Akram N. Alshawabkeh, PE, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

 

Presentations

  •  “Principles and Applications of Electrokinetic Remediation,” presented at
    • Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK -  August 13, 2001
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology – February 16, 2000
    • Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory (INEEL), July, 2000
    • The University of Massachusetts, Amherst – March 31, 2000
    • The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway  - Nov. 25, 1999
  • "Reactive geocomposite to remediate contaminated sediments," ACS, 224 National Meeting, August 18-22, 2002, Boston, MA.
  • "EK Soil Remediation at NAWS, Point Mugu," 4th Inetrnational Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, August 12-15, 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • "Soft Soil Stabilization by Ionic Injection under Electric Fields,” TRB 2002 National Meeting, January 14-18, Washington, DC.
  • "Potential for Enhancement of In Situ Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Soils by Electrochemical Methods," First International Congress on Petroleum Contaminated Soils, Sediments & Water, August 14-17, 2001, Imperial College, London, U.K.
  • “Electrochemical and Biogeochemical Interactions Associated with Electrokinetic Soil Remediation,” Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 6-10, 1998, San Francisco, CA.
  • “Reactive Transport in Soils under Electric Fields” Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, May 26-29, 1998, Boston, MA.
  • “Effect of Solubility on Enhanced Electrokinetic Extraction of Metals,” ASCE 1997 Convention, “In Situ Remediation of the Geoenvironment - In Situ Remediation ‘97, Minneapolis, MN, October 5-7, 1997.
  • “Remediation of soils Contaminated with Tetraethyl Lead by Electric Fields,” presented in TRB 1998 meeting, Session Title “Assessment, Characterization and Remediation of Contaminated Transportation Facilities”, sponsored by Committee A2L03, January 11-15, 1998, Washington, DC.
  • “Use of Acetic Acid for Enhanced Electrokinetic Extraction of Lead from Contaminated Army Firing Range”, 12 Annual Conference on Contaminated Soils, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Oct. 20-23, 1997.
  • “Electrokinetic Remediation: Modeling the Process,” Presented to the Division of Environmental Chemistry, Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites, American Chemical Society, March 14-15, San Diego, CA, 1994.
  • “Multi-component Species Transport Under Electric Field,” Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VI, Industrial & Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS),  Atlanta, GA, Sept. 1994.

  • Presentations by Graduate Student and Other Collaborators 
     

  • "Ionic injection of lactate in soils," ACS, 224 National Meeting, August 18-22, 2002, Boston, MA, Authors:  X. Wu , A. Alshawabkeh , J. Wang , D. Gent , S. Larson
  • "Modelling Cesium fate in the rhizosphere," 2001 International Containment and Remediation Technology, June 11-13, 2001, Orlando, Fl. by Lori S. Siegel, Akram Alshawabkeh and Melinda Hamilton.
  • “Microbial Activity under Electric Fields,” by Maillacheruvu K. and Alshawabkeh, A. N., Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society (ACS) 1998 Meeting, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division, August 23-27, 1998, Boston, MA.
  • “Electrokinetic Injection of Ions into Soil for Bioremediation,”  By Alshawabkeh, A. N., Acar, Y., B. Rabbi, F. and Ozsu, E., Presented by Robert Gale at the Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VIII, Industrial & Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Alabama, Birmingham, September 1996.
  • “Electrokinetic Remediation- Pilot-Scale Studies with Real World Soils,” by Alshawabkeh, A. N., Ozsu, E., Puppala, S. and Bricka, R. M., Presented by Robert Gale at the Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VIII, Industrial & Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Alabama, Birmingham, September 1996.
  • “Exact Solution for Tracer Transport in Soil Columns for Sine Wave Loading,” by Adrian, D. D., Alshawabkeh, A. N. and Roider, E. M., 1998 Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), October 18-22, 1998, Baltimore, MD.
  • "Current Density and Concentration Effects in Electrokinetic Removal of Lead from Kaolinite,” by Acar, Y. B., Alshawabkeh, A. N. and Hamed, J., Presnted at the  Annual Meeting of the Clay Mineral Society, Clays and the Environment, Part I, 1993.
  • "Modeling Leaching and Transport of Species in Solidified Wastes and Recyclable Materials I: Theory,” by Acar, Y. B., Gokmen, C., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Seals, R. K., Third ASTM International Symposium on Stabilization/Solidification of Hazardous, Radioactive and Mixed Wastes, November, 1993, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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