Sustainable Materials

Chapter 1: Sustainability Enhancement by adoption of Circular Economy in Construction and Demolition Waste Man-agement -Indian Case Study.- Chapter 2: Delineation of Surface Water Potential Zones and Identification of Sites in Mahanadi River Basin, Odisha, India, Using GIS.- Chapter 3: Vermi-Urine-Diverting Dry Toilet (Vermi-UDDT) with Rainwater Harvesting System (RWHs) for Better Sanitation.- Chapter 4: A Methological Evaluation of Mixed Designs for Self-Compacting Concrete.- Chapter 5: Utilization of Magnesium-Rich Olivine as a Sustainable Alternative for Soil Stabilization.- Chapter 6: Analysis Of Mechanical And Durability Properties of Using Ground-Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Stabilized Soil, A Review.- Chapter 7: Creating A Livable Planet Earth - A Sustainable Approach to Mitigate Environmental Pollution and Global Warming.- Chapter 8: Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4,6- Trichlorophenol using P-25 TiO2.- Chapter 9: Review of Non-Potable Water Applications for Sustainable Concrete Development.- Chapter 10: Properties of Geopolymer and its Utilisation in Construction as a Sustainable Material- A Review. etc.

Dr. Arvind Kumar Agnihotri is Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Jalandhar. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, M.Tech. from NIT Kurukshetra and B.E. from Panjab University Chandigarh. He possesses a work experience of around 34 years in research, teaching, and academic administration, with several years spent holding key leadership positions. His areas of interest are geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, reinforced earth (geosynthetics and geofibers), ground improvement and soil-structure interaction. He has supervised 15 Ph.D. theses and 58 M.Tech. dissertations. He has 85 publications in international refereed journals and 60 publications in various national and international conferences/symposia. He has served Head of the Civil Engineering department, Dean Academics, Dean Planning and Development, and officiated as Campus Director at Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. He has completed several sponsored projects, including World Bank projects. He is Fellow/Member of many professional organizations like ASCE, IGS, ISTE, ISSMGE and IRC. He has organized many national and international events successfully. He has edited 5 books, and he is Reviewer of many international journals.

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of both the Sustainable Engineering Research and Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering laboratories at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), USA. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Prior to joining UIC, he worked for three years in consulting as Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Engineer. His research expertise includes environmental remediation, waste containment, beneficial use of waste and recycled materials and sustainable and resilient engineering. Dr. Reddy has authored four books, 298 journal papers, 30 edited