidants. Under review in Journal of Hazardous Materials 433, 128770.

Thrust 3:  Infrastructure Construction Methods and Materials

 Roy, N., Vangla, P., Frost, J. D., & Latha, G. M. (2021). An enhanced automated particle angularity measurement method. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 50(2). DOI: 10.1520/JTE20210048

O’Donnell, S.T., de Melo, L., Carr, L., DeJournett, T., Kavazanjian, E., and Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H. (2021). “Feasibility of Bio-Mediated Carbonate Precipitation for Dust Control at Mine Tailings Facilities.”  Proceedings, Tailings and Mine Waste ’21, Banff, Alberta, Canada, November, pp. 198-206

Arab, M.G., Alsodia, R., Shanablah, A., Zeiada, W., and Kavazanjian, E. (2021) “Evaluation of Microstructural Strength of Bio-Cemented Sand Crust using Rheometry,” Geotechnique Letters, Vol. 11, No. 4 (December), pp. 306-312.

Martin, K.K., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2021) “Mid-scale biocemented soil columns via enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP),” Soils and Foundations, Vol. 61, No. 6 (December), pp. 1529-1542

Roy, Nimisha & Frost, J. & Terzis, Dimitrios. (2021). Three-dimensional microstructural analysis of MICP cemented sand samples. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.32459.26401

Li, X., Tao, J., & van Paassen, L. (2022). Numerical Simulations of Mangrove-Inspired Sacrificial Pile Group for Scour Mitigation. In Geo-Congress 2022 (pp. 385-394).

Ehsasi, F., Van Paassen, L., & Wang, L. (2022). Stabilization of Mine Tailings Using Microbiological Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Dust Mitigation: Treatment Optimization and Durability Assessment. In Geo-Congress 2022 (pp. 326-334).

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 (April), 

Roy, N., Frost, J.D. & Viggiani, G. Pore space evolution of granular assemblies under shear: an experimental study using X-ray tomography. Granular Matter 24, 63 (2022).

Woolley, M. and Kavazanjian, E. (2022) “Air jet setup for evaluating wind erosion resistance of soil“, Proceedings, 7th International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (7iYGEC), Sydney, 29 April- 1 May

Javadi, N., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2022) “Stability of Crude Urease Extract for Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP),” Proceedings, 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE), Sydney, 1-5 May

Woolley, M. and Kavazanjian, E. (2022) “The Durability of EICP Crusts Subjected to Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation, Proceedings, 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE), Sydney, 1-5 May

Krishnan, V., H. Khodadadi Tirkolaei, M. Kazembeyki, L. A. van Paassen, C. G. Hoover, J. Seto, and E. Kavazanjian Jr. 2022. “Nanomechanical characterization of enzyme induced carbonate precipitates.” Crystals 12(7): 995.

Thrust 4:  Subsurface Exploration and Excavation

 Chloe Arson, Fernando Patino-Ramirez, Floriana Anselmucci, Edward Andò, Gioacchino Viggiani, Bernardo Caicedo, “Deformation and failure mechanisms of granular soil around pressurised shallow cavities”. 

Tang, Yong, and Junliang Tao. 2022. “Multiscale Analysis of Rotational Penetration in Shallow Dry Sand and Implications for Self-Burrowing Robot Design.” Acta Geotechnica, March. 

Zhong, Yi, and Julian Tao. 2022. “Bio-Inspired Vibrational Transmitters for Wireless Underground Communication.” In Geo-Congress 2022, 43–52. Charlotte, North Carolina: American Society of Civil Engineers.

Y.Chen, A. Martinez, J.T.DeJong (2022). “DEM study of the alteration of the stress state in granular media around a bio-inspired probe.” Published online in Canadian Geotechnical Journal.

Huang, Sichuan, and Junliang Tao. 2022. “Bioinspired Horizontal Self-Burrowing Robot.” In Geo-Congress 2022, 223–31. Charlotte, North Carolina: American Society of Civil Engineers.

Tang, Yong, and Junliang (Julian) Tao. 2022. “Effect of Rotational Cone on Penetration Resistance and Its Implication to the Design of a Bio-Inspired Self-Burrowing Robots.” In Geo-Congress 2022, 214–22. Charlotte, North Carolina: American Society of Civil Engineers.

Huang, Sichuan, Nariman Mahabadi, and Junliang Tao. 2022. “Penetration and Relaxation in Dry Granular Materials: Insights from Photoelasticity.” In Geo-Congress 2022, 130–39. Charlotte, North Carolina: American Society of Civil Engineers.

Zhong, Yi, and Junliang (Julian) Tao. 2022. “Bio-Inspired Vibrational Wireless Underground Communication System.” Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, June.

Education and Outreach

Vargas Wright, J., Archambault, L., & Savenye, W. (2021). Parents Caring, Sharing, and Learning Together Online: An Examination of Information Seeking and Learning Strategies Utilized in an Online Health-Related Support Group. The Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 10(3).

Jaskie, K., Larson, J., Johnson, M., Turner, K., O’Donnell, M., Blain Christen, J., Rao, S., Spanias, A. (2021). Research Experiences for Teachers in Machine Learning. Proceedings of the 2021 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 13-16, 2021.

Larson, J., Zapata, C., Kavazanjian, E. (2022). Connecting Research to the Broader Community: Developing and Implementing a Graduate Course Across an Engineering Research Center’s Partner Universities. Proceedings of the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26-29, 2022.

Cross-Disciplinary:

DeJong, Jason T., Kendall, Alissa, Raymond, Alena J. (2021) Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Tool for Civil Engineering Research Prioritization and Project Decision Making.

Caitlyn A. Hall, Sheila M. Saia, Andrea L. Popp, Nilay Dogulu, Stanislaus J. Schymanski, Niels Drost, Tim van Emmerik, and Rolf Hut (2022). A hydrologist’s guide to open science. 

Assadi-Langroudi, A., O’Kelly, B. C., Barreto, D., Cotecchia, F., Dicks, H., Ekinci, A. & van Paassen, L. (2022). Recent advances in nature-inspired solutions for ground engineering (NiSE). International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 8(1), 1-36. 

Chu, J., ASCE, M., Evans, T. M., ASCE, M., van Paassen, L. A., & ASCE, M. (2022). Crystal growth of micp through microfluidic chip tests. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng, 148(5), 06022002.

Other:

Zhao, Z., Chandler, J. L. S. (2021). Examining Leadership Development Through Mentoring Experience Among Engineering Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching. 5(12). 

