Leon van Paassen

Stallings Young, E.G., Mahabadi, N., Zapata, C.E. & Van Paassen, L.A. (2021) Microbial-Induced Desaturation in Stratified Soil Conditions. Int. J. of Geosynth. and Ground Eng. 7, 37,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-021-00276-9

Wang, L., Gao Y., He, J, Gao, Y. & van Paassen, L.A. (2021) Effect of Biogenic Gas Formation through Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation (MIDP) on the Static Response of Sands with Varied Relative density, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, accepted

Zeng, C., Veenis, Y., Hall, C.A., Stallings Young, E., Van der Star, W.R.L., Zheng, J. & Van Paassen, L.A. (2021) Experimental and numerical analysis of a field trial application on microbially induced calcite precipitation for ground stabilization. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002545)

Wang, L., Gao, Y., He, J., Gao, Y., & van Paassen, L. A. (2021). Effect of Biogenic Gas Formation through Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation on the Static Response of Sands with Varied Relative Density. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(8), 04021071.

Krishnan, V., Khodadadi Tirkolaei, H., Martin, K., Hamdan, N., Van Paassen, L.A., & Kavazanjian Jr, E. (2021). Variability in the Unconfined Compressive Strength of EICP-Treated “Standard” Sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(4), 06021001.

Gao, Y., Hang, L., He, J., Zhang, F., & Van Paassen, L. (2020). Pullout behavior of geosynthetic reinforcement in biocemented soils. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2020.10.028

Xiao, Y., Stuedlein, A. W., Pan, Z., Liu, H., Matthew Evans, T., He, X., Lin, H., Chu, J. & van Paassen, L.A. (2020). Toe-Bearing Capacity of Precast Concrete Piles through Biogrouting Improvement. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(12), 06020026. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002404

Shakeel, A., Safar, Z., Ibanez, M., van Paassen, L., & Chassagne, C. (2020). Flocculation of clay suspensions by anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes: A systematic analysis. Minerals, 10(11), 999. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10110999

Mahabadi, N. , van Paassen, L.A., Battiato, I. Yun, T.S. , Choo, H. & Jang, J. (2020) Impact of Pore-Scale Characteristics on Immiscible Fluid Displacement, GeoFluids, Article ID 5759023 https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5759023

Spencer, C. A., van Paassen, L., & Sass, H. (2020). Effect of Jute Fibres on the Process of MICP and Properties of Biocemented Sand. Materials, 13(23), 5429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13235429

Wang, L., van Paassen, L.A., Gao, Y., He, J , Gao, Y. & Kim, D. (2020) Laboratory Tests on Mitigation of Soil  Liquefaction with Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation (MIDP), Geotechnical Testing Journal. 44 (2): 520-534.  https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20190432

Barciela-Rial, M., Van Paassen, L.A., Griffioen, J., Van Kessel, T. & Winterwerp, J.C.(2020) The Effect of Solid Phase Composition on the Drying Behaviour of Markermeer Sediment, Vadose Zone Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20028

Edgar, M., Ray, H., Grubb, D.G., van Paassen, L.A., Hamdan, N., & Boyer, T.H., (2020) Removal of Phosphate and Nitrate from Impacted Waters via Slag-Driven Precipitation and Microbial Transformation, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 6 (2), 04020007, https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000914

Kim, D., Mahabadi, N., Jang, J., & van Paassen, L.A. ( 2020). Assessing the kinetics and pore‐scale characteristics of biological calcium carbonate precipitation in porous media using a microfluidic chip experiment. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR025420. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025420

Xiao, Y., Stuedlein, A. W., Ran, J., Evans, T. M., Cheng, L., Liu, H., Van Paassen, L.A.  & Chu, J. (2019). Effect of Particle Shape on Strength and Stiffness of Biocemented Glass Beads. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(11), 06019016.

Wu, C., Chu, J., Wu, S., Cheng, L., & van Paassen, L.A. (2019). Microbially induced calcite precipitation along a circular flow channel under a constant flow condition. Acta Geotechnica, 14(3), 673-683.

Pham, V.P. , van Paassen, L.A., van der Star, W.R.L., & Heimovaara, T.J. (2018). Evaluating Strategies to Improve Process Efficiency of Denitrification-Based MICP. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(8), 04018049.

