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Curriculum Vita

Terezinha Cássia de Brito Galvão, PhD Professor of Environmental Science and Studies Program

Spelman College

February, 2012

Terezinha Cássia de Brito Galvão

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1 NAME AND DEPARTMENT .................................................................................................... 1

2 EDUCATION .......................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................. 1 2.2 LANGUAGES .................................................................................................................................... 1

3 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY........................................................................................................ 1

4 SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ........................................................................................... 2 4.1 PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS ................................................................................................ 2 4.2 PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS AND PEER-‐REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS .............................................. 3

4.2.1 Publications in Peer-‐Reviewed Proceedings......................................................................... 5 4.3 BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS ........................................................................................................... 10

4.3.1 Edited Books, Software and Conference Proceedings ........................................................ 10 4.3.2 Environmental Books for Elementary School ..................................................................... 11 4.3.3 Book Chapters .................................................................................................................... 11

4.4 OTHER SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING REPORTS, HANDBOOK AND EDITORIALS ............................. 12 4.5 EDITORIAL BOARDS OF REFEREED JOURNALS AND REVIEW TEAMS OF PEER-‐REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS. ......... 13 4.8 SELECTED PAPER/SHORT COURSE PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS......................................... 14 4.9 NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS AND TV BROADCAST.................................................................................... 17 4.10 RESEARCH GRANTS......................................................................................................................... 18

4.10.1 At Spelman (beginning at January 2007 – present) ........................................................... 18

5 SERVICE .............................................................................................................................. 19 5.1 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS......... 19 5.2 SERVICES TO ACADEMIC, INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND........................................ 20 ACTIVITIES (LISTED ONLY FROM 1995-‐2010).................................................................................................. 20 5.3 SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AS MODERATOR OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS, KEYNOTE

LECTURES, ETC. ............................................................................................................................. 23

Contents


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1 NAME AND DEPARTMENT Terezinha Cássia de Brito Galvão Environmental Sciences Study Program Spelman College Science Center Building, # 132 Phone: 404 270 5708 Email: [email protected] http://tcbgalvao.com

2 EDUCATION 2.1 Educational Background

1993 PhD Purdue University – Civil Engineering Title: “Mineralogical and geotechnical properties of a latosol from Minas Gerais”

West-Lafayette, IN USA

1991 MSc Purdue University - Civil Engineering West-Lafayette, IN USA 1987 MSc Federal University of Minas Gerais

Metallurgic and Mining Engineering Belo Horizonte, Brazil

1984 BS Federal University of Minas Gerais Physics and Civil Engineering majors)

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2.2 Languages

Portuguese, German and English Read, speak and write fluently French, Italian and Spanish Read and speak

3 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

06/2009 - present Co-Director

GSTEM at Spelman College Environmental Sciences, USA

04/2011- present Professor

Environmental Studies Science Program, Spelman College, Atlanta, USA

08/2008–08/2009 Program Chair Environmental Studies Science Program, Spelman College, Atlanta, USA

01/2007 – 2010 Associate Professor Environmental Studies Science Program, Spelman College, Atlanta, USA

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12/1993 - 12/2006 Associate Professor School of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

07/1985 - 11/1993 Assistant Professor School of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

04/2001 - 07/2002 Visiting Assoc. Professor

Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems (GIEES), UNC Charlotte, NC, USA

Summer, 1999 Visiting Assoc. Professor

Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

4 SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE ACTIVITY

4.1 Professional Honors and Awards

At Spelman College: 2012 2010 2009

Co-chair Invited Lecture Civil Engineering Award of the Year

12th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. California, USA, June 2012. 11th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Beijing, China, August 2010. For valuable scientific contributions to benefit of the Brazilian society. Engineeering Society of Minas Gerais in association with the Alumnae Association of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in May 2009.

2009 Keynote Speaker of the International Conference in Erosion

Promoted by the IECA- International Erosion Control Association – a 25 years old traditional engineering society of the USA. For a public of 1,150 participants in Reno, Nevada

2007 Deflor Bioengineering Award

For contributions to the erosion and sediments control field. Belo Horizonte, Brazil

At University Federal of Minas Gerais: 2005 GIEES/ISEG/UNESCO

Award For environmental contributions to the environmental field. University of North Carolina, at Charlotte

2004 Deflor Bioengineering Award

Deflor for developing pioneer research works in bioengineering techniques, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2004 SYKE Award Environmental Institute (SYKE), Helsinki University of Technology, for contributions to the environmental field


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2002 Chung-Ang University Award

Chung-Ang University in Korea, for contributions to the environmental field

2002 Research Title CNPq (most important Brazilian Research Agency). It is considered a very important recognition award in Brazil, and who has this title is beforehand considered a highly productive person. Less than 1% of all associate professors and professors, in all Brazilian universities, have been awarded this title.

4.2 Publications in Refereed Journals and Peer-Reviewed Proceedings At Spelman College:

Parizzi, M.G., Sobreira, F.. De Brito Galvão, T. C. 2011. Processos de Movimentos de massa em Belo

Horizonte, MG. Geografias. Vol. 7, nr. 1, pp. 58-87.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Pereira, A. R; Coelho, A. T.; Pereira, P. R, Coelho, J.T. 2010. Straw blankets

sewn with recycled plastic threads for erosion and urban sediments control. Journal of Land

Contamination & Reclamation, Vol. 18, nr. 4, pp. 1-10.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Rodrigues, A. 2010. Bioengineering techniques associated to soil nailing

applied to slope stabilization and erosion control. ASCE Natural Hazards Review. May 2010, p. 43-

48.

