9th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE 2024)

April 14, 2024 - April 16, 2024 | Imperial College London Conference Center, London, United Kingdom

The CSEE 2024 Congress is composed of 3 conferences


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CSEE 2024 Scientific Committee Chairs:

Hany El Naggar
Prof. Hany El Naggar

Dalhousie University, Canada
Congress Chair

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Dr. Joaquim Barros
Dr. Joaquim Barros

Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, University of Minho, United Kingdom
Congress Co-Chair

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Room 1

Room 2

09:00 AM - 11:20 AM Virtual Session
Geotechnical Research and Engineering
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM Virtual Session
Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology I
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Session Break 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Session Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 AM Virtual Session
Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection I
10:40 AM - 01:00 PM Virtual Session
Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology II
12:30 AM - 12:35 AM Session Break
12:35 AM - 01:55 PM Virtual Session
Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection II

Virtual Session

April 14 | 09:00 AM - 11:20 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Anil Cherian, Strainstall Middle East, UAE


Geotechnical Research and Engineering


ICGRE 110
Time: 09:00 - 09:10
Presenter: Amila Hasanspahić, Ipsa Institute, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Amila Hasanspahić, Emina Hadžalić, Anis Balić

ICGRE 148
Time: 09:10 - 09:20
Presenter: Yan-Tang Ye, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Authors: Sung-Chi Hsu, Radius Tanone, Yan-Tang Ye, Alok Kumar Sharma

ICGRE 121
Time: 09:20 - 09:30
Presenter: Dorota Czerski, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland
Authors: Gianluca Bella, Simone Ghezzi, Dorota Czerski, Christian Ambrosi, Manuel Lüscher, Matteo Giani1

ICGRE 112
Time: 09:30 - 09:40
Presenter: Gianluca Bella, Pini Group SA, Switzerland
Authors: Gianluca Bella, Alessandro Flematti, Matteo Falanesca, Filippo Gianelli, Davide Merlini

ICGRE 109
Time: 09:40 - 09:50
Presenter: Gianluca Bella, Pini Group SA, Switzerland
Authors: Gianluca Bella, Matteo Giani, Rosario Emanuele Cilla, Alessandro Flematti

ICGRE 150
Time: 09:50 - 10:00
Presenter: Mengqi Wu, Western Sydney University, Australia
Authors: Mengqi Wu, Haiping Zhu, Chin Leo

ICGRE 127
Time: 10:00 - 10:10
Presenter: Marte Gutierrez, Colorado School of Mines, USA
Authors: Marte Gutierrez, Gauen Alexander

ICGRE 137
Time: 10:10 - 10:20
Presenter: Omar Shahrear Apu, Louisiana Tech University, USA
Authors: Omar Shahrear Apu, M.S., Jay X. Wang, Ph.D., P.E.

ICGRE 159
Time: 10:20 - 10:30
Presenter: Magdi El-Emam, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Authors: Magdi El-Emam, Mousa Attom, Sami W. Tabsh

ICGRE 152
Time: 10:30 - 10:40
Presenter: Shaza Soleiman, Lebanese International University LIU, Lebanon
Authors: Mohammad Rahal, Shaza Soleiman, Bassam Hussein

ICGRE 115
Time: 10:40 - 10:50
Presenter: Sumant Mohanto, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India
Authors: Sumant Mohanto, Debasis Deb

ICGRE 164
Time: 10:50 - 11:00
Presenter: Ahmed Elsawwaf, Dalhousie University, Canada
Authors: Ahmed Elsawwaf, Hany El Naggar

ICGRE 125
Time: 11:00 - 11:10
Presenter: Erkut YALCIN, Firat University, Turkey
Authors: Erkut YALCIN, Mehmet YILMAZ

ICGRE 128
Time: 11:10 - 11:20
Presenter: Beyza Furtana YALCIN, Munzur University, TURKEY
Authors: Beyza Furtana YALCIN, Mehmet YILMAZ, Erkut YALCIN, Ahmet Münir OZDEMIR


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Virtual Session

April 14 | 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Joaquim Barros, University of Minho, Portugal


Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology I


ICSECT 127
Time: 09:00 - 09:10
Presenter: Ischshenko Oleksiy, National University “Zaporizhzhia politechnica”, Ukraine
Authors: Nazarenko Oleksiy, Berezovska Alona, Ischshenko Oleksiy, Zhvan Viktor, Kulik Michailo

ICSECT 142
Time: 09:10 - 09:20
Presenter: M.G. Parmiani, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
Authors: M.G. Parmiani, G. Faraone, L. Orta

ICSECT 106
Time: 09:20 - 09:30
Presenter: Tomohiro Fukui, National Defense Academy, Japan
Authors: Tomohiro Fukui, Ichiro Kuroda

ICSECT 133
Time: 09:30 - 09:40
Presenter: Toshiomi NISHI, Kyuken Co., Ltd., Japan
Authors: Toshiomi NISHI, Michie KOGA, Shigeyuki HIRO, Ichiro KURODA

ICSECT 157
Time: 09:40 - 09:50
Presenter: Rohan Das, Jadavpur University, India
Authors: Rohan Das, Dona Chatterjee, Prof. Dr. Dipankar Chakravorty

ICSECT 144
Time: 09:50 - 10:00
Presenter: Rashid Alkindi, University of Sharjah, UAE
Authors: Rashid Alkindi, Eman Alraeesi, Sameh Al-Shihabi

