Prof. in Civil Eng. Department

Faculty of Eng., Qassim University, KSA

Topic: 

The European H2020 Projects Cheap-GSHPs & GEO4CIVHIC: Innovative coaxial heat exchangers for shallow geothermal installations

Biography:

Eng. Luc Pockelé, graduated at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel as electro-mechanical engineer. Worked 34 years in multi-national companies, respectively Procter and Gamble, UCB and Tate and Lyle. Started in engineering and project management on processing plants. Moved into managerial and executive positions in manufacturing, quality, environment, safety and supply chain. For the last 11 years he is managing an Italian SME, active in renewable energies in buildings, shallow geothermal in particular. Co-inventor of the patent request of the drilling methodology developed in European research project Cheap-GSHPs (grant agreement n° 657982).

Topic: 

H2020 Project GEO4CIVHIC: Innovative Applications for shallow geothermal installations

Biography:

Eng. Giulia Mezzasalma has graduated in Energy Engineering from the University of Padova in 2015. She has a master certification in project management in 2019. She works in RED Srl as project manager in European Project and as thermal engineer. She is expert in Renewable system, mostly Geothermal System. She is expert in Energy simulation and modelling, qualified as energy certificator.

Keynote Topic: 

Geochemical study of the giant Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb ore deposit, Inner Mongolia (Northern China): A clue to its genesis 

Biography:

Dr. Xiaoyong Yang is a full professor in School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. His major is geochemistry, his study is mostly interesting in mineral deposits.

Topic: The Forecasting, Assessment and Management of Natural and Technogenic Geodynamic Risks (on Example of Exploitation of oil-and-gas Deposit)

Biography: 

Professor Natalia A. Kasyanova obtained her Postgraduate program (doctoral degree) Ph.D (Geology) from the Moscow State Lomonosov University (1995). She develops the new scientific direction - “Present-day geodynamics and it influence of the crust deformation and fluid migration processes”. Her area of scientific interests is “Forecasting, search and prospecting oil and gas deposits”, “Present-day natural and technogenic geodynamic risks: forecast, assessment, management”, “Geodynamic ensuring of environmental and industrial safety” (for oil-and-gas, coal, atomic-chemical, building industries). She currently lectures “Forecasting and search of mineral deposits” at the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University Geological Prospecting. She published over 200 papers.

Keynote Title: Getting big in the Archean

Biography:

Stanley Awramik is Professor of Biogeology in the Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, where he’s been a faculty member since 1974. He obtained his BA (geology) from Boston University and his PhD (geology) from Harvard. His research interests focus on stromatolites in time and space as well as microbial fossils. His field work has taken him all over the globe, but the main work has been in Australia, China, Canada, eastern California, and Wyoming. He found some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth – fossil bacteria about 3.5 billion years old. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America.

Topic: Relationship between geology and old worship sites in mountain areas of Japan

Biography:

Prof. Kawamura obtained his BSc (Geology) from the Hiroshima University and his PhD (Geology) from the Osaka City University. He is previously worked for Akita University in science education department of Faculty of Education and Human Studies as a professor. One of his research field is based on the application of field geology for historical science in the local area in Japan. He currently lectures geology at the University of Hyogo. His area of interest is Science education, Quaternary geology, and Geopark research. He has published various papers in peer reviewed journals.

Topic: Air Quality Modeling with Urban WRF-Chem system over a high altitude tropical City

Biography:

M.C. Miguel Noyola currently is a PhD student of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences (CCA), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Obtained his Master Degree at CCA-UNAM; and his BSc in the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAMA) in Electronic Engineering in Control and Instrumentation Systems. Also did partial studies of master in Computing Science at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). From 2006 to 2016 worked as Head of the Department of Atmospheric Monitoring in the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change. At the same time, during 2007 and 2008 was part of the Staff of Technical Experts of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the Project to Strengthen Air Quality in Mexico. Has participated in projects of international relevance in the fields of air quality monitoring, field campaigns, air quality modeling, metrology, instrumentation, and QA/QC with government institutions and Universities in several countries as Colombia, USA, Honduras, Japan, Panama, and Peru. His current research is focused on air quality forecast and atmospheric monitoring over highly urban cities through the use of the Urban WRF-Chem modeling system, which includes the Building Effect Parameterization (BEP) model that represents the most sophisticated urban modeling scheme in WRF.

