Leon van Paassen
Research Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment (SSEBE), Arizona State University, USA
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6th LafargeHolcim Forum for Sustainable Construction – Cairo, April 2019.
Leon van Paassen, Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment (SSEBE) and Senior Investigator at the Centre for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG), Arizona State University based in Tempe, AZ, USA and was a workshop expert at the 6th International LafargeHolcim Forum for Sustainable Construction in Cairo, April 4-6, 2019.
Last updated: August 19, 2024 Tempe, AZ, USA
In his research, he integrates the fields of environmental biotechnology and geotechnical engineering, aiming to develop sustainable solutions, which improve resource efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of civil and mining engineering industry.
His mission is to integrate the fields of environmental biotechnology and geotechnical engineering, aiming to develop sustainable solutions, which improve resource efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of civil and mining engineering industry.
He holds a MSc in Engineering Geology (2002) and a PhD in Environmental Biotechnology (2009) from the Department of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology. His thesis on Biogrout: Microbially induced carbonate precipitation as ground improvement method resulted in several publications, patents and was awarded with several national and international awards.
During and after his graduation he worked several years as a geotechnical engineering consultant at IFCO Foundation Expertise and at research institute Deltares. He was previously Assistant Professor of Geo-Engineering, Delft University of Technology (2009-16).
His work has been published in journals including Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Engineering Geology, Environmental Geotechnics, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Journal of Soils and Sediments.
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