Mahabadi, N., Zheng, X., Yun, T.S., van Paassen, L., & Jang, J. (2018). Gas Bubble Migration and Trapping in Porous Media: Pore‐Scale Simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(2), 1060-1071.

Oliveira, B. R., Smit, M.P., Veld, H., van Paassen, L.A., Rijnaarts, H. H., & Grotenhuis, T. (2018). Subsidence of organic dredged sediments in an upland deposit in Wormer-en Jisperveld: North Holland, the Netherlands. Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(4), 131.

Kulshreshtha, Y., Schlangen, E., Jonkers, H.M., Vardon, P.J., van Paassen, L.A. CoRncrete: A corn starch based building material (2017) Construction and Building Materials, 154, pp. 411-423. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.07.184

Tollenaar, R.N., van Paassen, L.A., Jommi, C. Experimental evaluation of the effects of pull rate on the tensile behavior of a clay (2017) Applied Clay Science, 144, pp. 131-140. DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2017.04.026

Hamed Khodadadi, T., Kavazanjian, E., Van Paassen, L., Dejong, J. Bio-Grout Materials: A Review (2017) Geotechnical Special Publication, (288 GSP), pp. 1-12. DOI: 10.1061/9780784480793.001

Oliveira, B.R.F., Smit, M.P.J., van Paassen, L.A., Grotenhuis, T.C., Rijnaarts, H.H.M. Functional properties of soils formed from biochemical ripening of dredged sediments—subsidence mitigation in delta areas (2017) Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17 (1), pp. 286-298. DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1570-7

Jommi, C., Valimberti, N., Tollenaar, R.N., Della Vecchia, G., Van Paassen, L.A. Modelling desiccation cracking in a homogenous soil clay layer: Comparison between different hypotheses on constitutive behaviour (2016) E3S Web of Conferences, 9, art. no. 08006,. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20160908006

van Wijngaarden, W.K., van Paassen, L.A., Vermolen, F.J., van Meurs, G.A.M., Vuik, C. Simulation of Front Instabilities in Density-Driven Flow, Using a Reactive Transport Model for Biogrout Combined with a Randomly Distributed Permeability Field (2016) Transport in Porous Media, 112 (2), pp. 333-359. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-016-0649-3

van Wijngaarden, W.K., van Paassen, L.A., Vermolen, F.J., van Meurs, G.A.M., Vuik, C. A Reactive Transport Model for Biogrout Compared to Experimental Data (2016) Transport in Porous Media, 111 (3), pp. 627-648. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-015-0615-5

Kanayama, M., Rohe, A., van Paassen, L.A. Using and Improving Neural Network Models for Ground Settlement Prediction (2014) Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 32 (3), pp. 687-697. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-014-9745-8

Kanayama, M., Okamura, Y., Rohe, A., Van Paassen, L.A. Examination for predicting ground settlement based on measurement records by using a neural network model (2014) ISRM International Symposium - 8th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, ARMS 2014, pp. 2337-2345. 

Van Paassen, L.A., Vardon, P.J., Mulder, A., Van De Weg, G., Jeffrey, P. Investigating the susceptibility of iron ore to liquefaction (2013) Poromechanics V - Proceedings of the 5th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, pp. 1478-1487. DOI: 10.1061/9780784412992.176

Dejong, J.T., Soga, K., Kavazanjian, E., Burns, S., Van Paassen, L.A., AL Qabany, A., Aydilek, A., Bang, S.S., Burbank, M., Caslake, L.F., Chen, C.Y., Cheng, X., Chu, J., Ciurli, S., Esnault-Filet, A., Fauriel, S., Hamdan, N., Hata, T., Inagaki, Y., Jefferis, S., Kuo, M., Laloui, L., Larrahondo, J., Manning, D.A.C., Martinez, B., Montoya, B.M., Nelson, D.C., Palomino, A., Renforth, P., Santamarina, J.C., Seagren, E.A., Tanyu, B., Tsesarsky, M., Weaver, T. Biogeochemical processes and geotechnical applications: Progress, opportunities and challenges (2013) Geotechnique, 63 (4), pp. 287-301. DOI: 10.1680/geot.SIP13.P.017

