Bio-mediated Geo-material Strengthening for engineering applications

Project Information

BIOGEOS

Grant agreement ID: 788587

DOI 10.3030/788587

Project closed

EC signature date 19 April 2018

Start date 1 November 2018

End date 30 April 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 497 115,00

EU contribution € 2 497 115,00

Coordinated by

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Switzerland

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Characterizing the Deformation Evolution with Stress and Time of Biocemented Sands

Author(s): Ray Harran, Dimitrios Terzis, Lyesse Laloui
Published in: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Issue Vol. 148 No. 10, 2022, ISSN 1943-5606
Publisher: ASCE
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002871

Controlling the calcium carbonate microstructure of engineered living building materials

Author(s): Alexandra Clarà Saracho; Lorenzo Lucherini; Matteo Hirsch; Hannes M. Peter; Dimitrios Terzis; Esther Amstad; Lyesse Laloui
Published in: Crossref, Issue 1, 2020, ISSN 2050-7496
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1ta03990c

Mechanics, Modelling and upscaling of bio-cemented soils: A review of breakthroughs and challenges (accepted on 21/04/23)

Author(s): Ray Harran, Dimitrios Terzis, Lyesse Laloui
Published in: International Journal of Geomechanics, 2022, ISSN 1943-5622
Publisher: ASCE
DOI: 10.1061/ijgnai.gmeng-8446

Addressing the challenges of homogeneity, quality control and waste handling in soil bio-cementation: A large-scale experiment

Author(s): Ray Harran, Dimitrios Terzis, Lyesse Laloui
Published in: Soils and Foundations, 2023, ISSN 2524-1788
Publisher: Geo-Institute (G-I)
DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2023.101332

Microfluidic study in a meter-long reactive path reveals how the medium's structural heterogeneity shapes MICP-induced biocementation.

Author(s): Elmaloglou, Ariadni; Terzis, Dimitrios; De Anna, Pietro; Laloui, Lyesse
Published in: Crossref, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24124-6

Direct currents stimulate carbonate mineralization for soil improvement under various chemical conditions

Author(s): Dimitrios Terzis, Patrick Hicher, Lyesse Laloui
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73926-z

Conference proceedings (5)

Benefits and drawbacks of applied direct currents for soil improvement via carbonate mineralization

Author(s): Dimitrios Terzis, Patrick Hicher, Lyesse Laloui
Published in: E3S Web of Conferences, Issue 195, 2020, Page(s) 05007, ISSN 2267-1242
Publisher: E3S Web of Conferences
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019505007

Tailor Made Soil Properties by Bio-Geochemical Means

Author(s): Lyesse Laloui Ray Harran Dimitrios Terzis
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Austrian Society Soil Mechanics

Microfluidic-Based Study on the Activation and Evolution of Calcite Bio-Mineralization for Geotechnical Applications

Author(s): Ariadni Elmaloglou, Dimitrios Terzis, Pietro De Anna, Lyesse Laloui, Stéphane Mahé, Filippo Miele
Published in: Geo-Congress 2020, 2020, Page(s) 74-82, ISBN 9780-784482834
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
DOI: 10.1061/9780784482834.009

A Full-Scale Application of Slope Stabilization via Calcite Bio-Mineralization Followed by Long-Term GIS Surveillance

Author(s): Dimitrios Terzis, Lyesse Laloui, Sarah Dornberger, Ray Harran
Published in: Geo-Congress 2020, 2020, Page(s) 65-73, ISBN 9780-784482834
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
DOI: 10.1061/9780784482834.008

Minimally Invasive Soil Treatment Based on Bio-Grout

Author(s): Dimitrios Terzis Lyesse Laloui Maren Katterbach
Published in: ICSMGE Proceedings, 2022
Publisher: ISSMGE