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9-12 OCTOBER 2017 • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY • AL AIN, UAE
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TECHNICAL PROGRAM – ICEG2017
MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 2017
UAE University - Crescent Building Auditorium Registration & Welcome Coffee Welcome / HSE Moment Opening Ceremony Opening Speech EG01 - Keynote Speech: UAE: Competitive Infrastructure with Innovative Technology - H.E. Dr. Abdullah Bilhaif Al-Nuaimi, The Minister of Infrastructure Development Coffee Break
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Session 1: Engineering Geophysical Methods Chair: Richard Miller Cochair: Khalid Al-Bloushi EG02 - Using geophysical methods in quality assurance and inspection of foundations - Ernst Niederleithinger*, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Germany EG03 - Shear-wave seismic reflection for improved detection of ground subsidence and scouring features - Ahmed Ismail1*, Jason Thomason2 and Estella Atekwana1
1Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA 2Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA EG04 Near surface exploration for horizontal welling using CSRMT method: Case study - Alexander Saraev1, Ksenia Antashuk1, Alexander Simakov1, Arseny Shlykov1,2, Andrey Konkov2* 1 Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
2 Geodevice LLC
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EG05 - Software based seismic refraction recording system - Khalid Amin Khan1* & Anees Ahmad Bangash2
1Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd, Islamabad, Pakistan 2Department of Earth Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad,
Pakistan EG06 - 3-D magnetic inversion at the al-Mubazzarah area, al-Ain, United Arab Emirates - Hakim Saibi*, Amir Gabr, Haydar Baker, Khalid Al Bloushi, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE Lunch
Crescent Building Auditorium Women In Geosciences (Journey from Student to Young professionals) Estella Atekwana University of Delaware Salwa Mubarak Ministry of Energy, UAE
Salma Al Hajeri Mubadala Petroleum Bukki Balogun Arcadis Nadia Halawi ACES
Crescent Building (D4/Room 1) Session 2: Recent Advances in Inversion of Seismic & EM Chair: Hansruedi Maurer Cochair: Claudio Strobbia EG07 - Images of a shallow basin from full-waveform inversion - Florian
Bleibinhaus*, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
EG08 - Three-component joint inversion of large loop transient electromagnetic field - Zhipeng Qi*, Xiu Li, Jifeng Zhang School of Geology Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, CHINA EG09 - A few methodological improvements for making shallow elastic full waveform inversions feasible - Hansruedi Maurer*, Edgar Manukyan, and Andre Nuber, ETH Zurich, Switzerland EG10 - A generalized nonlinear inversion scheme for electrical resistivity anisotropy tomography - Bing Zhou*, The Petroleum Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology UAE EG11 - Joint electromagnetic and seismic structural inversion and
uncertainty analysis - Maxwell Meju*, Petronas, Malaysia Coffee break
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Crescent Building Auditorium Session 3: Engineering Geophysical Methods Chair: Khalid Al-Bloushi Cochair: Remke Van Dam EG12 - Surface wave analysis for comprehensive soil characterization and Poisson’s ratio estimation - Laura Valentina Socco*, Myrto Papadopoulou, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Cesare Comina, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy. EG13 - Geophysical investigation of construction waste and landfill site - Fathy Bahloul*, Rolf Elsen, and Dirk Orlowsky, DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
EG14 - Efficient 3d multi-frequency electromagnetic modelling using rational Krylov methods - Jianmei Zhou*, Xiu Li, Wentao Liu, Naiquan Sun, and Zhipeng Qi, Chang’an University, China EG15 - Era: Mobile electrical Resistivity Apps - Hakim Saibi1*, Seddiq Alabbasi2 1UAE University, UAE, 2Ministry of Interior, Bahrain EG16 - Evaluating of the visible cracks and related damage in the recently constructed pavement roads in MBZ city-Abu Dhabi utilizing seismic Multi Analysis Surface Waves (MASW) and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) - Mohammed Hassouneh*, Tatweer for geophysical studies and consulting, UAE End of Day 1 Local Activities & Dinner (S*) Student Presentation (*) Presenter
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10
UAE University – Crescent Building Auditorium
07:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee
08:25 Welcome DAY 2 / HSE Moment
08:30 EG17 - Keynote Speech: Near surface geophysics – state and future - Prof. Ugur Yaramanci*, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
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Session 1: Best of ICEEG Chair: Haydar Baker Cochair: Nils Ryden
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EEG01: Advantages of Multi-channel analysis of passive surface waves
(maps) - Jianghai Xia*, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
09:20 EEG02 (Withdrawn): Time-lapse monitoring of the impacts of modern
coal mining on overlying strata - Wen-feng DU* and Su-ping PENG, State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
09:40 EEG03: Surface deep sounding using a new TEM system - Xue Guo-
Qiang*, Li Hai and Zhou Nan-Nan, Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
10:00 EEG04: Numerical methods research based on Magnetostrictive effect
of bolt quality Nondestructive testing - Xiaoyun Sun1*, Li Han1, Jianfeng Chen1, Hui Xing1, Jiulong Cheng2 & Chenguang Sun1, 1School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, 050043, Shijiazhuang, China, 2State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, China
