Ghalandarzadeh, S., Courcelles, B., Boudreault, R., Arenson, L., & Maghoul, P. (2025). Effect of freeze-thaw cycles on engineering properties of nano-SiO2 enhanced microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation in kaolinite clay. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 104459-104459.
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Benoît Courcelles (48)
- Journal articles (26)
- 2025
Journal article Journal article Babanas, H., & Courcelles, B. (2025). Enhancing Lime Dosage Determination for Lean Clay Soil Improvement: Significance of Plasticity Limit and Interpretation Approach. Geotechnics, 5(1), 9-9.Journal article Sheibani, S., Nasrallah, M., Courcelles, B., Rosa, É., Maylal, B., & Claveau-Mallet, D. (2025). Phosphorus retention and hydraulic performance in borrow sand-based wastewater soil treatment units in impermeable settings: Case study in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 74, 107681 (14 pages).
- 2024
Journal article Ghalandarzadeh, S., Maghoul, P., Ghalandarzadeh, A., & Courcelles, B. (2024). Effect of nanoparticle-enhanced biocementation in kaolinite clay by microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation. Construction and Building Materials, 414, 134939 (16 pages).
- 2023
Journal article Gagnon-Poirier, S., Zagury, G. J., Robert, T., & Courcelles, B. (2023). Pilot-Scale Removal of Metals from Iron-Rich Contaminated Groundwater Using Phosphorylated Lignocellulosic Fibers. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 235(1), 39 (19 pages).Journal article Cerclet, L., Courcelles, B., & Pasquier, P. (2023). Reactive transport model predicting calcite precipitation: Case of a dynamically operated standing column well. Geothermics, 115, 12 pages.
- 2022
Journal article Laverdière, A., Hao, S., Pabst, T., & Courcelles, B. (2022). Effect of gradation, compaction and water content on crushed waste rocks strength. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 24(3), 761-775.Journal article Laroche, V., Pasquier, P., & Courcelles, B. (2022). Integration of standing column wells in urban context: A numerical investigation-case in the City of Montreal. Sustainable Cities and Society, 78, 15 pages.
- 2021
Journal article Jiang, N.-J., Hanson, J. L., Vecchia, G. D., Zhu, C., Yi, Y., Arnepalli, D. N., Courcelles, B., He, J., Horpibulsuk, S., Hoy, M., Takahashi, A., Arulrajah, A., Lin, C.-P., Dowoud, O., Li, Z., Gao, Z., Hata, T., Zhang, L., Du, Y.-J., ... Singh, D. N. (2021). Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering education during the pandemic. Environmental Geotechnics, 8(3), 233-243.Journal article El Kilani, M.-A., Jouini, M., Rakotonimaro, T. V., Neculita, C. M., Molson, J. W., Courcelles, B., & Dufour, G. (2021). In-situ pilot-scale passive biochemical reactors for Ni removal from saline mine drainage under subarctic climate conditions. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 41, 102062 (12 pages).Journal article Haouzi, F. Z., Esnault-Filet, A., & Courcelles, B. (2021). Optimisation of microbially induced calcite precipitation protocol against erosion. Environmental Geotechnics, 10(4), 229-240.
- 2020
Journal article Jiang, N.-J., Tang, C.-S., Hata, T., Courcelles, B., Dawoud, O., & Singh, D. N. (2020). Bio-mediated soil improvement: The way forward. Soil Use and Management, 36(2), 185.188-185.188.Journal article Girgis, N., Li, B., Akhtar, S., & Courcelles, B. (2020). Experimental study of rate-dependent uniaxial compressive behaviors of two artificial frozen sandy clay soils. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 180, 103166 (13 pages).Journal article Cerclet, L., Courcelles, B., & Pasquier, P. (2020). Impact of Standing Column Well Operation on Carbonate Scaling. Water, 12(8), 2222 (21 pages).