MENEZES G.B, De Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Moo-Young, H.; 2009. Pulp and Paper Mill Efluents

Management. Water Environmental Research, Volume 82, Nr 10, pp 1560-1567.

MENEZES G.B, De Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; JOHNSON, J., 2009. A Quantitative Assessment of

Environmental Justice in Atlanta Area: A GIS-based Approach. Submitted to: International

Journal of Geographical Information Systems

De Brito GALVÃO, T.C., Coelho, A. T. 2009. A study of streambank stabilization and erosion

protection as function of bank armoring system. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering- An

International Journal (submitted).

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Kaya, A.; Oren, A. H.; Yukselen, Y. 2008. Innovative Technologies for


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Liners. Soil & Sediment Contamination - An International Journal, nr.17, issue 4, p.1-14.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Inyang H. I, Bae S, and Menezes G.B. 2007. Clay Charge Reversal Effects on

the Adsorption of Dissolved Polymer by Lateritic Soils. Chemosphere, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,

vol. 66, p. 638-643.

At University Federal of Minas Gerais:

Mendonça, A. A. De Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Lima, D. C.; Soares, E, P. 2006. Stabilization of Arsenic-

Bearing Sludges using Lime. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Special Edition:

Advances in Physico-Chemical Stabilization of Geomaterials, Vol. 18, p. 135-139.

Bae, S.; Inyang, H. I; de Brito GALVÃO, Mbamalu, E. G. 2006. Soil Desiccation rate integration into

empirical dust emission models polymers suppressant evaluation. ASCE Journal of Hazardous

Materials, vol. 132, p. 111-117.

Aranha, P.R. A; Parizzi: M.G; de Brito GALVÃO; Sobreira, F. G. 2006. Ground Penetration Radar in

Slope Stabilization at Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (in Portuguese). Aplicação do GPR na

análise de estabilização de taludes na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, MG. Revista de

Geologia, vol. 1, p. 203-214.

de Brito GALVÃO , T. C., Elsharief, A., Simões, G. F. 2004. Effects of Lime on the Permeability and

Compressibility of Two Tropical Soils. ASCE - Journal of Environmental Engineering, USA. Special

Edition: Containment Barrier Materials, vol. 130, nr 8, p. 881-889.

Parizzi, M. G., Sobreira, F. G., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Elmiro, M. A T. 2004. Mechanisms and

Processes for Landsliding in Weathered Phyllits and Talus (in Portuguese). Processos e Mecânismos

de Escorregamentos em Filitos Alterados e Tálus: O Estudo do Talude Ponteio, Belo Horizonte,

Brasil. Solos e Rochas- Revista Latino-Americana de Geotecnia (Soils & Rocks -Latin-American

Geotechnical Journal), vol. 27, no.1, p. 15-24.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Drnevich, V. P., Schulze, D.G. 2003. A technique for cutting brittle

undisturbed lateritic soil block sample. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, USA, v. 1, n. 7,


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p. 20-30.

Viana, C. S. and de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., 2003. An Erosion Hazards Index for Lateritic Soils. ASCE -

Natural Hazards Review, USA, v. 4, n. 2, p. 82-89.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Viana, C. S., Kaya, A. 2003. Physical and Zeta Potential Characteristics of

Erodible Lateritic Soils. Special Edition: Natural Hazards and Civil Infrastructure Systems. ASCE-

Natural Hazards Review, USA, v. 4, n. 2, p. 95-100.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Mendonca, A. A., Simões, G. F.2003. The effects of kiln ash on the

compressibility of lateritic soils. Special Edition: Recycling of Waste Materials in Construction.

ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, USA, vol. 129, nr.10, p.948-951.

Coelho, A. T., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Pereira, A.R., 2001. The effects of vegetative cover in the

erosion prevention of a road slope. Journal of Environmental Management and Health, vol. 12, nr. 1.

MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England, p. 78-87.

Mezzano, A. and de Brito GALVÃO, 1999. Geotechnical and pedologic characteristics of land use and

occupation at Gouveia surroundings (in Portuguese). Utilização de dados geotécnicos e pedológicos

para a caracterização dos solos dos arredores de Gouveia, relativamente ao uso e ocupação. Revista

de La Sociedad Uruguaya de Geología, Montevideo, Diciembre, p. 16-25.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C., and Schulze D. G., 1996. Mineralogical Properties of a Collapsible Latosol

from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Soil Science Society of America Journal. USA, v. 60, n.6, p. 1969-1978.

4.2.1 Publications in Peer-Reviewed Proceedings

At Spelman College:

Coelho, A. T.; De Brito GALVÃO, T.C.B.; Pereira, A. R.; Coelho, J. F. T.; Santos, C. M.; Rodrigues, P.

L. 2010. Carbon Sequestration in Slopes Revegetated with Bioengineering Techniques. Proceedings

of the 2010 International Erosion Control Association “EC10- Environmental Connection

“Conference. Dallas, TX., February 16-20.


