GENG840
GeoEngineering Seminar Course Schedule for Winter 2010 semester
Our
seminar series is sponsored by:
“AECOM is pleased to be sponsoring the Queen’s University seminar series. AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental and energy. With more than 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation, and technical excellence in delivering solutions that enhance and sustain the world’s built, natural, and social environments.”
Winter 2010
(still under construction, will be updated once details are final)
| Date |
Time |
Presenter/Subject |
Location |
| Tue, Jan 19, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Tom O'Rourke, Cornell University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, "Geohazards and Large Geographically Distributed Systems" |
Dunning 11 |
| Thu, Jan 28, 2010 |
3 - 4 pm |
Neil Dixon,
BSc PhD FGS, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK, "Landfill Engineering: Waste/Barrier Interaction" |
Ellis 324 |
| Feb 2, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK |
Watson 217 |
| Feb 9, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Craig Lake, B.Eng (TUNS), Ph.D. (The University of Western Ontario), Associate Professor, Dalhouse University, "Contaminant Migration From Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization (S/S) Materials"
|
Watson 217 |
| Feb 16, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Student presentations:
1. Fady Abdel-Aal
2. Amr Ewais
3. Stephanie Fekete
4. Ehsan Ghazvinian |
Watson 217 |
| Feb 23, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Student presentations:
1. Jon Foster
2. Mohamed Hosney
|
Watson 217 |
| Mar 2, 2010 |
5:30 - 9:00 pm |
OGG student forum, more details on this link. |
Carleton University |
| Mar 9, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Neal Scott, Canada Research Chair, professor Geography Dept. Queen's University, “Does permafrost disruption and landscape disturbance alter the carbon budget of High Arctic ecosystems?” |
Watson 217 |
| Mar 16, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Suzanne Beauchemin, Natural Resources Canada, "Mobilization of Antimoney and mercury in Gold Mining environments: overview of two case studies" |
Watson 217 |
| Mar 23, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Bruno Bussière,
ing. Ph.D., Chaire de recherche du Canada, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, "Acid mine drainage from abandoned mine sites: problematic and reclamation approaches" |
Watson 217 |
| Mar 30, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Student presentations:
1. Colin Hume
2. Kaiwen Liu
3. Saman Zarnani
4. Bee Fong Lim |
Watson 217 |
| Apr 6, 2010 |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Jean Hutchinson,
PhD, P.Eng, Associate Professor,
Dept. of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University,
Integrated Risk Management of Rock Slopes |
Watson 217 |
| Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 |
over lunch (tbd) |
CCLT speaker Don Hayley |
tbd |
| Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 |
4 - 5:30 |
Dr. Charles Shackelford, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University |
MacCorry D207 |
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