Fei Han

Fei Han

Assistant Professor
Phone: (603) 862-4447
Office: Kingsbury Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:

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

Education

  • Ph.D., Purdue University
  • M.S.C.E., Purdue University
  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science

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. H., Mo, W., Bell, E., & Han, F. (2025). Optimizing Bridge Scour Maintenance in Flood-Prone Areas: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Aging Infrastructure and Equity Enhancement. In Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 (pp. 41-48). American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/9780784486009.005

  • Egbe, K. -J., Venegas, G. R., Sun, Y., Ghayoomi, M., & Han, F. (2025). Advancing Seawater Intrusion Monitoring through Sensor Fusion and Deep Learning. In Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 (pp. 337-345). American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/9780784485989.034

  • 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

  • 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

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