Kulshreshtha, Y., Vardon, P.J., Du, Y., Habert, G., Vissac, A., Morel, J.C., Rao, S.M., van Paassen, L., van Loosdrecht, M., Mota, N.J. and Jonkers, H.M., 2022. Biological stabilisers in earthen construction: a mechanistic understanding of their response to water-ingress. In Construction Technologies and Architecture (Vol. 1, pp. 529-539). Trans Tech Publications Ltd.

Chandler, J. L. S. & Mertz, E. (in press). Organizational Management is Paradoxically Both Leaderless and Leaderful. In A. Örtenblad, K. M. Jørgensen, & F. Hertel (Eds.), Exploring and debating leaderless management. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

ElMouchi, A., Siddiqua, S., Salifu, E. and Wijewickreme, D., 2022. Stabilization of Muskeg soils using two additives: sand and urease active bioslurry. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, (ja). 

Zhao, Z., Chandler, J. L. S., Carberry, A., & Brunhaver, S. (2021). Examining the Impact of Serving as Mentors on Leadership Development Among Former Engineering Graduate Student Mentors. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching. 5(14). pp. 505-510.

Chandler, J. L. S. (2021). Analyzing Bad Leadership Through a Critical Leadership Theory Lens. In A. Örtenblad (Ed.), Debating bad leadership: Reasons and remedies. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. 

Year 6: 8.1.2020 – 7.31.2021

Thurst 1: Hazard Mitigation

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.

Moug, D., Khosravifar, A., Preciado, M., Sorenson, K., Stokoe, K., Menq, F., Zhang, B., van Paassen, L., Kavazanjian, E., Stallings Young, E. & Wang, Y. (2020) Field evaluation of microbially induced desaturation for liquefaction mitigation of silty soils 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 17WCEE, Sendai, Japan – September 27th to October 2nd 2021

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).

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. 

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, 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Edgar, M., & Boyer, T. H. (2021). Removal of natural organic matter by ion exchange: Comparing regenerated and non-regenerated columns. Water Research, 189, 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). 

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. 

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).

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. 

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 System, 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.

H.H. Stutz and A. Martinez (2021). Directionally-dependent strength and dilatancy behavior of soil-structure interfaces. Acta Geotechnica. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

Gomez, M.G., Graddy, C.M.R., DeJong, J .T., Nelson D.C Biogeochemical Changes During Bio-cementation Mediated by Stimulated and Augmented Ureolytic Microorganisms. Sci Rep 9, 11517 (2019). 

Hall, C., Rittmann, B., van Paassen, L., and Kavazanjian, E.: Out of the Lab, Into the Frying Pan: Understanding the Effect of Natural Groundwater Conditions on Bio-Based Ground Improvement Strategies, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-11378.

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.

Lee, M., Gomez, M.G., San Pablo, A.C.M. Investigating Ammonium By-product Removal for Ureolytic Bio-cementation Using Meter-scale Experiments. Sci Rep 9, 18313 (2019).

Mahabadi, N., van Paassen, L.A., Battiato, I., Yun, T.S., Choo, H. & Jang, J. (2020) Impact of Pore-Scale Characteristics on Immiscible Fluid Displacement, GeoFluids, Article ID 5759023.

Ohan, J., Saneiyan, S., Lee, J., Bartlow, A., Ntarlagiannis, D., Burns, SE, Colwell, F. (2020). Microbial and Geochemical Dynamics of an Aquifer Stimulated for Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) Frontiers in Microbiology, section Microbiotechnology, Vol. 11, pp 1327.

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, Graddy, C.M.R., Kolbus, C.M, 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). Geotechnique 69:12, 1086-1094

Wang, L. , van Paassen, L.A., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2020) Feasibility Study on Liquefaction Mitigation of Fraser River Sediments by Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation (MIDP) Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2020, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 320, Biogeotechnics, pp. 121-131.

Won, J., Jeong, B., Lee, J., Dai, S. and Burns, S.E., 2020. Facilitation of microbially induced calcite precipitation with kaolinite nucleation. Geotechnique, 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

Nelson, C., Giraldo-Silva, A., & Garcia-Pichel, F. (2020). A fog-irrigated soil substrate (FISS) system unifies and optimizes cyanobacterial biocrust inoculum production. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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.

Weaver, W.C., T.C.G. Kibbey, and C. Papelis (2020). Dissolution-desorption dynamics of strontium during elution following evaporation: pH and ionic strength effects Water, 12, 1461.

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.K., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., Chester, M., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2020) Hot Spot Life Cycle Assessment for Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation as a Ground Improvement Technology Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2020, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 320, Biogeotechnics, pp. 321-329.

Martin, K.K., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2020) Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation: Scale-up of Bio-cemented Soil Columns Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2020, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 320, Biogeotechnics, pp. 96-103.

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

Woolley, M.A., van Paassen, L.A., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2019) Impact on Surface Hydraulic Conductivity of EICP Treatment for Fugitive Dust Mitigation Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2020, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 320, Biogeotechnics, pp. 132-140.

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

Huang, S., Tang, Y., Ardente, A.#, Bagheri, H., Li, D., Aukes, D., Marvi, Tao, J.* (2020) Frictional Anisotropy Enhances Self-burrowing of a Soft Actuator in Sand, Advanced Intelligent Systems.

Huang, S. and Tao, J. (2020) Bio-inspired dual-anchor burrowing: Effect of Vertical Curvature of the Shell, GeoCongress 2020.

Huang, S. and Tao, J.* (2020) Modeling Bio-inspired Burrowing in Dry Sand using Cavity Expansion Theory and DEM, Acta Geotechnica.

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.

Khosravi, A., Martinez, A., DeJong, J.T. DEM parametric study mapping factors that affect CPT measurements. Canadian Geotechnical Journal (2019).

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.

Tang, Y., Huang, S. and Tao, J. (2020) Effect of rotation on seed’s self-burial process: insights from DEM simulations GeoCongress 2020.

Tao, J., Huang, S. and Tang, Y. (2019) Bio-inspired Self-burrowing-out Robot in Dry Sand, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

Tao, J., S. Huang, and Y., Tang. 2020. SBOR: A Minimalistic Soft Self-Burrowing-out Robot Inspired by Razor Clams. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, April.

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.

Barciela-Rial, M., van Paassen, L.A., Griffioen, J., van Kessel, T., Winterwerp, J.C. (2020) The effect of solid-phase composition on the drying behavior of Markermeer sediment, Vadose Zone Journal, 19/1.

