Kuo Tian
Published Jounral Articles
(* George Mason student advised/co-advised by me, ** Student co-author advised by others)
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Stark, B.*, Tian, K., and Krause, M. (2024) "Investigation of U.S. landfill GHG reporting program modeled methane emission estimate." Waste Management. 186, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.05.037.
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Li. D.*, Zhao, H.*, and Tian, K. (2024) "Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners to aggressive solid waste leachates." Geotextiles and Geomembranes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2024.05.006.
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Zhao, H.*, Li, D.* and Tian, K. (2024) "Long-term hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners." Geotextiles and Geomembranes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2024.04.006.
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Proano, C.**, Liu, R., Xu, X., Meisler, S., Hassanein, A., Lansing, S., Tian, K. and Li, G. (2024) "Impacts of free nitrous acid on stabilizing food waste and sewage sludge for anaerobic digestion." Bioresource Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130819.
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Ahmad, A.*, Tian, K., Tanyu, B. and Foster, G.D. (2024) "Sorption and diffusion of perfluoroalkyl substances in high-density polyethylene geomembranes." Waste Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.11.015.
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Ahmad, A.*, Tian, K., Tanyu, B. and Foster, G.D., (2023) "Effect of clay mineralogy on the partition coefficients of perfluoroalkyl substances." ACS EST Water, 2023, 3, 9, 2899–2909. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00105.
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Zhao, H.* and Tian, K. (2023) "Shear strength of HDPE smooth geomembrane/bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liner interface." Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 51(6), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2023.08.006.
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Li, D.*, Jiang, Z**., Tian, K., and Ji, R. (2023) "Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches." Environmental Geotechnics, 40, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.22.00181.
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Hashemi-Amiri, O.**, Ji, R. and Tian, K. (2023) "An integrated location–scheduling–routing framework for a smart municipal solid waste system." Sustainability, 15(10), 7774. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15107774.
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Gastelo, J.*, Li, D.*, Tian, K., Tanyu, B.F. and Guler, F.E. (2023) "Hydraulic conductivity of GCL overlap permeated with saline solutions." Waste Management, 157, 348–356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.12.028.
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Sharma, S.M*., Tian, K. and Tanyu, B. (2023) "Evaluation of Atactic Polypropylene (APP) geomembranes used as liners for salt ponds." Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 51(1), pp.165-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2022.10.006.
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Wireko, C.**, Abichou, T., Tian, K., Zainab, B.*, and Zhang, Z. (2022) "Effect of incineration ash leachates on the hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners." Waste Management, 139, 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.12.011.
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Li, D.*, Zainab, B.*, and Tian, K. (2021) "Effect of effective stress on hydraulic conductivity of bentonite–polymer geosynthetic clay liners to coal combustion product leachates." Environmental Geotechnics, 40, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.21.00077.
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Zainab, B.*, Wireko, C.**, Li, D.*, Tian, K., and Abichou, T. (2021) "Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners to coal combustion product leachates." Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 49(5), 1129-1138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2021.03.007.
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Du, Y. J., Shen, S. Q.**, Tian, K., and Yang, Y. L.** (2021) "Effect of polymer amendment on hydraulic conductivity of bentonite in calcium chloride solutions." Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33(2), 04020452. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003518.
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Wireko, C.**, Zainab, B.*, Tian, K., and Abichou, T. (2020) "Effect of specimen preparation on the swell index of bentonite-polymer GCLs." Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 48(6), 875-885.
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Tian, K., Likos, W., and Benson, C. (2019) "Polymer elution and hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(10), 04019071, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002097.
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Sun, C., Chen, J., Tian, K., Peng, D., Liao, X., & Wu, X. (2019) "Geochemical Characteristics and Toxic Elements in Alumina Refining Wastes and Leachates from Management Facilities." International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(7), 1297, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071297.
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Tian, K., Benson, C., Yang, Y., and Tinjum, J. (2018) "Radiation dose and antioxidant depletion in HDPE geomembranes." Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 46(4), 426-435, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2018.03.003. (Best Paper Award).