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EEG05: Gas detection in tight sand with direct hydrocarbon indicators -
Ren Jiang*, Yonglin Ouyang, Qingcai Zeng, Jiaqiang Huang, Pei He, Xiujiao Wang, Lianqun Zhang, China
Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development,
LangFang, Lang Fang, China
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Crescent Building (D4/Room 1) Session 2: Recent Advances & Anomaly Delineation Chair: Steven Sloan Cochair: Ugur Yaramanci EG18 - Detecting subsurface objects and identifying voids possibilities using the backscatter analysis of surface wave (BASW) method - Julian Ivanov*, Richard D. Miller, Daniel Z. Feigenbaum, and Shelby L. Peterie,
Kansas Geological Survey, USA EG19: Two-dimensional love-wave full-waveform inversion in time domain - combine DFP algorithm and steepest descent algorithm - Yingwei Yan*, Zhejiang Wang, College of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, China EG20 - Ground penetrating radar detection and inversion with stochastic effective media - Zhaofa Zeng1,2*, Nan Huai1, Jing Li1,2, Qi Lu1,2
1 College of geo-exploration Sci. & Tech, Jilin University, China
2 Key laboratory of Applied Geophysics, Jilin University, China
EG21 Maximum wavelet coefficient points for potential field analysis and inversion - P. Cavalier*, D. O’Hagan, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa EG22: Role of depth in anomaly detection using near-surface seismic methods - Steven D. Sloan*, Engineer Research and Development Centre, USA Poster Session I & Coffee Break Poster Presentation I P01: Site characterization using seismic refraction tomography survey: Case study of Diriyah new urban area, northwest Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia (S)* - Abdullah Bin Saadoon and Kamal Abdelrahman, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia P02 (Withdrawn): Method of well-logging Diagenetic Facies identification: A case of volcanic reservoirs in Chepaizi area, Junggar (S) - Ma Baoquan*, Yang Shaochun College of Geosciences in China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China P03: Application of direct-prospecting geoelectric methods for underground water flows detection and mapping - Nikolay Yakymchuk*, Sergey Levashov and Dmytry Bozhezha, Management and Marketing Centre of Institute of Geological Science NAS Ukraine, Ignat Korchagin, Institute of Geophysics of Ukraine National Academy of Science, Ukraine P04: Random noise attenuation from GPR data using the radial basis function neural network - Sid-Ali Ouadfeul, Algerian Petroleum Institute, Leila Aliouane, LABOPHYT, FHC, UMBB, Algeria
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P05: Correlation of variation in spring discharge with fluctuation of water saturation in soil in selected regions of Doon valley over post and pre-monsoon season(S)* - Arish Hasan1, Adityam Rai1, Vishesh Malik1, B.Tech Geo-Science Engineering Student College of Engineering Studies, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Energy Acres, Bidholi, Premnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
P06: Groundwater exploration using vertical electrical sounding: Case study of al-Amar region, southwest Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (S)* - Hamad Al Rajeh, kamal Abdelrahman and Elkhedr Ibrahim Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
P07: Areas of geothermal waters location detection and mapping by the frequency-resonance method of remote sensing data processing and interpretation - Nikolay Yakymchuk*, Sergey Levashov and Dmytry Bozhezha, Management and Marketing Center of Institute of Geological Science NAS Ukraine, Ignat Korchagin, Institute of Geophysics of Ukraine National Academy of Science, Dushan Majcin, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
P08 (Withdrawn): Site response and vulnerability index estimation for King Saud university compound, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (S)*- Fahad Al-Mansour*, Kamal Abdelrahman and Sattam Almadani, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
P09: Frequency-resonance method of satellite image processing using for the detection and localisation of lost oil products accumulation - Nikolay Yakymchuk*, Sergey Levashov and Dmytry Bozhezha, Management and Marketing Centre of Institute of Geological Science NAS Ukraine, Ignat Korchagin, Institute of Geophysics of Ukraine National Academy of Science, Ukraine
P10: Contribution of the ground penetrating radar data in civil engineering: A case study from Algeria - Sid-Ali Ouadfeul*, University of Khemis Miliana, Leila Aliouane, LABOPHYT, FHC, UMBB, Algeria
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Session 3: Best of ICEEG Chair: Jianghai Xia Cochair: Lee Slater
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EEG06: Progresses and key technologies on ground-airborne transient
electromagnetic method - Xiu Li*, Wentao Liu, Yingying Zhang, Jianmei Zhou, Zhipeng Qi, School of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, China
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EEG07: Modelling magnetic field data using stochastic partial
differential equations - Zhenwei Guo1*, Xiangping Hu2, Jianxin Liu1
1School of Geoscience and info-physics, Central South University, Changsha, China 2Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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EEG08: Investigating the resolution of inverted geoelectric layer parameters using the neighbourhood algorithm (S)* - Ojo Adebayo Oluwaseun 1, 2*, Jun Xie 3 and Olorunfemi Martins Olu 4, 1 School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 2 Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos,