Raymond, A.J., Kendall, A., DeJong, J.T., 2020. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA): A Research Evaluation Tool for Emerging Geotechnologies Geo-Congress 2020, pp. 330-339.

Raymond, AJ, Tipton, JR, Kendall, A, DeJong, JT. Review of impact categories and environmental indicators for life cycle assessment of geotechnical systems. J Ind Ecol. 2019; 1– 15.

Year 4: 8.1.2018 – 7.31.2019

Thrust 1:  Hazard Mitigation

Almajed, A., Tirkolaei, H.K., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Hamdan, N. (2019). Enzyme Induced Biocementated Sand with High Strength at Low Carbonate Content Scientific Reports. Vol. 9: 1135

Darby, K.M, Hernandez, G., DeJong, J.T., and Boulanger, R.W. (2018). Centrifuge model testing of liquefaction mitigation via microbially induced calcite precipitation ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, in press.

El Kortbawi, M., Ziotopoulou, K., Gomez, M., and Lee, M.  (2019) Validation of a Bounding Surface Plasticity Model against the Experimental Response of (Bio-) Cemented Sands. 8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. Philadelphia, PA, March 24-27, 2019.    https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482100.021

El Kortbawi, M., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2019).  Cyclic behavior of bio-cemented sands: state of knowledge from experimental data and constitutive models. 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome, Italy.

Gomez, M.G., Graddy, C.M.R., DeJong, J.T., Nelson, D.C. (2019) Biogeochemical Changes During Bio-cementation Mediated by Stimulated and Augmented Ureolytic Microorganisms. Scientific Reports, 9. 

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. 

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.

Martinez, A., Huang, L., and Gomez, M.G. (2018). Thermal conductivity of MICP-treated sands at varying degrees of saturation. Géotechnique Letters, 1-7.

Lee, M., Kolbus, C. M., Yepez, A. D., & Gomez, M. G. (2019). Investigating Ammonium By-Product Removal following Stimulated Ureolytic Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation. In Geo-Congress 2019: Soil Improvement (pp. 260-272). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers. 

O’Donnell, S.T., Rittmann, B.E., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2019).  Factors Controlling Microbially Induced Desaturation and Precipitation (MIDP) via Denitrification during Continuous Flow. Geomicrobiology Journal, published online 9 March 2019, 16 pages.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2019.1581858

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. 

Tao, J. Li, X. Wang, and R. Bao, Nature-Inspired Bridge Scour Countermeasures: Streamlining and Biocementation. Journal of Testing and Evaluation46, no. 4 (2018): 1376-1390. 

Wang, X. and Tao, J. (2019) Polymer-modified Microbially-induced Carbonate Precipitation for One-Shot Targeted Soil Improvement Acta Geotechnica, 14(3). 

Wu, C., Chu, J., Wu, S., Cheng, L., and van Paassen, L. (2019). Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation along a Circular Flow Channel under a Constant Flow Condition. Acta Geotechnica, June 2019, 14(3), pp 673-683.   

Yang, P., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Neithalath, N. (2019) Particle-Scale Mechanisms in Undrained Triaxial Compression of Bio-Cemented Sands: Insights from 3D DEM Simulations with Flexible Boundary International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 04019009-1 – 04019009-12, April

Yang, P., O’Donnell, S.T., Hamdan, N., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Neithalath, N. (2016). 3D DEM Simulations of Drained Triaxial Compression of Sand Strengthened using Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE

Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration

Adegbule, A., S. Yan, C. Papelis, and T.C.G. Kibbey (2018). The effect of sand grain roughness on the grain-scale spatial distribution of grain-surface precipitates formed by evaporation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 548, 134-141.

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.

Mostafazadeh-Fard, S. Samani, Z., and Bandini, P. (2019). Production of liquid organic fertilizer through anaerobic digestion of grass clippings. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 10(4), 771-781

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

Zhou, C., Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Nerenberg, R., Tang, Y., Friese, D., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., and Rittmann, B. (2019) Hydrogenotrophic Microbial Reduction of Oxyanions with the Membrane Biofilm Reactor Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:3268

Ontiveros-Valencia A., Zhou C, Zhao H., Krajmalnik-Brown R., Tang Y, Rittmann B. (2018) Managing microbial communities in membrane biofilm reactors. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 1-12. 

Chen, T., Yavuz, B., Delgado, A., Januszewski, B., Zuo, Y., Westerhoff, P., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., and Rittmann, B. (2019) Multi-cycle Ozonation + Bioremediation for Soils Containing Residual Petroleum. Environmental Engineering Science Published Online (ahead of print):16 August 2019 

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.

Kalinowski, T., McClellan, K., Bruton, T., Krajmalnik-Brown, K., Driver, E., Halden, R. (2019) Autonomous Screening of Groundwater Remediation Technologies in the Subsurface Using the In Situ Microcosm Array (ISMA). Hazardous Materials. 367, 668-675. 

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

Almajed, A., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2018). Baseline Investigation of Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation.  Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(11), 04018081 (11.1.2018).

Bao, R., Li, J., Li, L., Cutright, T., Chen, L., Zhu, J., Tao, J. Effect of Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation on Surface Erosion and Scour of Granular Soils: Proof of Concept Transportation Research Record 2657.1 (2017): 10-18.

Cortes, D. D., Nasirian, Ali., and Dai, S. (2019). Smart ground-source borehole heat exchanger backfills: A numerical study In Proceedings of SEG 2018, SSGG, A. Ferrari and L. Laloui (eds.), Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 27-34

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., Matsumura, S., and Frost, J. D.  (2018) Additive manufacturing and computed tomography of bio-inspired anchorage systems.  Geotechnique Letters, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 219-225. 

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.

Wang, X., Tao, J., Bao, R., Tran, T, and Tucker-Kulesza, S. (2018). Surficial Soil Stabilization against Water-Induced Erosion Using Polymer-Modified Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 30.10 (2018): 04018267.

Weldon, B.D., Bandini, P., McGinnis, M.J., Davila, E., and Garcia Vera, D.I. (2019) Laboratory Study on the Strength Behaviour of Two Laterally Loaded Adobe Walls. Infrastructures, 4(1), Article number: 1.

Frost, J. D., Roy, N., Roozbahani, M., Lu, Y., Cao, J., & Vangla, P. (2019). Pores—The Almost Invisible Part of Soil. In Frontiers in Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 1-14). Springer, Singapore.

