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Vanessa Di Battista

Professeure, Faculté de génie
FAC. GÉNIE Civil et bâtiment

Présentation

Sujet de recherche

Geotechnics

Disciplines de recherche

Civil Engineering

Mots-clés

Geoenvironmental, geosynthetics

Intérêts de recherche

Contaminant transport, geosynthetics, landfills, soil remediation

Langues parlées et écrites

Anglais, Français

Diplômes

(2020). Performance of Geosynthetics for Remediation of Hydrocarbons and Emerging Contaminants (Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy). Queen's University at Kingston.

(2012). (Bachelor's, Bachelor of Applied Science). University of Toronto.

Titres de compétence

Ingénieur.

Professional Engineer.

Expérience académique

Professeure adjointe. (2022-). Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.

Prix et distinctions

  • (2024) Bourse de recherche postdoctorale (B3X). Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). (Prize / Award).
  • (2022) Claire Deschênes Postdoctoral Fellowship. Université de Sherbrooke. (Prize / Award).
  • Robert J. Mitchel Prize. Queen's University at Kingston. (Prize / Award).

Financement

  • Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Waste valorization and service-environment impacts on geosynthetic barrier system performance. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Discovery Grant Program. 172 500 $. (2023-2028)

Publications

Articles de revue

  • Di Battista, V*; Rowe, RK; McWatters R. (2022). Field and laboratory investigation of factors affecting GCL performance in the Antarctic Environment. Canadian Geotechnical Journal (In Press).
  • DiBattista, V*; Rowe, RK. (2020). Contaminant Diffusion through a Novel Coextruded Vapour Barrier. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 146 (12), 04020132. (Published).
  • McWatters, R; Rowe, RK; Di Battista, V; Sfiligoj, B; Wilkins, D; Spedding, T. (2020). Exhumation and performance of an Antarctic composite barrier system after 4 years exposure. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 57 (8), 1130-1152. (Published).
  • Di Battista, V*; Rowe, RK; Patch, D*; Weber, K*. (2020). PFOA and PFOS Diffusion through LLDPE and LLDPE Coextruded with EVOH at 22℃, 35℃, and 50℃. Waste Management 117 93-103. (Published).
  • DiBattista, V*; Rowe, RK. (2020). TCE and PCE diffusion through five geomembranes including two coextruded with an EVOH layer. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 48 (5), 655-666. (Published).

Articles de conférence

  • Di Battista, V*; Rowe, RK. (2017). Effects of brine solutions and calcium chloride solutions on solution retention capacity and swell index bentonite. Canadian Geotechnical Conference GeoOttawa 2017. (Published).

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés

  • Geotechnical Engineering II. CIVL 341. (2020-01-01 à 2020-04-30).
  • Geoenvironmental Design. CIVL 443. (2019-01-08 à 2019-04-30).
  • Professional Skills for Civil Engineers. CIVL 200. (2018-09-01 à 2018-12-31).
  • Professional Skills for Civil Engineers. CIVL 200. (2017-09-01 à 2017-12-31).

Présentations

  • (2018). GMBs & Site Remediation: Clean-up of hydrocarbon spills in Antarctica and vapour intrusion. Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Professional Development Day. Toronto, Canada