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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: MOSTAFA A. WARITH
Vice Dean of Engineering, October 6 University, Egypt
Professor Emeritus, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Senior Visiting Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Nationality: Egyptian and Canadian
Date of Birth: September 7, 1953
Telephone: (Mob.) +2010 66 61 80 60, Home +202 3302 4675
E mail: [email protected]
DEGREES:
Ph. D. Geo-Environmental Engineering - McGill University 1987
M. A. Sc. Environmental Engineering - McGill University 1983
M. A. Sc. Sanitary Engineering - Ein Shames University, Egypt 1981
B. Sc. Civil Engineering - Cairo University, Egypt 1976
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2014- Vice Dean of Engineering, October 6 University, Egypt
2012-2014 Vice Charmin, Solid Waste Management, Chemonics, Egypt
2011- Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University
2011-2012 AAW Consulting Engineers - Director of Technical Affairs, Egypt
2005-2010 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University
1999-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University
1996-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University
2005- Senior Visiting Professor – Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
1999- Member of the Graduate School at Ryerson University
1997-2008 Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University
1997- Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Ottawa
1995-1996 Project Manager, CH2M G&S, Ottawa, Ontario
1990-1995 Project Manager, Golder Associate Limited, Ottawa, Ontario
1988-1990 Project Co-ordinator, CRA, Waterloo, Ontario
1987-1988 Post Doctor Fellowship, Civil Engineering Dept. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1981-1987 Research Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1980-1981 Faculty Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
1977-1981 Project Engineer, AAW Consulting Engineers, Cairo, Egypt
1976-1977 Captain, Egyptian Army
HONOURS:
M.A. Warith 2
American Society for Testing and Materials Committee D-34 on Waste Disposal (1985)
Ryerson University 1998 Merit Award for Teaching and Research
Ryerson University 1999 Merit Award for Teaching and Research
Ryerson University 2004 Merit Award for Teaching and Research
Ryerson University 2005 Merit Award for Teaching and Research
Best Paper, Caribbean Water and Waste Water Conference October 2005
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1991- Registered Professional Engineer in Ontario
1976- Registered Professional Engineer in Egypt
2001- Member of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
1992- Member of the International Institute of Environmental Auditors
1991- Member of the Canadian Geotechnical Society
1990- Member of the Ottawa Geotechnical Group
1992-1993 Member of the 1993 ASCE-CSCE Conference National Abstract Review Committee and
Technical Sub-Committee, Montreal, Quebec
1995-1997 Member of the organisation committee of the 50th Canadian Geotechnical Conference,
Ottawa, Ontario
1999-2000 Member of the Organisation Committee for GEO 2000 UAE, November 4 to 7, 2000.
2001-2002 Member of the Canadian Geotechnical Society, Southern Ontario Executive Committee
2001- Member of the Grate Lakes Task Group
2001-2002 Member of the Organization Committee of the 55th Canadian Geotechnical Conference,
Niagara Falls, Ontario.
2003-2004 Vice President of the Canadian Geotechnical Society – Geo-Environmental Division
2004 Coordinator of the 2004 Canadian Geotechnical Society Student Competitions
2004 Member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE)
2004-2005 Member of the Organization Committee of the CSCE 2005 Environmental Specialty
Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
2004-2006 Member of the Organization Committee of the CSCE 2006 Conference, Calgary, Alberta.
2004 Member of Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) National Committee for
Innovation & Information Technology in Civil Engineering
2004-2005 Member of the Award Selection Committee of the Canadian
Society of Geotechnical Engineers – Geo-Environmental Committee
2004-2006 Chair of the of the Professional Affairs Committee- Ryerson Faculty Association
2004-2005 Chair of the Civil Engineering Departmental Council, Ryerson University
2004-2005 Member of the Faculty of Engineering Merit Committee
2006-2008 Sectary of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering and the Hong Kong Institute if
Engineering in Hong Kong – May 2008
TECHNICAL REVIEWER:
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Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
The Canadian Geotechnical Journal
The Journal of Chemosphere
The Journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination
The Journal of Waste Management
The Journal of Environmental Technology
The Journal of Air and Waste Management association
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Carleton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
The University of Ottawa, Civil Engineering Department
University of Western Ontario, Civil Engineering Department
Reviewer for the UNESCO Series of Learning Materials in Environmental Engineering
The University of United Arab Emirates, Al Ain UAE
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Landfill Projects:
1. Design of Thumrayt Landfill, Salalah, Oman 2014
2. Design of Tikrit and Nasiriya Landfills , Iraq, 2013
3. Develop a Master Plan for Integrated Solid Waste |Management for New Jeddah Landfill, KSA 2013
4. Design of RDF Stem for El Khnaka City, Egypt 2013
5. Design Solid Waste Transfer Station for the City of Abu Zabal, Egypt, 2012
6. Medical Waste manag4emn Strategy, Muscat, Oman, 2011.
7. Bid Evaluation for Solid Waste Management Concession, Maldives Islands 2011
8. Expanded Technical Requirements and Design for a Solid Waste Management System-Maldives
Islands 2009-2010
9. Management of Hazardous Waste and Health Care Waste - Georgetown, Guyana, 2009-2010
10. Designed a Landfill Gas Collection System and Closure Plans for Three Landfills – India, 2009
11. Designed a Closure Plan for Boyco Landfill - Temuco, Chile, 2009.
12. Peer Review of Abu Dhabi Solid Waste Management System design 2006-2007
13. Design of Greenland Landfill, Barbados 2005
14. Design of Composting Facility, Barbados 2005
15. Design of Transfer Station, Barbados 2005
16. Design of Hazardous Waste Inventory, Semnon, Iran 2003-2005
17. Design of Sohar Landfill, Oman 2004
18. Review of Emerging and New Solid Waste Management Strategies, Barbados 2004
19. Prepare Operation plans for Katamia Landfill, Cairo Egypt 2003
20. GHG Baseline studies in Egypt 2003
21. Design of Bioreactor Landfill in Sadat City in Menofia, Egypt 2000-2004
22. Design of Bioreactor Landfill in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt 2000-2004
23. Conceptual Design of the Hyreiana Hazardous Waste Landfill, New Delhi, India 2003
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24. Retrofitting the Canabrava Landfill in Salvador Brazil to act as a Bioreactor Landfill, 2001-2004
25. Design of Mangrove Pond Landfill, Cell III in Barbados 2001-2003
26. Functional Design of the National Sanitary Landfill in Greenland, Barbados 2001-2003
27. Design of Bioreactor Landfill in Karizahk Landfill in Tehran, Iran 2002
28. Brockville Landfill Cover Design, Brockville, Ontario, Canada 2000
29. Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission from Landfills in Brazil, Egypt, Barbados, St. Lucia and
Trinidad 2001-2004
30. Atlas Landfill Cover Design, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1997
31. Design of the Nepaen Landfill Cover, Nepean, Canada 1992-1993
32. Design of Trail Road Phase 3, Leachate Collection System, Nepean, Canada 1992
Soil Remediation Projects:
1. Phase II Site Assessment at Car Manufacturing Facility in 6th October City m Egypt 2014
2. Design of Bioremediation Facility for Petroleum Refinery in Moustard, Egypt 2014
3. Design clean up and soil decontamination programs at several gas station in the Ottawa, Ontario 2002-
2010
4. Design of Soil Aeration System for the Treatment of Hydrocarbon Contaminated soils under buildings in
the Ottawa, Canada, 2002
5. Design soil bioremediation plan for a Coal Tar site in Port Stanly, 1990
6. Soil Remediation form Under Ground Tank in Hawkesbury, Ontario, 1994
7. Soil Remediation from Heavy Oil Spills at Fire Fighting Training Area, Ottawa, Ontario, 1994
8. Soil Remediation from Under Ground Tank Spillage, Smith Fall, Ontario 1995
9. Design of Pump and Treat Hydrocarbon Contaminated site in Brookville, Ontario, 1995
10. Design of containment system for Solid Waste Site in Ontario, 1995
GRADUATE SUPERVISIONS:
Life Time Summary:
Completed: 7 Ph. D.