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Setz, M., Benson, C., Bradshaw, S., and Tian, K. (2018) "Lithium bromide extraction to determine ammonium in the exchange complex of bentonite." Geotechnical Testing Journal, 42(1), https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20170004.
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Tian, K., Benson, C., Tinjum, J., and Edil, T. (2017) "Antioxidant depletion and service life prediction for HDPE geomembranes exposed to low-level radioactive waste leachate." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001643. (Editor’s Choice).
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Tian, K., Benson, C., and Tinjum, J. (2017) "Chemical characteristics of leachate in low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities." Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 21(4), 04017010, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000361.
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Setz, M., Tian, K., Benson, C, and Bradshaw, S. (2017) "Effect of ammonia concentration on hydraulic conductivity of a conventional geosynthetic clay liner." Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 45(6), 665-673, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2017.08.008.
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Tian, K., Benson, C., and Likos, W. (2016) "Hydraulic conductivity of geosynthetic clay liners to low-level radioactive waste leachate." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 142.8 (2016): 04016037, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001495.
Publicly Available Peer-Reviewed Reports
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Tian, K. (2023). High-Density Polyethylene Pond Liner: Properties After 20 Years of Service. Electric Power Research Institute. ID: 3002027197. https://www.epri.com/research/programs/113123/results/3002027197.
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Tian, K. (2022). Liner System for Aggressive Coal Combustion Produce Leachate. Environmental Research and Education Foundation, https://erefdn.org/liner-systems-aggressive-coal-combustion-product-leachates/.
Book Chapter
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Tian, K. Chapter 8 Application of Geosynthetic Clay Liner for Coal Combustion Product Disposal. Managing Mining and Minerals Processing Wastes: Concepts, Design, and Applications. Publisher: Elsevier; 1st edition (March 30, 2023), ISBN-10: 0323912834.
Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
(* George Mason student advised/co-advised by me)
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Stark, B.M.*, Zhao, H.*, and Tian, K. (2024). Hydraulic performance of lighter bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners subject to wet-dry cycles in cover system. GeoAmericas 2024, Toronto, Canada.
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Ahmed, A.* and Tian, K. (2024). Transport of per-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane liner. GeoAmericas 2024, Toronto, Canada.
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Zhao, H.*, Stark, B.M., and Tian, K. (2024). Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners subject to wet-dry cycles used in landfill cover system. GeoShanghai 2024, Shanghai, China.
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Katzenberger, K. , Hanson, J. , Yesiller, N., Tian, K., Li, D., and Sample-Lord, K. (2023). Development of Cation Exchange Processes in Geosynthetic Clay Liners. In Geo-Congress 2023, pp. 162-170.
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Zhao, H.*, Li, Dong* and Tian, K. (2023). Long-term hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liner to coal combustion product leachates. Geosynthetics Conference 2023, Kansas City, MO, U.S.
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Li, D.*, and Tian, K. (2023), Hydraulic conductivity of lighter bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners. Geosynthetics Conference 2023, Kansas City, MO, U.S.
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Zhao, H.*, and Tian, K. (2023). Evaluation on interface shear strength of a bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liner and a smooth geomembrane. 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Chania, Greece.
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Li, D.*, and Tian, K. (2022). Effects of prehydration on hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liner to coal combustion product leachate. In Geo-Congress 2022 (pp. 568-577).
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Li, D.*, and Tian, K. (2021). Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners to coal combustion product leachates. Geosynthetics Conference-2021. Online.
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Zainab, B.* and Tian, K. (2020) Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners to Coal Combustion Product Leachates, Geo-Congress 2020, ASCE.
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Benson, C. and Tian, K. (2019). Stress-induced porewater pressures in the vadose zone beneath a mixed waste landfill. Proceedings Waste Management 19, WM Symposia Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Ref. 19001.
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Tian, K. and Benson, C. (2018). Containing Tc-99 using a multisorbing barrier material. Proceedings Waste Management 18, WM Symposia Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Ref. 18249.
