
Courses Taught
- CEE 665: Soil Mechanics
- CEE 768/868: Geo-Environmental Engineering
- CEE 778/878: Foundation Design I
- CEE 779: Foundation Design II
- CEE 779/879: Foundation Design II
- CEE 799H: Senior Honors Thesis
- CEE 879: Foundation Design II
Research Interests
- Advanced Sensing Technologies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computational Mechanics
- Decision making
- Deep Learning
- Optimization
- Plasticity
- Soil Mechanics & Foundations
Selected Publications
Alduais, M., Mei, Q. G., Taherkhani, A. H., & Han, F. (2025). Transfer learning on lateral capacity prediction of monopile foundations with limited data. Computers and Geotechnics, 185, 107359. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2025.107359
Asadifakhr, K., Roy, S. G., Taherkhani, A. H., Han, F., Bell, E. S., & Mo, W. (2025). A Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Approach to Sustainable Road–Stream Crossing Management. Sustainability, 17(9), 3987. doi:10.3390/su17093987
Taherkhani, A., Mo, W., Bell, E., & Han, F. (2024). Towards equitable infrastructure asset management: Scour maintenance strategy for aging bridge systems in flood-prone zones using deep reinforcement learning. Sustainable Cities and Society, 114, 105792. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2024.105792
Guo, X., Han, F., Liu, Y., Wu, N., Zhang, C., & Zhang, N. (2024). Editorial: Methods and advances in marine geology and hydrodynamics environment. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1362605
Wu, N., Zhang, N., Liu, Y., Han, F., Zhang, C., & Guo, X. (Eds.) (2024). Methods and advances in marine geology and hydrodynamics environment. doi:10.3389/978-2-8325-4361-0
Han, F., Ganju, E., Salgado, R., & Prezzi, M. (2019). Comparison of the load response of closed-ended and open-ended pipe piles driven in gravelly sand. ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 14(6), 1785-1803. doi:10.1007/s11440-019-00863-1
Han, F., Ganju, E., Salgado, R., & Prezzi, M. (2018). Effects of Interface Roughness, Particle Geometry, and Gradation on the Sand-Steel Interface Friction Angle. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 144(12). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001990
Han, F., Salgado, R., Prezzi, M., & Lim, J. (2017). Shaft and base resistance of non-displacement piles in sand. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 83, 184-197. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.11.006
Han, F., Prezzi, M., Salgado, R., & Zaheer, M. (2017). Axial Resistance of Closed-Ended Steel-Pipe Piles Driven in Multilayered Soil. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 143(3). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001589
Tehrani, F. S., Han, F., Salgado, R., Prezzi, M., Tovar, R. D., & Castro, A. G. (2016). Effect of surface roughness on the shaft resistance of non-displacement piles embedded in sand. GEOTECHNIQUE, 66(5), 386-400. doi:10.1680/jgeot.15.P.007