22 M. A. Sc.
20 M. Eng.
STUDENT NAMES SUPERVISIDE AND CO-SUPERVISIDE:
Student Name Degree Year University Title of Thesis
1. F. La Forge
M. A. Sc. 92-94 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Attenuation Capacity of
Marshland for Landfill
Leachate
2. N. El-Gharib
M. Eng. 94-96 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Modeling of Contaminants
Transport in a Marshland
System
3. Nicole Gaudet
M. A. Sc. 94-97 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Design of In-Situ Biofilter
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4. Randy Reitsma
M. Eng. 94-97 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Effect of Sludge Spreading on
Land-Mathematical Modeling
5. Awni Lukasheh
Ph. D.
NC Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Design of Landfill Expert
System
6. Kevin Alemany
M. A. Sc. 97-00 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Treatment of 2,4-
Dichlorophenol Using
Soybean Proxidase’
7. Nicole Driscoll
M. A. Sc. 98-01 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Treatment of Chlorinated
Organics in Soils
8. Andrew Benson
M. Eng.
98-02 Ottawa
Supervisor
Use of Shredded Tires in as a
Landfill Drainage Media”
9. Setpta Rendra
Ph. D. 99-07 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Comparison between Aerobic
and Anaerobic Degradation of
Solid Waste
10. Graham Takata
M. A. Sc. 00-02 Ryerson
Supervisor
Biodegradation of Aged Solid
Waste Under Aerobic
Conditions
11. C. Wakefield M. A. Sc.
(Part
Time)
00-04 Ryerson
Supervisor
Groundwater Monitoring
Regulations in Ontario
12. D. Roozbah
M. A. Sc. 01-03 Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Design of ArcGIS system for
Landfill Site Selection
13. Govind Meti
M. Eng. 01-03 Ryerson
Co-supervisor
Nutrient Removal Using
Hybrid Treatment Technology
14. Najeeb Ahamed
M. Eng. 02-04 Ryerson
Supervisor
Modelling of Solid
Management System
15. Adrain Moharb
M. Eng. 02-04 Ottawa
Supervisor
Effect of GHG on Global
Warming
16. M. Ashique
M. Eng. 02-03 Ryerson
Co-supervisor
Transportation of Hazardous
Waste
17. Rodriguez Diaz
M. A. Sc. 02-04 Ryerson
Supervisor
Gasification of Solid Waste
18. E. Behre
Ph. D. NC Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Design of Engineering
Landfill Cover
19. Jin Yun
M. A. Sc. 03-05 Ryerson
Supervisor
Using Bioreactor Landfill
Technology for High MSW
with High Moisture Content
20. Nalissa Khan
M. A. Sc. 03-05 Ryerson
Supervisor
Feasibility of Using Bio Fuel
to Control GHG Emissions
21. Maqsood Memon
M. A. Sc. 03-06 Ryerson
Supervisor
Using Bioreactor Landfill
Technology for High MSW
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with High Organic Content
22. Salem Al Kaabi
Ph. D. 03-07 Carleton
Co-supervisor
Effect of High Salt Content
Leachate on the Performance
of Bioreactor Landfills
23. Hao Xianan
M. A. Sc. 03-05 Beijing
University of
Chemical
Technology-
China
Application of Bioreactor
Landfill Technology In China
24. Wendy Wing M. Eng. 04-06 Ryerson
Supervisor
Design of Methane Oxidation
Landfill Cover
25. Junaid A. Qidwai M. A. Sc. NC Ryerson
Supervisor
Modelling of GHG Emissions
from Landfill
26. Andrea Torok M. Eng. 04-08 Ryerson
Supervisor
Life Cycle Analysis of Solid
Waste
27. Amanda Fowler M. A. Sc. 04-06 Ryerson
Supervisor
Design of Engineered
Wetlands
28. Ann Fantin M. Eng. 04-09 Ryerson
Supervisor
Toxicity of Biofuel to various
Aquatic life Micro-organisms
29. Mahbuba
Khanam
M. Eng. 04-07 Ryerson
Supervisor
Design of Landfill Cover
System
30. Zaid Bataineh M. A. Sc. 04-07 Ryerson
Supervisor
Development of an Expert
System for Landfill Design
31. Ram Sah M. A. Sc. 04-06 Ryerson
Supervisor
Effect of Enzymes on the
Biodegradation of Solid Waste
32. S. Al Agroudy Ph.D. 04-08 Ain Shams
University
Egypt
Co-supervisor
Efficiency of Bioreactor
landfill in Semi-Arid
Environment
33. B. Mondal M. A. Sc. 05-06 Ryerson
Supervisor
Using Shredded Tires as a
Drainage Media in Landfills
34. M. Facial M. Eng. 05-07 Ryerson
Supervisor
Solid Waste Settlement
35. A. Samad M. Eng. 05-07 Ryerson
Supervisor
Use of recycled asphalt
36. M. Yousef M. Eng. 05-08 Ryerson
Supervisor
Transportation of Hazardous
Waste
37. Ramona
Mirtorabi
M. A.Sc. 06-08 Ryerson
Supervisor
38. Samuel
Gebrehawariat
M. A.Sc. 06-07 Ryerson
Supervisor
Landfill Gas Extraction and
Utilization
39. Naeem Memon M. Eng. 06-08 Ryerson
Supervisor
Management of Hazardous
Waste
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40. Nizar Kazem M. A.Sc. 06-08 Ryerson
Supervisor
Design of Leachate Collection
System on
41. V. Bekmuradov M. Eng. 06-08 Ryerson
Supervisor
Optimization of Landfill Gas
Collection System Design
42. S. Phulpoto M. Eng. 07-08 Ryerson
Supervisor
Transportation of Hazardous
Waste
43. H. Akbar M. A.Sc. NC Ryerson
Supervisor
Treatment of Landfill
Leachate Using Shredded
Tires
44. D. Smith M. A.Sc. 07-09 Ryerson
Supervisor
Comparison of Various
Packing Media for the
Treatment of Landfill
Leachate in Trickling Filters
45. S. Nourshabek M. A.Sc. 07-09 Ryerson
Supervisor
Design of Methane Bio-filters
for the Reduction of Methane
and Volatile Organic s in
Landfills
46. H. Shahriari Ph.D. 07-11 University of
Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Solid Waste Pre-Treatment for
Optimum Anaerobic Digestion
47. M. Saad Ph.D. 07-11 University of
Ottawa
Co-supervisor
Effect of Solid Waste Disposal
Practice on Global Warming
48. Sherif Mostafa
Ph.D. 07-10 Ein Shames
University
Co-supervisor
Remediation of Lead
Contaminated Soils
49. Yamra Moya M. Eng. 08-09 University of
Ottawa
Effect of Ultrasound
Treatment on Waste Activated
Sludge Dewaterability
50. Rania Qaralleh
M.A. Sc. 08- 10 University of
Ottawa
Anaerobic Digestion of
Municipal Solid Waste
51. Andrew Szeto
M.A. Sc. 09-11 University of
Ottawa
Numerical Modelling of
Bioreactor Landfill
Performance
GRADUATE COURSES:
Design of Waste Containment Systems, University of Ottawa, Canada
Solid Waste Management, Ryerson University, University of Ottawa
Remediation of Contaminated Soils, Ryerson University, University of Ottawa
Solid Waste Disposal, Treatment and Diversion – University of West Indies
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SEMINARS AND LECTURES:
Jan 1992 Ottawa Geotechnical Group
"Bioremediation of Organic Contaminated Soil: A Case Study"
Mar 1992 University of Ottawa, Geology Department
"Design of Municipal Waste Landfill "
Apr 1992 University of Ottawa, Geology Department
"Bioremediation of Organic Contaminated Soil"
Apr 1993 University of Ottawa, Civil Engineering Department
"Design of Landfill Leachate Collection Systems"
Apr 1993 Carleton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
"Geo-Environmental Site Assessment"
Nov 1993 Memorial University, Civil Engineering Department
"Bioremediation of PAH Contaminated Soil"
Dec 1993 Carleton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
"Clean-up of PAH Contaminated Soil at an Oil Gasification Plant"
Apr 1994 McGill University, Civil Engineering Department
"Toxicity Assessment of Leachate Discharging into Marshland"
Dec 1994 American University in Cairo
"Design of Sanitary Landfills"
Dec 1994 National Research Council of Egypt
"Municipal Solid Waste Management"
Oct 1995 University of Ottawa, Civil Engineering Department
"Attenuation of Landfill Leachate by Marshlands"
May 1998 Collecting and Treating Landfill Leachate Seminar, Toronto, Ontario
“Leachate Recriculation: Case Study”
Feb 1999 University of Ottawa, Civil Engineering Department
“Design of Peat Filters”
Mar 1999 University of Ottawa, presented to the Ministry of Environment and Forest of India
delegates “Overview of Landfill Design”
May 2001 “Design of Bioreactor Landfills”, Surabaya Institute of Technology, Indonesia
June 2001 “Operation of Bioreactor Landfills to Control Greenhouse Gases” Asian Institute of
Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Oct 2002 “New Trends in Landfill Design” Keynote Speaker, GEO 2002, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dec 2002 “Landfill Design” 3rd
Iranian International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and
Soil Mechanics.
