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Biology in Ground Engineering: Bioremediation and Biogeotechnics

19 Jan 2012, Technium Optic, St Asaph, UK

Free half day seminar covering Bioremediation science & technologies, future of biological clean-up, Biogeotechnics

The speaker will be Dr Michael Harbottle, a lecturer in geoenvironmental engineering at Cardiff University. Mike has worked at both Oxford and Cambridge universities as well as Fugro Limited, specialising in brownfield regeneration, sustainable remediation and offshore foundation design. He is currently researching the use of micro-organisms and plants in geotechnical engineering and bioremediation.

The seminar is free to attend, and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Places are limited, so anyone who would like to attend should contact Alastair Stewart as soon as possible at alastair.stewart@macresco.co.uk or 0787 290 8503.

Note: This seminar is a repeat of the successful seminar delivered in July 2011 in Cardiff.

Please feel free to pass this invite on to anyone you think might be interested.

Download the flyer at the bottom of the page for full details.

Concessions:

N/A

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Programme

Topics covered will include:

Bioremediation in Context / Science Behind Bioremediation – explaining environmental biology and its relevance to ground engineering, the role of soil biology and chemistry, and bioremediation sustainability
Biological remediation technologies and their implementation – describing the variety of bioremediation techniques, and advantages, limitations and barriers in their use both in- and ex-situ
Recent developments and future prospects in biological clean-up – examining the state of the art and possible future developments in using environmental biology for ground reconditioning
Biogeotechnics – harnessing living organisms in Civil Engineering for foundations and ground engineering

Event Location

Technium Optic

Ffordd William Morgan

St Asaph Business Park

St Asaph

Denbighshire

LL17 0JD

Organiser details

Talib Mahdi

Contact Name:

Alastair Stewart

Email:

alastair.stewart@macresco.co.uk

Organiser Phone:

0787 290 8503

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