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Scopus Author ID: 57204510109
ResearcherID: C-3163-2019

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Geotechnical Engineering, Solid Waste Management/Landfills, Environmental Remediation

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Employment (3)

The University of Texas at Austin: Austin, Texas, US

2023-10-30 to present | Research Fellow (Center for Water and the Environment)
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Girish Kumar

Geosyntec Consultants Inc Huntington Beach: Huntington Beach, CA, US

2021-04-19 to 2023-10-27 | Engineer
Employment
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Girish Kumar

University of Illinois at Chicago: Chicago, IL, US

2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant (Civil and Materials Engineering)
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Girish Kumar

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Illinois at Chicago: Chicago, IL, US

2016-01-01 to 2021-05-09 | Doctor of Philosophy (Civil and Materials Engineering)
Education
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Girish Kumar

National Institute of Technology Karnataka: Surathkal, Karnataka, IN

2011-08-21 to 2015-05-07 | Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering)
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Girish Kumar

Professional activities (1)

American Society of Civil Engineers: Reston, VA, US

Aff.M.ASCE
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Girish Kumar

Funding (4)

Quantifying the Distribution of Biotic and Abiotic Transformation Rate Constants in Low Permeability Clay Zones for Improved Assessment of TCE Impacts to Groundwater at DoD Field Sites

2021-08 to 2025-12 | Grant
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (Washington DC, US)
URL: https://serdp-estcp.mil/projects/details/6771f5b1-b4d1-4e5f-85f3-d1a3839270a5/er20-1203-project-overview
GRANT_NUMBER: ER20-1203
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Girish Kumar

Numerical Modeling of Temperature Effects on Geosynthetic Interfaces in Landfill Liners

2018-09 to 2021-05 | Award
Environmental Research and Education Foundation (Raleigh, North Carolina, US)
URL: https://erefdn.org/girish-kumar/
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Girish Kumar

GOALI: Innovative Biochar-Slag-Soil Cover System for Zero Emissions at Landfills

2017-09 to 2022-08 | Grant
National Science Foundation (Alexandria, Virginia, US)
URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1724773&HistoricalAwards=false
GRANT_NUMBER: CMMI# 1724773
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Girish Kumar

Modeling Coupled Dynamic Processes in Landfills: Holistic Long-Term Performance Management to Improve Sustainability

2015-09 to 2019-08 | Grant
National Science Foundation (Alexandria, Virginia, US)
URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1537514&HistoricalAwards=false
GRANT_NUMBER: CMMI# 1537514
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Girish Kumar

Works (38)

Sustainable Approaches for Closure of Coal Ash Impoundments: A Quantitative Assessment

International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s40891-024-00522-w
Contributors: Girish Kumar; Krishna R. Reddy
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Sustainability and Resilience: A New Paradigm in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Indian Geotechnical Journal
2024-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s40098-024-00899-5
Part of ISSN: 2277-3347
Contributors: Krishna R. Reddy; Jagadeesh Kumar Janga; Girish Kumar
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Reliability Assessment of Bioreactor Landfill Performance Using Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Bio-Mechanical Model

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002773
Contributors: Girish Kumar; Krishna R. Reddy
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Quantitative Assessment of Life Cycle Sustainability (QUALICS): Application to Engineering Projects

2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6590-2_9
Contributors: Krishna R. Reddy; Girish Kumar; Jyoti K. Chetri
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Temperature Effects on Stability and Integrity of Geomembrane–Geotextile Interface in Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s40891-021-00262-1
Contributors: Girish Kumar; Krishna R. Reddy
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Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Bio-Mechanical Model for Holistic Performance Assessment of Municipal Landfills

2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.25417/uic.15272364.v1
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Girish Kumar

Effects of Leachate Recirculation System Variables on Long-Term Bioreactor Landfill Performance Using Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Bio-mechanical Model

International Journal of Geomechanics
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001990
Contributors: Girish Kumar; Krishna R. Reddy
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Comprehensive coupled thermo-hydro-bio-mechanical model for holistic performance assessment of municipal solid waste landfills