Dec. 2002 Keynote Speaker, Oman International Conference on Geo-Environment, Muscat, Oman.
Feb 2003 “Development of Engineered of Landfills” Al Ain Municipality UAE.
May 2003 “Design of Engineered Landfill” International Conference of Civil Engineering, Isfahan,
Iran.
Dec 2003 “Bioreactor Landfills” Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Dec 2003 “Solid Waste Diversion Methods” Beijing University of Chemical Technology
May 2004 “Environmental Engineering: The Future” Ottawa School Board
June 2004 “Career in Environmental Engineering” Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
Oct 2004 “Environmental Engineering: The Future” Ryerson University
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Jun 2005 “Solid Waste Management Master Planning” University of West Indies
Feb 2006 “New Trends in Solid Waste Management” University of West Indies
Mar 2006 “New Trends in Solid Waste Management” Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Jan 2007 “Aerobic Landfills” AMEC Consulting, Calgary, Alberta
Mar 2007 “Landfill Operators Training” Burnside, Orangeville , Ontario
April 2008 “Bioreactor Landfills”, EPO, Ottawa Division, Ontario, Canada
May 2008 “Design of Engineered Landfills”, Short Course, University of Alberta, Canada
Nov 2012 “Waste to Energy”, EPO, Cairo, Egypt
Dec 2012 “Solid Waste and Sanitation in Rural Areas in Egypt”, Cairo, Egypt
DIRECTED STUDIES
Student Name University Degree Year
1. Randy Reitsma Ottawa M. Eng. 1996
2. Awni Lukasheh Ottawa Ph. D. 1998
3. Kevin Alemany Ottawa M. A. Sc. 1998
4. Andrew Benson Ottawa M. Eng. 1999
5. Luguie Laroso Ottawa M. A. Sc. 1999
6. Muhammad Ashiq Ryerson M. Eng. 2003
7. Charles Wakefield Ryerson M. Eng. 2003
8. Salem Al Kabbi Carleton Ph.D. 2003
9. Ahmed Najeeb Ryerson M. Eng. 2003
10. Adrian Moharb Ottawa M. Eng. 2003
11. Jin Yun Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2004
12. Maqsood Mamon Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2004
13. Nalissa Khan Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2004
14. Muna Al Bana Ottawa M. A. Sc. 2004
15. Deborah Gordon York M. A. Sc. 2004
16. Mahbuba Khanam Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2005
17. Zaid Bataineh Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2005
18. Ram Kumar Sah Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2005
19. B. Mondal Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2005
20. Andrea Torok Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2005
21. Ann Fantin Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2005
22. Amanda Fowler Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2005
23. Faisal Siddiqui Ryerson M. Eng. 2006
24. Manal Youssef Ryerson M. Eng. 2006
25. Ramona Mirtorabi Ryerson M. A.Sc. 2007
26. Muhammad Qamar Ryerson M. Eng. 2007
27. Samuel Gebrehawariat Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2007
29. Naeem memon Ryerson M. Eng. 2007
30. Nizar Kazem Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2007
31. Shima Rezazadeh Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2008
32. Valery Bekmuradov Ryerson Ph.D. 2008
33. Dan Smith Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2008
34. Mustaf AbdulKarim Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2008
35. Sheena Danesh Ryerson M. A. Sc. 2008
36. Yamra Moya Ottawa M. Eng. 2009
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TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUAKIFIED PERSONNEL:
Dr. Gamal Abdel Aziz Jan 2002 to June 2004
Dr. S. Rao, Indian Institute of Technology May 2003 to August 2003
Mr. M. Arbabi Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran University of Medical
Sciences Jun to Dec 2005
EXTERNAL RESARCH FUNDING:
Funding Source
Duration Amount
Principal Investigator
Ontario Research Fund
(ORF)
2008-2012 $3,000,000
Principal Investigator
NSERC 2008-2013 $100,000
Principal Investigator
Ontario Centre of
Excellence (OCE)
2007-2009 $450,000
Co-Investigator
NSERC Strategic Grant
2004-2007 $375,000
Principal Investigator
(submitted)
IDRC 2005-2008 $350,000
Principal Investigator
Industrial 2004-2005 $20,250
Principal Investigator
MMO
2004-2005 $20,500
Co-Investigator
Eastern Ontario Waste
Management Facility
2004-2007 $75,000
Co-Investigator CIDA - Shastri Indo-
Canadian Institute
2003-2006 $82,000
Principal Investigator NSERC (Discovery Grant)
2002-2006 $80,000
Principal Investigator
IRAP
2002 $12,000
Co-Investigator Industrial
1999 $12,000
Principal Investigator Atomic Board of Canada
2000 $11,000
Principal Investigator NSERC
1998-2002 $70,000
Principal Investigator NSERC USRA
1998 $4,000
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PUBLICATIONS:
LIFE TIME SUMMARY:
Chapters in Books = 3
Papers in Refereed Journals = 50
Papers Submitted and In Review = 2
Papers in Refereed Conferences = 28
Papers Presented at Conferences = 55
Technical Reports = 20
Engineering Reports = 60
Gust Editor for the Canadian Civil Engineering Journal 2004 Summer Issue
Chapters in Books:
Sherein Elagroudy and Mostafa A. Warith (2009). “Biogas Recovery from Landfills”, Energy Ed. by Toma V.
Golush, Nova Publisher, ISBN: 9781-1-60741-065-2
Sherein Elagroudy, Mostafa A. Warith and Fikry H. Ghobrial, (2008). “Solid Waste Settlement in
Landfills/Bioreactor Landfills”, Waste Management Research Trends, ISBN 978-1-60456-234-7.
F. La Forge, L. Fernandes and M. A. Warith (1998). “Attenuation of Landfill Leachate by a Natural Marshland
System”. In Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate”, Chapter 11, Ed. by G. Mulamootil,
F. Rovers and E.A. McBean CRC Press.
Refereed Journal Papers: (Bold Graduate Students and Post Doctoral Fellows)
1. Shahriari, H, Warith, M., Hamoda, M. and Kennedy, K. (2012) "Anaerobic Digestion of Organic
Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste Combining Two Pretreatment Modalities, High Temperature
Microwave and Hydrogen Peroxide" J. of waste management, Vol. 32(1), 41-52.