- 2019
Journal article Haouzi, F. Z., Esnault-Filet, A., & Courcelles, B. (2019). An Experimental Procedure to Assess the Erosional and Hydraulic Behaviour of Cohesionless Soils. Geotechnical Research, 6(4), 243-251.Journal article de Repentigny, C., Zagury, G. J., & Courcelles, B. (2019). Centripetal filtration of groundwater to improve the lifetime of an MgO recycled refractory filter: observations and technical challenges. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(15), 15314-15323.Journal article de Repentigny, C., Zagury, G. J., & Courcelles, B. (2019). Modeling of the clogging in a MgO column used to treat a Ni- and Co-contaminated water and performance prediction for a centripetal radial column. Chemosphere, 236, 8 pages.
- 2018
Journal article Repentigny, C. , Courcelles, B., & Zagury, G. J. (2018). Spent MgO-carbon refractory bricks as a material for permeable reactive barriers to treat a nickel- and cobalt-contaminated groundwater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(23), 23205-23214.
- 2017
Journal article Quach, A. N.-O., Tabor, L., Dumont, D., Courcelles, B., & Goulet, J. A. (2017). A machine learning approach for characterizing soil contamination in the presence of physical site discontinuities and aggregated samples. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 33, 60-67.Journal article Claveau-Mallet, D., Courcelles, B., Pasquier, P., & Comeau, Y. (2017). Numerical simulations with the P-Hydroslag model to predict phosphorus removal by steel slag filters. Water Research, 126, 421-432.
- 2016
Journal article de Repentigny, C., & Courcelles, B. (2016). A simplified model to predict clogging of reactive barriers. Environmental Geotechnics, 3(3), 166-177.Journal article Martel, J., & Courcelles, B. (2016). Conception d'un nouvel outil d'analyse multicritères pour la réhabilitation environnementale. Vecteur Environnement, 49(1), 56-61.
- 2015
Journal article Courcelles, B. (2015). Guidelines for Preliminary Design of Funnel-and-Gate Reactive Barriers. International Journal of Environmental Pollution and Remediation, 3(1), 16-26.
- 2014
Journal article Claveau-Mallet, D., Courcelles, B., & Comeau, Y. (2014). Phosphorus removal by steel slag filters: modeling dissolution and precipitation kinetics to predict longevity. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(13), 7489-7493.
- 2012
Journal article Courcelles, B. (2012). Radial filtration in permeable reactive barriers. International Journal of Environmental Pollution and Remediation, 1(1), 104-110.
- 2011
Journal article Courcelles, B., Modaressi, A., Gouvenot, D., & Esnault-Filet, A. (2011). Influence of precipitates on hydraulic performance of permeable reactive barrier filters. International Journal of Geomechanics, 11(2), 142-151.
- 2025
- Conference papers (20)
- 2024
Conference paper Babanas, H., & Courcelles, B. (2024, November). Factors Influencing Lime Stabilization of Clayey Soils: A Comprehensive Analysis [Factores que Influyen en la Estabilización con Cal de Suelos Arcillosos: Un Análisis Integral]. [Paper]. 17th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVII PCSMGE 2024), and 2nd Latin-American Regional Conference of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG 2024), La Serena, Chile.
- 2023
Conference paper Gagnon-Poirier, S., Zagury, G. J., Robert, T., & Courcelles, B. (2023, November). Phosphorylated used cardboard fiber for metal removal in groundwater [Poster]. Ecomondo Conférence 2023, Rimini, Italy.Conference paper Cerclet, L., Courcelles, B., & Pasquier, P. (2023, April). Thermohydrochemical model to identify the impact of bleed flow on calcite scaling in a standing column well [Paper]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
- 2022
Conference paper Cerclet, L., Courcelles, B., & Pasquier, P. (2022, December). Column experiments to anticipate clogging of standing column wells [Paper]. International Ground Source Heat Pump Association annual Conference, Las vegas, NV, USA.Conference paper Cerclet, L., Courcelles, B., & Pasquier, P. (2022, October). Modeling the impact of a groundwater treatment unit on standing column well [Paper]. European Geothermal Congress, Berlin, Germany (8 pages).
