OFFICE MEMO

All faculty members are informed that management has taken serious
view against irregular attendance of teachers during academic
session of 2014-15. Vice-Chairman SGI held a meeting with some
teachers having casual approach towards their duties and
responsibilities. After this meeting, it was finalized that:

If the leave account of a faculty shows balance CL, he may avail
CL during any of the 2 fortnights of a month but if a faculty does
not have balance CL in his account, his CL can be sanctioned
only after crediting one CL in his account. This credit shall be
given to his account on 15
th
of every month.
All the leaves (whether with or without pay) shall be sanctioned
against prior submission of leave application.
Only in case of emergency, leaves can be sanctioned through
sms or email received well within time. Telephonic request shall
not be entertained. Such leaves shall be forwarded to Director
by HOD with due recommendation and Director will send it to
Miss Sweta, PS-CEO for further action at CEO/VC level.
Compensatory leave shall not be sanctioned during peak
academic period. It can be taken during lean periods only.
This will come into effect immediately.

























































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ECE 033 Environmental Geotechnology
L T P
3 1 0
Unit 1
Introduction, Development of Environmental Geotechnology, Aims,Environmental
Cycle and their
interaction with geotechnology, Natural environment, cycles of nature,
environmental geotechnical
problems.
Unit 2
Identification and characteristics of contaminated soil, classification,
Characteristics of dust, dust in
environment, ionexchange reaction and ion exchange capacity, ion exchange
reaction in contaminated
soilwater system, Site Investigation for detection of subsurface contamination
Unit 3
Loadenvironment factor design criteria, soilstructure vs structure soil
interaction, load and
environmental loads, Bearing capacity based on load footing interaction, lateral
earth pressure, pile
foundations, environmental factors affecting pile capacity, underwater
foundation problems.
Unit 4
Ash Pond and Mine Tailing Impoundments, Geotechnical reuse of waste
materials and fills, Grouting
and injection process, Grout used for controlling hazardous wastes, Sinkhole:
interaction with
environment , remedial action
Unit 5
Sanitary landfills: Selection of waste disposal sites, Landfills for Municipal and
Hazardous wastes, Design
of liners: clay and synthetic clay liners, Bearing capacity of foundation on sanitary
landfills
Recommended Books:
1. Fang, H. Introduction to Environmental Geotechnology.
2. Sharma, H. D. and Sangeeta, P.L. waste containment systems, waste
stabilization and landfills:
design and evaluation.
3. Koerner, R. M. Designing with geosynthetics

Environmental geotechnology
Background to the study
The pollution of ground (geological environment) has long been deteriorating while air and
water pollution have been outstanding environmental issues for the last half century. Such
pollution has been generated because the earth has been used as a gigantic waste disposal site for
pollutants such as improper landfill of waste and the penetration of industrial and domestic
wastewater underground without due consideration. Recently, groundwater pollution has become
a social issue, but it is only an apparent phenomenon of geological environmental pollution, and
clarifying the overall picture of ground pollution and restoring the environment will be major
environmental issues in the 21st century.
On the other hand, parts of the globe where populations have continuously expanded have been
permanently changed in environment. Such a concentration of population changes the subsurface
thermal environment, or increases the risks of ground disasters. In particular, residential land has
been developed on delicate swampland due to a lack of suitable housing space on the plains of
the prefecture situated in the metropolitan region. This causes increased risks in the event of a
disaster in urban areas, while it has been conjectured that a substantial earthquake may occur in
the near future.
There are also concerns that environmental issues which damage good living environments, such
as noise and vibration problems, have simultaneously been increasing on lines with increased
overcrowding.

Under such circumstances, comprehensive measures are in the following study areas to
encourage a safe and proper land use and conserve the optimal geologic environment within the
prefecture.
i) Studies on geotechnical information management
ii) Studies on risk evaluation against natural and artificial disasters
iii) Studies on subsurface thermal environment iv) Studies on countermeasures against noises
and vibrations

Current research topics
Studies on geotechnical information management
Information on the underground, such as level of aquifers and ground water tables, is required to
clarify the spread of groundwater contamination. Geological/geotechnical information is being
accumulated on subterranean features across the entire prefecture and the geological
characteristics analyzed by collecting and studying the data of existing drilling logs and
surveying the subterranean structure. A database has been completed with statistics of about
11,000 geological drilling logs that are retained by each department concerned in the prefectural
office for 'collecting analyzing drilling data', and analysis of the distribution of geological
features of the outer layer and depth distribution of alluvium has begun. Such data is used for
environmental studies such as on geological characteristics and by the administrative
departments concerned.


Studies on risk evaluation against natural and artificial disasters
The mechanisms of geological damages caused by soil and groundwater contamination,
earthquakes are being clarified, and promotion of mid- to long-term measures to solve and
prevent each pollution problem and reduce damages is being supported. Under such
circumstances, this group and the soil and groundwater contamination recovery team carry out
the following research topics and investigations on soil and groundwater contamination.
Preservation of soil environment is very important from the view point of sustainability of a high
quality water source.
On-site analysis of hazardous metals in soil and groundwater ( Fluorescence X-ray
analysis, Electrochemical analysis
Leaching property of hazardous metals from terrestrial soils and marine sediments
Development of simple and rapid method to identify of contaminated soils
Studies on soil contamination caused by natural process
Investigation of soil and groundwater contamination based on soil contamination
countermeasures low and water pollution control low

On the other hand, the geological analysis, various physical surveys (*Note) and development of
new survey techniques are also being carried out by this group. These analysis and surveys are
very useful for identifying sources and areas of contamination, and also useful for evaluating the
degree of local earthquake risks.
(*Note) Techniques to enable the situation of underground to become visually apparent, by
observing electromagnetic wave or elastic wave that are propagated through the ground



Studies on subsurface thermal environment
Subsurface thermal environments are investigated from two points of view. First, subsurface
thermal environments have been changed by human activities. It may lead up to risks of ground
disasters. The subsurface warming is investigated through subsurface temperature measurements.
Second, borehole heat exchanger system is effective as economical and environmentally friendly
energy technology. To construct a database for application of borehole heat exchanger system in
Saitama, geological information, subsurface temperature distribution, and hydrogeological
properties are compiled.

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