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Tian, K. and Benson, C. (2018). Hydraulic conductivity of geosynthetic clay liners to aluminum refining leachate. Proceedings Geoshanghai, Shanghai, China.
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Tian K., and Benson C. (2018) Containing bauxite liquor using bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Volume 2. ICEG 2018. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore.
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Chen, J., Tian, K., and Benson, C. (2018). Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners to coal combustion product leachates. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Volume 2. ICEG 2018. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore.
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Tian, K. and Benson, C. (2017). Using bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners to contain bauxite liquor. Proceeding of the twenty-first International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste 2017, Alberta, Canada.
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Benson, C., Albright, W., Fuhrmann, M., Likos, W., Stefani, N, Tian, K., Waugh, J., and Williams, M. (2017). Radon fluxes from an earthen barrier over uranium mill tailings after two decades of service. Proceedings Waste Management 17, WM Symposia Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Ref. 17234.
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Tian, K. and Benson, C. (2017). Chemical compatibility of conventional geosynthetic clay liners to aggressive low-level radioactive waste leachate. Proceedings Waste Management 17, WM Symposia Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Ref. 17296.
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Tian, K., Benson, C., and Likos, W. (2017). Effect of an anion ratio on the hydraulic conductivity of a bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liner. Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, Orlando, Florida, 180–189.
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Tian, K. and Benson, C. (2017). Chemical compatibility of geosynthetic clay liner to aggressive bauxite liquor. 35th ICSOBA, Hamburg, Germany.
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Tian, K., Yang, Y., Benson, C., and Tinjum, J. (2016). Effect of radiation form low-level radioactive waste leachate on antioxidant depletion in HDPE geomembranes. Proceedings Waste Management 16, WM Symposia 1Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Ref. 16078.
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Tian, K., Likos, W., and Benson, C. (2016). Pore-scale imaging of polymer-modified bentonite in saline solutions. Geo-Chicago 2016: pp. 468-477.
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Tian, K. and Benson, C. (2015). Effect of low-level radioactive waste leachate on hydraulic conductivity of a geosynthetic clay liner. Geosynthetics 2015, IFAI, St. Paul, MN, 236–244.
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Tian, K., Yang, Y., Benson, C., and Tinjum, J. (2015). Effect of low-level radioactive waste leachate on antioxidant depletion in HDPE geomembranes. Proceedings Waste Management 15, WM Symposia Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Ref. 15135.
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Tian, K., Tinjum, J., Benson, C., and Edil, T. (2014). Antioxidant depletion of high-density of polyethylene in low-level radioactive waste leachate. Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2014, ASCE, Reston, VA, 1816–1825.
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Tian, K. and Benson, C. (2014). Hydraulic conductivity of geosynthetic clay liners exposed to low-level radioactive waste leachate. Proceedings Waste Management 14, WM Symposia Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Ref. 14082.
Keynote and Invited Lectures
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Tian, K. (2023). Bright Spark Lecture Award. International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Long-term Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite-Polymer Geosynthetic Clay Liners. 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Chania, Greece.
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Tian, K. (2020). Evolving Laboratory Methods for Detecting PFAS, TRB ADC60 and AFP40 workshop, Washington DC.
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Tian, K. (2020). Advancements on polymer modified bentonites in GCLs, IGS TC Barriers Systems. Workshop, Barcelona Tech, Barcelona, Spain.
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Tian, K. (2019). Recent Coal Ash Leachate Characteristics, Preparation of Synthetic Leachate, and Long-term hydraulic Performance of GCL, ASTM Committee Meeting, Denver, U.S.
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Tian, K. (2019). Hydraulic Conductivity of Geosynthetic Clay Liners. University of the District of Columbia.
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Tian, K. (2017). Using a Geosynthetic Clay Liner for Containment of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Leachate. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
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Tian, K. (2016). Application of Geosynthetic Clay Liner in Aggressive Leachate. Southeast University, China.
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Tian, K. (2016). Mechanism Controlling Hydraulic Conductivity of Geosynthetic Clay Liner. Wenzhou University, China.