3 State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics, IGG-CAS, 4Department of Geology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria EEG09: Electrical resistivity tomography and VLF-EM technique for locating groundwater prospect in basement complex terrain of Ibadan south-west, Nigeria (S)* - Musa A. Bello 1*, Ifarajimi Williams2, Olusegun K. Abass 3. 1School of Geoscience and Info-physics, Central South University, Hunan, China. 2Department of Geosciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria. 3Institute of Urban and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China EEG10 (Withdrawn): Combination of HDRES and CSAMT methods in the exploration of natural gas hydrate in the Qilian mountain - Da Lei1,3*, Qinyun Di1,3, Liangyong Yang1,3, Dawei Yao2. 1Key Laboratory of Shale Gas and Geoengineering, CAS, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration CAGS, Langfang, China, 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Crescent Building (Room D4/Room 1) Session 4: Engineering Geophysical Methods Chair: Christopher Leech Cochair: Aman Mwafy EG23: Geophysical methods in the study of ancient Egyptian towns -Tomasz Herbich* Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland EG24: Seismic Microzonation study of Lucknow city, India - Suresh*, G, Shivashankar P, Rahul Ramachandran, Satyanarayana, HVS and Seshunarayana T, National Geophysical Research Institute, India EG25: Countermeasures for the symmetric effect in the borehole-to-surface ERT survey (S)* - Haoran Wang¬*, Chih- Ping Lin and Yin Jeh Ngui, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan EG26: Development of a Vs30 Map for Al-Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Baker H. A1, Benhammam K2*, and Mai Alkaabi2 1UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE, 2Al-Ain City Municipality, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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EG27: Use of near-surface geophysical methods for forensic investigations - Khaldaoui F.*, Djeddi M., Zagh A, &Naa A., Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, FSTGAT, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
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Crescent Building Auditorium Session 5: Method Integration, Measurement Technology & Data Processing Chair: Claudio Strobbia Cochair: Steven Sloan
EG28: Challenges of data integration in near-surface applications - Giorgio Cassiani*, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
EG29: Integrated seismic characterization for deep engineering targets: active and passive surface waves, reflection and refraction near-surface modeling from a single 2D acquisition - Claudio Strobbia1*, Jacopo Boaga2, Giorgio Cassiani2, Mehdi Ashemijokar2, & Paolo Primiero3 1Realtimeseismic, Pau, France, 2University of Padue, Italy; 3Seismometrix, Italy
EG30: Determination of soil properties and degree of compaction using the integration of selected seismic methods: A case study from Fujairah, UAE - Mahmoud K. Harb1 *, Hamdan A. Hamdan1, 1Arab Centre for Engineering Studies, ICAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
EG31 (Withdrawn): Integrated high-resolution seismic and electrical Resistivity investigation of subsidence and sinkholes at abandoned coal mine sites in south Africa (S)* - Ahmed I. Isiaka1*, L. Sehoole1, R.J. Durrheim2 and M.S.D. Manzi1
1University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 2University of the Witwatersrand and CSIR, South Africa
EG32: Near-surface modeling technologies for accurate land data depth imaging in low-relief geology - Daniele Colombo*, Ernesto Sandoval-Curiel, Diego Rovetta, Ersan Turkoglu, and Gary McNeice, Geophysic Technology, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
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Crescent Building Auditorium Session 6: Method Integration, Measurement Technology & Data Processing Chair: Lee Slater Cochair: Christopher Leech EG33: Real- Time Autonomous Electrical Resistivity Imaging of Subsurface Processes: Strategies and Examples - Timothy Johnson*, Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA EG34: Monitoring urban growth and land use land cover change in al AIN, UAE using remote sensing and GIS techniques - Muhammad U. Liaqat* and Rezaul K. Chowdhury, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, UAE EG35: Smart DAS upholes for near surface model building and deep imaging with vertical arrays - Andrey Bakulin*, Pavel Golikov, Robert Smith, Kevin Erickson, Ilya Silvestrov, & Mustafa Al-Ali. Geophysics Technology, EXPEC Advanced Research Centre, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
EG36: MASW-dual streamer (DS): Preliminary results from the investigation of the proposed acquisition technique applicability - Kritikakis George1, Hamdan A. Hamdan2*, Vafidis Antonios1 and Mahmoud Harb2, 1Applied Geophysics Lab, Technical University of Crete, 2Arab Centre for Engineering Studies (ACES), UAE
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Registration & Welcome Coffee
Welcome DAY 3 / HSE Moment
EG37 - Keynote Speech: Applications and Grand Challenges of
Engineering - Chih-Ping Lin1*, Chun-Hung Lin2, Po-Lin Wu1, Haoran -
Wang1, and Hsin-Chan Liu1, 1National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan,
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2National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Crescent Building Auditorium Session 1: Geohazards
Chair: Aman Mwafy
Cochair: Ala Aldahan
EG38: Assessing earthquake rupture zones: An integrated Electrical and Aeromagnetic Approach - Estella A. Atekwana*, Folarin Kolawole,
Ahmed Ismail, and Jordan K. Harding Boone Pickens School of Geology,
Oklahoma State University, USA
EG39: Geohazards assessment by seismic methods on arctic shelf - Yana Terekhina1,2*, Mikhail Tokarev1,2, Alexander Roslyakov1,2, Natalia
Kozupitsa1,2, & Kolyubakin, A3, 1Lomonosov Moscow State University
Centre of Seismic Data Analysis, 2Lomonosov Moscow State University,
3Rosneft Arctic Research Center
