院庆30周年系列学术报告通知——澳大利亚科廷大学Abhijit Mukherjee教授、华东师范大学Varenyam Achal副教授

应东南大学材料学院钱春香教授邀请，澳大利亚科廷大学Abhijit Mukherjee教授携华东师范大学Varenyam Achal副教授将在本院共同举办学术报告，欢迎广大师生积极参加。

报告题目：Path to Sustainable Infrastructure- Monitor, Maintain and Develop

报 告 人：Abhijit Mukherjee教授

报告时间：2014年7月4日下午1点30分

报告地点：材料学院B楼523会议室

Abhijit Mukherjee教授现为澳大利亚科廷大学土木工程学院教授，曾任印度甘地讷格尔技术学院首席教授，塔帕尔大学土木工程系主任，主要从事于建筑结构的健康监测、评估与修复，以及新型结构材料的研发。Mukherjee教授一直关注可持续发展新材料的研究，近年来在利用生物技术修复混凝土、制备微生物水泥方面取得了突破性的进展，承担的微生物水泥中试生产项目得到印度科技部的重点支持，为该技术的推广应用做出了卓越贡献，获得国际社会的高度评价。已发表论文150多篇，被引用超达1500次，为200余项结构工程的修复与重建提供了技术指导。受邀担任多项国际研究项目的评审专家，包括美国国家科学基金会、联邦教育与研究部、德国以及欧盟等其它组织，获得了美国土木工程师学会优秀杰出论文奖，并担任印度国家工程院和印度国立科学院研究员，在国际上具有影响力。

 Path to Sustainable Infrastructure- Monitor, Maintain and Develop

Abhijit Mukherjee

Professor of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102

Abstract: While infrastructure is a basic need for prosperity the present technology for building them is not sustainable. It uses too much energy and emits a large quantity of greenhouse gases. The path to sustainability is not only through making new sustainable structures, but also through proper monitoring and maintenance of existing ones. Recent advances in biotechnology have the potential of emulating nature’s way of building at a scale that would sustain world’s population. On the other hand, developments of communication and sensing technologies promise to offer monitoring of structures at an unprecedented scale. In this talk, a gist of research carried out by Professor Mukherjee on materials, monitoring and maintenance will be presented. The potential of each of the technologies will be mentioned along with the challenges.

报告题目：Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation in Soil and Dusts: Implication in Heavy Metals Remediation

报 告 人：Varenyam Achal副教授

报告时间：2014年7月4日下午2点30分

报告地点：材料学院B楼523会议室

Varenyam Achal博士，师从Abhijit Mukherjee教授，2010年在印度塔帕尔大学获得博士学位后，获得了中国科学院的国际青年科学奖学金，前往中国科学院工作2年，由于表现出色留任中国，现于华东师范大学生态与环境科学学院任职副教授。他主要致力于利用微生物矿化形成方解石进行生物修复，如环境污染治理、历史建筑文物修复、微生物混凝土等，获得了中国国家自然科学基金等多项项目资助，2010年获得了美国土木工程师学会优秀论文奖，2013年被列入世界名人录，获得关注。

Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation in Soil and Dusts:

 Implication in Heavy Metals Remediation

Abstract: Ever increasing urban expansion, industrial development and anthropogenic activities are major sources of polluting environment including soils and urban road dusts with heavy metals. Albeit many reports of such pollution, remediation process for urban road dusts has not been studied and soil remediation has not been much successful. Recently, microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP), which also provides an efficient green construction material, has been proposed a promising approach for remediation of various pollutants with advantages on current bioremediation techniques. The ubiquity and importance of microbes in inducing calcite precipitation by producing an enzyme, urease, make MICP active in every environment. This process removes heavy metals from contaminated environment and sequesters as bio-minerals and also facilitates bio-precipitation of metals.