August 13 to 15, 2024, the 2nd International Conference on Microbial Biotechnology in Construction Materials and Geotechnical Engineering (MBCMG2024) was held in Singapore. The conference was hosted by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Nanyang Technological University Singapore School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association. The agenda of the meeting includes the opening ceremony, conference report, sub-forum report, and closing ceremony, focusing on bionic architecture and geotechnical materials and applications, calcium carbonate precipitation or other biological mineralization processes and applications induced by microorganisms or biological enzymes, self-healing materials, bio-geotechnical engineering processes and applications, solid waste utilization and environmental applications, bio-cement production, large-scale model tests and field tests and other research topics for academic exchanges. Prof. Chao-Sheng TANG, Associate Prof. Xiao-Hua PAN, and four Ph.D. students attended the conference.
Prof. Chao-Sheng TANG gave a special invited report
Associate Prof. Xiao-Hua PAN gave an invited report
During the conference, Prof. Chao-Sheng TANG gave a special invited report entitled Enhancing soil resilience to climate change through a bio-approach, and Associate Prof. Xiao-Hua PAN gave an invited report entitled An efficient microbial sealing of rock weathering cracks using bio-carbonation of. reactive magnesia cement. In addition, Ph.D. student Chao LV gave an oral report entitled Regulating the microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) process through the application of electric fields, and Ph.D. student Rui Wang gave an oral report entitled Efficient stabilization of dredged sludge through the bio-carbonation of reactive magnesia cement method, and Ph.D. student Jun-Zheng ZHANG gave an oral report entitled Electrical resistivity method for monitoring the microbially induced calcium carbonate. precipitation (MICP) soil stabilization processes, Ph.D. student Xin-Lun JI gave an oral report entitled Long-term performance on drought mitigation through a bio-approach: evidence and insight from both field and laboratory tests. The report has received extensive attention and discussions from the participating experts.
Four Ph.D. students gave oral reports
ECGC center has long been committed to expanding the innovative application of microbial mineralization technology in engineering geology and exploring key scientific issues. This conference mainly demonstrated the research progress of climate resilience control, rock mass weathering restoration, microscopic mechanism, and heterogeneity monitoring, promoting the exchange and cooperation between our center and other academic institutions.