EG40: Liquefaction potential assessment based on combined Geoelectrical imaging and Geotechnical data (S)* - Rajni Devi1*,
Rambhatla G. Sastry1*, Narendra K. Samadhiya2
1Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,
Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, 2Department of Civil Engineering , Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India EG41: Co-seismic 3d gravity model for 2010 Chile earthquake (S)* - Mahendra K. Sonker* and Rambhatla G. Sastry, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
EG42: Simultaneous two-level seismic observations in ultra-high-
very-high- and high-frequency regimes for quantitative evaluation of
near-surface geohazards (S)* - Pirogova A.3, Tokarev, M.2,3, Isaenkov, R.1,3,
Terekhina, Y.2,3 and Kolyubakin, A.4
1SPLIT. 2Moscow State University Centre of Seismic Data Analysis3,
Moscow State University. 4Rosneft Arctic Research Center (Rosneft
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Crescent Building (D4/Room 1) Session 2: Engineering Geophysical Methods Chair: Hansruedi Maurer Cochair: Haydar Baker EG43: Multiple Geophysical Investigations at Al-Qusiase Lake, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates - Khalid Al Bloushi*, Hakim Saibi, Haydar Baker, Amir Gabr, Geology Department, College of Science, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE EG44 (Withdrawn): Application of underwater MASW and acoustic methods in the assessment of sub-seabed conditions prior to construction of the Manifa causeway, Saudi Arabia - K. Sayers*, T. Fechner. C.B. Park, & A. Verweerd EG45: 3-D forward modeling of magnetic data from Al-Mubazzarah geothermal field, al-Ain, UAE - Hassan Mohamed1 and Hakim Saibi2* 1Ground Geophysics Dept., Exploration Division, ENMA, Cairo, Egypt,
2Geology Department, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE EG46: A global weak form element free method for direct current resistivity forward simulation (S)* - Ma Chang-Ying1* Liu Jian-Xin1,2, Guo Zhen-wei1, 1School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, China, 2Non-ferrous Resources and Geologic Disasters Prospecting Emphases
Laboratory of Hunan, Changsha, China
EG47: Complex of high-frequency well seismic methods for detailed study of rock mass - Nikita Ragozin, Institute “Orgenergostroy”, Vladimir Ignatev and Andrey Konkov*, Geodevice LLC; Alexander Oshkin, Moscow State University, Russia Poster Session II & Coffee Break Poster Presentation II
P11: Minerals exploration and environmental impact in HALLA area in the northern part of the MASAFI-ISMAH metamorphic window, U.A.E. - Bahaa Eldin M. Amin*, Amna M. Faqeer and Aisha Hader, Geology Department, College of Science, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE P12: Tracing of soil erosion and sediment transport by 10be isotope in watershed of the yellow river source area (YRSA)-Tibet plateau (S)* - Peng Chen1,2*,Peng Yi1,2, Ala Aldahan3, Ahmed Murad3, Göran Possnert4 1State Key Laboratory of Hydrology- Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering,
Hohai University, China, 2College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, China, 3Department of Geology United Arab Emirates University, 4Tandem Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden
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P13: Biochar as a remediation agent - the role of geophysical methods for characterization and monitoring - Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis1*, Dimitrios Kalderis2, Pantelis Soupios2, Panagiotis Kirmizakis3, Konstantina Gerodimou4, Sina Saneiyan1, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis3, Antonios Vafidis4, 1 Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, New Jersey, USA. 2 Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Chania, Crete, Greece, 3Queens Belfast University, School of Natural and Built Environment, Belfast, UK, 4 Technical University of Crete, Department of Mineral Resources Exploration, Chania, Crete, Greece
P14: Applications of time-lapse ERT in NAPL contaminated sites - Hsin-Chang Liu1*, Chih-Ping Lin2, Tzu-Bin Wang3 and Tien-Hsing Dong4 1Disaster Prevention and Water Environment Research Center, National Chiao
Tung University, 2Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 3Department of Earth Sciences and Graduate Institute of Geophysics, National
Central University, 4Apollo Technology Co. Ltd.
P15: Geospatial technologies for dam site selection: A case study from al Ain Wadi - Salem Issa*, Reem Al Sbakhi, Kamal Vakhidov and Khouya Said. Geology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
P16: The response and application of large-loop transient electromagnetic method (S)* - Junjie Xue 1*, Heyuan Wang1, Guoqiang Xue 2, 1College of Sciences, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou, China. 2 Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
P17: Multi-parameter constrained and combining regularization inversion of airborne time-domain electromagnetic data (S)* Xiaodong Yu1*, Xuben Wang1, Congde Lu1, Bin Chen2 1 Geophysical College of Chengdu, University of Technology, Chengdu 610059,
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2 Centre of Airborne Geophysical prospecting and remote sensing, Ministry of Land and Resource, Beijing, China
P18: Fluid substitution in anisotropic carbonates (S)* - Naveen Gupta*and Ravi Sharma, Department of Earth Sciences/Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
P19: Sensitivity of effective pressure towards Vp and Vs using Biot’s and effective stress coefficients in carbonate reservoirs (S)* - Vishal Mulchandani* and Ravi Sharma, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
P20: Properties of sand dunes along al Ain-Dubai-Abu Dhabi highways, UAE (S)* -
R. Mohamed, A. Al Blooshi*, W. Kittaneh, A Aldahan, O. Abdelghany, & M. Abu Saima, UAE University, UAE
