Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure: Proceedings of EGRWSE 2019

Theme 1: Environmental Geotechnology.- Theme 2: Recycling and Beneficial Use of Waste and Recycled Materials Engineering.- Theme 3: Sustainable Engineering.

Dr. Krishna Reddy is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory, and also the Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He received gold medals for being first in his class of B.E. (Civil Engineering) at Osmania University and M.E. (Civil Engineering) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Dr. Reddy has over 25 years of teaching, consulting and research experience within the fields of civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, and sustainable engineering.
Dr. Arvind K. Agnihotri is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering NIT Jalandhar. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, M.Tech. from NIT Kurukshetra and B.E. from Panjab University Chandigarh. He has over 29 years' experience in research, teaching and academic administration, with several years spent holding key leadership positions. His areas of interest are Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Reinforced Earth (Geosynthetics and Geofibers), Ground Improvement and Soil-Structure-interaction. He has supervised 9 Ph.D. theses and 40 M.Tech. dissertations. He has 50 publications in international refereed journals, 10 publications in national refereed journals and 34 publications in various national and international conferences/symposia.
Dr. Yeliz Yukselen-Aksoy is a Professor in the Geotechnical Engineering Division of Department of Civil Engineering of Dokuz Eylul University. She received a B.S. from Dokuz Eylül University, and an M.S. from the Dokuz Eylül University. She received her Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Dokuz Eylül. She was also at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering for one year as avisiting professor. Her research efforts have focused on environmental geotechnics, ground improvement, surface properties of clay minerals, and remediation of contaminated soils. Dr. Yukselen-Aksoy has published over 40 journal papers, 1 book chapter, and 25 conference papers. She was the recipient of the Turkish National and Scientific Research Council Scholarship.
Dr. Brajesh K. Dubey is an Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Dr. Dubey received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida, USA. He obtained his B.Tech. (Hons.) in Civil Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has more than 17 years of research, teaching, training and industrial outreach experience in areas of integrated solid and hazardous waste management, sustainable engineering and application of life cycle assessment techniques, environmental risk assessment, circular economy and environmental nanotechnology. He has published 62 journal papers, 26 conference papers, and 6 book chapters. He has received awards from Government of Australia, International Research Group on Wood Protection - Sweden, Hinkley Center for Solid, and Hazardous Waste Management, Florida. He has also worked as a Waste Management Expert for UN agencies and World Bank.
Dr. Ajay Bansal is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. Dr Bansal received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and B.E. from Government Engineering College, Raipur (now NIT Raipur). Dr. Bansal has over 24 years of teaching, consulting and research experience within the fields of chemical and environmental engineering. His research expertise includes Nano-photocatalysis, ) Advanced Oxidation Processes, Waste Water Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Multiphase Reactors, and Rheologically complex fluids. He has supervised 8 Ph.D. dissertations, published 3 books, 3 book chapters, 40 journal papers, and 60 conference papers. He has been an active member of various professional societies and is Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Kolkata.