Keynote Title: Effect of Hydraulic Properties on the Formation of Mineral Deposits: Insight from Reactive Mass Transport Modelling

Biography:

Dr. Jianwen Yang obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada, and is currently a full professor at the School of the Environment, University of Windsor, Canada. His research interest is mainly in lab- and field-based computational numerical modeling of subsurface fluid flow, heat transfer, and non-reactive/reactive mass transport in relation to applications in earth and environmental sciences.

Topic: Delineating the Source of Lead in the Urban Atmospheric Dust Based on Stable Isotopic Ratio: A Case Study fromPanzhihua City of Southwest China

Biography:

Yi Huang is a Professor in College of Geosciences at Chengdu University of Technology, China. She is a Principal Investigator at Mining Area Environment, State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (SKLGP). She obtained her PhD in 2007 from Chengdu University of Technology. She did her postdoctoral research at Chengdu University of Technology. Her main research areas are studies on the migration and transformation of heavy metals in soil, water, air and other environmental media near the earth surface, stable isotope geochemistry, as well as the heavy metal pollution prevention and control techniques. 

Topic: Groundwater Depletion: The Unintended Consequence of Surface Water Trade

Biography:

Dr. Hao Zhao obtained his BSc (Finance) from Peking University and his PhD (Economics) from California Institute of Technology. His PhD theses used economic principles to understand water use institutions in California, US, and discussed mechanism designs to achieve optimal groundwater aquifer management.  He currently works at the Economic Science Institute of Chapman University as a post-doc research associate. His current project includes using laboratory methods to understand the behavior of traders in common-pool resource markets under different market institutions. His area of interest is environmental and resource economics, and experimental economics. He has published various papers in peer reviewed journals.

Title: Role of Biotechnology in Water Science for Future generations

Biography:
Mr. Robert William Raj. A obtained his BSc (Microbiology) from Madras University, MSc (Microbiology) from Bharathidasan University and M.Tech (Industrial Biotechnology) from Bharath University (Deemed). He previously worked for Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd, R&D Center, Shozhanganallur., India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.as Research Executive. His research was based on the Biotechnological Aspects of Basic Groundwater Hydrology for mitigating the Hydrological Extremes. He currently works for Symbiotec Pharmalab Pvt. Limited, Phase – II, Pharma Zone (SEZ), Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, India. His area of interest is Biotechnology, Fermentation, Bioprocess, Groundwater Hydrology, Water Cycle, Groundwater flow, Coastal underground interaction of fresh water and salt water, Flood and Drought Management. He has published two papers in peer reviewed journals.

Topic: Geotechnical Design, Construction and Monitoring of Tailings Dams – Tailings Impoundment Failure Prevention

Biography:

Dr. Farzad Daliri is a geotechnical/geoenvironmental/tailings R&D specialist with more than 12 years of experience working in several civil/geotechnical engineering projects related to infrastructure, mine, embankment design, tailings dam design, municipal waste management, etc. He has extensive knowledge of geotechnical/geoenvironmental engineering and has developed a profound network through interactions with the leaders in Canadian and international construction industries. He received doctoral degree of geotechnical/geoenvironmental engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa in 2013. Dr. Daliri’s unique expertise is geotechnical and environmental aspects of mine waste and tailings management. Dr. Daliri is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and is the reviewer of prestigious journals in the field of geotechnical, environemntal and mining engineering. He is a registered professional engineer (P. Eng.) in Ontario and Alberta and member of Americal Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and several other technical societies.