P21: Locating Paleo-shorelines and Sea Level Changes along the UAE Coastal Region - Osman Abdelghany1*, Mahmoud Abu Saima1, Ala Aldahan1, Hasan Arman1, Abdel-Rahman Fowler1 and Göran Possnert2
1Geology Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE 2Tandem laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Crescent Building Auditorium Session 3: Groundwater & Hydrogeophysics Chair: Lee Slater Cochair: Jianghai Xia EG48: Electrical Resistivity tomography to image convective flow in groundwater; examples from the United Arab Emirates Sabkha - Remke L. Van Dam1*, Warren W. Wood2, David W. Hyndman2, Brian P. Eustice3, & Craig T. Simmons4, 1Department of Civil Engineering, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, 3Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Remediation and Redevelopment Division, Lansing, MI, USA, 4School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia EG49: Magnetic resonance technology for hydrogeology - Ugur Yaramanci1&2 * 1Berlin University of Technology, Chair for Applied Geophysics (emeriti) 2 Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, Hannover/Germany (formerly)
EG50: 2 -D inversion of magnetotelluric data at Dar-Chioukh region (Djelfa, Algeria) - Naila Kerbad1, Abderrezak Bouzid2, Hakim Saibi3*, Mouhand Ouabdallah Bounif1, Sofiance Bougchiche3, and Yocef Kebede4, 1Department of Geophysics, Univ. of Sc. and Tech., Houari Boumediene,
Algiers, Algeria, 2CRAAG, Algiers, Algeria, 3UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE, 4Lab. of Exploration Geophysics, Kyushu University, Japan EG51: Using surface electromagnetic survey for the preliminary groundwater ASR site selection in arid regions - Mohamed A. Dawoud*, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, UAE EG52: Groundwater Level Fluctuations and Environmental Impact: A Case Study from Sheab Al-Ashkher District, Al-Ain, UAE - Saber. Hussein*, Ala Aldaha, Ahmed Murad and Dalal Alshamsi, Department of Geology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
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Management Application and Research Center, Sakarya, Turkey, 2Sakarya University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Geophysics, Serdivan, Sakarya, Turkey, 3United Arab Emirates University, College of Science, Department of Geology, Al Ain, UAE
EG56: Analysis of surface waves recorded at a mass movement in Brasilia, Brazil (S)* - Yawar Hussain*, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Brasilia, Brazil EG57: Innovation in evacuation of natural disaster with electromagnetic method (S)* - Rianty Kusuma Dewi*, Adityo Kurniawan, Reyhan Fariz Taqwantara, Farras M. Iskandar, M.Widodo, Geophysical Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Ganesha St., Indonesia Lunch
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Crescent Building (D4/Room 1) Session 5: Geohazards Chair: Remke Van Dam Cochair: Haydar Baker EG58: Experimentally verified vulnerability relationships for the seismic loss estimation of the built environment in the UAE - Aman Mwafy* and Bashir Al Murad, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, UAE University, UAE EG59 (Withdrawn): Seismic hazard assessment for al Mashair area, Makkah al-Mukaramah city, Saudi Arabia - Kamal Abdelrahman1&2, Abdullah M. Al-Amri1 , Naif A. Al-Otaibi1*, Enayat Abdelmonem2 and Mohammed Fnais1&3. 1Geology and Geophysics Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA, 2National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, 3Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, KSA
EG60: Microgravity investigation for drilling hazards in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia - Gary McNeice*, Daniele Colombo and Michael Jervis, Geophysics Technology, EXPEC ARC, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia EG61: Towed streamer 2d/3d seismic imaging of the karstic Floridan aquifer system - Cameron Walker*, Walker Marine Geophysical Company, USA Coffee Break
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UAE University – Crescent Building Auditorium
07:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee
08:25 Welcome DAY 4 / HSE Moment
08:30 EG67 - Keynote Speech: Improving understanding of both short and
long term effectiveness of remediation strategies using geophysical characterization and monitoring - Lee Slater1*, Judy Robinson1, Pauline Kessouri1, Tim Johnson2, Fred Day-Lewis3, Dung Nyugen4, Carole Johnson3 and Nathan Smith4. 1Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, USA. 2Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA, 3U.S. Geological Survey, Storrs, CT, USA, 4 CDM Smith, Denver, CO, USA
Crescent Building Auditorium
Session 1: Soil characterization and Pavement Geoengineering Chair: Chih-Ping Lin Cochair: Hansruedi Maurer
09:00 EG68: Geophysics for quality control during the prod+E313+C314 - Nils
Ryden* & Josefin., StarkhammarLund University, Sweden
09:20 EG69: Geophysical Properties Of Soils - J. Carlos Santamarina* and
Junghee Park., Earth Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
09:40 EG70 (Withdrawn): Subsurface characterization of the proposed
Karura hydroelectric power plant tunnel using multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) - Josphat Mulwa* and Zacharia Kuria, University of Nairobi, Department of Geology, Kenya
10:00 EG71: Geotechnical parameters of near surface soil or rock for
healthy engineering constructions by full wave field uphole seismic survey: An innovative approach in an engineering geophysics - G.K.Batta*, D.S.Manral, G.V.J.Rao, Oil India Limited, India
