Fundamentals of Geoenvironmental Engineering. Understanding Soil, Water, and Pollutant Interaction and Transport

Authors

Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed Associate Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates. A.M.O. Mohamed is currently employed by Zayed University as associate provost and chief academic officer. He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He was then employed by McGill University as associate director of the Geotechnical Research Centre and lecturer for Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics. He was Deputy Assistant Provost for Research, Research Director, Director of Research Support and Services Unit, and Professor of Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering in UAE University. He has secured 13 patents (including 5 in carbon sequestration and a new apparatus for carbon sequestration) and authored/edited 18 books. He has also published over 250 papers in journals and international conference proceedings. He has been the recipient of several university and nationwide research accolades. He is currently editor-in-chief of Developments in Arid Regions Research Series, editorial board member of Journal of Environmental Geotechnics, and an executive board member of Arab Healthy Water Association. Evan K. Paleologos Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Evan K. Paleologos is Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering, and Director of the Center in Sustainable Built Environment at Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates. He received his PhD from the department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Az, USA. His expertise is in the flow of water and the transport of contaminants in porous media. He is the author of two books on environmental risk analysis by McGraw-Hill and the Geological Society of America, and of over ninety journal and refereed proceedings papers. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors in USA, while at the University of South Carolina, which include the "Researchers of Carolina” and the "Initializer” awards for founding the USC Center for Water Research and Policy. Subsequently in Greece, as faculty at the Technical University of Crete, Science Advisor to the Minister of Environment, and Deputy Chairman of the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Co. In the UAE he has received the "2014-15 Ambassador,” the "2015-16 Distinguished Faculty,” and the "2016-17 Research” university-wide awards. He is Associate Editor of the Springer journal Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment.