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Author: Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed (Professor and Chief Technology Advisor at Uberbinder Limited) ,
Evan K. Paleologos (Abu Dhabi University) ,
Valeria Guimaraes ,
Valeria Guimaraes (Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Inc
Weight: 1.830kg
ISBN: 9780128048306
ISBN 10: 0128048301
Pages: 708
Publication Date: 31 October 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""The narrative of this timely comprehensive text uses simple language and illustrations to expand the scientific knowledge and understanding of geoenvironmental engineering for the reader. New tools are provided to handle the accelerated release of new geoenvironmental data as it becomes available to the scientific community. The intended wide ranging audience of this ambitious book includes experienced professionals, embracing practicing geotechnical and environmental engineers, graduate students and scientists from outside the geoenvironmental field. It confronts the multiple complex processes associated with today’s environmental problems. The text traces the current theories of geoenvironmental engineering, supporting them with extensive references to the contemporary literature. The text lists case studies and the tools involved which will aid the mature scientist and novitiate to navigate the rapidly developing field. The authors’ major goals are for the readers to remove the traditional boundaries between the related science and engineering disciplines. This book will expand the knowledge base and the professional practice of scientists and engineers working in the environmental field. This book is a great addition to our understanding of geoenvironmental engineering."" --Dr. Christopher Kendall, University of South Carolina ""This monograph provides a comprehensive and thoughtful overview of environmental processes involved in the interactions between water and soil, and their contamination. It is a valuable resource for both professionals and graduate students working in the geotechnical, hydrologic, geochemical, modeling, and environmental fields. The scope and depth of this book are remarkable, with each chapter pointing to future research directions."" --Dr. Daniel Tartakovsky, Stanford University
The narrative of this timely comprehensive text uses simple language and illustrations to expand the scientific knowledge and understanding of geoenvironmental engineering for the reader. New tools are provided to handle the accelerated release of new geoenvironmental data as it becomes available to the scientific community. The intended wide ranging audience of this ambitious book includes experienced professionals, embracing practicing geotechnical and environmental engineers, graduate students and scientists from outside the geoenvironmental field. It confronts the multiple complex processes associated with today's environmental problems. The text traces the current theories of geoenvironmental engineering, supporting them with extensive references to the contemporary literature. The text lists case studies and the tools involved which will aid the mature scientist and novitiate to navigate the rapidly developing field. The authors' major goals are for the readers to remove the traditional boundaries between the related science and engineering disciplines. This book will expand the knowledge base and the professional practice of scientists and engineers working in the environmental field. This book is a great addition to our understanding of geoenvironmental engineering. -Dr. Christopher Kendall, University of South Carolina
Author Information
Prof. Dr. Eng. Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed earned his PhD from McGill University, Canada, where he was later employed as the Associate Director of the Geotechnical Research Centre and Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics. He has held many senior positions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including Associate Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Zayed University, Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at Abu Dhabi University, and Research Director at the UAE University. He has 14 patents in areas of sustainable use of elemental sulfur and alkaline solid wastes, production of sulfur cement and concrete, carbon sequestration and utilization for treatment of solid wastes, and stabilization of desert dunes. He has authored and co-authored 21 scientific books and has published over 385 papers in refereed journals and international conference proceedings. He has been the recipient of several university and nationwide research accolades. He is the General Managing Director of EX Scientific Consultants, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Senior Advisor, Uberbinder, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA, and an Editorial Board Advisor for several Scientific Journals. Prof. Evan K. Paleologos is Professor and Director of the graduate programs in Engineering Management and Project Management, College of Engineering, Abu Dhabi University (ADU), United Arab Emirates (UAE). He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. from New York University (NYU), NY, and a Ph.D. in Groundwater Hydrology from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Az. His expertise lies in geo-environmental engineering, risk analysis, and in water resources and waste management. He is the author of 5 books on geo-environmental engineering and environmental risk analysis published by Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, and the Geological Society of America (GSA), and of over 140 scientific papers. Recently, one of his papers received the “Environmental Geotechnics Prize 2023 by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). His career includes working for the US high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV, being a tenured professor at the University of South Carolina (USC), subsequently at the Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece, and currently at ADU in the UAE. He has founded two research centers, the USC Center for Water Research and Policy, and the ADU Center of Excellence on Sustainable Built Environment. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors in USA, which included the South Carolina State’s “Researchers of Carolina, and the USC’s “Initializer, and “USC President awards. In Greece, concurrently with being a faculty at TUC he had served as Science Advisor to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and as Deputy Chairman of the board of the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Co (EYDAP). He has been Associate Editor of three international journals.