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EG77 (Withdrawn): Characterization of urban Top soils around the rivers based on magnetic properties and Microstructure: Investigation of environmental pollution - Mariyanto1* and Armawa N.2, 1Geophysics Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl, Ganesha 10, Bandung, Indonesia, 2Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl,. Ganesha 10, Bandung, Indonesia EG78 (Withdrawn): New method for carbonate petroleum reservoir characterization using magnetic susceptibility and permeability correlation - Chaklikov Akhan1, Koishibayev Samat1, G. Satken Ainel1*, and Ivakhnenko Alexander2, 1Geology and Exploration of mineral deposits, Kazakh-British Technical University, 2Department of Geology & Physics of the Earth, PhD Kazakh-British Technical University, Kazakhstan
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Crescent Building Auditorium Session 3: Environmental Radioactivity & Environmental and remediation innovations Chair: Ala Aldahan Cochair: Aman Mwafy EG79 - Session Keynote: Sixty Years of Environmental Radioactivity Research at Risø, Denmark and Future Guidelines - Xiaolin Hou*, Technical University of Denmark, Center for Nuclear Technologies, Risø Campus, Roskilde, Denmark EG80: Estimating water sources mixing using 222Rn isotope in the Source Area of the Yellow River, Tibet Plateau - Peng Yi1,2*, Huan luo1,2, Li Chen1,2, Zhongbo Yu1,2, Huijun Jin2, Xiaobing Chen2, Chengwei Wan1,2, Ala Aldahan3, and Minjie Zheng2. 1College of Water Resources and Hydrology, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, 2State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, 3Geology Department, UAE University, UAE
EG81: Removal of uranium from waste water using activated sludge generated from refinery waste water treatment processes: Dynamic adsorption studies - Ahmed Soliman*, Ahmed Murad, Ehab Soltan, Dalal Alshamsi, Ala Aldahan, and M. El-Shaer, UAE University, UAE EG82: Measurements of gamma-emitting radionuclides in soil around Barakah nuclear power plant (NPP) site for baseline data purposes, UAE - Mouza Rashid Al Rashdi1*, Walid El Mowafi2, Sulaiman Alaabed1, Mohamed El Tokhi1, 1Geology Department, College of Science, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE 2Federal Authority of Nuclear Regulation, Abu Dhabi, UAE EG83 (Withdrawn): Environmental monitoring and mapping radioactive heat production from airborne spectral gamma -ray data of Gebel um had, central eastern desert, Egypt - Mohamed A. Radwan*, Geophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt EG84: Environmental assessment of radon- 222 in groundwater of the United Arab Emirates - D. Alshamsi 1*, M. J. Zheng4, A. Murad1 , X. D. Zhou2,4, B. Q. Lu4, P. Yi2,4, A. Aldahana1, X. L. Hou3,6, S. Hussein1, Z. B. Yu2,4, 1Department of Geology, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. 2State Key
Laboratory of Hydrology- Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. 3Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark. 4College of Water Resources and Hydrology, Hohai University, Nanjing,
China. 5Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 6Xi’an AMS centre and SKLLQG Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, Xi’an, China.
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12:40 EG85: Measurements of norm in urban environmental soil samples
in the United Arab Emirates - Abdulla Mohamed Al-Ali, Alexander A. Solodov, Braden Goddard and Philip A. Beeley*, Nuclear Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Session 4: Hydrogeophysics Chair: Ugur Yaramanci Cochair: Steven Sloan
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EG86: Application of FDR-PSO for the inversion of streaming potential
(S)* - Sajan Kumar1, Suraj Kumar1*, Shalivahan Srivastava1 and BB Bhattacharya2, 1Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India 2S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Kolkata, India
14:20 EG87: A hydrogeophysical approach to model groundwater flow
and transport - Thomas Fechner*, Geotomographie GmbH, Neuwied, Germany
14:40 EG88 (Withdrawn): Groundwater prospecting in a hard-rock coastal
area using time-domain electromagnetic induction method - Hesham El-Kaliouby*, National Research Center, Geophysics Department, Egypt
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15:30 Closing Ceremony
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Al Ain, UAE, ICEG2017 Field Excursion (optional) FIELD TRIP ITINERARY
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Depart from El Maqam Univ. Campus, Crescent Building
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch at the summit of Jabal Hafit
15:00 Finishing the field trip no later than 3:00 pm at the top of Jabal Hafit
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MAIN KEYNOTE SPEAKER
OF THE CONFERENCE
H. E. Dr. Eng. Abdulla Bilhaif Al-Nuaimi
Minister of Infrastructure Development at UAE Government His Excellency Dr. Eng. Abdullah Al-Nuaimi joined the Federal Government in 2013 as Minister of Infrastructure Development, which is responsible for developing the infrastructure of the federal state road networks and federal buildings (schools, hospitals, government buildings, research centers, cultural and sports centers, police stations and civil defense, housing for the citizens, and other governmental projects). Beside his responsibilities as a Minister, Dr. Eng. Abdulla Al-Nuaimi is Chairman of Sheikh Zayed Housing Program and also a Chairman of Federal Transport Authority.
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FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Chih-Ping Lin is a Distinguished Professor and the Chair in the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He received his MS in Civil Engineering (1996), MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering (1998), and Ph.D. (1999) degrees from Purdue University. His primary research interests are engineering monitoring based on electromagnetic waveguide and engineering geophysics. He received the ASTM Hogentogler Award in 2008 and served on the board of the Environmental & Engineering Geophysical Society from 2010 to 2013.
