Introduction to Biogeotechnical Engineering

Biogeotechnical Engineering

*Credits: Center for Biomediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG)*

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Web Class Assignments

The NSF-funded Center for Biomediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG) has developed a series of modules on biogeotechnics for K-12 and University. All lessons have been vetted by CBBG faculty and have been piloted in actual classrooms. United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Reasearch (USUCGER) members are free to use as is or modify these lessons for their own purposes. We simply ask that they acknowledge the source material that came from CBBG.

Here you will find a PowerPoint lesson developed by CBBG faculty for first year “Introduction to Civil Engineering” courses.

There are 36 lesson plans developed by K-12 teachers in the CBBG Research Experience for Teachers program, classified by Elementary, Middle school, and High school level. here: https://cbbg.engineering.asu.edu/education/curriculum/pre-college/

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Biogeotechnical Engineering

Web Class Assignments

Bioreactor Landfills in the United States: An Overview

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

Landfilling is one of the traditional options considered to address “The Waste Problem,” dubbed for the continuous, largely anthropogenic, generation of waste (inclusive of industrial, residentia...

Landfill Gas Generation & Collection

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

Since the development of the first landfill in 1937, landfilling has been the dominant waste management strategy nationally and internationally. As shown in Figure 1, in 2018, a total of 292.4 milli...

Analysis of Fenton Process and Combined Systems On Leachate Treatment and Control in Landfills

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

Fenton process is an advanced oxidation method used in the breakdown of organic and inorganic contaminants in landfill leachate. However, leachate composition in landfills varies significantly around...

Nuclear Waste Disposal - A Comparison of Methods

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

[See a well-formatted PDF copy of our report here] Nuclear power is generated by splitting atoms to release the energy held in the nuclei at the core of those atoms. The advancement of nuclear techn...

Radionuclide Effects and Remediation Tactics: Chernobyl and Fukushima Case Studies

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

Nuclear accidents are menacing manmade disasters that pose great dangers to people across very broad regions. Reactors are an area where these incidents tend to occur, with two very famous accidents...

Bioremediation for Acid Mine Drainage and Heavy Metals Contamination

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is an extremely environmentally hazardous by-product of mining. Often from natural leaching of groundwater, excess precipitation, or flooding of a mine, water interacts with...

Aquatic Phytoremediation

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

Uncontrolled runoff from various sources can cause eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems. High levels of nitrates and phosphates can be generated through both runoff and accumulation in soils from fe...

Contaminated Soil Remediation through Thermal Desorption -- Synthesis of Case Histories and Comparison of In-situ and Ex-situ Applications

CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

Thermal desorption refers to an environmental remediation technique in which contaminants such as organic compounds and metallic mercury in soil are volatilized and separated by heating. [1][2] Due...