ICSECT 164
Time: 10:00 - 10:10
Presenter: Susmita Choudhury, Jadavpur University, India
Authors: Susmita Choudhury, Arghya Ghosh, Dipankar Chakravorty

ICSECT 162
Time: 10:10 - 10:20
Presenter: Yousif Mohanad Salsal, British Applied College, UAE
Authors: Haran Pragalath, Yousif Mohanad Salsal, Sivakumar Ramalingam, Sathish Kumar R

ICSECT 145
Time: 10:20 - 10:30
Presenter: Jyoti Ranjan Barik, National Institute of Technology, India
Authors: Jyoti Ranjan Barik, Kishore Chandra Biswal


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Virtual Session

April 14 | 11:30 AM - 12:30 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Emina Hadžalic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina


Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection I


ICEPTP 198
Time: 11:30 - 11:35
Presenter: Szende Tonk, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania
Authors: Szende Tonk, Ágota Kiss, Eszter Rápó

ICEPTP 141
Time: 11:35 - 11:45
Presenter: Amirhossein Mohammadi, Aarhus University, Denmark
Authors: Ali Heydari, Amirhossein Mohammadi, Ahmad Nabhani, Amirmasoud Mohammadi

ICEPTP 200
Time: 11:45 - 11:55
Presenter: Amirhossein Mohammadi, Aarhus University, Denmark
Authors: Ali Heydari, Amirmasoud Mohammadi, Amirhossein Mohammadi, Altug Tosun

ICEPTP 102
Time: 11:55 - 12:05
Presenter: Shiffat Shahriar, University of Brighton, UK
Authors: Shiffat Shahriar, Dr. Kirsty Smallbone, Dr. Kevin Wyche

ICEPTP 205
Time: 12:05 - 12:15
Presenter: Domenico Cignolo, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Authors: Domenico Cignolo, Jennifer Gubitosa, Paola Fini, Pinalysa Cosma, Vito Rizzi.

ICEPTP 122
Time: 12:15 - 12:25
Presenter: Khadija Al Balushi, German University of technology in Oman, Oman
Authors: Zainab Al Amri, Khadija Al Balushi, Yasmine Souissi

ICEPTP 199
Time: 12:25 - 12:30
Presenter: Xianglin Wei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Authors: Xianglin Wei, Gerard Hoek, Kin Fai Ho, Xiang Qian Lao


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Virtual Session

April 14 | 10:40 AM - 01:00 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Joaquim Barros, University of Minho, United Kingdom & Dr. Marte Gutierrez, Colorado School of Mines, USA


Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology II


ICSECT 146
Time: 10:40 - 10:50
Presenter: Shyam Saseethar, College of Military Engineering Dapodi, India
Authors: Shyam Saseethar, Dilip Narkhede

ICSECT 168
Time: 10:50 - 11:00
Presenter: Bolívar Maza, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Authors: Bolívar Maza, Julio Silverio, Daniela Maza

ICSECT 174
Time: 11:00 - 11:10
Presenter: Bolívar Hernán Maza, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Authors: Bolívar Hernán Maza, Danny Vega Hidalgo, Dolores Maza Vivanco

ICSECT 159
Time: 11:10 - 11:20
Presenter: Anupama Krishna D, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, India
Authors: Anupama Krishna D, Priyadarsini R , Narayanan S

ICSECT 123
Time: 11:20 - 11:30
Presenter: Dr. Bowen Xu, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Authors: María Guerra-Ortiz, Christian Cardenas-Cardenas, Jorge Flores-Rada, Bowen Xu, David Valverde-Burneo, Natividad Garcia-Troncoso

ICSECT 138
Time: 11:30 - 11:40
Presenter: Dr. Bowen Xu, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Authors: Yadira Jaramillo-Lindao, Paula Sarmiento-Robles, Bowen Xu, Natividad García-Troncoso, Ken Tello-Ayala, Oscar González, David Valverde-Burneo

ICSECT 150
Time: 11:40 - 11:50
Presenter: Anil Cherian, Strainstall Middle East LLC, UAE
Authors: Anil Cherian

ICSECT 124
Time: 11:50 - 12:00
Presenter: Carlos Quishpe-Otacoma, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra (FICT), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Ecuador
Authors: Jose Martinez-Herrera; Laura Villamar-Quishpe, Carlos Quishpe-Otacoma, Ken Tello-Ayala, Natividad Garcia-Troncoso; Bowen Xu

ICSECT 120
Time: 12:00 - 12:10
Presenter: Carlos Quishpe-Otacoma, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra (FICT), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Ecuador
Authors: Domenica Ochoa-Guerrero, Humberto Villegas-Vera, Carlos Quishpe-Otacoma, Ken Tello-Ayala, Daniel Gomez; Natividad Garcia-Troncoso

ICSECT 128
Time: 12:10 - 12:20
Presenter: Nadia Quijano-Arteaga, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra (FICT), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Spain & Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
Authors: Darwin Rocohano-Granados; Ander Suárez-Lainez; Nadia Quijano-Arteaga; Guillermo Muñoz-Villa; Natividad García- Troncoso