Dr. Collett has been a research geologist in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since 1983. Tim received a B.S. in geology from Michigan State University, a M.S. in geology from the University of Alaska, and a Ph.D. in geology from the Colorado School of Mines. Tim is the Project Chief of the Energy Resources Program funded gas hydrate research efforts in the USGS. He has received the Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award and the Golomb-Chilinger Medal from the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the Natural Resources of Canada Public Service Award. Tim has been the Chief and Co-Chief Scientist of numerous domestic and international gas hydrate scientific and industrial drilling expeditions and programs. He has been the Co-Chief Scientists and Operational Manager for the India NGHP Expedition 01 and 02 gas hydrate drilling and testing projects. Tim was a Co-Chief Scientist of the international cooperative gas hydrate research project that was responsible for drilling dedicated gas hydrate production research wells in the Mackenzie Delta of Canada under the Mallik 1998 and 2002 efforts. Tim was the logging scientist on the Gulf of Mexico JIP Gas Hydrate Research Expedition in 2005 and is the Co-Chief Scientist of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 311, and the Gulf of Mexico JIP Leg II drilling project in 2009. He sailed as a science advisor on the Korean UBGH2 Expedition in 2010 and the 2017 University of Texas Gulf of Mexico 2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition. Tim was also the Principal Investigator responsible for organizing and conducting the 1995 and 2008 USGS National Oil and Gas Assessment of natural gas hydrates. Tim is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines. Tim’s current research efforts in the USGS deal mostly with domestic and international gas hydrate energy resource characterization studies. His ongoing gas hydrate assessment activities in Alaska are focused on assessing the energy resource potential of gas hydrates on the North Slope. Tim’s international gas hydrate activities include cooperative projects with research partners in India, Korea, Japan, China, and Canada. Tim also continues to represent the USGS gas hydrate interest in the Gulf of Mexico through a U.S. Department of Energy cooperative. Tim has published more than 250 research papers along with 10 books and treatises on gas hydrates and other unconventional resources.

Dr John Groff received his MS from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and a PhD from the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology. Past work in the mining industry was as an exploration geologist for gold projects in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Nevada, and the Guizhou and Guangdong Provinces PRC. Recent publications in Ore Geology Reviews deal with the genesis of Carlin-type deposits and developing an exploration tool using fluid inclusion gas analyses. Current teaching responsibilities at the Tuscaloosa Academy are courses in chemistry and physics.Dr John Groff received his MS from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and a PhD from the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology. Past work in the mining industry was as an exploration geologist for gold projects in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Nevada, and the Guizhou and Guangdong Provinces PRC. Recent publications in Ore Geology Reviews deal with the genesis of Carlin-type deposits and developing an exploration tool using fluid inclusion gas analyses. Current teaching responsibilities at the Tuscaloosa Academy are courses in chemistry and physics.

Mr. JUAN IGNACIO HERNÁNDEZ obtained his BSc (Geology) from the La Plata University (Argentina) and is a PhD candidate (Geology) from the University of Buenos Aires. From 2009 to the present, he has developed his skills in structural and stratigraphic mapping tasks in the northern and southern sub-Andean of Bolivia including the Central sub-Andean area (Chapare), and in the sub-Andean in Argentinean territory, surveys in which multiple tools have been applied for the evolutionary analysis of the sub-Andean folded belt (Geochronology, Thermochronology, Paleomagnetism, among others). He also has a solid background in high resolution sequence stratigraphy, participating as an instructor in the High Frequency Sequence Stratigraphy Field courses in Microbial Carbonates in northwestern Argentina as a Pre-Salt brasilian offshore giant oil fields stratigraphic analogue. He has published various papers in peer reviewed journals and international congresses.

