Majid Ghayoomi
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.
Research Interests
- Bioremediation
- Earthquake Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Hazards - Mitigation/Reduction
- Materials Testing
- Soil Mechanics & Foundations
- Soil/Structure Interaction
Courses Taught
- CEE 665: Soil Mechanics
- CEE 765/865: Engineering Behavior of Soils
- CEE 766/866: Intro to Geotec Earthquake Eng
- CEE 778/878: Foundation Design I
- CEE 866: Intro to Geotec Earthquake Eng
- CEE 966: Geotechnical Modeling
- CEE 968: Soil-Structure-Interaction
Selected Publications
Turner, M. M., Ghayoomi, M., Ueda, K., & Uzuoka, R. (2022). Performance of rocking foundations on unsaturated soil layers with variable groundwater levels. Géotechnique, 72(11), 984-997. doi:10.1680/jgeot.20.p.221
Martinez, A., Dejong, J., Akin, I., Aleali, A., Arson, C., Atkinson, J., . . . Zheng, J. (2022). Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges. GEOTECHNIQUE, 72(8), 687-705. doi:10.1680/jgeot.20.P.170
Turner, M. M., Ghayoomi, M., Ueda, K., & Uzuoka, R. (2022). Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction of Inelastic Structural Systems on Unsaturated Soil Layers. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 148(7). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002819
Turner, M. M., & Ghayoomi, M. (2022). Site response analysis of induced seismic events in the CENA region. SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, 153. doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2021.107118
Mousavi, S., Ghayoomi, M., & Dave, E. V. (2022). A Conceptual System Dynamics Framework to Evaluate Performance of Pavement Foundations Under Moisture Variations. In Unknown Conference (pp. 3-15). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77230-7_1
Ghayoomi, M., Suprunenko, G., & Mirshekari, M. (2017). Cyclic Triaxial Test to Measure Strain-Dependent Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Sand. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMECHANICS, 17(9). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000917
Mirshekari, M., & Ghayoomi, M. (2017). Centrifuge tests to assess seismic site response of partially saturated sand layers. SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, 94, 254-265. doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.01.024
Hashash, Y. M. A., Dashti, S., Romero, M. I., Ghayoomi, M., & Musgrove, M. (2015). Evaluation of 1-D seismic site response modeling of sand using centrifuge experiments. SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, 78, 19-31. doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.07.003
Ghayoomi, M., & Dashti, S. (2015). Effect of Ground Motion Characteristics on Seismic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction. EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA, 31(3), 1789-1812. doi:10.1193/040413EQS089M
Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J. S., & Ko, H. -Y. (2013). Empirical Methodology to Estimate Seismically Induced Settlement of Partially Saturated Sand. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 139(3), 367-376. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000774
Most Cited Publications