ICSECT 134
Time: 12:20 - 12:30
Presenter: Nadia Quijano-Arteaga, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra (FICT), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Spain & Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
Authors: Rafael Cabrera-Garcia, Fabian Martinez-Ruiz, Victor Orozco-Chavez, Nadia Quijano-Arteaga, Natividad Garcia-Troncoso

ICSECT 154
Time: 12:30 - 12:40
Presenter: Tapan Jana, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Authors: Tapan Jana, Amit Shaw, L. S. Ramachandra

ICSECT 153
Time: 12:40 - 12:50
Presenter: Marco Civera, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Authors: Marco Civera, Bernardino Chiaia

ICGRE 155
Time: 12:20 - 01:00
Presenter: Shaymaa Kennedy, Basrah University, Iraq
Authors: Shaymaa Kennedy


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Virtual Session

April 14 | 12:35 AM - 01:55 PM | Session Chair:Dr. Emina Hadžalic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina


Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection II


ICEPTP 123
Time: 12:35 - 12:45
Presenter: Mirelli Borges Medeiros, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Authors: Mirelli Borges Medeiros, Gabriel Pereira, Maria Rita Scotti

ICEPTP 168
Time: 12:45 - 12:55
Presenter: Liana Kemmou, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Authors: Despoina Psarraki, Panagiotis Papazotos , Charoula Mavromatidou , Ilias Ristanis, Liana Kemmou, George Stamatis, Eleni Vasileiou, Elisavet Amanatidou3, Maria Perraki

ICEPTP 181
Time: 12:55 - 01:05
Presenter: Edson Palacios-Robles, Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades & Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Perú
Authors: Edson Palacios-Robles, Mariza Brito, María D. Quiñonez, Sergio Castañeda, Lizet Mejía, Tatiana Bernarlo, Antony De la Cruz, Vladimir León

ICEPTP 125
Time: 01:05 - 01:15
Presenter: Pedro Henrique da Silva, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Authors: Pedro Henrique da Silva, Gabriel Pereira dos Santos, Maria Thereza Fonseca de Souza, Daniel Augusto Rodrigues Barreto, Maria Rita Scotti, Marcelo Antônio Nero

ICEPTP 175
Time: 01:15 - 01:25
Presenter: Abdelsalam Elawwad, Cairo University, Egypt
Authors: Safwat M. Safwat, Aida Galal, Abdelsalam Elawwad

ICEPTP 176
Time: 01:25 - 01:35
Presenter: Abdelsalam Elawwad, Cairo University, Egypt
Authors: Abdelsalam Elawwad, Amany Tarek, Taghreed K. Abdelmoneim, Safwat M. Safwat, Mahmoud S.M. Mohamed

ICEPTP 136
Time: 01:35 - 01:45
Presenter: Daphine Achiro, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Authors: Daphine Achiro, Rebecca Alowo, German Nkhonjera

ICEPTP 135
Time: 01:45 - 01:55
Presenter: Daphine Achiro, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Authors: Vhuhwavho Gadisi, Rebecca Alowo, German Nkhonjera


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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registrations

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Official Opening
Official Opening - Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada
09:15 AM - 10:00 AM ICEPTP 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical
Microplastics in Water: Addressing Challenges and Exploring Sustainable Solutions
Dr. Luiza C. Campos, University College London, UK
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM ICGRE 2024 Keynote Lecture- Physical
Transportation Geo-structures in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Mohamed Meguid, McGill University, Canada
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Coffee Break (Skemp Room 301)

Skemp Room 301

Skemp Room 307

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Session
Environmental Protection & Safety I
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Session
New Technologies in Structural Design and Construction
12:15 PM - 12:20 PM Group Photo (Skemp Room 301)
12:20 PM - 01:20 PM Lunch Break (Skemp Room 301)
01:20 PM - 02:05 PM ICEPTP 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical
Quantum Computing Applications in Waste-to-Energy Bio-Methanation Systems: Revolutionizing Sustainable Practices
Dr. Po-Heng (Henry) Lee, Imperial College London, UK
01:20 PM - 02:05 PM ICGRE 2024 Lecture - Physical
Recent Advances in Railway Geotechnics and Geodynamics
Dr. David Connolly, University of Leeds, UK
02:05 PM - 03:20 PM Session
Wastewater Pollution and Treatment I
02:15 PM - 03:20 PM Session
Construction Materials
03:20 PM - 03:50 PM Coffee Break (Skemp Room 301) 03:20 PM - 03:50 PM Coffee Break (Skemp Room 301)
03:50 PM - 05:35 PM Session
Wastewater Pollution and Treatment II
03:50 PM - 05:20 PM Session
Geotechnical Research and Engineering I

ICEPTP 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical

April 15 | 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Microplastics in Water: Addressing Challenges and Exploring Sustainable Solutions
Dr. Luiza C. Campos, University College London, UK


Luiza Campos is a civil engineer with a PhD from Imperial College, United Kingdom and a master’s degree in water and sanitation from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Before immigrating to the United Kingdom, she worked for the water company of the Goias state (SANEAGO) for 10 years and a further 10 years as a lecturer for the Federal University of Goiás (School of Civil Engineering) in Goiania. She is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at University College London in London, where she has worked since 2007. At UCL, she served as Undergraduate Admissions Tutor (2009-2013); Director of the Undergraduate Program in Environmental Engineering (2010-2014); Coordinator of the diversity, equality and inclusion program at the Department (2015-2018) and led the Athena Swan application project, which awarded the Department a Bronze Award for advancing gender equality practices in 2016. She is currently Co-Director of the UCL Center for Sustainability and Urban Resilience; Director of the MSc in Engineering for International Development; Co-chair of the UCL Human Wellbeing Grand Challenge; and one of UCL’s Dignity Advisors who provide an informal and confidential information service to staff and students on issues relating to bullying, harassment, and sexual misconduct. In 2023, she received The Gold Medal from the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) for her excellence in civil engineering, in line with ICE’s global mission to enhance engineers’ technical knowledge, insight, and ethical understanding.