Neža Malenšek Andolšek obtained her BSc from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Department of Geology. For the last four years she worked as a young researcher at the Geological Survey of Slovenia, Department of Mineral Resources and Geochemistry. She is a PhD student at the University of Ljubljana with a dissertation in the field of organic petrology and geochemistry. Her area of interest is organic petrology, geochemistry of redox sensitive rare elements, biomarker analysis, optical examination of organic matter and vitrinite reflectance. She has published several papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Njinju obtained his BSc (Geology with first class honors) from the University of Buea, Cameroon, his MSc in Geology/Geophysics from Oklahoma State University and his PhD in Geosciences from Virginia Tech. His Masters was based on using gravity and magnetic data to investigate the thermal and lithospheric structure of the Malawi Rift in East Africa in order to understand magma-poor rifting processes. His PhD research was based on geodynamic modeling of mantle processes and the relationship to lithospheric deformation. He currently teaches Mathematics in Geosciences. His area of interest are gravity and magnetic methods, joint inversion and geodynamic modeling. He has published a couple of papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Wang is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Wang is an internationally renowned expert in the field of X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) characterization and discrete element method (DEM) modeling of granular soils. Dr. Wang's work has been awarded the prestigious international prizes including 2011 Geotechnical Research Medal (UK Institution of Civil Engineers) and 2010 Higher Education Institutions Outstanding Research Award - Natural Science Award (the Ministry of Education of China). Dr. Wang currently serves as the editorial board member of Géotechnique, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Soils and Foundations. He has delivered a number of keynote and invited lectures in reputable international and domestic conferences, workshops and seminars. So far Dr. Wang has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles including 80 SCI journal papers and over 60 international conference papers, with a Google Scholar H-index of 27.

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Study of Florence, Via La Pira 4, Florence, Italy

Dr. N.D. Tolstykh 1977, obtained his MSc (geologist-geochemist) from the Novosibirsk State University, and his PhD  and Degree of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences - from the Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGM SB RAS). N.D. Tolstykh is a specialist in the study of ores from magmatic complexes, for a long time engaged in the study of the mineralogy of platinum group elements (PGM) in various types of ultramafic-mafic complexes. She has been the head of various  projects on several occasions of Russian Science Foundations. Her area of ​​interest is Platinum mineralization in placers, Ore content of mafic-ultramafic intrusions, Typomorphic features of various types of sulfide ores of Cu-Ni deposits, Gold deposits, Au-Ag mineralization and conditions of its formation. Her articles (about 70) have been published in international journals registered in the Web of Science and Scopus systems.

Dr. Vázquez obtained her PhD (Earth Sciences) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She is previously worked for the Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática (INEGI) as a Professional in Cartography and Geologic Information. Her PhD research was focused on the study and analysis via near real-time monitoring of lahars of Colima volcano, in order to propose threshold values to develop an alert system for these phenomena. She currently professor in volcanology, cartography and natural hazards impacts. Her area of interest is Volcanology, Natural Hazards, Numerical modelling and Applied GIS. She has published various papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Rosatelli Gianluigi obtained his BSc (Geological Science) from the University of Perugia and his PhD (Geological Science) from the University College London. His PhD research was focused on Experimental Petrology and Extrusive Carbonatites of Italy and Kenya. He worked for the Natural History Museum in the Mineralogy Department. From 2000 he has been working for University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (UdA) as researcher in alkaline rocks and carbonatites. He currently lectures Geochemistry and Applied Environmental Geochemistry at UdA. His area of interest are alkaline rocks and carbonatite association and related REE mineralisations as well as pollution of water resources. He was team researcher of two European Community founded projects: Eurocarb and HiTech AlkCarb. He published more than 40 papers in peer reviewed journals and 4 official geological maps.

Dr. Maria Lourdes Silva Rosa obtained her BSc (Geology - 1991), Master (Geology – 1994) and PhD (Geology - 1999) from the Federal University of Bahia, with internships at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) in France. Has experience in the field of Geosciences, with an emphasis on Isotopic Geology, Geochemistry and Alkaline Rock Petrology. Associate Professor III in the Department of Geology at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) and Adjunct Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Geosciences and Basin Analysis at UFS. Director President of the Bahia-Sergipe Nucleus of the Brazilian Society of Geology (2019-Current)mand President of the Brazilian Society of Geochemistry (2021-2022).

Dr. Yasukawa obtained his PhD (Engineering) from the University of Tokyo. He currently works at the Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. His PhD research was based on the application of multivariate statistical technique called independent component analysis to a huge dataset of chemical composition of deep-sea sediments to decipher the origin(s) of REY-rich mud. His area of interest is origins of seafloor mineral resources and their relationship with paleoceanographic/paleoclimatologic changes.