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De Brito GALVÃO, T.C.B., Menezes, G.B., Roberts-Gregory, F.B, and Allen R. 2009. Remote

Monitoring of Erosion using GIS and Feature Analyst. Proceedings of the 10th International

Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Bochum,

September 7-11, Germany.

De Brito GALVÃO, T.C.B.; Coelho, A. T.; Menezes, G.B. 2008. GIS spatial analysis applied to

streambank erosion monitoring. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Hong Kong, June 1-4, p. 277-286.

Menezes, G. B and de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., 2008. GIS-based Environmental Impact Index as an

Indicator of Sustainability. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Hong Kong, June 1-4, p. 538-547.

Coelho, A. T.; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Menezes, G. B; RAMIDAN, M. A.; PIRES FILHO, C. J.

2008. Degraded Land Rehabilitation – the case study of the borrow area for the Itumbiara

Hydroelectric Power Plant – Brazil. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on

Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Hong Kong, June 1-4, p. 560-

571.

Menezes, G. B, and de Brito GALVÃO, T.C., 2008. Assessing Environmental Justice Using a GIS-based

Methodology. Workshop GIS for Teaching and Research. February 14-15. Atlanta.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Parizzi, M.G.; Sobreira, F. G.; Elmiro, T. And Beirigo, E. A. 2007.

Landslides in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Proceedings of the International Conference on Waste

Management, Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Ljubljana,

Slovenia. CD-rom.

At Federal University of Minas Gerais:

Datta, N. K; Essien, B. S.; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 2006. GIS –based flood mitigation strategy – a case

study for City of Opa-Locka, Florida. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on


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Infrastructure Development and the Environment. Abuja, Nigeria, CD-rom.

Essien, B. S; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C; Datta, N. K. 2006. Flood-erosion control- the case study of

Golden Glades Canal Dredging. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure

Development and the Environment. Abuja, Nigeria, CD-rom.

Viana, C. S.; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 2006. Erosion Mechanisms in Tropical Soils (in Portuguese).

Erosão em Solos Tropicais. In: Anales do III Congreso Iberoamericano sobre el Control de la

Erosión y los Sedimentos. Buenos Aires. CD rom.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Coelho, A. T.; Pereira, A. R.; Duran, J. 2006. Bioengineering techniques

applied to erosion control in water reservoir areas (in Portuguese). Técnicas de bioengenharia

aplicadas ao controle de erosao em reservatorios. In: Anales do III Congreso Iberoamericano sobre el

Control de la Erosión y los Sedimentos. Buenos Aires. CD ROM.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C; Parizzi, M. G; Sobreira, F. G.; Beirigo, E. A. 2005. Rain, Erosion, and

Landslide in a Tropical Urban Area of Belo Horizonte. Proceedings of the International Conference

on Energy, Environment and Disasters Reduction. CD ROM.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. Managing the Brazilian Environmental Crisis: Needs and Future Trends.

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Application of Natural Materials for Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Tokyo, Japan, v. 1, p. 195-204, 2002.

Bae, S., Inyang, H. I., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., 2002. Physico-chemical interactions of kaolinite with

polyethylene oxide polymer solutions. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on

Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Seoul, South Korea, v. 1, p.

243-254.

Coelho, A.T, de Brito Galvão, T. C.,and Rodrigues, A. 2002. Erosion Control in Mining Slopes under

Tropical Conditions. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Seoul, South Korea, v. 1, p. 551-559.

Simões, G. F.; Catapreta, C. A. A.; Batista, H. P.; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 2002. Geotechnical


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Monitoring Program for Landfilling at Belo Horizonte (in Portuguese). Concepção de um Programa

de Monitoramento Geotécnico para a Central de Tratamento de Resíduos Sólidos da BR 040 em Belo

Horizonte - MG. In: Vi Simpósio Ítalo-Brasileiro de Engenharia Sanitária Ambiental and Anais do

VI Simpósio Ítalo-Brasileiro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental. Vitória: ABES.

Coelho, A. T.; de Brito GALVÃO, T.C., Pereira, A. R., Lucena, L. 2001. Evaluation of Two Recps for

slope stabilization under tropical conditions. Proceedings of Conference 32nd International Erosion

Control Association. Steamboat Springs: International Erosion Control Association, v. 1, p. 231-240.

Coelho, A.T., de Brito GALVÃO. 2000. The effects of vegetative cover in the erosion prevention of a

road slope. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and

Global Sustainable Development. São Paulo: CDrom- Sonopress Rimo Ind. e Com. Ltda, v. 1, Belo

Horizonte.

Viana, S. C. e de Brito GALVÃO, T.C. 2000. Soil Erosion in Belo Horizonte – Quo Vadis? Proceedings

of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable

Development, Belo Horizonte, CD-rom.

Coelho T. A., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Rodrigues, A., 2000. Erosion Control in Mining Disposition

Sites by using Bioengineering Techniques. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on

Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Belo Horizonte, August 2000,

CD ROM.

Mezzano, A., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Augustin, C.H., 2000. Urban Development Planning from

Gouveia City, Brazil. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Belo Horizonte, August 2000, CD ROM.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C, Elsharief, A.M., Viana, C. S. 1999. Rain-induced landslides in risk areas of

Belo Horizonte city. Proceedings of the Ist International Symposium on High Altitude and Sensitive

Ecological Environmental Geotechnology. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, v. 1, p. 102-108.