2. Shahriari, H., Warith, M. and Kennedy, K. (2011) “Effect of Microwave Temperature, Intensity and
Moisture Content on Solubilization of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste”, Inter. J. of
Environmental Technology and Management (IJETM), Vol. 14(1-4), 67-83.
3. Shahriari, H, Warith, M., Hamoda, M. and Kennedy, K. (2011) "Comparison of Single vs. Staged
Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Kitchen Waste with and without Microwave Pretreatment." J. of
Environmental management, accepted.
4. Shahriari, H., Warith, M., Hamoda, M. and Kennedy, K. (2011) "Effect of Leachate Recirculation on
Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste" J. of waste management, Vol. 32(3), 400-403.
5. Elagroudy, S., Abdel Razik, M.H., Abdel El-Azeem, M. M. Ghobrial, F.H. and Warith, M. A. (2011).
Dual Role of Hydrolysis Coefficient in Modeling of Bioreactors.” accepted for Int. J. Environmental
Technology and Management.
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6. M. Albanna, M. Warith, and L. Fernandes (2010).”Kinetics of Biological Methane Oxidation in the
Presence of Non-Methane Organic Compounds in Landfill Bio-Covers” Journal of Waste Management,
Vol. 30, pp 219-227.
7. M. Albanna, L. Fernandes and M. Warith (2009).” Capacity for Biological Methane Oxidation in
Different Types of Soil and Compost" accepted for publication in the Journal of Solid Waste Technology
and Management, August 2009.
8. M. Abdallah, L. Fernandes, M. Warith, and S. Rendra (2009). “A Fuzzy Logic Model for Biogas
Generation in Bioreactor Landfills” Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 36 (4), pp 710-708.
9. Elagroudy, S., Abdel Razik, M.H., Abdel El-Azeem, M. M. Ghobrial, F.H. and Warith, M. A. (2009).
“Effect of Waste Composition and Local Application on the Biodegradation of Municipal Solid Waste in
Bioreactor Landfills” American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Practice Periodical of Hazardous,
Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management ASCE Special publications Waste Management, pp 166-173.
10. Su, J., Xi, B.D., Jiang Y.H. and Warith, M.A. (2008). “An inexact multi-objective dynamic model and its
application in China for the management of municipal solid waste”, Waste Management, Vol. 28 (12), pp
2532-2541.
11. Mohareb, A., Warith, M.A. and Diaz, R. (2008) “Modeling Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Municipal
Solid Waste Management in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada”, Journal of Resources, Conservation & Recycling
Vol. 52, pp 1241-1251.
12. Rendra, S., Fernandes, L., and Warith, M.A. (2008). “Fuzzy Logic Modelling of Biodegradation of
Municipal Solid Waste under Aerobic and Anaerobic Simulated Bioreactors Landfill”, Journal of Solid
Waste Management and Technology, Vol. 34 (4), pp 225- 237.
13. Elagroudy, S. and Abdel-Razik, H., Warith M.A. and Ghobrial, H. (2008). “Solid Waste Settlement in
Bioreactor Landfill Models”, Waste Management, Vol. 28(11) pp 2366-2374.
14. Bibekananda, M. and Warith, M.A. (2008). “Use of Shredded Tire Chips and Tire Crumbs as a Packing
Media in Tricking Filter System for Landfill Leachate Treatment”, Journal of Environmental Technology,
Vol. 29 (8), pp 827-827.
15. Bibekananda, M. and Warith, M.A. and Burns, S.D. (2007). “Comparison of Shredded Tire Chips and
Tire Crumbs as Packing Media in Tricking Filters", Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, Vol. 42,
No. 4, pp 10-22.
16. Alkaabi, S., Van Geel, P.J. and Warith, M.A. (2007). “Effect of Salinity on Biodegradation of MSW in
Bioreactor Landfills”, accepted for publication in the Waste Management and Research Journal,
September 2007.
17. Khan, N. Warith, M.A. and Luk, G. (2007). “A Comparison of Acute Toxicity of Biodiesel, Biodiesl
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Blends and Diesel on Aquatic Organisms”, Journal of Air & Waste Management Association. Vol.57
(3) pp: 286-296.
18. Al Banna, M., Fernandes, L. and Warith, M.A., (2007). “Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soil:
The Combined Effect of Moisture Content, Nutrients and Cover Thickness”, Journal of Environmental
Engineering and Science. Vol. 6: pp 191-200.
19. Rendra, S., Warith, M.A. and Fernandes, L. (2007). “Degradation of Municipal Solid Waste in Aerobic
Bioreactor Landfills”, Journal of Environmental Technology, Vol. 28: pp: 609-620.
20. Daiz, R. and Warith M.A. (2006). “Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste: Development of
WASTED Model”. Waste Management Journal, Vol. 26 (8): pp 886-901.
21. Warith, M.A., Li, X.J and Hui, J. (2005). “The Bioreactor Landfill: Critical Review”, Emirates
Journal for Engineering Research, Vol. 10 (1): pp 1-14.
22. Warith, M. A. and Rao, S.M. (2005). “Predicting the Compressibility Behaviour of Tire Shreds for
Landfill Applications”. Waste Management Journal, Vol. 26 (3): pp 268-276.
23. Warith, M. A., Evgin, E., Benson, A. and Rao, S.M. (2005). “Evaluation of Permeability of Tire
Shreds under Vertical Loading”, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) International Journal, Vol. 33 (1): pp 1-4.
24. Roozbah, D., Warith, M.A., Fernandes, L. and Deanshfar, B. (2005). “Customizing ArcMap
Interface to Generate a User-Friendly Landfill Site Selection GIS Tool”, Solid Waste Technology and
Management Journal, Vol. 31 (1): pp 1-12.
25. Warith, M. A., Evgin, E. and Benson, A. (2004). “Suitability of Shred Tire Chips Use in Leachate
Collection System on Municipal Waste Landfill”, Waste Management Journal, Vol. 24 (10): pp 967-
979.
26. Warith, M.A. and Takata, G. (2004). “Effect of Aeration on Fresh and Aged Municipal Solid Waste
in a Simulated Landfill Bioreactor”, Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, Vol. 39 (3): pp225-
231.
27. Mohareb, A., Warith, M.A. and Narbitz, R. (2004) “Strategies for the Solid Waste Industry to Assist
Canada in Meeting its Kyoto Protocol Commitments”, Journal of Environmental Review, National
Research Council of Canada, Vol. 12: pp 71-95.
28. Rendra, S., Fernandes, L., and Warith, M.A. (2003). “Degradation of Municipal Solid Waste in
Simulated Aerobic and Anaerobic Bioreactor Landfills”, Solid Waste Technology and Management
Journal, Vol. 29 (3): pp 145-153.
29. Warith, M.A. (2003). “Solid Waste Management: New Trends in Landfill Design”. Emirates Journal
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for Engineering Research Vol. 8 (1): pp 61-70.
30. Kennedy, K., Alemany, K. and Warith, M. A. (2002). “Soybean Peroxidase Treatment of 2,4-
Dichlorophenol”, Water SA. Vol. 28 (2): pp 1-10.
31. Warith, M. A. (2002). “Bioreactor Landfills: Experimental and Field Results”, Waste Management
Journal, Vol. 22 (1): pp 7-17.
32. Warith, M. A., Smolkin, P. and Caldwell, J. (2001). “Effect of Leachate Recirculation on the Enhancement
of Biological Degradation of Solid Waste: Case Study”. Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and
Radioactive Waste Management, division of ASCE, Vol. 5 (1): pp 40-46.