Dejong, J.T., Soga, K., Kavazanjian, E., Burns, S., Van Paassen, L.A., Al Qabany, A., Aydilek, A., Bang, S.S., Burbank, M., Caslake, L.F., Chen, C.Y., Cheng, X., Chu, J., Ciurli, S., Esnault-Filet, A., Fauriel, S., Hamdan, N., Hata, T., Inagaki, Y., Jefferis, S., Kuo, M., Laloui, L., Larrahondo, J., Manning, D.A.C., Martinez, B., Montoya, B.M., Nelson, D.C., Palomino, A., Renforth, P., Santamarina, J.C., Seagren, E.A., Tanyu, B., Tsesarsky, M., Weaver, T. Biogeochemical processes and geotechnical applications: Progress, opportunities and challenges (2013) Bio- and Chemo- Mechanical Processes in Geotechnical Engineering - Geotechnique Symposium in Print 2013, pp. 143-157.

Van Paassen, L.A., Van Hemert, W.J., Van Der Star, W.R.L., Van Zwieten, G., Van Baalen, L. Direct shear strength of biologically cemented gravel (2012) Geotechnical Special Publication, (225 GSP), pp. 968-977. DOI: 10.1061/9780784412121.100

Van Paassen, L.A. Bio-mediated ground improvement: From laboratory experiment to pilot applications (2011) Geotechnical Special Publication, (211 GSP), pp. 4099-4108. DOI: 10.1061/41165(397)419

Ngan-Tillard, D.J.M., Verwaal, W., Maurenbrecher, P.M., Van Paassen, L.A. Microstructural degradation of Maastrichtian limestones (2010) Rock Engineering in Difficult Ground Conditions - Soft Rocks and Karst - Proceedings of the Regional Symposium of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, EUROCK 2009, pp. 321-326.

Van Paassen, L.A., Van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., Pieron, M., Mulder, A., Ngan-Tillard, D.J.M., Van Der Linden, T.J.M. Strength and deformation of biologically cemented sandstone (2010) Rock Engineering in Difficult Ground Conditions - Soft Rocks and Karst - Proceedings of the Regional Symposium of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, EUROCK 2009, pp. 405-410.

Van Der Star, W.R.L., Taher, E., Harkes, M.P., Blauw, M., Van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., Van Paassen, L.A. Use of waste streams and microbes for in situ transformation of sand into sandstone (2010) Geotechnical Society of Singapore - International Symposium on Ground Improvement Technologies and Case Histories, ISGI'09, pp. 177-182. DOI: 10.3850/GI126

van Paassen, L.A., Ghose, R., van der Linden, T.J.M., van der Star, W.R.L., van Loosdrecht, M.C.M. Quantifying biomediated ground improvement by ureolysis: Large-scale biogrout experiment (2010) Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 136 (12), pp. 1721-1728. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000382

Harkes, M.P., van Paassen, L.A., Booster, J.L., Whiffin, V.S., van Loosdrecht, M.C.M. Fixation and distribution of bacterial activity in sand to induce carbonate precipitation for ground reinforcement (2010) Ecological Engineering, 36 (2), pp. 112-117.  DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.01.004

 van Paassen, L.A., Daza, C.M., Staal, M., Sorokin, D.Y., van der Zon, W., van Loosdrecht, Mark.C.M. Potential soil reinforcement by biological denitrification (2010) Ecological Engineering, 36 (2), pp. 168-175. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.026

Van Paassen, L.A., Harkes, M.P., Van Zwieten, G.A., Van Der Zon, W.H., Van Der Star, W.R.L., Van Loosdrecht, M.C.M. Scale up of BioGrout: A biological ground reinforcement method (2009) Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering, 3, pp. 2328-2333.  DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-2328

Ghose, R., Van Paassen, L., Van Der Star, W., Van Der Linden, T., Van Zwieten, G. Monitoring progressive cementation of sand by biogrouting through time-lapse shear-wave seismics (2009) Near Surface 2009 - 15th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Whiffin, V.S., van Paassen, L.A., Harkes, M.P. Microbial carbonate precipitation as a soil improvement technique (2007) Geomicrobiology Journal, 24 (5), pp. 417-423. DOI: 10.1080/01490450701436505