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ICGRE 2024 Keynote Lecture

April 15 | 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Dr. Paulo B. Lourenço

Transportation Geo-structures in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Mohamed Meguid, McGill University, Canada

Prof. Meguid is the Department Chair at McGill University, Canada, specializing in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering, with a focus on subsurface structures and geosynthetic engineering. His work, driven by sustainable engineering solutions, has significantly advanced these fields. He is a member of the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design, the Geosynthetics Technical Committee of the ASCE Geo-Institute, a Board Member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Dr. Meguid is Associate Editor of Geotextiles and Geomembranes and the Editor-in-Chief of the Geotechnical and Geological Engineering journal.

Prof. Meguid’s contributions in geosynthetics, especially in soil-geosynthetic interactions and their applications in civil engineering, earned him the 2022 Geosynthetics Research Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society. His research group is also pioneering in AI applications in civil engineering, developing Machine Learning tools for estimating the service life of infrastructure under environmental challenges. A dedicated educator, Prof. Meguid is recognized for his commitment to empowering students in engineering education, having received the Samuel and Ida Fromson Award for Outstanding Teaching, and being nominated for the Principal’s Award for Excellence in Teaching at McGill University.


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Session

April 15 | 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Environmental Protection & Safety I


ICEPTP 114
Time: 11:15 - 11:30
Presenter: Abiodun Ebenezer Akinwale, University of South Africa Florida Campus, South Africa
Authors: Abiodun Akinwale, Hussein Walied, Ayinde Raheem

ICEPTP 164
Time: 11:30 - 11:45
Presenter: Hongrae Im, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea
Authors: Hongrae Im, JANG AM

ICEPTP 113
Time: 11:45 - 12:00
Presenter: Kanawat Paoin, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Authors: Kanawat Paoin, Chanathip Pharino, Prin Vathesatogkit, Arthit Phosri, Kayo Ueda, Xerxes Tesoro Seposo, Krittika Saranburut, Nisakron Thongmung, Teerapat Yingchoncharoen, Piyamitr Sritara

ICEPTP 169
Time: 12:00 - 12:15
Presenter: Willian Leandro Henrique Pinto, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Authors: Willian Leandro Henrique Pinto, Bernardo Tavares Freitas, Pablo Brito-Parada


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Session

April 15 | 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Sami W. Tabsh, American University of Sharjah, UAE


New Technologies in Structural Design and Construction


ICSECT 129
Time: 11:15 - 11:30
Presenter: H.H.N.D. Haggalla, Texas Tech University, USA
Authors: H.H.N.D. Haggalla, Sang-Wook Bae

ICSECT 122
Time: 11:30 - 11:45
Presenter: Salma Ahmed, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Authors: Salma Ahmed, Sameh El-Sayegh, Lotfi Romdhane

ICSECT 147
Time: 11:45 - 12:00
Presenter: Yasser E. Ibrahim, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Authors: Yasser E. Ibrahim, AIB Farouk, Jinsong Zhu, S.I. Haruna, Mohammed Al-samawi, Mustapha Abdulhadi

ICSECT 132
Time: 12:00 - 12:15
Presenter: Ahmad Morsel, Nantes Université, Ecole Centrale Nantes, CNRS, Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique (GeM), France
Authors: Ahmad Morsel, Filippo Masi, Ioannis Stefanou, Panagiotis Kotronis, Guillaume Racineux, Emmanuel Marché


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ICEPTP 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical

April 15 | 01:20 PM - 02:05 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Luiza C. Campos, University College London, UK


Quantum Computing Applications in Waste-to-Energy Bio-Methanation Systems: Revolutionizing Sustainable Practices
Dr. Po-Heng (Henry) Lee, Imperial College London, UK


Po-Heng (Henry) Lee’s team specializes in resource recovery, greenhouse gas reduction, and enhancing human health through anaerobic biotechnologies. His research and teaching aim to transcend classical energetic constraints by exploring discrete pathways, including quantum and quantum-like mechanisms, within microbial metabolism and gene regulation. Henry has pioneered state-of-the-art research techniques, utilizing quantum computing (such as Quantum Information Theory and Variational Quantum Eigensolver) and hybrid meta-omics approaches to manipulate microbiomes for environmental health enhancement. Henry’s academic journey includes earning his PhD, MS, BS, and AAS degrees in Environmental Engineering from Iowa State University (2010), National Chiao Tung University (2003), National Ilan University (2001), and Hungkuang University (1999), Taiwan, respectively. He joined Imperial College London in 2019 after holding positions at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2012-2018) and Inha University, South Korea (2010-2012).