33. Lukasheh, A., F., Warith, M. A., and Droste, R. L. (2001). “Review of Expert System, Geographic
Information System, and Design of Decision Support System Technologies and their Application in
Landfill Design” Waste Management Research, Vol. 19: pp 177-185.
34. Kennedy, K., Warith, M. A. and Reitsma, R. (2000). “In Pipe Treatment Use of Sanitary Sewers as
Wastewater Pre-treatment System”, Research Advance in Water Research, Vol. 1: pp 25-49.
35. Driscoll, N. A., Warith, M. A. and Kennedy, K.J. (2000). “The Potential of Soybean Peroxide to
Remediate Contaminated Soil”, Research Advance in Water Research, Vol. 1: pp 1-14.
36. Warith, M. A., Frenandes, L. and Gaudet, N. (1999). “Design of In-Situ Microbial Filter for the
Treatment of Naphthalene”, Waste Management Journal, Vol. 19: pp 9-25.
37. Warith, M. A., Zekry, W. and Gawri, N. (1999). “Effect of Leachate Recirculation on Municipal
Solid Waste Biodegradation”, Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, Vol. 34 (2): pp 267-280.
38. Warith, M. A., Kennedy, K. and Reitsma, R. (1998). “Use of Sanitary Sewers as Wastewater Pre-
treatment System”, Waste Management Journal Vol. 18: pp 235-247.
39. Warith, M. A. and Sharma, R. (1998). “Review of Methods to Enhance Biological Degradation in
Sanitary Landfills”, Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, Vol. 33 (3): pp 417-437.
40. Fernandes, L., Warith, M. A. and La Forge, F. (1996). “Modelling of Contaminant Transport within a
Marshland Environment”, Waste Management Journal, Vol. 16 (7): pp 649-66.
41. Warith, M. A. (1996). “Evaluation of Peat Capacity to Attenuate Landfill Leachate”, Water Quality
Research Journal of Canada, Vol. 31 (1): pp 65-83.
42. Warith, M. A., Smolkin, P. A. and Caldwell, J.G. (1994). “Evaluation of an HDPE Geomembrane
Landfill Cover Performance”, Geosynthetics International, Vol. 1 (2): pp 201-219.
43. Warith, M. A. and Yong, R. N. (1994). ‘‘Toxicity Assessment of Sludge Fluid Associated with Tar
Sands Tailings”, Environmental Technology, Vol. 15: pp 381-387.
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44. Warith, M. A. (1993). “Assessment of Marshland Soil Attenuation Capacity: Experimental Study”,
Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials Journal, Vol. 10 (4): pp 441-452.
45. Warith, M. A., Fernandes, L. and La Forge, F. (1993). “Adsorption of PCP on Organic Soil”,
Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials Journal, Vol. 10 (1): pp 13-25.
46. Warith, M. A., Frehner, R. and Fernandes, L. (1992). “Biodegradation of Organic Contaminated Soil”,
Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials Journal, Vol. 9 (2): pp 137-147.
47. Warith, M. A. and Yong, R. N. (1991). “Landfill Leachate Attenuation by Clay Soil”, Hazardous
Waste and Hazardous Materials Journal, Vol. 8 (2): pp 127-141.
48. Fernandes, L. McKyes, E., Warith, M.A. and Barrington, S. (1991). “Treatment of Liquid Swine
Manure in Sequencing Batch Reactor under Aerobic and Anoxic Conditions. Canadian J. Agri. Eng.
Vol. 33, No.1: pp 373-379.
49. Yong, R. N. and Warith M.A. (1990). “Contaminant Migration Effect on Dispersion Coefficient”,
Physico-Chemical Aspects of Soil and Related Materials, ASTM STP 1095, K.B. Hoddinott and R.O.
Lamb, Eds., ASTM, Philadelphia, pp 69-80.
50. Yong, R. N., Warith, M. A. and Boonsinsuk, P. (1986). “Migration of Leachate Solution Through
Clay liner and Substrate”, Hazardous and Industrial Solid Waste Testing and Disposal: 6th Vol. ASTM
STP 933, D. Lorenzen, R.A. Conway, L.P. Jackson, A. Hamza, C.L. Perket and W.J. Lacy. Eds.,
ASTM, Philadelphia, pp 205-225.
Referee Paper Submitted for Review:
51. M. Abdallah, M. Warith, E Petriu, K. Kennedy and R. Narbatiz, (2010). "Sensor-Based Monitoring and
Remote-Control Technology (SMART) for Bioreactor Landfills" submitted to Waste Management and
Research Journal, November 2010.
52. M. Albanna, M. Warith and L. Fernandes (2009).”Long-Term Behaviour of Bacterial Methane and
NMOCs Oxidation in Landfill Bio-Covers” submitted to the Journal of Waste Management February
2009.
Refereed Conference Proceedings:
1. Shahriari, H., Warith, M., Hamoda, M. and Kennedy, K. (2011) " Anaerobic Digestion of Organic
Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste Combining Two Pre-treatment Modalities - High Temperature
Microwave and Hydrogen Peroxide " Proceeding of the Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Waste and Energy
Crops 2011, Inter. IWA- ADSW and EC Symposium, Vienna, Austria, August 28 - September 1, 2011.
2. Abdallah, M., Petriu, E. Kennedy, K. Narbatiz, R. and Warith, M. (2011) “Application of Fuzzy Logic in
Modern Landfills” Proceeding of Computational Intelligence for Measurements Systems and
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Applications (CIMSA), 2011 IEE International Conference.
3. Shahriari, H., Warith, M., Hamoda , M. and Kennedy, K. (2011) " Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion
of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste by Microwave Pre-treatment" Proceeding of the 13th Inter.
Symp. On Waste Management and Landfill Issues, Sardinia, Italy, October 3-7, 2011.
4. M. Abdallah, L. Fernandes, M. Warith, and S. Rendra, (2008), “Linguistic Modelling of Biogas
Generation in Simulated Anaerobic Bioreactor Landfills, 61st Canadian Geotechnical Conference,
September 21-24, 2008, Edmonton, Canada.
5. M. Abdallah, L. Fernandes, and M. Warith, (2008), “Modelling of Biogas Generation in Bioreactor
Landfills using Neuro-Fuzzy System”, International Conference of Modelling and Simulation, May 26 –
28, 2008, Quebec City, Canada.
6. Warith, M.A. and Mohareb, A.K. (2006). “Modelling GHG Emissions Reductions from Different Waste
Management Strategies: Case Study”. Re-claming the Desert: Towards a Sustainable Environment in Arid
Lands, Development in Arid Regions Research 3. Ed. A.M.O. Mohamed, pp151-159.
7. Alkaabi, S., Van Geel, P.J. and Warith, M.A. (2006). “Effect of Salt on the Degradation of MSW in
Bioreactor Landfills”. Re-claming the Desert: Towards a Sustainable Environment in Arid Lands,
Development in Arid Regions Research 3. Ed. A.M.O. Mohamed, pp247-254.
8. Warith, M.A. and Rao, S. M. (2004). “Estimation of Maximum Leachate Head in Tire Shred Drainage
Layer”, GEO Jordan 2004, Advance in Geotechnical Engineering with Emphasis on Dams, Highway
Materials and Soil Improvement, Ed by K. Alshibli, A.H. Malkawi and M. Alsaleh, No. 1, pp 167-176.
9. Daneshvar, R., Fernandes, L. and Warith, M. A. (2004). “Customizing ArcMap Interface to Generate a
Landfill Site Selection Tool” GEO Jordan 2004, Advance in Geotechnical Engineering with Emphasis on
Dams, Highway Materials and Soil Improvement, Ed by K. Alshibli, A.H. Malkawi and M. Alsaleh, No. 1,
pp 214-226.