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

Frost, J.D., Roy, N., Chen, C.C., Park, J.Y., Jang, D.J., Lu, Y., and Cao, J., (2019), Quantitative Analysis of Microstructure Properties and Their Influence on Macroscale Response KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Published On-Line, July

Huang, S., and Tao, J. Modeling of the burrowing mechanism by razor clam: role of penetration kinematics. IFCEE 2018. 2018. 547-556.

Martinez, A.,Palumbo, S., and Todd, B.D. (2019). Bio-Inspiration for anisotropic load transfer at soil-structure interfaces. J. Geotech. Geoenv. Eng. Vol. 145, No. 10.

Martinez, A., DeJong, J.T., Jaeger, R., and Khosravi, A. (2019). Evaluation of self-penetration potential of a bio-inspired site characterization probe by cavity expansion analysis. Published online in Can. Geotech. J. 

Su, J., Frost, J.D., and Martinez, A. Three-dimensional numerical assessment of axial and torsional interface shear behavior.  7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials.  25 June 2019.  

Stutz, H., Martinez, A., Heepe, L., and Tramsen, H., Gorb, S. (2019).  Strength Anisotropy at Soil-Structure Interfaces with Snake Skin Inspired Structural Surfaces. 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials. IS-Glasgow 2019. 

Yamamoto, K.Y. and Frost, J.D. (2019), Bio-inspired Efficiency Enhancements for Micro-tunneling. Proceedings of the 2019 No-Dig Conference, Chicago, Illinois. https://member.nastt.org/products/product/2019-MM-T1-03

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

Chandler, J. L. S. and Kirsch, R. E. (2018). Critical leadership theory: Integrating transdisciplinary perspectives.  Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan 

DeJong, J.T. and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2019) Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics. Geotechnical Fundamentals for Addressing New World Challenges, N. Lu and J.K. Mitchell (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-030-06249-1

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.

Larson, J., and Archambault, L. (2019). The Extent of K-12 Online Teacher Development: A Disconnect Between Preparation and Practice. In T. Heafner, R. Hartshorne, & R. Thripp (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Emerging Practices and Methods for K-12 Online and Blended Learning (pp. 57-77). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 

Larson, J. S., Farnsworth, K, Folkestad, L. S., Tirkolaei, H. K., Glazewski, K, and Savenye, W. (2018, December). Using Problem-Based Learning to Enable Application of Foundation Engineering Knowledge in a Real-World Problem. Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), Wollongong, NSW, 2018, pp. 500-506. 

Larson, J. S., O’Donnell, M., Barnard, W. M., Cook-Davis, A., Carberry, and A. R., Adams, S. B. (2019). Three ERCs and a National Network Node: Assessing Engineering Outcomes for Middle School Students Across a Joint Outreach Event. Proceedings of the ASEE 2019 Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL, June 16-19, 2019.  

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.

Spool, J., Hall, C., Brookins, J., Canter, B. (Oct. 2018) The Elephant in the Lab: Five Sustainable Ways to Engage in Science Policy.  

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

Raymond, A. J., Purdy, C., Fox, T., Kendall, A., DeJong, J. T., Kavazanjian Jr., E., Woolley, M., & Martin, K. (2019). Life cycle sustainability assessment of enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) for fugitive dust control. Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, 37(2), 600-607.

Year 3: 8.1.2017 – 7.31.2018

Graddy, C.M.R., Gomez, M.G., Kline, L.M., Morrill, S.R., DeJong, J.T. and Nelson, D.C. (2018). Diversity of Sporosarcina-Like Bacterial Strains Obtained from Meter-Scale Augmented and Stimulated Bio-cementation Experiments. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52, 7, 3997-4005. 

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.

Gomez, M.G., Graddy, C.R.M., DeJong, J.T., Nelson, D.C., and Tsesarsky, M. (2018). Stimulation of Native Microorganisms for Bio-cementation at Field Scale Treatment Depths. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(1).

Hall, C., Hernandez, G., Darby, K., van Paassen, L., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., DeJong, J., and Wilson, D. (2018) Centrifuge Model Testing of Liquefaction Mitigation via Denitrification-Induced Desaturation. Proceedings, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V, ASCE GSP 290, Austin, TX, 10 June 2018, pp. 117-126

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.

Kim, D., Mahabadi, N., Jang, J. and van Paassen, L. (2018). Experimental Study and Modeling of Biogas Formation in Homogeneous Porous Media. Interpore 2018, New Orleans, LA. 

Mahabadi, N., D. BeGell, X. Zheng, L. van Paassen, and J. Jang. (2017). The soil water characteristic curve for 3D Printed Soil Samples. Proceeding of PanAm-UNSAT 2017: Second Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils. 

Kim, D., Mahabadi, N., Jaewon, J., and van Paassen, L.A. (2018) Permeability Reduction Caused by Multiple Treatments of Biomineral Precipitation in Homogeneous Porous Media: Experimental Study and Pore Scale Modelling. Proceedings of Interpore 10th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.  May 14-17, 2018.

Nassar, M. K., Gurung, D., Bastani, M., Ginn, T. R., Shafei, B., Gomez, M.G., Graddy, C. M. R., Nelson, D. C., and DeJong, J T. (2018). Large-scale Experiments in Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP): Reactive Transport Model Development and Prediction. Water Resources Research, 54. 

Pham, V., van Paassen, L., and Wouter, R.L., Heimovaara, T. (2018). Evaluating strategies to improve process efficiency of denitrification based MICP.  Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol 144, No. 8, 04018049, 01.08.2018.

O’Donnell, S. T., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Rittmann, B.E.+ (2017) Liquefaction Mitigation via Microbial Denitrification as a Two-Stage Process, Stage I: Desaturation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 143, No. 12

O’Donnell, S. T., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Rittmann, B.E.+ (2017) Liquefaction Mitigation via Microbial Denitrification as a Two-Stage Process, Stage II: MICP  Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 143, No. 12

Hall, C. (2018). YHS Collection on “Unexpected Results in Hydrology Young Hydrologic Society.

Thrust 2: Environmental Protection and Restoration

Altizer, M.L., Delgado, A.G., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Torres, Wang, C.J., and Cox, E. The Influence of Electrokinetic Bioremediation on Subsurface Microbial Communities in Perchloroethylene Contaminated Soil. Megan Leigh Altizer (Enoveo USA/USA). Conference proceeding. Battelle 2018. Eleventh International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Palm Spring California. April 2018. 

Altizer M, Luna-Aguero M, Delgado AG, Torres CI, Krajmalnik-Brown R.  Measuring biotic soil hydrogen demand as a strategy for bioremediation potential assessment. Battelle Fourth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Miami, FL, May 2017.  