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ICGRE 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical

April 15 | 01:20 PM - 02:05 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Recent Advances in Railway Geotechnics and Geodynamics
Dr. David Connolly, University of Leeds, UK


David Connolly is Professor of Railway Engineering at the University of Leeds, UK. He holds a MEng degree in civil engineering from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in railways also from the same institution. He previously worked at Heriot Watt University before joining Leeds in 2017 as an Associate Professor, and became full professor in 2022. His work is focused on railway geotechnics, track dynamics and numerical modelling. He has published over 100 papers, has a h-index of 32 and has won 8 awards for his research. He works closely with the railway industry and is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Permanent Way Institution.


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Session

April 15 | 02:05 PM - 03:20 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Elena Alvareda, Universidad de la República, Uruguay


Wastewater Pollution and Treatment I


ICEPTP 124
Time: 02:05 - 02:20
Presenter: Jutamas Bussarakum, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Authors: Jutamas Bussarakum, Samuel B. Cohen, Kimberly Van Meter, Jon Sweetman, Lisa A. Emili, Nathaniel R. Warner

ICEPTP 111
Time: 02:20 - 02:35
Presenter: Bushra Tatan, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Authors: Bushra Tatan, Md Maruf Mortula, Tarig Ali

ICEPTP 103
Time: 02:35 - 02:50
Presenter: Chi-Feng Chen, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Authors: Chi-Feng Chen, Jen-Yang Lin, Hsin-Jung Ho, Shyh-Fang Kang, Ling-Hwei Kuo

ICEPTP 146
Time: 02:50 - 03:05
Presenter: Heng Chen, Southeast Unviersity, China
Authors: Heng Chen

ICEPTP 140
Time: 03:05 - 03:20
Presenter: Adriana Bernardes, University College London, UK
Authors: Adriana Bernardes, Luiza C. Campos, Marc-Olivier Coppens


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Session

April 15 | 02:05 PM - 03:20 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Goodary Rajeshwar, Universite des Mascareignes, Mauritius


Construction Materials


ICSECT 131
Time: 02:05 - 02:20
Presenter: Tae-Yeon Kim, Kalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
Authors: Remilekun Shittu, Akram AlFantazi, Tae-Yeon Kim

ICSECT 169
Time: 02:20 - 02:35
Presenter: Haard Shukla, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India
Authors: Harshit Dubey, Anirudhsinh Yadav, Tirth Chaudhari, Haard Shukla, Naimish Bhatt

ICSECT 170
Time: 02:35 - 02:50
Presenter: Haard Shukla, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India
Authors: Haard Shukla, Harshit Dubey, Devindar Singh, Abhiraj Jadeja, Naimish Bhatt

ICSECT 165
Time: 02:50 - 03:05
Presenter: Sami W. Tabsh, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Authors: Sami W. Tabsh, Adil Tamimi, Magdi El-Emam

ICSECT 140
Time: 03:05 - 03:20
Presenter: Mahmoud Haggag, UAE University, UAE
Authors: Mahmoud Haggag, Usman Masood, Ahmed Hassan, Mohammad Laghari


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Session

April 15 | 03:50 PM - 05:35 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Chi-Feng Chen, Taipei Tech, Taiwan


Wastewater Pollution and Treatment II


ICEPTP 119
Time: 03:50 - 04:05
Presenter: YOUNÈS EL YAGOUBI, Université de Sherbrooke Water Research Group (GREAUS), Canada
Authors: YOUNÈS EL YAGOUBI, PEDRO SEGURA, HUBERT CABANA

ICEPTP 182
Time: 04:05 - 04:20
Presenter: Harshvardhan Soni, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Authors: Harshvardhan Soni, Anil Kumar Dikshit, R.K. Pathak

ICEPTP 147
Time: 04:20 - 04:35
Presenter: Lingxiao Zhan, Southeast University, China
Authors: Lingxiao Zhan, Heng Chen, Yurui Wang, Linjun Yang*

ICEPTP 155
Time: 04:35 - 04:50
Presenter: Chinmayee Das, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Authors: Chinmayee Das, Brajesh Kumar Dubey, Shamik Chowdhury

ICEPTP 127
Time: 04:50 - 05:05
Presenter: Alvareda, E., Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Authors: Alvareda, E. and Pamoukaghlián, K.

ICEPTP 154
Time: 05:05 - 05:20
Presenter: Yuxuan Li, University College London, UK
Authors: Yuxuan Li, Luiza C. Campos, Yukun Hu

ICEPTP 189
Time: 05:20 - 05:35
Presenter: Siphesihle Mangena Khumalo, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Authors: Siphesihle Mangena Khumalo, Babatunde Femi Bakare, Sudesh Rathilal


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Session

April 15 | 03:50 PM - 05:20 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Mahmoud Haggag, United Arab Emirates University, UAE


Geotechnical Research and Engineering I


ICGRE 143
Time: 03:50 - 04:05
Presenter: Hussein OSMAN, LTDS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
Authors: Hussein Osman, Eric Vincens, Nathanael Savalle, Stéphane Hans

ICGRE 104
Time: 04:05 - 04:20
Presenter: Lalit Kandpal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Authors: Lalit Kandpal, Prashanth Vangla

ICGRE 113
Time: 04:20 - 04:35
Presenter: Rituraj Devrani, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Authors: Rituraj Devrani, Prashanth Vangla, Shilpi Sharma