10. Daneshvar, R., Fernandes L., Warith, M.A. and Daneshfar B. (2003). “Customizing ArcMap Interface to
Generate a User-Friendly Landfill Site Selection GIS Tool” submitted to Environmental Informatics
Archives, Winnipeg, July 2003.
11. Warith, M. A. and Braz, W. (2002). “Solid Waste Management: New Trends in Landfill Design”.
Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering in Arid Land, Ed. H. A. Alawaji, Balkema Publishers,
Rotterdam, pp 327-333.
12. Warith, M. A., Abdel Aziz, G. and Braz, W. (2002) “Characteristics of Shredded Tires as Landfill Filter
Media”. Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering in Aird Land, Ed. H. A. Alawaji, Balkema
Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 367-373.
13. Rendra, S., Fernandes, L. and Warith, M. A. (2001). “Degradation of Municipal Solid waste in Simulated
Aerobic and Anaerobic Bioreactor Landfills"17th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology
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and Management", October 21-24, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
14. Warith, M. A. and Fernandes, L. (2000). “Design of In-Situ Microbial Filter for the Remediation of
Naphthalene”, Remediation and Phytoremediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds:
Second International Conference, Monterey, California, Vol. C2-4 Ed G. B. Wickramanayake, A. R.
Gavaskar, B/ C. Aslleman, and V. S. Magar, Battalle Press pp 381-388.
15. Warith, M. A., Droste, R.L. and Lukasheh, A. F. (2000), “Using ArcView to Assess Groundwater
beneath Two Landfills Near Ottawa” Geo-engineering in Arid Region Research, Eds. Mohamed and
Al Hosani, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 505-512.
16. Warith, M. A. (2000). “Bioreactor Landfills”. Keynote paper Development in Geo-engineering in
Arid Region Research, Eds. Mohamed and Al Hosani, Balkema, Rotterdam,Vol. 1, pp 327-332.
17. Warith, M. A. (1999). “Advantage of Leachate Recirculation on the Biodegradation of Municipal Solid
Waste: Laboratory and Filed Results” Water Pollution 99 in Lemnos, Greece, pp 207-212.
18. Reitsma, R., Warith, M. A. and Kennedy, K. (1998). “Technical Review for the use of Sanitary
Sewers as Wastewater Pre-treatment Systems”, Water Africa 98, Nairobi, Kenya.
19. Warith, M. A. and Frenandes, L. (1998). “In-Situ Biological Barriers for Controlling Groundwater
Contamination”, Third International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, ed. P. Seco e Pinto, Vol. 2,
pp 515-520, Lisbon, Portugal.
20. Warith, M. A. and Fernandes, L. (1997). “Modeling of Contaminant Transport in a Marshland System”,
the Fourth International Conference on Water Pollution Modeling, Measuring and Prediction, Water
Pollution 97, Beld, Slovenia.
21. Warith, M. A., Smolkin, P. A. and Caldwell, J.G. (1995). “Examination of Performance of a
Geomembrane Landfill Cover”, Geoenvironment 2000, Louisiana State University, Vol. 2, pp 899-
913.
22. Warith, M. A. and Kirswetter, C. (1994). “Solidification of Hazardous Wastes Utilizing the Mega
Mix Silo System”. Cairo Fourth International Conference on Energy, Development and Environment,
Cairo, Egypt, pp 897-909.
23. Warith, M. A. (1993). “Organic Soil Attenuation Capacity for Landfill Leachate”, International
Conference on Environmental Pollution 2-ICEP.2, European Centre for Pollution Research, Barcelona,
Vol. 2, pp 652-660.
24. Smolkin, P. A., Warith, M. A. and LaLonde, D.Y. (1993). “Evaluation of Marshland Soil Attenuation
Capacity”, 1993 CSCE-ASCE Joint Conference, Montreal, Vol. 2, pp 1545-1553.
25. Warith, M. A., Fernandes, L. and Frenher, R. (1991). “Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil: A case
Study in Canada”, Environmental Pollution 1-ICPE.1, European Centre for Pollution Research,
Lisbon, Portugal, pp 326-334.
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26. Fernandes, L., Warith, M.A. and Droste, R. (1991). “An Integrated Treatment System foe Waste from
Food Production, Production Industries”, Environmental Pollution 1-ICPE.1, European Centre for
Pollution Research, Lisbon, Portugal, pp 671-679.
27. Yong, R. N. and Warith, M. A. (1990). “Leaching Effect of Organic Solutions on Geotechnical
Properties of Three Clay Solis”, 2nd
International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, Fang,
H. Y. and Pamukus, S. (Eds), China, Vol. 1, pp 99-110.
28. Yong, R. N., Warith, M. A. and Boonsinsuk, P. (1987). “Attenuation of Landfill Leachate by Clay
Soil: A Comparative Laboratory and Field Study”, 1st International Symposium on Environmental
Geotechnology, Fang, H. Y. and Pamukus, S. (Eds), Pennsylvania, Vol. 2, pp 4-19.
Papers Presented at Conferences:
1. Hossain, AM., Warith, M., and Mondal, B. (2011).”Determination of the suitable size of tire chips for
landfill leachate treatment”. PAN-AM CGS Conference 2011, GEO11, p1073-1080.
2. Shahriari, H., Kennedy, K. and Warith, M. (2009). “Effect of Microwaves on Solubilization of Organic
Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste”, submitted to the 62nd
Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 10th
Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference.
3. Dagher, E.; Albanna, M.; Warith, M.; Fernandes, L. (2009). “The co-oxidation of methane and
dichloromethane in landfill bio-cover”. The 2009 Annual and Specialty Conferences of the Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering, St. John’s, New Found Land, Canada. May 27-30, 2009.
4. Szeto, A.; Albanna, M.; Warith, M.; Fernandes, L. (2009). “The implementation of artificial neural
networks to model methane oxidation in landfill soil covers.” The 2009 Annual and Specialty
Conferences of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, St. John’s, New Found Land, Canada. May
27-30, 2009.
5. Elagroudy, S., Abdel-Razik, M., Abdel Azeem, M, Ghobrial, F. Warith, M.A. (2008). “Effect of Waste
Composition and Load Application on Biodegradation of Municipal Solid Waste Solid in Bioreactor
Landfills Models” International Conference on Engineering and Waste Engineering Management, Hong
Kong, China, May 28-30.
6. Elagroudy, S., Ahmed, M., Brown, T. Garcia, D., Warith, M.A. (2008). “Determination of
Compressibility Parameters of Different Waste Fractions in Bioreactor Landfills Models” International
Conference on Engineering and Waste Engineering Management, Hong Kong, China, May 28-30.
7. Elagroudy, S., Abdel-Razik, Warith, M.A., Ghobrial, F. (2007). “Solid Waste Settlement in Bioreactor
Landfills Models” Ain Shames University, ASCEE-2, Cairo, Egypt, April 24-25.
8. Rendra, S., Fernandes, L., and Warith, M.A. (2007). “Fuzzy Logic Simulation of Biodegradation of
Municipal Solid Waste under Aerobic and Anaerobic Simulated Bioreactors”, The Twenty Second
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International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management in Philadelphia, U.S.A., March 18-
21.
9. Bataineh, Z. and Warith, M.A. (2007). “Investigation of Leachate Quality from Trail Road Landfill”,
Ottawa Geo 2007, 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and the 8
th CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater
Conference, Ottawa, October 24-27.
10. S. Rezazadeh, S. Nourbakhsh, S. Elagroudy and Warith, M.A. (2007). “Determination of Hydroylisis
Rate Constant for Different MSW Composition”, Ottawa Geo 2007, 60th Canadian Geotechnical
Conference and the 8th CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference, Ottawa, October 24-27.