Cecillon S, Vogel TM, Altizer M, Delgado AG, and Krajmalnik-Brown R.  Dehalococcoides social networks in chlorinated solvent environments. Battelle Fourth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Miami, FL, May 2017.  https://www.battelle.org/conference-proceedings/conference-proceedings/2017-bioremediation-symposium/a7-strategies-for-bioremediation-performance-assessment

Chen T, Delgado AG, Yavuz BM, Maldonado J, Zuo Y, Kamath R, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Rittmann BE.  Interpreting interactions between ozone and residual petroleum hydrocarbons in soil. Battelle Fourth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Miami, FL, May 2017.  

Chen T, Yavuz B.M., Delgado A.G., Montoya G., Van Winkle D., Zuo Y., Kamath R., Westerhoff P., Krajmalnik-Brown R. and Rittmann B.E. (2018) Impacts of moisture content during ozonation of soils containing residual petroleum. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 344, 1101-1108

Delgado, A. G., Fajardo-Williams, D., Bondank, E., Esquivel-Elizondo, S., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2017). Coupling bioflocculation of Dehalococcoides mccartyi to high-rate reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated ethenes. Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (19), 11297-11307.

Esquivel-Elizondo, S., Delgado A G., Rittmann, B., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. 2017. The effects of CO2 and H2 on CO metabolism by pure and mixed microbial cultures.  Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10:220.

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.

Esquivel-Elizondo, S., Maldonado, J., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. 2018. Anaerobic carbon monoxide metabolism by Pleomorphomonas carboxyditropha sp. nov., a new mesophilic hydrogenogenic carboxydotroph. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94, 2018. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiy056.

Esquivel-Elizondo, S., Miceli III, J., Torres, C., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. 2018. Impact of carbon monoxide partial pressures on methanogenesis and medium chain fatty acids production during ethanol fermentation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering.  115:341–350 

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.

Mohana Rangan, S., Mouti, A., Delgado, A.G., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Lowry, G.V., LaPat-Polasko, L., and Brenton, H. Trade-Offs in Utilizing Zero-Valent Iron for Synergistic Biotic and Abiotic Reduction of Trichloroethene and Perchlorate. Srivatsan Mohana Rangan (Arizona State University/USA). Conference proceeding. Battelle 2018. Eleventh International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Palm Spring California. April 2018.  

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.

Xu, X., L. Lin, C. Papelis, and P. Xu (2018). Sorption of arsenic from desalination concentrate onto drinking water treatment solids: operating conditions and kinetics. Water, 10(2), 96.

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.

Almajed, A., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Kavazanjian, E. (2018). Sisal Fiber Reinforcement of EICP-Treated Soil. Proc. IFCEE 2018. 296, 29-36.

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.

Cortes, D.D., Nasirian, A., and Dai, S. (2018). Smart Ground-Source Borehole Heat Exchanger Backfills: A Numerical Study. In International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (pp. 27-34). Springer, Cham.

El Mountassir, G., Minto, J. M., van Paassen, L. A., Salifu, E., and Lunn, R. J. (2018). Applications of Microbial Processes in Geotechnical Engineering. Advances in Applied Microbiology. Vol. 104, 2018, chapter two, pp 39-91. 

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

Javadi, N., Khodadadi, H., Hamdan, N., and Kavazanjian Jr, E. EICP Treatment of Soil by Using Urease Enzyme Extracted from Watermelon Seeds. In IFCEE 2018 (pp. 115-124). DOI: 10.1061/9780784481592.012.

Kim, D., Mahabadi, N., Hall, C., Jang, J., and van Paassen, L. (2017). Characterization of Calcite Mineral Precipitation Process by EICP in Porous Media Proc. AGU Fall Meeting 2017.

Kulshreshtha, Y., Schlangen, E., Jonkers, H.M., Vardon, P.J., and Van Paassen, L.A. (2017) CoRncrete: A Corn Starch Based Building Material. Construction and Building Materials 154, 411-423.

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.

Mallett, S.D., Matsumura, S., and Frost, J.D., (2017) Analysis of Failure Surface of Plant Root Analog in Extension. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures, Lund, Sweden.

Martin, K., Gupta, R., and Khodadadi T., H. (2017). Alternative Deep Foundations to Enhance Sustainability of Infrastructure Projects. Proc. American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers – Engineering Solutions for Sustainability: Materials and Resources 3:  Toward a Circular Economy. February 18-19, 2017

Pasillas-Rodriguez, J.N., Khodadadi T., H., Martin, K., Bandini, P., Newtson, C., and Kavazanjian, E. (2018). Viscosity-enhanced EICP Treatment of Soil. In A.W.

Oliveira, B. R., Smit, M. P., Veld, H., van Paassen, L. A., Rijnaarts, H. H., & Grotenhuis, T. (2018). Subsidence of organic dredged sediments in an upland deposit in Wormer-en Jisperveld: North Holland, the Netherlands. Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(4), 131.

Romero, L., Cortes, D. D., and Valdes, J. R. (2018). Experimental assessment of the heal-ability of a polymer bonded sand. Construction and Building Materials, 166, 610-617

Romero, L., Mendoza, L. Nasirian, A., Cortes, D. D., and Valdes, J. R. (2018). A Thermal Direct Shear Device for Testing Polymer-Bonded Sands. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 41(3), 611-618

Roozbahani, M.M., Borela Valente, R., and Frost, J.D., (2017), Pore Size Distribution in Granular Material Microstructure. Materials 10(11), 1237-1258.

Tollenaar, R.N., van Paassen, L.A., and Jommi, C. Observations on the Desiccation and Cracking of Clay Layers Engineering Geology, 230(29), Nov 2017, pp 23-21.

Tollenaar, R.N., van Paassen, and L.A., Jommi, C. (2017) Small Scale Evaporation Tests on a Clay: Influence of Drying Rate on a Clayey Soil Layer Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 55(3), 437-445.

van Paassen, L. A., Pham, V., Mahabadi, N., Hall, C., Stallings, E., and Kavazanjian Jr, E. (2017). Desaturation via Biogenic Gas Formation as a Ground Improvement Technique. In PanAm Unsaturated Soils 2017 (pp. 244-256).

van Paassen, L.A. and Kulshreshta, Y. (2017) Biopolymers: Cement Replacement, in Cultivated Building Materials Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction, Eds. Hebel, D.E. & Heisel, F.