ICGRE 153
Time: 04:35 - 04:50
Presenter: Akkarachai Ruangsangthong, Osaka University, Japan
Authors: Akkarachai Ruangsangthong, Toru Inui, Masaki Hosokawa, Sho Ogata

ICGRE 107
Time: 04:50 - 05:05
Presenter: Rajeshwar Goodary, Université des Mascareignes, Mauritius
Authors: Rajeshwar Goodary, Gisèle Lecomte-Nana, Durgesh Teeluckdharry, Viacheslav Iegupov, Andriantahianjanahary Morayndo

ICEPTP 165
Time: 05:05 - 05:20
Presenter: Dong-Gun Jun, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), UK
Authors: Dong-gun Jun and Am Jang


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09:00 AM - 09:50 AM ICSECT 2024 Plenary Lecture - Physical (Skemp Room 301)
Enhanced Structural Safety during Extreme Events through Innovative Materials and Advanced Testing Methods
Dr. Riadh Al-Mahaidi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Skemp Room 301

Skemp Room 307

09:50 AM - 10:40 AM ICGRE 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical
Computer Vision Based Imaging and Characterization of Transportation Geomaterials
Dr. Erol Tutumluer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA
09:50 AM - 10:40 AM ICSECT 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical
Challenges in Decarbonisation of Concrete Materials and Structures and Pathways to Achievement
Dr. Stephen Foster, University of New South Wales, Australia
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Coffee Break & Posters Presentation (Skemp Room 301)
11:20 AM - 12:35 PM Session
Environmental Protection & Safety II
11:20 AM - 12:40 PM Session
Modelling & Simulation
12:35 PM - 01:35 PM Lunch Break (Skemp Room 301) 12:40 PM - 01:35 PM Lunch Break (Skemp Room 301)
01:35 PM - 02:25 PM ICGRE 2024 Plenary Lecture - Virtual (Skemp Room 301)
Resilience, Sustainability and Affordability: The Triple Challenge for Infrastructure
Dr. William Powrie, University of Southampton, UK
02:25 PM - 03:40 PM Session
Environmental Protection & Safety III
02:25 AM - 03:40 PM Session
Geotechnical Research and Engineering II
07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Gala Dinner

Origin Kensington Restaurant in Royal Garden Hotel
2- 24 Kensington High Street London W8 4PT

ICSECT 2024 Plenary Lecture - Physical (Skemp Room 301)

April 16 | 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Enhanced Structural Safety during Extreme Events through Innovative Materials and Advanced Testing Methods
Dr. Riadh Al-Mahaidi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia


Professor Riadh Al-Mahaidi is the Director of the Smart Structures Laboratory and a Professor of Structural Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. He previously held the position of Vice President (International Engagement) at Swinburne from 2017 to 2022. Before joining Swinburne in 2010, he was the Head of the Structures Group at Monash University. He earned a BSc (Hon 1) in civil engineering from the University of Baghdad and MSc and PhD degrees in structural engineering from Cornell University in the United States. Over the past 25 years, he has focused his research and practice on the lifetime integrity of structures, with a particular interest in structural strength assessment and retrofitting using advanced composite materials. His current research projects involve strengthening bridges using fiber reinforced polymers combined with cement-based bonding agents, improving the fatigue life of metallic structures using advanced composite systems and shape memory alloys, and assessing structure collapse through multi-axis hybrid testing.

Professor Al-Mahaidi is a prolific researcher, with over 250 journal and 270 conference papers published to date, as well as 18 authored/edited books and conference proceedings. To date, he has scored an H-Index of 60 and received several awards, the most recent one was the 2023 IIFC Medal for distinguished contributions to the field of FRP composites for construction through research or practical applications, or both. He was also the recipient of the 2021 IABMAS Special Service Award from the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety. In 2019, he received the Magazine of Concrete Research Prize, from the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK. In 2016, his research group won the Engineers Australia Excellence Award for Innovation, Research, and Development (High Commendation) for the Multi-Axis Substructure Testing (MAST) System. In 2017 he was awarded the WH Warren Medal by Engineers Australia and in 2018 the ARRB Research Impact Award. Other awards included the Vice Chancellor’s Internationalization Award in 2012, the RW Chapman Medals in 2005 and 2010 for best journal publication in Engineers Australia Structural Journal, and best paper awards at ACUN-4 (2002) and ACUN-6 (2012) Composites conferences. Professor Al-Mahaidi is a Fellow of various institutions, including Institution of Engineers Australia, American Concrete Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, The International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC), Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), and the Bridge Engineering Institute.


