Engineering ethics

Soil Improvement using Microbial Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation (MICP)

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Table of contents

i. Engineering ethics

ii. Plagiarism statement

iii. Abstract

1. Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)
   1. Introduction
   1. Bacterial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (BICP)
   1. Fungal induced calcium carbonate precipitation (FICP)                   

2. Soil improvement using conventional stabilisers (cement, lime and fly ash)
3. Disadvantages of conventional soil stabilisers
4. Soil improvement using biopolymers (xanthan and guar gum)
5. Mechanisms for microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)
   1.      Nitrogen cycle (urea hydrolysis and denitrification
   1.      Photosynthesis (oxygenic and anoxygenic)
   1.      Sulphur cycle
   1.      Oxidation of methane
6. Factors affecting microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)

3.1       Effect of soil type

3.2       Effect of microbial concentration

3.3       Effect of degree of saturation of soil

3.4       Effect of temperature

3.5       Effect of pH level of soil       

7. Applications of microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)

5.1       Soil improvement/stabilisation

5.2       Concrete treatment

5.4       Bio Bricks

5.5       Remediation for heavy metal contamination

8. Benefits of microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)
9. Limitations of microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)
10. Aims and Objectives for the second part
11. References