Shobha K. Bhatia, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, delivered two prestigious invited lectures at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in May, highlighting her internationally recognized contributions to geotechnical and environmental engineering.

On May 13, Bhatia delivered a Koerner Lecture in Georgia Tech’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her talk, “Building on the Foundations of Giroud, Lafleur, and Koerner: Advances in Geotextile Filter Design,” outlined recent advances in geotextile filtration research and design methodology.

The lecture was part of a national series tied to the Robert M. Koerner Award, which Bhatia received in 2025 from the Geosynthetics Materials Association in recognition of her contributions to the geosynthetics industry in North America. She is also scheduled to deliver seminars at Texas A&M University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, during the fall 2026 semester.

The following day, Bhatia was honored as the 28th George F. Sowers Lecturer at Georgia Tech’s annual Sowers Symposium, one of the field’s most prominent events in geotechnical engineering. Her lecture, “Why Slurries Flow: Rethinking Yield Stress, Chemistry, and Risk in Ash and Tailings Impoundments,” drew on her expertise in slurry rheology, mine tailings and environmental geotechnics.