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ICGRE 2024 Plenary Lecture - Physical

April 16 | 09:50 AM - 10:40 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Computer Vision Based Imaging and Characterization of Transportation Geomaterials
Dr. Erol Tutumluer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA


Dr. Erol Tutumluer is Abel Bliss Professor specializing in Transportation Geotechnics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Tutumluer has research interests and expertise in characterization of highway/ airfield pavement and railroad track geomaterials, geosynthetics, advanced imaging techniques and applications of artificial intelligence and deep learning techniques to transportation infrastructure, structural health monitoring of transportation facilities using sensors, sustainable use of foundation geomaterials and construction practices for transportation infrastructure, discrete element analysis of ballast, and dynamic response measurement and analyses of track systems. Professor Tutumluer has served as an investigator on over 120 research projects, graduated 25 PhD and 46 MS students, and authored/co-authored over 380 peer reviewed publications from his research projects. Dr. Tutumluer is a Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Transportation Geotechnics Elsevier journal and the immediate past Chair of the ISSMGE Technical Committee 202 on Transportation Geotechnics. As a Council Member (2020-2026) of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), Dr. Tutumluer currently serves as Chair of the Technical Committee on Stabilization. He is an Executive Board Member of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) Transportation Infrastructure Group. Dr. Tutumluer was the 2000 recipient of the TRB’s Fred Burgraff award for Excellence in Transportation Research. He was selected and honored with Yangtze River Scholar Award by China Ministry of Education in 2016. He received Qiushi Distinguished Professor title bestowed upon him by Zhejiang University and delivered the Zeng Guoxi honor lecture in China in 2019. Dr. Tutumluer is the 2020 recipient of the ASCE T&DI James Laurie Prize in recognition of his career accomplishments for promoting Transportation Geotechnics field and the 2021 recipient of ASCE Geo-Institute’s Carl L. Monismith Lecture Award. In 2023, Dr. Tutumluer received an IGS Award in recognition of his significant contributions towards the use of geosynthetics in roadways, railways, and airfields. Dr. Tutumluer is scheduled to deliver ASCE T&DI’s Francis Turner and ISSMGE Proctor Lectures in 2024.


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ICSECT 2024 Keynote Lecture - Physical

April 16 | 09:50 AM - 10:40 AM | Session Chair: Mohammad Khawaji, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia



Challenges in Decarbonisation of Concrete Materials and Structures and Pathways to Achievement
Dr. Stephen Foster, University of New South Wales, Australia


Stephen Foster a Professor of Structural Engineering at The University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the former Dean of Engineering (2020-23). He received his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1993 and has over 40 years’ experience as a structural engineer in practice and in teaching.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Fellow of Engineers Australia, Fellow of fib, Honorary Member of the Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA), a member Australian Standards Committee BD2, Chairman of sub-committee BD2/1 “Strength and Analysis”BD2/6 “Fibre Reinforced Concrete”, BD2/9 “Geopolymer Concrete”, Member of Australia Standards Committee BD90.5 “Bridge Design – Concrete” and chaired the BD90.5 working group on “Fibre Reinforced Concrete” and he is a Member of Canadian Standards Association Task Force on “Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code Ultra High Performance Concrete”. He is the elected President of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) (2023-24) and member of the fib Presidium. Stephen has over 380 publications in the field of structural concrete and concrete materials, with textbooks on Reinforced Concrete and Prestressed Concrete. His main research interests are in the fields of bringing new materials technologies to the design concrete structures, including fibre and ultra-high-performance concrete, low carbon construction materials such as Geopolymer and alkaline activated concretes and high strength reinforcing steels.


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Session

April 16 | 10:40 AM - 11:20 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Gabriela Zemelka, University of Hertfordshire, UK


Posters Session


ICGRE 124
Presenter: Chien-cheng Chen, Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Authors: Chien-cheng Chen, Shao-Hung Chung

ICGRE 146
Presenter: Sung-Chi Hsu, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Authors: Sung-Chi Hsu, Alok Kumar Sharma, Radius Tanone, and Yan-Tang Ye

ICEPTP 158
Presenter: Ahmed A. Alharbi, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia
Authors: Ahmed A. Alharbi

ICEPTP 149
Presenter: BU-OLAYAN, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Authors: Bu-Olayan, BV Thomas

ICEPTP 157
Presenter: Agne Cicine, Klaipeda University, Lithuania
Authors: Agne Cicine, Mindaugas Zilius, Elise Lorre, Irma Vybernaite Lubiene, Zita Gasiūnaite, Jolita Petkuviene

ICEPTP 202
Presenter: Saša Kostić, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Authors: Saša Kostić, Marko Kebert, Nemanja Teslić, Martina Zorić, Saša Orlović

ICEPTP 106
Presenter: Ana Larissa Barbosa Sanchez, National Intitute Public Health, Mexico
Authors: Ana Larissa Barbosa Sánchez, Reina Torralba, Ciro Eliseo Márquez Herrera, Leticia Hernández Cadena, Yazmin Debray García, Martha Patricia Sierra Vargas, Elizabeth Santiago del Angel, Rodolfo Sosa-Echeverria, Ma. de Lourdes Guadalupe Flores Luna, Octavio Gamaliel Aztatzi Aguilar

ICEPTP 152
Presenter: Leticia Hernández Cadena, Ana Larissa Barbosa Sánchez, Ma. de Lourdes Guadalupe Flores Luna, Martha Patricia Sierra Vargas, Yazmin Debray García, Elizabeth Santiago del Angel, María Consuelo Escamilla Nuñez, Octavio Gamaliel Aztatzi Aguilar
Authors: Leticia Hernández Cadena, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Mexico

ICSECT 141
Presenter: Mohammad Khawaji, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Authors: Mohammad Khawaji

ICSECT 176
Presenter: Omer Yavuz Eski, Newcastle University, UK
Authors: Omer Yavuz Eski, Sean Wilkinson, Vladimir Vinogradov, Amir Mofidi

ICSECT 163
Presenter: Panumas Saingam, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
Authors: Terapat Sirinipitakul, Rawirot Suwannatrai, Hnin Hnin Hlaing and Panumas Saingam