Coelho, A. T.; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Pereira, A. R.; Simões, G. F.; Alves, C.V. P. The use of


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bioengineering techniques for controlling sheet erosion control in areas of mining residues

disposition (in Portuguese). Controle dos Processos Erosivos Laminares em Áreas de Disposição de

Resíduos Siderúrgicos com Técnicas de Bioengenharia de Solos. In: IX Congresso Brasileiro de

Geologia de Engenharia, São Pedro. Anais do IX Congresso Brasileiro de Geologia de Engenharia.

São Paulo: ABGE.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., 1999. Controle de Erosão em Áreas de Disposição de Resíduos Sólidos.

Workshop A Engenharia no Controle da Erosão, Sociedade Mineira de Engenheiros, Belo

Horizonte/MG (anais em CD Rom).

Tibana, S.; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C.; Simões, G. F.; Carvalho, C. R. de O. 1998. Geotechnical

characterization of ore-ore residues characterization from Alegria Mining. (in Portuguese).

Propriedades Geotécnicas de duas Amostras de Resíduos de Minério de Ferro da Mina da Alegria. In:

XI Congresso Brasileiro De Mecânica dos Solos e Engenharia Geotécnica, 1998, Brasília. Anais do

XI Congresso Brasileiro de Mecânica dos Solos e Engenharia Geotécnica. São Paulo: ABMS, 1998.

v. 3, p. 1815-1822.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 1998. Environmental Policies in Brazil. Proceedings of the International

Symposium on Application Mineral Resources Application. JSPS, v. 1, p. 10-25, Tokyo, Japan.

Mezzano, A and De Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 1998. Identification of Geotechnical Risk Areas for Urban

Development Planning at Gouveia, Brazil. 4th International Symposium on Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Boston, USA, vol. 1, pp. 794-799. Edited by:

Hilary I. Inyang and Vincent O. Ogunro.

Kaya, A. and de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., 1998. The effect of soil contamination on physico chemical

parameters of fine grained soils. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Environmental

Geotechnics. Balkema, v. 1, p. 521-527.

Coelho, A T.; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 1998. The use of erosion control biodegradable blankets for

erosion at mining sites (in Portuguese). Controle de Erosão em Taludes de Disposição de Rejeitos

Siderúrgicos com Tapete Biodegradável. Anais do VI Simpósio Nacional de Controle de Erosão.


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Presidente Prudente, SP. (Anais em CD-ROM).

Kaya, A., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 1997. Hydraulic Conductivity of Fine Grained Soils Permeated with

Water-Organic Liquid Mixtures. In: SARSBY, W. W. (Editor). Contaminated Derelict Land.

London, vol. 1, p. 210-217, New York, ISBN 0-7844-0015-6.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Sans Aguiar, LM, Schulze, D. G. and Drnevich, V. P. 1997. Geotechnical

Properties of an Unsaturated Collapsible Soil from Minas Gerais, Brazil. In: 3o Simpósio Brasileiro

de Solos Não-Saturados, RJ., pp. 171-178.

de Brito Galvão, T. C. 1996. Disposition of Industrial Residues in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In: Proceedings

of the 3rd Environmental Geotechnology. International Symposium. Vol. 1, pp. 638-644.

Simões, G. F.; Campos, T. M. P. de; de Brito GALVÃO, T. C; Vargas JR, E. do A. 1996. Considerations

on large settlement at municipal solid waste landfills (in Portuguese). Considerações sobre o

fenômeno de adensamento em aterros sanitários. In: I Simposio Internacional de Qualidade

Ambiental, 1996, Porto Alegre. Anais do I Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade Ambiental. Porto

Alegre: ABES, v. 1, p. 131-135.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Drnevich, V. P, and Schulze D. G. 1995. Chemical, mineralogical, and

compressibility characteristics of a collapsible lateritic soil from Minas Gerais, Brazil, Proceedings of

the 1st Conference on Unsaturated Soil. Edited by Alonso & Delage, Balkema/Rotterdam, pp. 39-44,

Paris.

De Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Chadwich, B., Sun J., and Chen W.-Y. 1994. Three dimensional seepage

modeling using spreadsheets. Anais do XV Congresso Ibero Latino- Americano sobre Métodos

Computacionais para Engenharia, Vol. 1, pp. 384-394.

4.3 Books and Book Chapters

4.3.1 Edited Books, Software and Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Safe Water and Health. 2006. Edited by: de Brito

Galvão, T. C., Ibeanusi, V., Heringer, A. L. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil (cd rom).


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de Brito Galvão, T. C., Coelho A. T., Fonseca, E. M. B., Zerlotini, A., and Silveira J. R., 2002. Erosion

Control on Water Reservoir Margins (in Portuguese). Controle de Erosao em Margens de

Reservatorio, com Enfase em Métodos de Bioengenharia de Solos. Edited by: Cemig. Belo

Horizonte, (ISBN: 85-87929-16-X).

Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global

Sustainable Development, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Edited by T. Cássia de Brito Galvão and Hilary I.

Inyang, (in CD-ROM) (2000).

Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global

Sustainable Development, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Cassia de Brito Galvão and Hilary I. Inyang, -

Abstract Book, 253 p.

4.3.2 Environmental Books for Elementary School

At Spelman College:

De Brito GALVÃO, T.C., Tania Alice, and Marden Sanzio, 2007. Solo para Dona Tartaruga (in

Portuguese, Soil for Mrs. Turtle). Publisher: Projeto Manuelzão da UFMG- ISBN: 978-85-907267-0-

8.

