FARSI

EDUCATION

·        Ph.D. : Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Shiraz University, Iran, 2007. Thesis Title: "Seismic Stability Analysis of Reinforced Soil Structures by the Method of Characteristics."

·        Visiting Research: GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Department of Civil Engineeirng, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

·        Master of Science: Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Shiraz University, Iran, 2000. Thesis Title: "Evaluation of Dynamic Stability of Slopes by the Zero Extension Line Method."

·        Bachelor of Science: Civil Engineering, Persian Gulf University, Booshehr, Iran, 1997.  

COURSES TAUGHT

·        Soil Dynamics

·        Soil Mechanics

·        Foundation Engineering

·        Pavement

·        Highway Engineerign

·        Computer programming

·        Numerical Analysis

·        Engineering Geology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

·        Mechanics of Reinforced Soil

·        Reinforced Soil Analysis (Slope Stability, Bearing capacity, Retaining Walls, …)

·        Stress Characteristics (Slip Line) Method for Analyzing Unreinforced and Reinforced Soil Structures

·        Zero Extension Line Method for Analyzing Unreinforced and Reinforced Soil Structures

Dynamic Response Analysis of Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls and Slopes

PAPERS

Bathurst, R.J., Keshavarz, A., Zarnani, S. and Take, A. (2007). A simple displacement model for response analysis of EPS geofoam seismic buffers, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 27, pp. 344-353.

Jahanandish, M., and Keshavarz, A. (2005). Seismic Bearing Capacity of Foundations on Reinforced Soil Slopes, Geotextiles and Geomembrains, Vol. 23 (1) : 1-25.

Jahanandish, M., and Keshavarz, A. (2004). Stability of Axially Symmetric Slopes in Soil Engineering, Proceedings of International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Beirut, 19-22 May 2004, pp. 97-103.

Jahanandish, M., and Keshavarz, A. (2004) Evaluation of Critical Load Distribution of Foundations on Slopes by the Zero Extension Line Method. Proceedings of the 4^th International Conference on LANDSLIDES, SLOPE STABILITY & THE SAFETY OF INFRASTRUCTURES, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2004.

Keshavarz, A., and Hataf, N. (2004). Application of Standard Penetration Test at Static Cases in Geotechnical Engineering. First National congress on Civil Engineering, 11-13 May 2004, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. (In Farsi).

Jahanandish, M., and Keshavarz, A. (2003).  Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Bearing Capacity of Strip Foundations by the Zero Extension Line Method. Proceedings of the 6^th International Conference on Civil Engineering, (ICCE 2003), Isfahan, Iran, Vol. 7, pp. 447-454.

Jahanandish, M., and Keshavarz, A. (2003). Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Stability of Slopes by the Zero Extension Line Method.  Fourth International Conference of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, SEE4, 12-14 May 2003 Tehran, Iran.

Jahanandish, M. Fazeli, A.R., Keshavarz, A., and Hajiazizi, M. (2002). A Qualitative Comparison between Different Methods of Analyzing Soil Mechanics Problems. Proceedings of the 3^rd Iranian International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Tehran, Iran, Vol. 1, pp. 239-242.

Contact me

Dr. Amin Keshavarz, School of Eng., Persian Gulf University, Booshehr, Iran Cell phone : +98-9177115993 Email :