Dr. Lee Slater, Distinguished Professor and Henry Rutgers Professor in Geophysics at Rutgers University Newark, is an internationally recognized expert in hydrogeophysics. He has published extensively, including 145 papers in peer reviewed international journals of hydrogeology and geophysics. Dr. Slater has served as principal investigator on multiple research and technology demonstration projects funded by the US Department of Defense, US Department of Energy, US Department of Agriculture, US National Parks Service and National Science Foundation. He has also served in prominent
leadership roles in the academic geophysical community, including Chair of the Near Surface Geophysics Focus Group of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Chair of the AGU Hydrogeophysics Technical Committee, and President of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS). Dr. Slater currently serves as Associate Editor of Water Resources Research (WRR) and he recently edited a new volume on Near Surface Geophysics published in the 2nd Edition of the Treatise on Geophysics, part of the Elsevier Major International Reference series. Dr. Slater has served on multiple advisory boards for large interdisciplinary hydrogeological research projects in Europe. His numerous PhD graduates have mostly gone onto academic positions and are now making their own contributions to advancing research in hydrogeophysics.
Prof. Dr. Ugur Yaramanci (1950 Istanbul) graduated in geophysics at Clausthal University of Technology, Germany (1975) and received his PhD at University of Liverpool, Great Britain (1978). He was Assoc. Professor at Istanbul Technical University (1980-1986), scolar of Alexander Von Humboldt-Foundation at University of Kiel (1987), and a research associate at Research Centre for Environment and Health, Braunschweig (1987–1993). Later he was professor for petrophysics at Clausthal University of Technology (1993-1996), professor for applied geophysics at Berlin University of Technology (1996-2016) and
director of Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, Hannover (2008-2016). His scientific fields are applied geophysics, rock physics, geoelectrics & electromagnetics and magnetic resonance. He is author of about 100 peer papers and about 20 peer projects. He contributed to EAGE as Chief-In-Editor of Near Surface Geophysics (2003-2015), to German Geophysical Society (president 2009-2011), and Academy of Geosciences and Geotechnologies, Hannover (president since 2016).
Xiaolin Hou, a professor at the Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Nutech), is a radiochemist with expertise in environmental radioactivity, radioecology and environmental radioanalytical chemistry. He has coordinated and actively participated in a number of research
projects funded by EU, Nordic Reserach Councils, Denmark and China. He has authored/coauthored more than 180 research articles in peer reviewed scientific
journals. Prof. Hou has supervised many MSc, PhD and postdocs. He is the associate editor of Journal of Environmental Radioactivity and Journal of
Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, and committee member of Division of Nuclear and Radiochemistry of the EUCheMS and International Nuclear Chemistry Society (INCS) and was the chairman of the LSC-2017 conference.
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PANELIST PROGRAM
Women in Geosciences (Journey from Student to Young professionals)
Moderator: Dr. Estella Atekwana received a B.S. and MS from Howard University, Washington, DC and a PhD from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is currently the Dean, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of Delaware. Before coming to Delaware she spent 11 years at Oklahoma State University as the Sun Chair Professor, Regents Professor, and Head of the Boone Pickens School of Geology. She was previously a professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology and Western Michigan University. Her research on geophysical studies of
geomicrobiology processes helped to pioneer the field of biogeophysics. She also has research interests in tectonophysics with particular attention to continental rifting. She has published over 100 papers and more than 200 presentations at national meetings. She has served on the executive committee of the American Geophysical Union, Board of Directors for the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, Committee of Special Merits, and Women’s Network Committee (Society of Exploration Geophysicists). She is a member of the American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, National Association of Black Geoscientists, European Association of Geoscientists, and Engineers, and Geochemical Society.
Bukki Balogun is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over sixteen years’ experience working on the geotechnical aspects of a wide range of projects such as near shore marine structures, highway roads, rails and bridges, tunnels, deep basements, and building schemes. She provides geotechnical advisory and technical supports for the design of marine works, foundations to bridges, structures and earthworks design. Her experience and capabilities include ground investigation planning, design, administration, procurement, supervision and interpretation including the production of factual and interpretative report, geotechnical analysis and design of geotechnical structures such as cutting and
embankment slopes, earth retaining and quay wall structures, undertaken Geotechnical Asset Management
Inspections for Motorways and Trunk roads, geotechnical analysis and design of geotechnical structures such as
cutting and embankment slopes, earth retaining structures, deep foundations and foundations to marine
structures, settlement analysis and Impact assessment to third party assets, preparation of specifications and
undertaking Finite Element Analysis to assess soil structure interaction.
Salma Al Hajeri is currently the Director Reservoir Engineering at Mubadala Petroleum. She is responsible for quality control, technical assurance, and standardization of Mubadala Petroleum’s reservoir engineering and subsurface studies related to the company’s operations in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oman, and Qatar. Salma has been in the oil and gas industry for more than 16 years. She is the first UAE female to manage a key international project in Mubadala Petroleum’s South East Asia (SEA) assets. She was responsible for leading a multi-discipline team of subsurface technical practitioners in the
evaluation of the development options for commercializing a multi-trillion cubic feet off offshore gas discoveries made by Mubadala in 2013-2014.
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Salwa Thani is a geologist in Geology and Mineral Resources Department in the Ministry of Energy. Graduated from United Arab Emirates University in 2015 with a bachelor degree in Petroleum Geology and a minor in Geographic information System. She joined the Ministry in June in 2016. She is member of GeoHummer student group and the Emirates Foundation.
Nadia Halawi holds a MSc Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria. She started her career in
Bulgaria working in the area of control of environmental factors and microclimates in
living and working spaces. In 1993, Nadia joined ACES, one of the leading companies
in the UAE and Middle East for geotechnical investigations, materials testing,
geophysical studies, land and marine surveying, environmental sampling and testing, and special studies. Nadia joined ACES as an entry-level chemist and progressed
within the organization to the role she holds today, assistant branch manager of ACES Abu Dhabi. Throughout the past three decades, Nadia has contributed to the growth of ACES by focusing on technical and business development, quality management, and strategic planning. Eng. Nadia is lead auditor for ISO9001, ISO17025, as well as, senior assessor in the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award Abu Dhabi.