De Brito GALVÃO, T.C., Tania Alice, and Marden Sanzio, 2007. Segredo no Ar (in Portuguese, Secret

in air). Publisher: Projeto Manuelzão da UFMG- ISBN: 978-85-907267-2-2.

De Brito GALVÃO, T.C., Tania Alice, and Marden Sanzio, 2007. Por Agua Abaixo (in Portuguese,

Down the River). Publisher: Projeto Manuelzão da UFMG- ISBN: 978-85-907267-1-5.

4.3.3 Book Chapters

Parizzi, M. G., Sobreira, F., de Brito GALVÃO, T.C. Land use and occupation – erosion and

sedimentation (in Portuguese). O uso e a ocupação do solo – erosão e assoreamento. In: Navegando o

rio das Velhas das Minas aos Gerais. Projeto Manuelzão. 2005.

de Brito GALVÃO, T.C., Daniels, J.L. and Inyang, H.I. 2002. Contaminated site characterization and


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monitoring. In: ORG, UNESCO United Nations Educational Sci. Cultural. United Nations for the

Environmental Monitoring Section. Honorary Theme Editor: Inyang, I. and Daniels, John.

de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., and Pos W. 2002. Energy from Waste: Case Study from Brazil. In: Recovering

Energy from Waste - various aspects. Edited by: Hogland, V.I. Grover, V. K., and Grover, W.

Enfield, NH, USA, p. 183-194.

4.4 Other Significant Publications including Reports, Handbook and Editorials

Carter, L. B, de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Williams, E.L. 2010. Handbook for Spelman Students

Studying Abroad in Brazil. U.S. Department of State and Spelman Office of Study Abroad.

September, 2010.

Carter, L. B, de Brito GALVÃO, T. C., Williams, E.L. 2010. Developing Cultural Linkages with Brazil.

Report submitted to U.S. Department of State and Spelman Office of Study Abroad. August, 2010.

Inyang, H. I. and de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 2004. The application of innovative materials in waste

containment barriers. (Editorial). Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130, No. 8, pp.

834-835.

Inyang, H. I., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. and Young, D. T. 2003. Integrating hazards control into

sustainable development plans. (Editorial). Natural Hazards Review, ASCE, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 57-

58.

Inyang, H. I., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. and Hilger, H. 2003. Waste recycling within the context of

industrial ecology. (Editorial). Resources Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 1-2.

Inyang, H. I., de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. and Bowen, J. D. 2003. Environmental monitoring technology

development needs in developing countries. (Editorial). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,

Vol. 84, No. 1-2, pp. 1-3.

Inyang, H. I. and de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 2003. Persistent research issues in risk assessment of wastes


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in full-scale systems. (Editorial). Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 10,

pp. 855-886.

Inyang, H. I. and de Brito GALVÃO, T. C. 2002. Adaptation of mining sciences and technology to the

solution of Geoenvironmental problems. (Editorial). International Journal of Surface Mining,

Reclamation and the Environment, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 245-247.

Monitoring Belo Horizonte Landfill Reports submitted to Superintendencia da Central de Tratamentos

de Residuos da SLU- BR 040– yearly report from 1996 to 2001. A total of 10 reports with more than

50 pages (in Portuguese).

Streambank Erosion Control Reports – monthly reports from 2002 to 2004.

4.5 Editorial Boards of Refereed Journals and Review Teams of Peer-Reviewed

Publications.

Guest Editor (& Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA; Prof. Godwin Mbamalu, Benedict College).

2007. Journal of Land Contamination & Reclamation. Special edition on Utilization of Wastes as

Construction Materials.

Guest Editor (& Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA), 2004. Journal of Environmental Engineering

of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) special edition on Waste Containment Barrier

Materials (2001-2004), Vol. 130, No. 8.

Guest Editor (& Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA), 2003. Journal of Environmental Engineering

of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) special edition on Recycling of Waste Materials

in Construction (2001-2003), Vol. 129, No. 10.

Guest Editor (Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA and Prof. D. Young of USA), 2003. ASCE

Natural Hazards Review special edition on Natural Hazards and Civil Infrastructure Systems (2001-

2003), Vol. 4, No. 2.


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Guest Editor (& Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA and Dr. J. D. Bowen of USA), 2003.

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment special edition on Innovative Technologies and Policies

for Waste Management (Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands; 2001-2003), Vol. 84,

Nos. 1-2.

Guest Editor (& Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA and Dr. H. Hilger of USA), 2003. Resource

Conservation and Recycling special edition on Utilization of Wastes (Elsevier Science Publishers,

Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2001-2003), Vol. 39, No. 1.

Guest Editor (& Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA), 2002. International Journal of Surface

Mining and Reclamation special edition on Mining and the Geoenvironment (A.A. Blakema

Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2001-2002), Vol. 16, No. 4.

Guest Editor (& Prof. H. Inyang of GIEES- UNCC, USA), 2001. International Journal of Environmental

Management and Health special edition on Environmental Management Techniques for Sustainable

Development (MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England, published in collaboration with the

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)), Vol. 12, No. 1, ISSN 0956-6163.

Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Geotechnics, Geological Society of Uruguay (since 2000 –

present).