11. Alkaabi, S., Van Geel, J.P. and Warith, M.A. (2007). “Mathematical modeling of MSW biodegradation in
bioreactor landfills in a saline environment”, Ottawa Geo 2007, 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference
and the 8th CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference, Ottawa, October 24-27.
12. Bibekananda, M. and Warith, M.A. (2007). “Use of Shredded Tire Chips and Tire Crumbs as Packing
Media in Trickling Filter for Landfill Leachate Tretment ", Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for
Civil Engineering, Yellowknife, June 6-9.
13. Bibekananda, M. and Warith, M.A. (2007). “Comparison of Shredded Tire Chips and Tire Crumbs as
Packing Media in Trickling Filter", 42nd C.C.I.W, Burlington conference, February 12-13.
14. Alkaabi, S., Van Geel, J.P. and Warith, M.A. (2006). “Enhancement of the Performance of Bioreactor
Landfills Operating Under Saline Conditions by Sludge Addition” Annual Conference of the Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering, Calgary Alberta, May 23-26.
15. Jin, H. and Warith, M. (2006). “Biodegradation of High Moisture and Organic Content Solid Waste in
Bioreactor Landfills”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Calgary Alberta,
May 23-26.
16. Rendra, S., Fernnades, L. and Warith, M. (2006). “Biodegradation of Municipal Solid Waste in Aerobic
Bioreactor Landfills”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Calgary Alberta,
May 23-26.
17. Alkaabi, S., Van Geel, J.P. and Warith, M.A. (2006). “Effect of Salt on the Performance of lab-Scale
Bioreactor Landfills with Sludge Addition” Waste Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia,
February 23-26.
18. Warith, M.A., Jin, H. and Li, X.J. (2006). “Bioreactor Landfills: State-of–the-Art Review “, 7th
International Conference on Civil Engineering, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran May 8-10.
19. Warith, M.A. and Liss, S. (2005). “Effect of Leachate Recirculation Rate on Bioreactor Landfills
Performance”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, June
2-4.
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20. Jin, H., Warith, M.A. and Memon, A.M. (2005). “Accelerating the Biodegradation of High Moisture and
Organic Content Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for
Civil Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, June 2-4.
21. Memon, A.M., Warith, M.A. and Jin, H. (2005). Treatment of Leachate Generated From Bioreactor
Landfills”, Toronto, Ontario, June 2-4.
22. Al Banna, M., Fernandes, L. and M. Warith (2005). “Methane Oxidation in Landfill Covers”. Annual
Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, June 2-4.
23. Daiz, R. and Warith M.A. (2005). “Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste: Development of
WASTED Model”. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Toronto,
Ontario, June 2-4.
24. Rendra, S., Fernandes, L. and Warith, M. A. (2004). “Effect of Leachate Recirculation and Sludge
Addition in Aerobic and Anaerobic Bioreactors”. 20th Eastern Canada Symposium for the Canadian
Association on Water Quality, Ottawa, October 29.
25. Al Banna, M., Warith, M. A. and Fernandes, L. (2004). “Methane Oxidation in Landfill Covers”. 20th
Eastern Canada Symposium for the Canadian Association on Water Quality, Ottawa, October 29.
26. Berhe, E.G., Pushchak, R., Warith, M. A. and Fernandes, L. (2004). Post Environmental Assessment
Performance of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: A Case Study of the Merrick Landfill”. 20th Eastern
Canada Symposium for the Canadian Association on Water Quality, Ottawa, October 29.
27. Wakefield, C. and Warith, M. A. (2004). “Review of Landfill Groundwater Monitoring
Requirements”, Ontario Ministry of Environment, October 2004.
28. Warith, M.A., Fernandes, L. and Rendra, S. (2004). “Degradation of Municipal Solid Waste under
Anaerobic Conditions”, 57th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, GEOQuebec2004, Quebec City,
Quebec, October 24-27.
29. Warith, M. A., Evign, E. Benson, A. and Rao, S. (2004) “Compressibility and Permeability Behavior
of Shred Tire Chips in aggressive pH Environment” Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for
Civil Engineering, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, June 2-5.
30. Warith, M. A. and Takata, G. (2004) “Effect of Aeration on the Biodegradation of Fresh and Aged
Solid Waste” Annual Conference of the Canadian Scarcity for Civil Engineering, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, June 2-5.
31. Warith, M. A. and Takata, G. (2003) “Effect of Aeration on Solid Waste Degradation” 56th
Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba September 28 to October 1.
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32. Hassan, W., Warith M. Sennah, K and Cook, R. (2003). “Experimental Testing on Concrete from
Release Agents” Annual Conference of the Canadian Scarcity for Civil Engineering, Moncton, New
Brunswick, June 4-7.
33. Daneshvar, R., Fernandes L, Warith, M. and Daneshfar B. (2003). “Optimizing ArcMap Interface to
Generate a User-Friendly Landfill Site Selection GIS Tool” Solid Waste Technologies, Philadelphia,
March 23-26, pp 14-24.
34. Benson, A., Warith, M.A., E. and Evigin, E. and Moore, R. (2002). “Use of Shredded Tires in
Leachate Collection Drainage Layer in Landfills”, 55th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 3
rd
Joint IAH and CGS Specialty Conferences, Niagara Falls, Ontario, pp 565-572.
35. Salem, H., Agharazi, F. and Warith M. (2002). “Case Study: Design of Solid Waste Landfill on Flood
Plane Fine Deposits”. 55th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 3
rd Joint IAH and CGS Specialty
Conferences, Niagara Falls, Ontario, pp 1223-1230.
36. Warith, M. A., Kearse, R. and Burnham, J. (2001). “Bioreactor Landfill Design and Operation”, 54th
Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 2nd
Joint IAH-CGS Ground Water Speciality Conferences,
Calgary, Alberta, pp 59-65.
37. Warith, M.A. Lukasheh, A. F., and Droste, R.L. (2001), “Using ArcView to Assess Groundwater Quality
in Landfills” In Situ 2001, Bali, pp 311-318.
38. Lukasheh, A. F., Warith, M. A., Droste, R.L. (2000), “Using ArcView to Assess Groundwater Quality
beneath Two Landfills Near Ottawa” 1st Joint IAH-CNC and CGS Groundwater Speciality Conference,
Montreal, Quebec, pp 87-97.
39. Driscoll, N. A., Warith, M. A. and K.J. Kennedy (2000). “The Potential of Soybean Proxidase to
Remediate Contaminated Soil Systems”, 53rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Montreal, Quebec, pp
567-573.
40. Warith, M. A. and Shaw, M. (1999). “Effect of Solid Waste Size and Leachate Recirculation on
Waste Biodegradation”, 52nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Regina, Saskatchewan, pp 685-688.
41. Warith, M. A., Salem, H. (1999). “Analysis of Geosynthetic Landfill Cover: Case Study” 52nd
Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Regina, Saskatchewan, pp 689-696.
42. Warith, M. A., Smolkin, P. and Caldwell, J.G. (1999). “Effect of Leachate Recirculation on the
Enhancement of Biological Degradation of Solid Waste: Case Study” Fourth Landfill Symposium,
Denver, Colorado, pp 65-70.
43. Warith, M. A., Zekry, W. and Gawri, N. (1998). “Effect of Leachate Recirculation on Municipal
Solid Waste Biodegradation”, 51st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Vol. 2, pp
859-862.
44. Warith, M. A. and J. Accardi (1998). “Clogging of Landfill Drainage Layer”, 51st Canadian
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Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Vol. 2, pp 863-866.
45. Warith, M. A., Joksimovic, D. and Malik, Z. (1997). “Effect of Leachate Recirculation on Sanitary
Landfill sites”, 50th Canadian Geotechnical Conference proceedings in Ottawa, Ontario, pp 563-570.
