Vanessa di Battista, PhD in Civil Engineering, supervised by Dr Kerry Rowe

Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs

Oct 02 2018 | 00:30:12

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Show Notes

Topic: Geosynthetics in Site Remediation.

Overview: Contaminated sites are a worldwide problem from fuel spill affected areas in Antarctica to brownfield site reuse in urban areas. This research has focused on investigating the use of geosynthetic (geomembranes and geosynthetic clay liners) barrier systems in the remediation and reuse of these sites..

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