4.8 Selected Paper/Short Course Presentations at International Events

At Spelman College:

Challenges presented by the

erosion-landslide geoprocesses – A

proposed innovative approach

11th International Symposium on Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable

Development, Beijing, China. August 15-18, 2010

2010

Carbon Sequestration in Slopes

Revegetated with Bioengineering

EC10- Environmental Connection promoted by the

International Erosion Control Association. Dallas,


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Techniques

TX. Feb. 20, 2010.

Sustainability Stewarship- Projeto

Manuelzão- A Brazilian Rural

Community Project

PGA Workshop and 7th G. A. Leonards Lecture.

Purdue University. April 24, 2009

2009 Remote Monitoring of Erosion using GIS and Feature Analyst



Development. Bochum. Germany. September 10,

2009

Assessing Environmental Justice

using a GIS-based methodology

Workshop GIS for Teaching and Research. Georgia

Tec. February 14-15.

Fundamentals of Geotechnology

applied to Bioengineering

Techniques

Short course at: IV CICES – Congresso Ibero-

Americano de Controle de Erosão e Sedimentos.

Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 4th, 2008.

GIS spatial analysis applied to

streambank erosion monitoring.

GIS-based Environmental Impact

Index as an Indicator of

Sustainability.

2008

(cont.)

Degraded Land Rehabilitation – the

case study of the borrow area for the

Itumbiara Hydroelectric Power Plant

– Brazil.

IX International Symposium on Environmental


Development. Hong Kong, 1-4 June, 2008

2007 Innovative Technologies for Liners International Conference on Waste Management,

Environ. Geotechnology and Global Sustainable

Development. Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2007 Landslides in Belo Horizonte, International Conference on Waste Management,


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Brazil. Environmental Geotechnology and Global

Sustainable Development. Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Presentations in International Events - University Federal of Minas Gerais:

2006 GIS– based flood mitigation

strategy – a case study for City

of Opa-Locka, Florida

Session: Floods and Urban Drainage Systems. Int.

Conf. on Infrastructure Development and the

Environment. Abuja, Nigeria.

2006 Flood-erosion control- the case

study of Golden Glades Canal

Dredging.

Session: Floods and Urban Drainage Systems. Int.

Conf. on Infrastructure Development and the

Environment. Abuja, Nigeria

2006 Erosão em Solos Tropicais. III Congreso Iberoamericano sobre el Control de la

Erosión y los Sedimentos. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

2006 Tecnicas de bioengenharia

aplicadas ao controle de erosao

em reservatorios.

III Congreso Iberoamericano sobre el Control de la

Erosión y los Sedimentos. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

2005

(Cont.)

Bioengineering Techniques

associated to soil nailing applied

to slope stabilization and erosion

control

International Conference on Energy, Environment

and Disasters (INCEED 2005), Charlotte, UNCC,

NC, USA.

2005

Bioengineering Techniques to

control erosional processes in

Brazil

36th Annual Conference International of the Erosion

Control Association. Dallas

2004 Rain, Erosion and Landslides in

Tropical Urban Area



Development, Helsinki/Espoo, Finland.

2004 Soil Bioengineering Techniques

applied to erosion and sediment

control under tropical conditions



Development, Helsinki/Espoo, Finland

2003 Evaluation of Heavy Metals Safewater 2003. Atlanta 2003.


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Concentrations (Cr, Cd, Cr, and

Ni) in Mangrove Sediments

River South Paraiba, RJ

2002 Erosion Control in Mining

Slopes under Tropical

Conditions

6th Int. Symposium on Environmental


Development. Seoul, South Korea.

1999 Rain-Induced Landslides in risk

areas of Belo Horizonte.

I International Symposium on High Altitude and

Sensitive Ecological Environmental Geotechnology.

Nanjing, China.

1998 Environmental Policies in Brazil. International Symposium on Application of Mineral

Resources Preservation. Tokyo.

1998 Identification of Geotechnical

Risk Areas for Urban

Development Planning at

Gouveia, Brazil

4th Int. Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology

and Global Sustainable Development, Boston, USA.

(cont.)

1996

Deposition of Industrial Residues

in Minas Gerais, Brazil

3rd Int. Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology

and Global Sustainable Development, San Diego,

California, USA

1996 Settlement on Landfills International Symposium on Environmental Quality

4.9 Newspaper Interviews and TV Broadcast

TV Broadcast – Ljubljana, Slovenia. Waste Disposition in Europe, South America (together with Jose

Kortnik – Slovenia, Sue Struthers, England), 2007.

Looking for solutions (in Portuguese). Em busca de Soluções. Jornal Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo

Horizonte, v.1, p.16-16, March 20, 2000.

UFMG hosts an international event. Water Lines International Journal. Oct. 10, 2000.


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Newsletter Semeado – 5th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global

Sustainable Development. Revista do Programa de PosGraduação em Saneamento, Meio Ambiente e

Recursos Hídricos da UFMG, p.27-27. Oct. 2000,

TV Program divulgated in the State of Minas Gerais, from 7pm-8pm– Agenda 21 brasileira. March 2002.