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Session

April 16 | 11:20 AM - 12:35 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Lucy Semerjian, University of Sharjah, UAE


Environmental Protection & Safety II


ICEPTP 167
Time: 11:20 - 11:35
Presenter: Jyoti Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Authors: Jyoti Mishra, V.S. Vamsi Botlaguduru

ICEPTP 196
Time: 11:35 - 11:50
Presenter: Gabriela Zemelka, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Authors: Gabriela Zemelka

ICEPTP 151
Time: 11:50 - 12:05
Presenter: Megha Hegde, Kingston University, UK
Authors: Megha Hegde, Jean-Christophe Nebel, Farzana Rahman

ICEPTP 139
Time: 12:05 - 12:20
Presenter: Gospel Lallawmzuali, lallawmzuali, India
Authors: Gospel Lallawmzuali, Angom Surjabala Devi, Than hmingliana

ICEPTP 118
Time: 12:20 - 12:35
Presenter: Samrat Santra, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Authors: Samrat Santra, Aditya Kumar Patra, Arpan Chakraborty, Abhishek Penchala


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Session

April 16 | 11:20 AM - 12:40 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Modelling & Simulation


ICSECT 143
Time: 11:20 - 11:35
Presenter: Zainah Ibrahim, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Authors: Chuanlong Zou, Zainah Ibrahim, Huzaifa Hashim

ICSECT 139
Time: 11:35 - 12:50
Presenter: Shizhe Hong, University of Cambridge, Uk
Authors: Shizhe Hong, John Orr, Arnaud Delaplace

ICSECT 160
Time: 11:50 - 12:05
Presenter: Sameh El-Sayegh, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Authors: Omar Elrefaey, Salma Ahmed, Sameh El-Sayegh, Irtishad Ahmed

ICEPTP 120
Time: 12:05 - 12:20
Presenter: Arsanchai Sukkuea, Walailak University, Thailand
Authors: Arsanchai Sukkuea and Pensiri Akkajit

Gold Sponsor
Time: 12:20 - 12:40
Presenter: Andy Kitson & Kyle Olajorin, Trace Structural Investigations, UK


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ICGRE 2024 Plenary Lecture - Virtual (Skemp Room 301)

April 16 | 01:35 PM - 02:25 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Resilience, Sustainability and Affordability: The Triple Challenge for Infrastructure
Dr. William Powrie, University of Southampton, UK


William Powrie is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Southampton. He is known for his research in environmental and transportation geotechnics, and the behaviour of “difficult” soils and soil-like materials. He is Convenor of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities and leads the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network Infrastructure Centre of Excellence. He is a Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, chair of HS2’s Independent Geotechnical Expert Panel, member of the UK Department for Transport Science Advisory Council, Chair of the RAEng / Lloyd’s Register Foundation Engineering X programme, and Geotechnical Consultant to groundwater specialists WJ.


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Session

April 16 | 02:25 PM - 03:40 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Gabriela Zemelka, University of Hertfordshire, UK & Dr. Elena Alvareda, Universidad de la República, Uruguay


Environmental Protection & Safety III


ICEPTP 195
Time: 02:25 - 02:40
Presenter: Debabrat Biswal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Authors: Debabrat Biswal, Bahni Ray, Debabrata Dasgupta, Rochish M. Thaokar And Y.S. Mayya

ICEPTP 194
Time: 02:40 - 02:55
Presenter: Ritesh Kumar Chaurasiya, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Authors: Ritesh Kumar Chaurasiya, P.M.V. Subbarao

ICEPTP 117
Time: 02:55 - 03:10
Presenter: Lucy Semerjian, University of Sharjah, UAE
Authors: Lucy Semerjian, Rand Wardah, Kawthar Almatrook, Leena Kamali, Shahd Almadhani, Mohammad H. Semreen, Khaled Abass

ICEPTP 107
Time: 03:10 - 03:25
Presenter: Hiroki Asada, Kumamoto University, Japan
Authors: Hiroki Asada, Tomoko Minagawa

ICEPTP 201
Time: 03:25 - 03:40
Presenter: Iis Alviya, Griffith University, Australia
Authors: Iis Alviya, Md Sayed Iftekhar, Harsha Sarvaiya, Tapan Sarker


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Session

April 16 | 02:25 PM - 03:40 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Hany El Naggar, Dalhousie University, Canada


Geotechnical Research and Engineering II


ICGRE 126
Time: 02:25 - 02:40
Presenter: Mainak Ghosh Roy, NHPC Ltd., India
Authors: Mainak Ghosh Roy, Nirmal Singh, Sajan Moideen

ICGRE 157
Time: 02:40 - 02:55
Presenter: Deepthi Mary Dilip, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE
Authors: Deepthi Mary Dilip

ICGRE 131
Time: 02:55 - 03:10
Presenter: Ahmed Fahmy, AECOM, USA
Authors: Benjamin Berger, Ahmed Fahmy

ICSECT 155
Time: 03:10 - 03:25
Presenter: Khaldoun Rahal, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Authors: Khaldoun Rahal

ICGRE 123
Time: 03:25 - 03:40
Presenter: Alla Sapronova, Institute of Rock Mechanics And Tunnelling, Austria
Authors: Alla Sapronova, Thomas Marcher, Franziska Klein


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