Alexandre Cabral

Département de génie civil et génie du bâtiment

Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke

T. (819) 821-7906

Curriculum vitae

Collaborating Researcher

Interests

Environmental geotechnics
Percolation of water through landfill coverings
Water balance for landfills
Lysimetry
Passive methane oxidation systems
Soil compaction
Unsaturated flow at the outlet of wastewater treatment units for remote residences

Research Areas

Axis Water Availability
Theme 1: Integrated quantity and quality simulations

Expertises

Education

Ph.D., Civil Eng. & Appl. Mech. (Environmental geotechnics), McGill University (1992)
M.Sc.A, Mineral engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal (1988)
B.Eng., Civil engineering, Pontifîcia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC/RJ) (1981)

Affiliations

International Waste Working Group (IWWG)
Member of Groupe de recherche sur l'eau de l'Université de Sherbrooke (GREAUS)

Publications

Designing large scale lysimeters to advance vertical water budget modeling in Nordic landfill sites

General Assembly of the American Geophysical Union

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Laboratories and equipement

Experimental site for geoenvironmental and hydrological studies

Other

The main objective of this project is to evaluate different final cover scenarios to reduce the production of leachate in a Saint-Nicéphore landfill, located in Drummondville, Quebec. In order to assess the percolation, the Université de...

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