4.10 Research Grants

4.10.1 At Spelman (beginning at January 2007 – present)

• Grants Awarded

2007 RIMI Research Seed Grant – GIS-based methodology for developing liquefaction opportunity maps

US$ 75,000.00

2007 Provost Research Grant – Environmental Impact Index (EI) for a GIS - Geographical Information Systems- methodology

U$ 2,000.00

2008 Office of Surface Mining (Co-PI) – Assessment of Environmental Impacts in Coal Mining Sites Using a Predictive GIS-Based Environmental Mining Decision Support System (EMDSS)

U$ 229,367.11

2008 ASPIRE (PI) - Investigating the use of LIDAR Analyst to Assess Soil Erosion Potential – 04/2008

US$ 10,000.00

2008 ASPIRE (PI) – Assessing Damage due to Natural Hazards Using GIS

US$ 2,000.00

2009 Provost Research Grant – 10th International Symposium in Germany

US$ 2,000.00

National Science Foundation (NSF) – Co-PI G-STEM: Enhancing Global Research and Learning in STEM at Spelman College. From June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2015

US$

1,220,788.00

2010

Full Course ASPIRE grant “Introduction to Informatics Remote Sensing Technology, Database Management and Data Analysis, with Dr Andrea Lawrence

US$ 2,000.00

Total US$ 1,543, 155.11


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SERVICE

4.11 Leadership Positions in International Scientific Organizations, Agencies and

Institutions

2000 -2011

t

Vice-President for

South America

International Society of Environmental Geotechnology (ISEG), (a multidisciplinary professional organization of technical and policy experts who work on various aspects of sustainable development. Since 1990, ISEG has organized 15 conferences in collaboration with local institutions in Europe, North America, South America and Asia that have generated international research partnerships and regional development policy initiatives)

2002 -

present

Director Board Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction (GADR) (a worldwide consortium of about 50 professional organizations, public agencies and academic institutions that are active in disaster prevention and management. GADR operates programs in partnership with national agencies and UN organizations)

2002-

present

Editorial Board Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Geotechnics, Geological Society of Uruguay.

2000-2002 Director Board COPAM – Council for Environmental Policy in the State of Minas Gerais. The highest governmental institution in the State of Minas Gerais

1998-2000 President Brazilian Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics, in Minas Gerais

1999 Executive Board ABNT (Brazilian Association for Technical Standards) for writing the standard of mining degraded lands recovery.

1999

Committee

Head

ABNT (Brazilian Association for Technical Standards) for writing the standard “Treatment processes for effluents containing grease and oils residues in mining facilities, nr. 01:602.07-004, nowadays adopted for the whole Brazil.


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(Cont.)

1996-1998

University

Executive

Committee

CPPD – Faculty Permanent Committee, University Federal of Minas Gerais (1996-1998), which deals with faculty productivity analysis and concession of openings for the whole university.

1995-1997 Research Head For the Engineering School, University Federal of Minas Gerais, with more than 500 professors.

1994-1996 Finance Director Brazilian Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics, in Minas Gerais

1994-1996 Area Head Geotechnics Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais

4.12 Services to Academic, International Professional Organizations and

Activities (listed only from 1995-2010)

2012 Co-chair of the 12th International Symposium on Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, June 27- 29, 2012,

California, USA

Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 11th International

Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable

Development, August 15- 18, 2010, Beijing, China

Member of the Scientific Committee of the V CICES – Congreso

Iberoamericano de Erosion y Sedimentos. October 13-15, 2010. Panama. City

of Panama.

Member of the Library Committee at Spelman College

2010

Member of the Committee of the State Department Grant to explore

possibilities of studying in Brazil, together with Barbara Carter (coordinator)

and Erica Lorraine Williams. This team visited eight universities (in two


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Brazilian states of Pernambuco and Bahia) in Brazil from March 6 to 17, 2010

and is responsible for writing a handbook for studying abroad in Brazil.

Judge of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate

National Research Conference in Washington, DC. October 29 to November

1st, 2009. The total amount of participants was 700 with around 400 colleges

and universities student participants. Three hundred student presentations.

(Cont.)

2009

Member of the Library Committee (until 2011)

Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 9th International


Development, June 1-4, Hong Kong

2008 Head of the International Scientific Committee IV CICES – Congresso Ibero-

Americano de Controle de Erosão e Sedimentos. Belo Horizonte, August 4-8.

Co-Chair, International Conference on Waste Management, Environmental

Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Ljubljana, Slovenia,

August 2007.

2007

Co-Chair, ERTEP 2007, First International Conference on Environmental

Research, Technology and Policy, Accra/Ghana, July 2007.

Chair, Safewater 2006- 4th International Conference on Safe Water and Health

- Protecting the Watersheds of South America. Rio de Janeiro. October 2006.

2006 Member of Organizing Committee – International Symposium on

Infrastructure Development and the Environment. Abuja, Sept. 10-15,

Nigeria.

2005 Co-Chair, International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters

(INCEED 2005), Charlotte, UNCC, NC, USA, 2005.

Chair – Workshop on Streambank Erosion, 14-15 October 2004, Belo


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Horizonte, Brazil, 2004.

2004

(Cont.) Member of the International Organizing Committee, 7th International


Development, Helsinki/Espoo, Finland (June 10-14, 2004).

Member, International Organizing Committee and keynote speaker, Safewater

2003 International Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 31-November 1, 2003).

2003 Member of Organizing Committee – Conferência Nacional do Meio

Ambiente do Estado de Minas Gerais. Oct. 2003. Belo Horizonte- MG.