Best Practices in Near-Surface Geophysics
Moderator: Richard D. Miller (Rick) received a BA in physics from
Benedictine College, an MS in physics (emphasis geophysics) from the University of Kansas (KU), and a PhD in geophysics from the University of Leoben, Austria. Since 1983 he has been at the Kansas Geological Survey, a research and service division of KU, where he is senior scientist and courtesy associate professor of geology. His scientific interests focus on applying shallow-seismic methods to a wide assortment of problems from energy to engineering to the environment.
Christopher Leech - Geomatrix Consultants Ian Hosking - AECOM
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Ian Unsworth graduated in 1983 with B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology from Leicester University, UK. Since 1984 he has been working in the geophysical services industry with experience in the oilfield, environmental, groundwater, minerals, and engineering sectors. His first experience of working in the GCC area was in 1984 and he has been based in the area permanently since 1994 with work experience in Oman, UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain. He is a member of SEG, EAGE, SPWLA, and a Chartered Geologist with the Geological Society of London. Currently he is studying for an MSc in Hydrogeology.
Satar Hasan is a Geophysicist with more than 38 years of experience in the field of near surface geophysics. After graduation with a B.Sc. in geology/ geophysics in 1975, he worked at the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission for two years performing ground follow up radiometric surveys. In 1979 he obtained an M.Sc. degree in Applied Geophysics from Birmingham University in the UK and worked for four years as lecturer of Applied Geophysics in Libya and an additional four years in the UK in academia. Since 1989 he has been involved in Near Surface Geophysics Applications in the UK, Europe, India, Hong Kong, Africa, and the Middle East region. He joined Furgo Ltd. (UK) in 1993 as head of
the Geophysics Department and moved to Fugro Middle East in 2008 as regional manager of the onshore geophysics division.
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ENGINEERING GEOPHYSICS COMMITTEES
Conference Higher Committee Chairman: Eng. Suhail Thani Al Muhairi
Al Ain City Municipality – UAE
Vice Chairman: Prof. Ahmed Ali Murad UAE University – UAE Members: Prof. Haydar Baker Dr. Khalid Mohammed Al Bloushi Ms Ghalia Hallaf Alahbabi Eng. Rashid Abdullah Alnuaimi
UAE University – UAE UAE University – UAE UAE University – UAE Al Ain City Municipality – UAE
Conference Organizing Committee Chairman: Prof. Ahmed Ali Murad
UAE University – UAE
Vice Chairman: Eng. Rashid Abdullah Alnuaimi Al Ain City Municipality – UAE Members: Prof. Haydar Baker Eng. Mohammed Almuharrami Mr. Mohammed Shamis Al Nuaimi Mr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Nuaimi Ms. Ghalia Hallaf Alahbabi Mr. Raed Mohammed Shehada Dr. Amir Mohamed Gabr Ms. Abla Salem Al Kaabi Mr. Fahad Al Naqbi Dr. Dalal Matar Alshamsi Mr Ali Mohamed Fadl Ms. Shaima Al Ameri Eng. Mai Rashed Al Kaabi Ms. Nawal Al Dhaheri Ms. Hafsa Abdalla Al Ali Mr. Jassim Mohammed Al Harmoodi Mr. Murtada Mohamed El Amin Ms. Halima Al Neyadi Ms. Yogaani Bhatia Ms. Hyra Muros Ms. Bhavana Raj
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Technical & Scientific Committee Chairman: Prof. Haydar Baker UAE University – UAE Cochairman: Prof. Richard Miller KGS, University of Kansas – USA
Members: Dr. Khalid Mohammed Al Bloushi UAE University – UAE Dr. Lee Slater Rutgers University – USA Dr. Claudio Strobbia Total – France
Dr. Jianghi Xia China University of Geosciences – China Dr. Remke Van Dam Queensland University of Technology – Australia Prof. Maurer Hansruedi Institute for Geophysics, ETH-Zurich – Switzerland Dr. Steven Sloan Engineer Research & Development Center – USA Dr. Nils Ryden Lund University – Sweden Dr. Christopher Leech Geomatrix Earth Science Ltd. – UK Prof. Ala Aldahan UAE University – UAE Prof. Ugur Yaramanci Berlin University of Technology – Germany Prof. Chih-Ping Lin National Chiao Tung University – Taiwan Dr. Aman Mwafy UAE University – UAE
Industry Panel Sub-Committee Prof. Ahmed Ali Murad UAE University – UAE Prof. Hydar Baker UAE University – UAE Dr. Christopher Leech Geomatrix Earth Science Ltd. Dr. Hamdan Hamdan ACES - Arab Center for Engineering Studies Eng. Hosam Arafat Baynunah Laboratories Eng. Ilias K. Michalis Arcadis – UAE Dr. Dalal Al Dhamsi UAE University – UAE Eng. Khalid Ali Al Hosani Ministry of Energy Dr. Mohammed Hassouneh Tatweer
Dr. Rashed A. Jaradat Gulf Laboratory Dr. Younes Al Omari Gulf Laboratory
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