Ghayoomi, Majid

Ghayoomi, Majid
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Member, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) , University of New Hampshire
Member, Tenure Faculty (CEPS) , College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS)
Member, Civil and Environmental Engineering , College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS)
Research Associate/Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado Boulder 2011 - 2012

Overview

An Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Teach and Research in different areas of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics with focus on unsaturated soil mechanics and geotechnical earthquake engineering.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title
2023	Climate change and seismic resilience: Key considerations for Alaska's infrastructure and built environment.. PLoS ONE. 18:e0292320. 2023
2022	Performance of rocking foundations on unsaturated soil layers with variable groundwater levels. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics. 72:984-997. 2022
2022	Application of Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Data in Seismic Response Assessment. Remote Sensing. 14:4375-4375. 2022
2022	Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics. 72:687-705. 2022
2022	Residual Strength of Liquefied Soil: The Effect of Induced Partial Saturation. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 45:855-876. 2022
2022	Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction of Inelastic Structural Systems on Unsaturated Soil Layers. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148. 2022
2022	Site response analysis of induced seismic events in the CENA region. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 153:107118-107118. 2022
2021	Analysis of wave-induced submarine landslides in nearly saturated sediments at intermediate water depths. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology. 40:1411-1423. 2021
2021	A system dynamics framework for mechanistic analysis of flexible pavement systems under moisture variations. Transportation Geotechnics. 30:100619-100619. 2021
2021	Compositional and geoenvironmental factors in microbially induced partial saturation. Environmental Geotechnics. 8:282-294. 2021
2021	Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Silty Sands: A Strain-Based Approach. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147. 2021
2021	Evaluation of two-stage scaling for physical modelling of soil-foundation-structure systems. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. 21:98-113. 2021
2021	Liquefaction Mitigation of Sands with Nonplastic Fines via Microbial-Induced Partial Saturation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147. 2021
2021	Discussion of "Simplified Procedure for Prediction of Earthquake-Induced Settlements in Partially Saturated Soils" by Abdulhakim Zeybek and Santana Phani Gopal Madabhushi. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147. 2021
2020	Effects of Groundwater Level on Seismic Response of Soil-Foundation Systems. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146:04020110. 2020
2020	The role of predictive models for resilient modulus of unbound materials in pavement FWD-deflection assessment. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 21:374-392. 2020
2019	The role of kinematic interaction on measured seismic response of soil-foundation-structure systems. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 125:105674-105674. 2019
2019	Impact of subsurface water on structural performance of inundated flexible pavements. The International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 20:947-957. 2019
2018	A Review on Soil-Water Retention Scaling in Centrifuge Modeling of Unsaturated Sands. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 41:979-997. 2018
2018	Seismic behavior of pile-supported systems in unsaturated sand. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 112:162-173. 2018
2018	Numerical Modeling of Cone Penetration Test in Unsaturated Sand inside a Calibration Chamber. International Journal of Geomechanics. 18:04017148. 2018
2018	Methodology to evaluate performance of pavement structure using soil moisture profile. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 19:952-971. 2018
2017	Physical and mechanical properties of reconstructed bio-cemented sand. Soils and Foundations. 57:698-706. 2017
2017	Cyclic Triaxial Test to Measure Strain-Dependent Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Sand. International Journal of Geomechanics. 17:04017043. 2017
2017	Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Test to Measure Strain-Dependent Dynamic Properties of Unsaturated Sand. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 40:20160128-20160128. 2017
2017	Centrifuge tests to assess seismic site response of partially saturated sand layers. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 94:254-265. 2017
2016	Procedure to Estimate the Seismic Settlement of Partially Saturated Soils. Indian Geotechnical Journal. 46:272-275. 2016
2016	Seismic Performance of Underground Reservoir Structures: Insight from Centrifuge Modeling on the Influence of Structure Stiffness. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 142:04016020. 2016
2015	Evaluation of 1-D seismic site response modeling of sand using centrifuge experiments. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 78:19-31. 2015
2015	Effect of Ground Motion Characteristics on Seismic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction. Earthquake Spectra. 31:1789-1812. 2015
2014	Closure to "performance of a transparent Flexible Shear Beam container for geotechnical centrifuge modelling of dynamic problems" by Ghayoomi M., Dashti S., and McCartney JS. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 67:363-369. 2014
2013	Performance of a transparent Flexible Shear Beam container for geotechnical centrifuge modeling of dynamic problems. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 53:230-239. 2013
2013	Empirical Methodology to Estimate Seismically Induced Settlement of Partially Saturated Sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE Journal of Geotechcnical Engineering. 139:367-376. 2013
2011	Measurement of Small-Strain Shear Moduli of Partially Saturated Sand During Infiltration in a Geotechnical Centrifuge. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 34:503-513. 2011
2011	Centrifuge Test to Assess the Seismic Compression of Partially Saturated Sand Layers. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 34:321-331. 2011