Weldon, B., Bandini, P., McGinnis, M., Davila, E., and Garcia Vera, D. (2018). Laboratory study on the behavior of laterally loaded adobe walls. Proc. REHABEND 2018: Euro-American Congress on Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, L. Villegas, I. Lombillo, H. Blanco, and Y. Boffill (Eds.), Santander, Spain, pp. 1331-1338.

Dakane, A., Narayanan, N., O’Donnell, S., Perla, C., Rushton, A. (2018). Crack Healing in Cementitious Mortars using Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP) Quantification Based on Fracture Response. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.

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. 

Hebeler, G.L., Martinez, A., and Frost, J.D. (2017). Interface Response-Based Soil Classification System. Can. Geotech. J. 2018, 55(12), 1795-1811.

Martinez, A., and Frost, J.D. (2018). Undrained Cyclic Behavior of Particulate-Continuum Interfaces Subjected to Torsional Shear. J. Geotech. Geoenv. Eng., Vol. 144, No. 9.

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., and Frost, J.D, (2017). Particle-Scale Effects on Global Axial and Torsional Interface Shear Behavior. Int. J. Num. Anal. Meth. Geomech., Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 400-421.

Martinez, A., and Frost, J.D., (2017).  The Influence of Surface Roughness Form on the Strength of Sand-Structure Interfaces. Geotechnique Letters, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 104-111.

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.

A. Martinez and S. Palumbo. Anisotropic Shear Behavior of Soil-Structure Interfaces: Bio-Inspiration from Snake Skin. Accepted in Proc. ASCE IFCEE 2018 Conf., Orlando, FL.

Education and Outreach

Chandler, J. L. S. (2017). Leadership in action: Sharing leadership in an Engineering Research Center (ERC). Paper presented at International Leadership Association (ILA), 19th Annual Global Conference, Brussels, Belgium.

Chandler, J. L., and Kirsch, R. E. (2017). Addressing Race and Culture within a Critical Leadership Approach. In J. L. Chin, J. E. Trimble, & J. E. Garcia (Eds.), Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership: New dimensions, opportunities, and challenges for business, industry, education and society (pp. 307-321). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing. 

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.

Savenye, W., Larson, J., Zapata, C., Kavazanjian, E., Elwood, K., Barnard, W., O’Donnell, M., Chandler, J., Saenz, D., Woolley, M., Van Paassen, L., Bronner, C., DeJong, J., Martinez, A., Greer, J., Mitchell, M., Brown, S., Frost, D., Newstetter, W., Vangla, P., and Siegel, A. (2018). Building and Evaluating Education and Outreach Programs for an NSF Engineering Research Center, the Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG). In Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 966-971). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).  https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/184300/ 

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

Bronner, C.E., Wilson, D.W., Ziotopoulou, K., Darby, K.M., Sturm, A., Raymond, A.J., Boulanger, R.W., DeJong, J.T., Moug, D.M., and Bronner, J.D. (2018). An example of effective mentoring for research centers. 9th International Conference of Physical and Geotechnical Modeling Proceedings. 

Chandler, J. L. S. (2017). The Collusion of Social Norms and Working with Interracial Families. In E. Moore Jr., A. Michael & M. Penick-Parks (Eds.), The guide for White women who teach Black boys (pp. 304-311). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Chandler, J. L. S., Larson, J. (2018). Deconstructing Dominant Social Norms and Replacing them with Inclusion Norms. NAMEPA (National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates), Women in Engineering Pro-Active Network (WEPAN), the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND), and the ASEE Women in Engineering Division (WIED) are collaboratively hosting their first conference titled “CoNECD: Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity;” Arlington, VA.

VanderGheynst, Jean, Bronner, Colleen E., and Wakefield, Alin. (2018). Professional Development Activities that Improve the Persistence of Low-Income Academically Talented Underrepresented Graduate Students in Engineering. 2018 American Society of Engineering Education Conference Proceedings.

Other Projects

Kang, D., Ilhan, Z., Isern, N., Hoyt, D., Howsmon, D.,  Shaffer, M., Lozupone, C., Hahn, J., Adams, J., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R.. (2018). Differences in fecal microbial metabolites and microbiota of children with autism spectrum disorders. Anaerobe. 49:121-131.

Kendall, A., Raymond, A.J., Tipton, J. and DeJong, J.T. (2018) Review of life-cycle-based environmental assessments of geotechnical systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Engineering Sustainability, 171(2), 57-67.

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.

Mahabadi, N., Zheng, X., Yun, T. S., van Paassen, L. and Jang, J. (2018). Gas bubble migration and trapping in porous media – Pore-scale simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB015331

Year 2: 8.1.2016 – 7.31.2017

Thrust 1:  Hazard Mitigation

DeJong, J.T., Gomez, M.G., Waller, J.T. and Viggiani, G. (2017). Influence of Bio-Cementation on Shearing Behavior of Sand using X-ray Computed Tomography ASCE Geotechnical Frontiers Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2017. 

Gomez, M., Anderson, C., Graddy, C., DeJong, J., Nelson, D., and Ginn, T. (2016). Large-Scale Comparison of Bioaugmentation and Biostimulation Approaches for Biocementation of Sands. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001640, 04016124.

Gomez, M.G. and DeJong, J.T. (2017). Engineering Properties of Bio-cementation Improved Sandy Soils. ASCE Grouting 2017 Proceedings.

Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2016).  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. State of the Art and Practice in the Assessment of Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction and Its Consequences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 

Khodadadi, H.T., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and Bilsel, H. (2017). Mineralogy of Calcium Carbonate in MICP-treated Soil Using Soaking and Injection Treatment Methods. Proceeding of GeoFrontiers 2017, ASCE.

Khodadadi, T.H., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., van Paassen, L.T., and DeJong, J.T. (2017). Bio-grout Materials: A Review. Proceedings of Grouting 2017, ASCE (on CD ROM).

Pham, V.P., Nakano, A., van der Star, W.R.L.  Heimovaara, T.J. and van Paassen, L.A. (2016). Applying MICP by Denitrification in Soils: A Process Analysis. Environmental Geotechnics, November. ICE Publishing, 1–15. 

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.

Esquivel-Elizondo, S., Delgado, A.G. and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2017). Evolution of Microbial Communities Growing with Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(6): fix076. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix076

Esquivel-Elizondo, S., Ilhan, Z.E., Garcia- Peña, E.I., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2017). Insights into butyrate production in a controlled fermentation system via gene predictions. mSystems 2:e00051-17. 

