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Susan E. Burns

Professor and Group Coordinator

Presentations

  1. “Keynote: Waste Containment: Is there more?”, US Japan Geoenvironmental Engineering Workshop, Kyoto, Japan, October, 2011.
  2. "Influence of Interfacial Chemistry on the Engineering Behavior of Soils", Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, May 2011.
  3. "Influence of Interfacial Chemistry on the Engineering Behavior of Soils", Georgia State University, Geology Department, Atlanta, GA, October 2009.
  4. "Applications of Nanotechnology for State Departments of Transportation", Southeastern Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (SASHTO 2006), Atlanta, GA, August 2006.
  5. "Experimental Investigation of the Behavior of Interfacial Organics in Engineered and Natural Geomaterials", Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 2004.
  6. "Evaluation of the Coefficient of Consolidation (and Hydraulic Conductivity) of Clays During Seismic Piezocone Tests", University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, March 2004.
  7. "Evaluation of the Coefficient of Consolidation (and Hydraulic Conductivity) of Clays During Seismic Piezocone Tests", University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, November 2003.
  8. "Experimental Investigation of the Role of Interfacial Organics in the Chemical and Physical Behavior of Soils", University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, November 2003.
  9. "Evaluation of the Coefficient of Consolidation (and Hydraulic Conductivity) of Clays During Seismic Piezocone Tests", University of California, Davis; Davis, CA, April 2003.
  10. "Role of Interfacial Organics in the Chemical and Physical Behavior of Soils", University of California, Davis; Davis, CA, April 2003.
  11. Bartelt-Hunt, S.L., Smith, J.A., and Burns, S.E. (2003). "An Assessment of the Sorptive and Mechanical Properties of Amendments for Earthen Landfill Liners." Ninth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Sardinia, Italy.
  12. Bartelt-Hunt, S.L., Smith, J.A., and Burns, S.E. (2002). "Evaluation of sorptive amendments for use in earthen liners at waste-disposal facilities." Second Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, Asheville, N.C.
  13. Bartelt-Hunt, S.L., Burns, S.E. and Smith, J.A. (2002). "Sorption of nonionic organic solutes to two organobentonites as a function of organic-carbon content." American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Washington D.C.
  14. Smith, J.A., Bartelt-Hunt, S.L., and Burns, S.E. (2001) "Sorption and permeability of gasoline hydrocarbons in an organobentonite porous media", First International Conference on Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination of Soils and Sediments, London, England.
  15. "Mechanistic Considerations in the Transport of Air Bubbles through Saturated Porous Media", Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.
  16. Burns, S.E. (2000). "Compressibility and Index Properties of Organic-Exchanged Bentonite", GeoDenver, Annual Specialty Conference of ASCE's GeoInstitute, Denver, CO.
  17. Burns, S.E. (2000). "Surfactant Effects on the Transport of Air Bubbles in Porous Media", GeoDenver, Annual Specialty Conference of ASCE's GeoInstitute, Denver, CO.
  18. Burns, S.E. (2000). "Mechanistic Considerations in the Transport of Air Bubbles through Saturated Porous Media", Transportation Research Board 79th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January.
  19. "Transport and Aggregation of Microbubbles in Porous Media – Surfactant Effects", U.S. Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, October 1999.
  20. "Monotonic and Dilatory Pore Pressure Decay During Piezocone Dissipation Testing", Geotechnical Engineering Seminar, The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, March 1999.
  21. Burns, S.E. (1999). "Pore Pressure Dissipation Behavior Surrounding Driven Piles and Cone Penetrometers", Transportation Research Board 78th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January.
  22. Burns, S.E. (1998). "Monotonic and Dilatory Pore Pressure Decay During Piezocone Tests in Clay", First International Conference on Site Characterization (ISC '98), Atlanta, GA, April.
  23. Burns, S.E. (1998). "Integrated Opto-electronic Chemical Sensor for BTEX Detection in Cone Penetration Testing", First International Conference on Site Characterization (ISC '98), Atlanta, GA, April.
  24. "Methods of Bubble Generation in Environmental Processes", Oak Ridge National Laboratory Young Scientists Seminar Series, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge, TN, August 1996.
  25. Burns, S.E. (1996). "Magnetic Investigation of a Simulated Hazardous Waste Site", Uncertainty in the Geologic Environment, American Society of Civil Engineers, Madison, WI, August.

Reports

  1. Burns, S.E. (2009)."Interpretation of Cone Penetration Tests for Pile Design Applications at the Georgia Department of Transportation", Georgia Department of Transportation.
  2. Burns, S.E. and Ross, W.A. (2008). "Materials Tracking Technology at the Office of Materials and Research", Georgia Department of Transportation.
  3. Mitchell, J.K. et al. (2007). Assessment of the Performance of Engineered Waste Containment Barriers, National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington D.C.
  4. Burns, S.E. and Tillman, K. (2006). "Physicochemical Investigation of the Performance of Cement Treated Aggregate in Virginia", Virginia Transportation Research Council.
  5. Burns, S.E. and Cline, M. (2002). "Evaluation of Wick Drain Performance in Virginia Soils", Virginia Transportation Research Council.
  6. Burns, S.E. (2001). "Abiotic Reduction of TNT in the Presence of Ferrous Iron and Mineral Surfaces", U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
  7. Burns, S.E. and Mayne, P.W. (1998). "Penetrometers for Soil Permeability and Chemical Detection", Georgia Institute of Technology, Report No. GIT-CEEGEO-98-1, 144 pp. (http://www.ce.gatech.edu/~sburns/Burns and Mayne 1998.pdf)
  8. Mayne, P.W., Burns, S.E., Hegazy, Y., and Kates, G. (1996). "Report of Seismic Piezocone and Flat Dilatometer Tests in Pemiscot and Dunklin Counties", prepared for Missouri Department of Highways and Transportation, Jefferson City, MO.
  9. Burns, S.E. and Mayne, P.W. (1995). "Seismic Piezocone Penetration Tests - Georgia International Maritime Facility - Savannah, GA", prepared for Law Engineering, Atlanta, GA.
  10. Burns, S.E. and Mayne, P.W. (1995). "Cone Penetration Tests - British Petroleum Facility - Cusiana, Colombia, South America", prepared for Law Engineering, Houston, TX.
  11. Burns, S.E. and Mayne, P.W. (1994). "Piezocone Penetration Tests - Puerto Rico Liquefaction Study - Mayaguez, Puerto Rico", Georgia Institute of Technology Internal Report, Atlanta, GA.
  12. Burns, S.E. and Mayne, P.W. (1994). "Seismic Piezocone Penetration Tests - San Manuel Copper Mines - Tucson, AZ", prepared for SHB Environmental, Phoenix, AZ.
  13. Burns, S.E., Hegazy, Y., and Mayne, P.W. (1994). "Seismic Piezocone Penetration Tests - Bagdad Copper Mines - Bagdad, AZ", prepared for SHB Environmental, Phoenix, AZ.
  14. Hegazy, Y., Burns, S.E., and Mayne, P.W. (1994). "Piezocone Penetration Tests - Union Carbide Facility - Ponce, Puerto Rico", prepared for Law Engineering, Houston, TX.
  15. Chen, B.S., Burns, S.E., and Mayne, P.W. (1993). "Piezocone and Dilatometer Tests - Savannah Dikes - Savannah, GA", prepared for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Forest Park, GA.