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2022	A Conceptual System Dynamics Framework to Evaluate Performance of Pavement Foundations Under Moisture Variations. 3-15. 2022
2022	Centrifuge Modeling to Evaluate the Seismic Response of Elastic and Inelastic Structures Embedded in Unsaturated Soil. Geotechnical Special Publication. 284-292. 2022
2021	Cyclic Response and Instability Analysis of Seabed With Cohesionless Soils Due to Surging Waves. Volume 6: Ocean Engineering. 2021
2020	A semi-empirical model to predict excess pore pressure generation in partially saturated sand. E3S Web of Conferences. 02026-02026. 2020
2020	Centrifuge Tests to Evaluate Seismic Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Unsaturated Silty Sand. Geotechnical Special Publication. 198-207. 2020
2020	Centrifuge tests to evaluate the effect of depth of water table on seismic response of shallow foundations on silty sands. E3S Web of Conferences. 01005-01005. 2020
2019	Liquefaction Mitigation of Silty Sands via Microbial Induced Partial Saturation. Geo-Congress 2019. 2019
2019	Centrifuge Tests to Evaluate Dynamic Impedance Functions of Square Surface Foundation. 1-1. 2019
2019	Sensitivity of Seismic Site Response to Fluctuations in Water Levels. 1-1. 2019
2018	Application of Cone Penetrometer for Unsaturated Soils inside Geotechnical Centrifuge 2018
2018	Centrifuge Modeling to Evaluate Kinematic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction. Geotechnical Special Publication. 321-329. 2018
2018	Design and Calibration of a Miniature Cone for Testing in Unsaturated Soils. Geotechnical Special Publication. 436-446. 2018
2018	Dynamic Response of Microbial Induced Partially Saturated Sand 2018
2018	Effect of Shaking Intensity on Seismic Response of Unsaturated Sand Layers 2018
2018	Experimental evaluation of two-stage scaling in physical modelling of soil-foundation-structure systems. PHYSICAL MODELLING IN GEOTECHNICS, VOL 1. 349-354. 2018
2018	Modelling experiments to investigate soil-water retention in geotechnical centrifuge. PHYSICAL MODELLING IN GEOTECHNICS, VOL 1. 247-252. 2018
2017	Numerical Evaluation of the Effect of Unsaturated Soil above the Water Table on Cone Resistance. Geotechnical Special Publication. 623-632. 2017
2016	Challenges in Seismic Modelling of Soil-Structure Systems with Unsaturated Soils using Geotechnical Centrifuge 2016
2016	Simple Numerical Model to Simulate Penetration Testing in Unsaturated Soils. E3S Web of Conferences. 08011-08011. 2016
2016	Suction-controlled dynamic simple shear apparatus for measurement of dynamic properties of unsaturated soils. E3S Web of Conferences. 09001-09001. 2016
2015	Centrifuge Test to Evaluate Internal Strut Loads in Shallow Underground Retaining Structures. XV Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2615-2622. 2015
2015	Simplified Equivalent Linear and Nonlinear Site Response Analysis of Partially Saturated Soil Layers. Geotechnical Special Publication. 2131-2140. 2015
2015	Suction-Controlled Cyclic Triaxial System for Measurement of Dynamic Properties of Unsaturated Soils. XV Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2150-2157. 2015
2014	Effect of Earthquake Shaking Intensity and Intensity Rate on Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction. 8th International Conference in Physical Modeling in Geotechnics. 1017-1023. 2014
2014	Equivalent linear site response analysis of partially saturated sand layers. International Conference in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. 561-567. 2014
2014	Renovation and Reoperation of a Geotechnical Centrifuge at the University of New Hampshire. 8th International Conference of Physical Modeling in Geotechnics. 201-205. 2014
2014	Seismic Soil-Structure-Interaction and Lateral Earth Pressures on Buried Reservoir Structures. Geotechnical Special Publication. 1215-1224. 2014
2013	Centrifuge Modeling of Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction, and Lateral Earth Pressures for Large Near-Surface Underground Structures. 18th International Conference in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,. 899-902. 2013
2012	Centrifuge Evaluation of the Impact of Partial Saturation on the Amplification of Peak Ground Acceleration in Soil Layers. Geotechnical Special Publication. 1968-1977. 2012
2012	Sensing of Lateral Seismic Earth Pressures in Geotechnical Centrifuge Models. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering,. 2012
2010	Challenges in Predicting the Earthquake-Induced Settlements of Partially Saturated Sands. Geotechnical Special Publication. 3052-3061. 2010
2010	Impact of Effective Stress in Dynamic Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Sands. Geotechnical Special Publication. 410-419. 2010
2007	Cyclic Behavior of Limy Cemented Gravelly Sand. 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. 2007
2006	The Effect of Open Trench on Active Foundation Isolation Using Physical Modeling. International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics. 1217-1228. 2006
2003	The Behavior of Reinforced High Strength Concrete Frames Under Impact Loading.. 10th Iran National Civil Engineering Conference. 2003
2003	The effect of strength and Ductility of Steel on Impact Strength of High strength Concrete Frames. 10th Iran National Civil Engineering Conference. 2003
	Bearing Capacity Analysis of Pavement Structures for Short Term Flooding Events. 2127-2127.
	Bearing Capacity Analysis of Pavement Structures for Short Term Flooding Events. 2127-2133.
	Design and Performance of A Transparent Flexible Shear Beam- Container for Dynamic Geotechnical Centrifuge Testing
	Earthquake Induced Lateral Deformation of Pile-Supported System in Unsaturated Sand
	Earthquake Induced Lateral Deformation of Pile-Supported System in Unsaturated Sand
	Simulating Seismic Response of Unsaturated Sand Layers inside a Geotechnical Centrifuge. 1553-1553.
	The Theoretical Ultimate Lateral Resistance Near the Soil Surface in Unsaturated Cohesionless Soils