Esquivel-Elizondo, S., Parameswaran, P., Delgado, A.G., Maldonado, J., Rittmann, B.E., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2016). Archaea and Bacteria acclimate to high total ammonia in a methanogenic reactor treating swine waste. Archaea Special Issues on To Cooperate or Compete? Archaea in Symbiosis.

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.

Ilhan, Z.E., DiBaise, J.K., Isern, N.G, Hoyt, D.W., Marcus, A.K., Kang, D.W.X, Crowell, M.D., Rittmann, B.E., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2017). Distinctive microbiomes and metabolites linked with weight loss after gastric bypass, but not gastric banding. 2017 ISME Journal (Nature group), 

Ilhan, Z.E., Marcus, A.K., Kang, D.W.X., Rittmann, B.E., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2017). pH-mediated microbial and metabolic interactions in fecal enrichment cultures. msphere, 2:3 e00047-17

Kang, D. WX., Adams, J.B., Gregory, A.C., Borody, T., Chittick, L., Fasano, A., Khoruts, A., Geis, E., Maldonado, J., McDonough-Means, S., Pollard, E.L., Roux, S., Sadowsky, M.J., Lipson, K.S., Sullivan, M.B., Caporaso, J.G., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2017). Microbiota transfer alters gut ecosystem and improves gastrointestinal and autism symptoms: an open-label study. Microbiome 5:10. 

Lin, L., X. Xu, C. Papelis, and P. Xu (2017). Innovative use of drinking water treatment solids for heavy metal removal from reverse osmosis concentrate: synergistic effect of salts and natural organic matter. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 120, 231-239. 

Lusk, B.G., Parameswaran, P., Popat, S.C., Rittmann, B.E., and Torres, C.I. (2016). The effect of pH and buffer concentration on anode biofilms of Thermincola ferriacetica. Bioelectrochemistry, 112, 47-52.

Miceli, J.F., III, Torres, C.I., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. Shifting the balance of fermentation products between hydrogen and volatile fatty acids: microbial community structure and function. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2016, 92 (12), fiw195.

Oliveira, B.R.F., Smit, M.P.J., van Paassen, L.A., Grotenhuis, T.C., Rijnaarts, H.H.M. (2017). Functional properties of soils formed from biochemical ripening of dredged sediments—subsidence mitigation in delta areas. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17 (1), pp. 286-298.

Popat, S.C. and Torres, C.I. (2016). Critical transport rates that limit the performance of microbial electrochemistry technologies. Bioresource Technology, 2016, 215, 265-273.45.

Sampson, T.R., Debelius, J.W., Thron, T.,  Janssen, S., Shastri, G.G., Ilhan, Z. E., Challis, C., Schretter, C. E., Rocha, S., Gradinaru, V., Chesselet, M. F., Keshavarzian, A., Shannon, K.M., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Wittung-Stafshede, P., Knight, R. and Mazmanian, S. K. (2016). Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Cell 167, 1469–1480.

Tollenaar, R.N., van Paassen, L.A., Jommi, C. (2017). Experimental evaluation of the effects of pull rate on the tensile behavior of a clay. Applied Clay Science, Volume 144, 2017, Pages 131-140, ISSN 0169-1317

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

Al Aqtash, U., Bandini, P., and Cooper, S. (2017). Numerical approach to model the effect of moisture in adobe masonry walls subjected to in-plane loading. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 1-11

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.

Kavazanjian, E., Jr., Almajed, A., and Hamdan, N. (2017). Bio-Inspired Soil Improvement using EICP Soil Columns and Soil Nails. Proceedings of Grouting 2017, ASCE, doi.10.1061/9780784480793.002.

Mahabadi, N., and Jang, J. (2017). The impact of fluid flow on force chains in granular media. Applied Physics Letters, 110(4), 041907.

Paassen, L. and Kulshreshtha, Y. (2017). Biopolymers: Cement Replacement: Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction. Cultivated Building Materials (pp. 108-115). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.

Kavazanjian, E., DeJong, J.T., Khodadadi, H., van Paassen, L.A. (2017). Bio-grout Materials: A Review. Proceedings of Grouting 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.

Frost, J.D., Martinez, A., Mallett, S.D., Roozbahani, M.M., and DeJong, J.T. (2017). The Intersection of Modern Soil Mechanics with Ants and Roots. ASCE Geotechnical Frontiers Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2017.

Frost, J.D., Roozbahani, M.M., Peralta, A.F., Mallett, S.D., and Hanumasagar, S.S. (2017). The Evolving Role of Materials in Geotechnical Infrastructure Systems. Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, Special Issue, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 89-99. Taylor & Francis.

Jin, W. and Arson, C. (2017). Discrete equivalent wing crack based damage model for brittle solids. International Journal of Solids and Structures 110: 279-293.

Jin, W. and Arson, C. (2017). Micromechanics based discrete damage model with multiple non-smooth yield surfaces: theoretical formulation, numerical implementation and engineering applications. International Journal of Damage Mechanics

Patino-Ramirez, F. and Arson, C. (2017.) Bio-inspired fluid extraction model for reservoir rocks. 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium of the American Rock Mechanics Association, San Francisco, CA, June 25-28 2017, Paper 17-0515.

Zhao, Z., Hamdan, N., Shen, L., Nan, H., Almajed, A., Kavazanjian, E., & He, X. (2016). Biomimetic hydrogel composites for soil stabilization and contaminant mitigation. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(22), 12401-12410.

Zheng, X., N. Mahabadi, T. S. Yun, and J. Jang (2017), Effect of capillary and viscous force on CO2 saturation and invasion pattern in the microfluidic chip, Journal of Geophysical Research–Solid Earth, 122(3), 1634-1647. 

Education and Outreach

Chandler, J.L.S. (2017). Examining Interactions with Dominant Social Norms. Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Chandler, J.L.S. and Larson, J. (2017). Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG) Short-term, Lab-based Engineering Mentor Guide. Tempe, AZ. 

Conley, Q., and Savenye, W. (2017). Brainbook: An Impact Study of a Statewide Concussion Awareness Training for High School Athletes. Performance Improvement, 56, 28-36.

Dalal, M., Larson, J., Savenye, W., Zapata, C., Hamdan, N. and Kavazanjian, E. (2017). Supporting Engineering Education with Instructional Design: The Case of an Introductory Module on Biogeotechnical Engineering. Proceedings of the Pacific Southwest Regional Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Tempe, AZ, April 20-22, 2017. 

