Public Seminar on Geotextile Tube Dewatering: From Design to Practice
Date: 18 Jan 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 3:30pm – 4:30 pm ( Registration starts at 3pm )
Venue: CEE Seminar Room A, Block N1, Level B1, N1-B1B-06
Synopsis
In the past decade, geotextile tubes have emerged as a new technology for dewatering high water-content dredged sediments from water bodies, by-products, and wastes. These slurry materials are often contaminated and threaten environmental resources if improperly managed.
Geotextile tubes present a means to manage these materials in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner for industrialized and developing countries alike. In this presentation, I will discuss that current state-of-practice in the design and construction of geotextile tubes used for dewatering.
I will then share the research that we are doing at Syracuse University to overcome many of the challenges that engineers and practitioners face in the design and construction of geotextile tubes.
About the Speaker
SHOBHA BHATIA is a Meredith Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University. Dr. Bhatia’s research experiences include soil liquefaction, soil erosion, soil filtration, and the use of geosynthetics in these applications.
More recently, Dr. Bhatia has focused her research efforts on the application of geosynthetics and natural materials to waste and sediment processing, fly ash containment, and soil erosion control. Her recent work on Geotextile Tube Dewatering: Sustainable Design has been funded by the NSF and supported by many geosynthetic manufacturers.
She has published more than 90 papers in journals and conference proceedings. She is an active member of several committees of ASCE Geo Institute, ASTM, and is a former board member of NAGS. Currently, she is serving on the Committee of Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
She received her undergraduate and MS degrees in civil engineering from IIT Roorkee University, India and her Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada