Lauren Iacobucci

Lauren Iacobucci
Lead Project Engineer

Lauren is the Lead Project Engineer for Tipping Point, contributing to the technical design, development, and execution of innovative solutions for dredged material and contaminated sediment management. She has 8 years of experience in applied research and environmental consulting, with specific expertise in treatability studies for sediment stabilization/solidification (S/S) and beneficial use. Lauren has both an MS in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering and a BS in Bioenvironmental Engineering from Rutgers University.

As a graduate research assistant for the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT – Rutgers University), Lauren designed and published several studies evaluating S/S binders for beneficial use applications, including Portland cement, cement kiln dust, blast furnace slag, gypsum, activated carbon, and other proprietary additives. These studies included the addition of gypsum to optimize the S/S sediment’s geotechnical properties, assessment of binder performance for S/S under cold weather curing conditions, and comparison of binder addition methods and sequencing to improve S/S sediment properties. Lauren also contributed to the implementation of a number of sediment treatability studies, in which she was responsible for mixture design, sample creation, testing, and data interpretation with respect to project-specific performance thresholds. For her MS thesis, Lauren studied the impact of Portland cement and activated carbon on the environmental and geotechnical properties of cement-stabilized sediments collected from New York/New Jersey Harbor and the Port of Stavanger, Norway.

Lauren is driven by her fascination with the natural world and desire to serve the welfare of the public. Prior to Tipping Point, she was a Senior Consultant at Ramboll, where she contributed to the design, implementation, and long-term management of environmental remedies for historically contaminated sites in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.