Dalal, M., Larson, J., Zapata, C., Savenye, W., Hamdan, N. and Kavazanjian, E. (2017). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Developing an Undergraduate Module on Biogeotechnical Engineering. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference  (pp. 2074-2079). Austin, TX: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). 

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,

M., Savenye, W., Zapata, C., Hamdan, N., & Kavazanjian, E. (2017). Implementation of an Introductory Module on Biogeotechnics in a Freshman Engineering Course. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, June 25 -28, 2017. 

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

Chandler, J. L. S. (2016). Colluding, colliding, and contending with norms of Whiteness. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. 

Other Projects

Alena J. Raymond, Mark A. Pinkse, Alissa Kendall, and Jason T. DeJong, Life Cycle Assessment of Ground Improvement Alternatives for Treasure Island, California Redevelopment  ASCE Geotechnical Frontiers Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2017 (in review).

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.

Gomez, M., DeJong, J., Anderson, C., Nelson, D., and Graddy, C. (2016). Large-Scale Bio-Cementation Improvement of Sands. Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016: pp. 941-949. 

Gomez, M. G., Martinez, B. C., DeJong, J. T., Hunt, C. E., deVlaming, L. A., Major, D. W., and Dworatzek, S. M. (2015). Field-scale bio-cementation tests to improve sands. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Ground Improvement, 168(3), 206-216.  

Hamdan, N., Kavazanjian, E., Jr. and O’Donnell, S. (2015). Mitigation of Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction via Microbial Denitrification: A Two-Phase Process.  Proc., International Foundation Congress and Equipment Exposition (IFCEE 2015), ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication

Hamdan, N., Kavazanjian, E. Jr., Rittmann, B.E., and Karatas, I. (2016). Carbonate Mineral Precipitation for Soil Improvement through Microbial Denitrification. Geomicrobiology, 10.1080/01490451.2016.1154117.

O’Donnell, S.T. and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2015). Stiffness and Dilatancy Improvements in Uncemented Sands Treated through MICP. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001407.

van Wijngaarden, W.K., van Paassen, L.A., Vermolen, F.J., van Meurs, and G.A.M., Vuik, C. (2016) A Reactive Transport Model for Biogrout Compared to Experimental Data Transport in Porous Media, 111 (3), pp. 627-648. 

van Wijngaarden, W.K., van Paassen, L.A., Vermolen, F.J., van Meurs, and G.A.M., Vuik, C. (2016) Simulation of Front Instabilities in Density-Driven Flow, Using a Reactive Transport Model for Biogrout Combined with a Randomly Distributed Permeability Field, Transport in Porous Media, 112 (2), pp. 333-359. 

Kavazanjian, E. (2015) Mechanical Behavior of Sands Treated by Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation ASCE Journal of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Division, Vol. 142, No. 2

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.

Hamdan, N, and Kavazanjian, K. Enzyme Induced Carbonate Mineral Precipitation for Fugitive Dust Control. Geotechnique, V. 66, No. 7, pp. 546-555

Overholt, W.A., Marks, K.P., Romero, I.C., Hollander, D.J., Snell, T.W. and Kostka, J.E. (2016). Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Exhibit a Species-Specific Response to Dispersed Oil while Moderating Ecotoxicity, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82: 518-527.

Que, S., C. Papelis, A.T. Hanson, L. Wang, and E. Livingston (2016). Modeling the efficiency of the iron coprecipitation-filtration process for the removal of arsenate at low initial concentrations. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 142, 10, 04016047. 

Proto, C.J., DeJong, J.D., Nelson, D.C., and Sturm, A.P. Bio-Mediated Permeability Reduction of Saturated Sands ASCE J. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2016, 142(12):1-11.

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

Al Aqtash, U., and Bandini, P. (2015). Prediction of unsaturated shear strength of an adobe soil from the soil-water characteristic curve. Construction and Building Materials, 98(11): 892-899

El Mountassir, G., Minto, J. M., van Paassen, L. A., Salifu, E., and Lunn, R. J. (2018). Applications of Microbial Processes in Geotechnical Engineering. Advances in Applied Microbiology.  

Hamdan, N., Zhao, Z., Mujica, M., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., and He, X. (2016). Hydrogel-Assisted Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Mineral Precipitation. J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 110.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001604.

Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Bilsel, H. (2017). Estimation on ureolysis-based microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation progress for geotechnical applications. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 35(1), 34-41.

Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., and Bilsel, H. (2015). Statistical modeling of environmental factors on microbial urea hydrolysis process for biocement production. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering.  Vol. 2015 Article ID 340930, 14 pages. 

Mahabadi, N., S. Dai, Y. Seol, T. Sup Yun, and J. Jang (2016) The water retention curve and relative permeability for gas production from hydrate-bearing sediments: pore network model simulation Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17

Pham, V, Van der Star, WRL, Ye, G, and van Paassen, LA (2016) Rice husk ash with high carbon content proves favourable for soil stabilization Jaarboek Mijnbouwkundige Vereeniging, 77e edition 2015-2016, TUDelft, pp 158-173. 

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. 

Kavazanjian, E. (2016). Enhancing the Axial Compression Response of Pervious Concrete Ground Improvement Piles Using Bio-Grouting. Journal of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Division, ASCE

Thrust 4: Resource Development

Cho, H., Hyun, J.-H., You, O., Kim, M., Kim, S-H., Choi, D-L., Green, S. J., and Kostka, J.E. 2016. Microbial community structure associated with biogeochemical processes in the sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ) of gas hydrate-bearing sediment of the Ulleung Basin, East Sea Geomicrobiology Journal, 

Mahabadi, N., X. Zheng, and J. Jang (2016), The effect of hydrate saturation on water retention curves in hydrate bearing sediments Geophys. Res. Lett., 43

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

Archambault, L. & Larson, J. (2015). Pioneering the digital age of instruction: Learning from and about K-12 online teachers. Journal of Online Learning Research, 1(1), 49-83. Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/149852/

Larson, J. S., & Archambault, L. (2015). The Ever-Evolving Educator: Examining K-12 Online Teachers in the United States. In T. Heafner, R. Hartshorne, & T. Petty (Eds.) Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Education in K-12 Environments (pp. 169-190). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. 

Lin, L., Atkinson, R. K., Savenye, W. C., and Nelson, B. C. (2016). Effects of visual cues and self-explanation prompts: Empirical evidence in a multimedia environment. Interactive Learning Environments 24, 799-813. (Published online in 2014.) 10.1080/10494820.2014.924531

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

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