2002 Member of the International Organizing Committee, 6th International


Development, Seoul/ Korea (July, 2-5, 2002).

2001 Co-Chair, International Symposium on Application of Natural Materials for

Environmental Geotechnology, sponsored by Committee 111 of the Japanese

Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Tokyo, Japan (October 29-

November 2, 2001).

2000 Chair, 5th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and

Global Sustainable Development, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

(August 17-20, 2000).

1999 Member, International Organizing Committee 1st International Symposium on

High Altitude & Sensitive Ecological Development, Nanjing University,

P.R.China, (August 24-27, 1999).

1999 Member, International Organizing Committee 3rd International Workshop on

Paper Sludges, Helsinki, Finland, June, 1999.

1998 Member, International Organizing Committee, 4th International Symposium

on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development,


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(August 9-13, 1998), Boston, USA.

1996

(Cont.)

Member, International Organizing Committee, 3rd International Symposium

on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, (June

10-12, 1996), San Diego, California, USA

1995 Member Organizing Committee of the III Symposium on Tailings Dam. Ouro

Preto (August 30-September 2nd, 1995)

4.13 Service to Professional Organizations as Moderator of Technical Sessions, Keynote

Lectures, etc.

At Spelman College:

Participant I cubed Follow-Up Workshop, held on May 22, 2010 and organized by NSF in Embassy Suites, Baltimore, Washington.

Participant Conference in Purdue sponsored by the Pudue Geotechnical Society “8th Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop – Making Waves in Geotechnical Engineering and Eighth G.A. Leonards Lecture – Ground Settlement from Pile Driving”.

2010

Presenter International Erosion Control Association “EC10- Environmental Connection “Conference. Dallas, TX. February 16-20, presented on February 20.

Keynote Lecture

ECO-Connection 2009 promoted by International Society of Erosion Control (IECA), Reno, Nevada, February 2009

Judge for the Young Research Award

“Hilary I. Inyang Young Research Award” at the 10th Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Bochum, Germany, September 2009.

2009

Moderator Two technical sessions at the 10th Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Bochum, Germany,


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September 2009.

Coordinator Of the presentation “Erosion at Providence Canyon Park” organized by ASPIRE Forum presented by the CI2RT Research Team. April 8, 2009.

2008 Short-Course for

Professionals in erosion

IV CICES – Congresso Ibero-Americano de Controle de Erosão e Sedimentos. Belo Horizonte, August 4.

2007 Moderator International Conference on Waste Management, Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2007

2007 Keynote Lecture

Tendencies and Perspectives of Bioengineering XX Course of Deflor Bioengenharia. Brazil, November 2007.

At University Federal of Minas Gerais: Invited Short Course (1 day)

Bioengineering Techniques applied to erosion control for the Brazilian Agronomy Society presented at XVI Brazilian Conference on Use and Conservation of Soils. Aracaju- Sergipe (July 23-27, 2006)

Short Course (1 day)

Environment Impact Analysis and Auditing Techniques. International Conference on Infrastructure Development and the Environment (ICEDEN). Abuja. Nigeria

Session Chair Land and Groundwater Contamination and Cleanup Technologies I. Int. Conference on Infrastructure Development and the Environment (ICEDEN). Abuja. Nigeria

Forum Panelist The role of women in the sustainable development. Int. Conference on Infrastructure Development and the Environment (ICEDEN). Abuja. Nigeria.

2006

Keynote Lecture

Landfills Geomechanics. Int. Symp. Technologies and Municipal Solid Waste Treatment. Rio de Janeiro (April 24-27, 2006).

2005 Session Chair Large-Scale Recycling of Wastes in Construction. International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters (ICEED). Charlotte, NC.

2004 Moderator Technical session: Ground Improvement. 4th International


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Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, (August 9-13, 1998), Boston, USA.

2002

(Cont.)

Invited Lecture Lateritic Soils: Characteristics, Comparisons and Engineering Implications. Graduate Program – Nevada University, Las Vegas. April 2002.

2002- Ad-hoc Consultant

CNPq – (Research National Agency), the most important Brazilian agency for supporting research.

1999 Session Moderator

Technical Session: Environmental Geotechnology: 1st Int. Symp. on High Altitude & Sensitive Ecological Development, Nanjing University, P.R.China, (August 24-27, 1999).

1999 Invited Lecture Controle de Processos Erosivos em areas de disposição final de resíduos sólidos. Workshop: A Engenharia no Controle de Erosão. Sociedade Mineira de Engenheiros.


Technical Session: Soil Reinforcement. 4th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, (August 9-13, 1998), Boston, USA.


Technical Session: Moderator of Technical Session: Utilization of Limes and Zeolites. International Symposium for Application of Mineral Resources for the Preservation of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan. October 1998.

1998 Invited Lecture At RIEG (Research Institute Engineering Geology): Env. Policies and Resources Conservation in Brazil, October, 1998.


Technical Session: Escavações e Fundações. XI Congresso Brasileiro de Mecânica dos Solos e Engenharia Geotécnica (Nov. 5-10, 1998). Brasilia


Disposition of Urban Wastes on the III Simpósio sobre Barragens de Rejeitos e Disposição de Resíduos (August 30-Sept. 2, 1995). Ouro Preto

1993- Ad-hoc Consultant

FAPEMIG (Research Foundation for the State of Minas Gerais))

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