- 2019
Conference paper Waldschmidt, J.-B., & Courcelles, B. (2019, November). Influence of Resting Periods on the Efficiency of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) in Non-saturated Conditions [Paper]. 3rd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition "Sustainable Civil Structure", Egypt.
- 2018
Conference paper Haouzi, F.-Z., & Courcelles, B. (2018, September). Major applications of MICP sand treatment at multi-scale levels : a review [Paper]. GeoEdmonton 2018, Edmonton, Alberta.Conference paper Haouzi, F.-Z., Esnault-Filet, A., & Courcelles, B. (2018, July). Performance Studies of Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation to Prevent the Erosion of Internally Unstable Granular Soils [Paper]. 5th GeoChina International Conference - Civil infrastructures confronting severe weathers and climate changes : from failure to sustainability, Hanzhou, China.
- 2015
Conference paper Repentigny, C., & Courcelles, B. (2015, October). Modeling of biocalcification in non-saturated conditions [Paper]. Comsol Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
- 2014
Conference paper Courcelles, B. (2014, August). Guidelines for preliminary design of funnel-and-gate reactive barriers [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation (ICEPR), Prague, Czech Republic.
- 2013
Conference paper Courcelles, B. (2013, September). Étude expérimentale d'une technique de filtration radiale pour une application au sein de barrières perméables réactives [Paper]. 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, France.Conference paper Courcelles, B. (2013, September). Experimental study of radial filtration in Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRB) [Etude expérimentale d'une technique de filtration radiale pour une application au sein de Barrieres Permeables Reactives (BPR)]. [Paper]. 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE 2013), Paris, France.Conference paper Yahiaoui, R., & Courcelles, B. (2013, September). Hydraulic modeling of soil reinforcement by biocalcification [Paper]. GeoMontreal 2013, Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Courcelles, B., Forest, L., & Kosanitis, A. (2013, May). Students as forensic engineers : an innovative approach to teaching soil mechanics [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Chicago, IL, USA (9 pages).Conference paper Courcelles, B. (2013, June). The Teton Dam faillure as a support for an undergraduate course of Soil Mechanics [Paper]. Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), Annual conference, Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Courcelles, B., Forest, L., & Kosanitis, A. (2013, May). The use of case studies to teaching soil mechanics [Paper]. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2013: Know-How - Savoir-Faire (CSCE 2013), Montréal, Québec.
- 2012
Conference paper Courcelles, B. (2012, August). Filters of permeable reactive barriers: a new design approach. [Paper]. 2nd International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation (ICEPR), Montréal, Québec.
- 2008
Conference paper Courcelles, B., Modaressi, A., Gouvenot, D., & Esnault-Filet, A. (2008, October). Predictive model to deisgn the Permeable Reactive Barrier filters [Paper]. 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 2008), Goa, India.Conference paper Courcelles, B., Modaressi, A., Gouvenot, D., & Esnault-Filet, A. (2008, October). Testing and modeling the hydraulic permeability evolution of Permeable reactive Barriers clogged by colloids [Paper]. 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 2008), Goa, India.
- 2004
Conference paper Lafleur, J., & Courcelles, B. (2004, October). Modelling the gradual saturation of compacted material in earth fill dams upon reservoir impounding [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Filters and Drainage in Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Geofilters, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- 2024
- Theses (2)
- 2007
Thesis Courcelles, B. (2007). Étude du comportement physico-chimique des filtres de barrières perméables réactives : modélisation et expérimentation à l'échelle pilote [Ph.D. Thesis, École Centrale Paris].
- 2003
Thesis Courcelles, B. (2003). Modélisation du comportement de l'air dans les noyaux des barrages en remblai suite à la mise en eau [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- 2007