Ernest Yanful
Contact
Research Director
Geotechnical Research Centre
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Spencer Engineering Building
Room SEB3079
Western University
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 84069
Fax: 519-661-3779
eyanful@uwo.ca
Projects
- Review of End Pit Lake Technical Guidance Document.
- Capacity building in waste management, water and sanitation in developing countries.
- Biodiesel production from Jatropha curcas and walnut oils.
- Design of small/mobile drinking water treatment systems for remote communities.
- Chromium removal using nano-zerovalent iron (nZVI) particles.
- Arsenic removal using nano magnetite particles.
- Physical and computer modelling of coupled water and gas transfer in inclined soil barriers over acid-generating waste.
- The physics and geochemistry of flooded mine tailings: Shebandowan, Ontario; Heath Steele Mines.
- Design of engineered cover for ARD mitigation under different climates.
- Design of shallow water covers over acid-generating tailings.
- Clay barrier-permeant compatibility studies involving landfill leachate and acid mine drainage.
- Mitigation of methane emission from landfills.
- Institutional development and capacity building.