Reda M. Bakeer Professor Contact Information: Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Walter E. Blessey Hall Building 11 Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Office Phone: 504-862-3253 Fax: 504-862-8941 Rm: 207 e-mail: bakeer@tulane.edu Publications: Bakeer, R.M., Spigolon, S.J., and Fowler, J., "An Expert System for Dredging Projects," Proc. Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Env. Appl., Seattle, WA, Jul., 1994. Favre, J.L., Bakeer, R.M., and Matmatte, L., "Expert System for Geotechnical Data Quality Assessment," Proc. International CODATA Conf., Chambery, France, Sep. 18-22, 1994. Spigolon, S.J., Bakeer, R.M., and Fowler, J., "Knowledge-Based Expert Systems for Geotechnical Factors in Dredging," Invited for Publ., Proc. 2nd International Conf. and Exhibition on Dredging and Dredged Material Placement, Dredging '94, ASCE, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Nov. 13-16, 1994. Mandich, I.C., Pechon, S., Bakeer, R.M., and Preau, J., "Infrastructure Budgets and Apportioning Method for Rehabilitation," Proc. North American NO-DIG '95, Toronto, Canada, Apr 30- 1995. Somers, W.R., Goldstein, G.L., Bankston, W., Burks, R., Reimers, R.S., Bakeer, R.M., Baldwin, P., and Lashover, J., "Use of Stabilized Bayer Spent Bauxite as Engineered Landfill Cover," Proc. WEF Industrial Wastes Technical Conf., Multimedia Pollution Control and Prevention, Pittsburgh, PA, Mar. 5-8, 1995, pp 8-19, 8-30. Goldstein, G.L., Somers, W.R., Reimers, R.S., Bakeer, R.M., Baldwin, P.N., Lashover, J.H., "Landfill Cover Engineered from Stabilized Bayer Spent Bauxite," Proc. WEF/AWWA, Joint Residuals/Biosolids Conf., Kansas City, MO, Jul. 23-26, 1995, pp 6-15, 6-24. Bakeer, R.M., and Barber, M.E., "Lag-Time of Thermal Distribution in a HDPE Liner," Proc. WEF Specialty Conf., Sewers of the Future, Houston, TX, Sep. 10-13, 1995, pp 11-13, 11-21. Bakeer, R.M., Sayed, S.M., and Abdel-Rahman, A.H., "Applicability of a New Efficiency Formula for Pile Groups," Proc., 11th African Conf. on Soil Mech. & Found. Eng., 11th ARC 95', Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 11-15, 1995. Bakeer, R.M., and Barber, M.E., "Lag-Time of Thermal Distribution in a HDPE Liner," Selected, J. No-Dig Engineering, Trenchless Technology, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1996, pp 3-7. Bakeer, R.M., and Barber, M.E., "Effect of Welding on a High Density Polyethylene Liner," J. Materials in Civ. Eng., ASCE Vol. 11, May 1996. Recent Research Projects: "Evaluation of U-Liner Technology for Trenchless Sewer Rehabilitation," Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund (LEQSF), Subprogram B (Industrial Ties), Baton Rouge, LA. "Expert Geographical Information System for Assessing Hazardous Wastes in Aquatic Environments," U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington D.C. "Waste Minimization Development in Louisiana Crude Oil and Gas Exploration/Production Facilities," Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Baton Rouge, LA. "Development of Red Mud/New Orleans Incinerator Ash Mix for a Landfill Cover," Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. and New Orleans S&WB, 1994. "Field Demonstration of Stabilized Red Mud as Landfill Cover, Field Demonstration at Kaiser," Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp., 1994. "Evaluation of Statistical Procedures for Interpretation of Groundwater Monitoring Data Proposed by Chemical Waste Management, Inc. and Uniroyal Chemicals," Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Baton Rouge, LA, 1995. "Assessment of Synthetic Red Mud Landfill Cover/Liner, Field Monitoring/Testing and Pertinent Laboratory Investigations, In-Situ Demonstration at BFI'c Colonial Landfill," Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp., 1995. "Water Quality in the Mississippi River," Freeport McMoran Corp., New Orleans, 1995. "Applicability of Micrwave Technology to Recovery and Treatment of DNAPL," US Dept. of Defense, DoD, 1996.