46. Warith, M. A. and Frenandes, L. and Gaudet, N. (1997). “In-Situ Biological Barriers for the
Remediation of Ployaromatic Hydrocarbons”, 50th Canadian Geotechnical Conference proceedings in
Ottawa, Ontario, pp 523-530.
47. Salem, H. and Warith, M. A. (1996). "Estimation of Landfill Settlement Using a Finite Element
Approach", the 49th Canadian Geotechnical Conference proceedings in St. John's, Newfoundland,
September 23-25.
48. La Forge, F., Fernandes, L. and Warith, M. A. (1995). “Attenuation of Landfill Leachate by a Natural
Marshland System”, CSCE Annual Conference, Ottawa, June 1-3.
49. Warith M. A. and Dick, N.J. (1992). “Evaluation of the Capacity of Peat to Attenuate Landfill
Leachate”, Technology Transfer Conference, Toronto, November 4-6.
50. Warith, M. A. (1991). “Clean-up Organic Contaminated Soil at Oil Gasification Plant”, Al Azhar
University Engineering Second International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 3, pp 297-304.
51. Warith, M.A. and Yong, R.N. (1991). “Contaminate Migration through Clay Soil: Case Study”, CSCE
Annual Conference, Montreal, May 12-14.
52. Warith, M.A. and Yong, R.N. (1990). “Groundwater Contamination by Industrial and Domestic
Waste: A case Study”, Proc. CSCE, Speciality Conference on Environmental Engineering, Hamilton,
Ontario, Vol. 1, pp 648-666.
53. Warith, M.A. and Yong, R.N. (1989). “Estimation of Dispersion Coefficient of Contaminates in Clay
Soils”. American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Specialty Conference, St. Luis, USA, May
28-29.
54. Warith, M.A. and Yong, R. N. (1988). “Migration of Leachate Solution: Case Study”, 61st Annual
Conference, water Pollution Control Federation, Dallas, TX, October 2-6.
Technical Reports:
1. "Decommissioning of Waste Site#64-A3, Agriculture Canada Experimental Farm" Smithfield, Ontario
(1995).
2. "Estimation of Leachate Generation Rates, Trail Road Landfill, Stage 3" Nepean, Ontario, (1993).
3. "Landfill Settlement Evaluation, Stage 1, Trail Road Landfill” Nepean, Ontario, (1993).
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4. "Phase 1- Environmental Site Assessment at Fertilizer Storage Facilities", Ottawa, Ontario. (1993).
5. "Removal of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil at Shell Service Station", Ottawa, Ontario. (1992).
6. "Environmental Site Assessment at Transport Canada T-95 Building, Ottawa International Airport",
Ottawa, Ontario. (1991).
7. "Subsurface Investigation at Coal Tar Contaminated Site", Ottawa, Ontario, (1991).
8. "Toronto Refiners and Smelters Decommissioning Evaluation", Toronto, Ontario, (1989).
9. "Overburden Soil Investigation", J.I. Case Facility, Rock Island. Illinois, (1989).
10. "Environmental Assessment of Rothsay Rendering Plant", Maple Leaf Mills Limited, Toronto, Ontario
(1989).
11. "Interim Status Report and Implementation Program - Moisture Recirculation/Leachate Collection",
Keele Valley Landfill Site, Toronto, Ontario, (1989).
12. "Due Diligence Environmental Review - Uniroyal Goodrich Canada Inc.", Kitchener, Ontario, (1989).
13. "Soil Investigation at Collis Tannery Plant", Aurora, Ontario (1989).
14. "Design Rational for Storm water Management Summary Review", Keele Valley Landfill Site,
Toronto, Ontario (1989).
15. "Industrial Waste Exchange System for the Philippines", Report prepared for International
Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, File 3-p-86-1040-01 (1998).
16. "Preliminary Report on Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil" Report prepared for
Texaco, Canada, (1988).
17. "Contaminant Species Migration in the Patton Site - Kahnawake", Report prepared for Environment
Canada, Department of Emergency and Waste, (1987).
18. "Utilization of Quebec Clay as Clay Liners", Report prepared for FCAC Department of Education
Government of Quebec, (1984).
Engineering Reports:
1. Design of Deglos Landfill in St Lucia, West Indies, 2000.
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2. Design and operation of an Engineered Wetland to Treat Landfill Leachate at the Western Ontario
Waste Disposal Facility, 2000.
3. Report on the Selection of a Privet Sector to Design Build and Operate Solid Waste Integrated
System, including Transfer Station, Yard Waste Composting Facility and Landfill, 2000.
4. Bioreactor Landfill Demonstration Project in Cairo and Sadat City. Project Funded by Industry
Canada, and the Climate Change Action Fund, 1999.
5. Review of the Design and Construction of the Greenland Landfill in Barbados, 1998.
6. Examination of the Slope Stability of Atlas Steel Landfill in Welland, Ontario, 1998.
7. Examination of HDPE Landfill Cover at the Trail Road Landfill in Nepean, Ontario, 1998.
8. Optimization Study for the selection of Landfill Cover, Brockville, Ontario, 1997.
9. Design of Landfill Cover for Humberstone Road Landfill Site, City of Welland, Ontario, 1997.
10. Design of Leachate Recirculation at the Trail Road landfill, Nepaen, Ontario, 1994.
11. Site Closure and Post Closure Care of the Humberstone Road Landfill Site, City of Welland,
Ontario, 1996.
12. Examination of Contaminated Sediment at Storm water Management Facilities, City of Nepean,
Ontario 1996.
13. Retrofitting of a Storm water Management Facility at the Macdonald Cartier International Airport,
Transport Canada, Gloucester, Ontario, 1996.
14. In-situ Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil, Ottawa, Ontario, 1996.
15. Review of the Certificate of Approval Application for the Extended Use of the Biggar’s Lane
Landfill Site, Township of Brantford, Ontario, 1996.
16. Decommissioning a Chemical Storage Site, Smithfield Experimental Farm, Smithfield, Ontario,
1995.
17. Cleanup of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil, Fire Fighting Training Area, DND, Ottawa Airport,
Ottawa, Ontario, 1994.
18. Design of Humberstone Road landfill site cover system, for the City of Welland, Ontario. Design
of closure and after use plans at Riverside Road, for Atlas Specialty Steels, 1998.
19. Evaluation of landfill cover options at Brockville landfill site, for the City of Brockville, 1998.
20. Biggars’s Lane landfill site re-design, for the Township of Brantford, 1998.
21. Site closure and post- closure care of the Humberstone Road landfill site, for the City of Welland,
Ontario, 1998.
22. Examination of contaminated sediment at storm water management facilities, for the City of
Nepean, Ontario, 1997.
23. Retrofitting of a storm water management facility at the Macdonald Cartier International Airport,
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for Transport Canada, Gloucester, Ontario In-situ bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated
soil, Ottawa, Ontario, 1997.
24. Review of the Certificate of Approval Application for the extended use of the Biggar’s Lane
landfill site, for the Township of Brantford, Ontario, 1997.
25. Decommissioning a chemical storage site at the Smithfield Experimental Farm, Smithfield,
Ontario, 1995.
26. Cleanup of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil, at the Fire Fighting Training Area, DND, Ottawa
Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, 1994.
27. Cleanup of gasoline-contaminated soil, Hawkesbury, Ontario, 1994.
28. Design of pump and treat system for groundwater at Cascade Paperboard, Brockville, Ontario,
1994.
29. Design of pump and treat system at Laidlaw bus maintenance facility, Ottawa, Ontario, 1993.
30. Design of peat filter at Lanark landfill, Lanark, Ontario, 1993.
31. Estimation of leachate generation rates at the Trail Road Landfill, Stage 3, Nepean, Ontario, 1993.
32. Landfill settlement evaluation, Stage 1 at the Trail Road Landfill, Nepean, Ontario, 1993.