Computers and Geotechnics
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103920
Part of ISSN: 0266-352X
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Girish Kumar
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Modeling elasto-visco-bio-plastic mechanical behavior of municipal solid waste in landfills

Acta Geotechnica
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-020-01072-x
Part of ISSN: 1861-1125
Part of ISSN: 1861-1133
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Girish Kumar
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Influence of Waste Temperatures on Long-Term Landfill Performance: Coupled Numerical Modeling

Journal of Environmental Engineering
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001855
Contributors: Girish Kumar; Kevin B. Kopp; Krishna R. Reddy; James L. Hanson; Nazli Yeşiller
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Numerical modeling of landfill processes: Complexity versus practicality

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
2020 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51350-4_10
EID:

2-s2.0-85091171261

Part of ISSN: 23662565 23662557
Contributors: Kumar, G.; Reddy, K.R.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Sustainability of vertical barriers for environmental containment

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
2020 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51350-4_29
EID:

2-s2.0-85091181861

Part of ISSN: 23662565 23662557
Contributors: Evans, J.C.; Ruffing, D.G.; Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Chetri, J.K.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Numerical modeling of coupled biochemical and thermal behavior of municipal solid waste in landfills

Computers and Geotechnics
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103836
Part of ISSN: 0266-352X
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Girish Kumar
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Addressing Climate Change Impacts and Resiliency in Contaminated Site Remediation

Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
2020-05-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)hz.2153-5515.0000515
Part of ISSN: 2153-5493
Part of ISSN: 2153-5515
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Girish Kumar
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Evaluating Uncertainty in Environmental Impacts from Life Cycle Assessment of Contaminated Site Remediation Options

Geo-Congress 2020
2020-02-21 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1061/9780784482834.033
ISBN: 9780784482834
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Girish Kumar
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Application of Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Framework to Select Remediation Method at Industrial Contaminated Site

Geotechnical Special Publication
2019 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1061/9780784482148.025
EID:

2-s2.0-85063485365
Contributors: Meehan, C.L.; Kumar, S.; Pando, M.A.; Coe, J.T.; Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Coupled thermo-hydro-bio-mechanical model: A new modeling framework for municipal solid waste,Modèle couplé thermo-hydro-biomécanique: Un nouveau cadre de modélisation pour les déchets solides municipaux

17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 2019 - Proceedings
2019 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.32075/17ECSMGE-2019-0226
EID:

2-s2.0-85111942381
Contributors: Kumar, G.; Reddy, K.R.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of basic oxygen furnace slag type on carbon dioxide sequestration from landfill gas emissions

Waste Management
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.01.013
EID:

2-s2.0-85059952867
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Chetri, J.K.; Kumar, G.; Grubb, D.G.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Incorporating thermal effects in modeling of MSW landfills

Environmental Science and Engineering
2019 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2224-2_2
EID:

2-s2.0-85060624149
Contributors: Kumar, G.; Kopp, K.; Reddy, K.R.; Hanson, J.L.; Yeşiller, N.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Quantitative Assessment of Life Cycle Sustainability (QUALICS): Framework and its application to assess electrokinetic remediation

Chemosphere
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.200
EID:

2-s2.0-85065845236
Contributors: da S Trentin, A.W.; Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Chetri, J.K.; Thomé, A.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Risk, sustainability and resiliency considerations in polluted site remediation

Environmental Science and Engineering
2019 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2221-1_8
EID:

2-s2.0-85060656781
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Du, Y.-J.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Role of geochemistry in sustainable geotechnics

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
2019 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7010-6_1
EID:

2-s2.0-85066140847
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Sequestration of Landfill Gas Emissions Using Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag: Effects of Moisture Content and Humid Gas Flow Conditions

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001539
EID:

2-s2.0-85065330115
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Gopakumar, A.; Chetri, J.K.; Kumar, G.; Grubb, D.G.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Shear Response of Interfaces in Liner System under Accelerated Degradation of MSW in Bioreactor Landfill

Geotechnical Special Publication
2019 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1061/9780784482148.015
EID:

2-s2.0-85063458411

Part of ISSN: 08950563
Contributors: Kumar, G.; Reddy, K.R.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Two-Phase Flow Modeling to Evaluate Effectiveness of Different Leachate Injection Systems for Bioreactor Landfills

Environmental Modeling & Assessment
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-019-09663-z
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Girish Kumar
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Rapid Stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills: Predictive Performance Using Coupled Modeling

Global NEST: the international Journal
2019-04-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.30955/gnj.002985
Part of ISSN: 1790-7632
Part of ISSN: 2241-777X
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Girish Kumar
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Effects of Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste on Moisture Distribution and Settlement in Bioreactor Landfills

Geotechnical Special Publication
2018 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1061/9780784481684.018
EID:

2-s2.0-85049667104
Contributors: Kumar, G.; Reddy, K.R.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Modeling coupled hydro-bio-mechanical processes in bioreactor landfills: Framework and validation

International Journal of Geomechanics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001164
EID:

2-s2.0-85049199988
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Giri, R.K.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Reliability assessment of bioreactor landfills using Monte Carlo simulation and coupled hydro-bio-mechanical model

Waste Management
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.11.010
EID:

2-s2.0-85033574662
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Giri, R.K.; Basha, B.M.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

System effects on bioreactor landfill performance based on coupled hydro-bio-mechanical modeling

Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000379
EID:

2-s2.0-85033459265
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Giri, R.K.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Biochar and Biochar-Amended Soils for Landfill Covers

Geotechnical Special Publication
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85049801422
Contributors: Kumar, G.; Yepes, J.E.; Hoyos, L.R.; Reddy, K.R.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Influence of dynamic coupled hydro-bio-mechanical processes on response of municipal solid waste and liner system in bioreactor landfills

Waste Management
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.040
EID:

2-s2.0-85008512204
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Giri, R.K.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Numerical modeling of the shear response of a composite liner system with municipal solid waste degradation in landfills

Geotechnical Special Publication
2017 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1061/9780784480434.006
EID:

2-s2.0-85018726186
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.; Giri, R.K.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Permeable reactive filter systems for the treatment of urban stormwater runoff with mixed pollutants

Geotechnical Special Publication
2017 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1061/9780784480434.055
EID:

2-s2.0-85018775779
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Kumar, G.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Reliability-Based Performance Assessment of Bioreactor Landfills Using Coupled Hydro-Bio-Mechanical Framework

Geotechnical Special Publication
2017 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1061/9780784480700.048
EID:

2-s2.0-85030454137
Contributors: Kumar, G.; Reddy, K.R.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies

Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Energy and Water Infrastructure; Transportation Infrastructure; and Planning and Financing - Selected Papers from the ASCE India Conference 2017
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85091338995
Contributors: Reddy, K.R.; Amaya-Santos, G.; Kumar, G.
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Girish Kumar via Scopus - Elsevier

Modeling Coupled Processes in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: An Overview with Key Engineering Challenges

International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering
2017-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s40891-016-0082-2
Part of ISSN: 2199-9260
Part of ISSN: 2199-9279
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Girish Kumar
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Effect of basic oxygen furnace slag particle size on sequestration of carbon dioxide from landfill gas

Waste Management & Research
Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X18823948
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Girish Kumar
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Peer review (40 reviews for 16 publications/grants)

Review activity for Bioresource technology reports. (1)
Review activity for Computers and geotechnics. (1)
Review activity for Current opinion in green and sustainable chemistry. (2)
Review activity for Energy. (1)
Review activity for Environmental science and pollution research international (1)
Review activity for Environmental technology & innovation. (3)
Review activity for Indian geotechnical journal. (4)
Review activity for Journal of cleaner production. (4)
Review activity for Journal of environmental engineering. (1)
Review activity for Journal of environmental management. (2)
Review activity for Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. (5)
Review activity for Journal of hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste. (2)
Review activity for Journal of the Indian Institute of Science. (7)
Review activity for Journal of Zhejiang University. (1)
Review activity for Science of the total environment. (1)
Review activity for Waste management. (4)
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