Mohammad Rayhani

Assistant Professor in Geotechnical Engineering

Teaching Assignment 2011-2012

  • CIVE3208 Geotechnical Mechanics
  • CIVE4208 Geotechnical Engineering
  • ENVE4002 Environment Geotechnical Engineering
  • ENVE5201 Geo-Environmental Engineering
  • CIVE4908 Design Projects

Other Courses

  • CIVE5501 Foundation Engineering

Research Interests

  • Geotechnical aspects of landfill design
  • Physical modeling of geotechnical structures
  • Seismic site response and soil-structure interaction
  • Geotechnical hazards investigation and mitigation

Representative Publications

  1. Anderson, R. and Rayhani, M.T. 2011. Hydration of GCL from foundation soil under simulated field conditions.  Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembrane, accepted September 2011
  2. Rayhani, M.T. and El Naggar, M.H. 2011.  Physical and numerical modeling of seismic soil-structure-interaction in layered soils.  Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Accepted October 2011.
  3. Rayhani, M.T., Rowe, R.K., Brachman, R.W.I., Siemens, G., and Take A., 2011, Factors affecting GCL hydration under isothermal conditions, Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 29:525-533.
  4. Rayhani, M.H.T., and El Naggar, M.H., 2008, “Numerical modeling of a rigid foundation on soft soil under seismic loading”, ASCE Int. J. of Geomechanics, 8:336-346.
  5. Rayhani, M.H.T., and El Naggar, M.H., 2008, “Dynamic properties of clay and sand from centrifuge tests”, J. of Geotechnical & Geological Eng., 26:593-602.
  6. Rayhani, M.H.T., Yanful, E.K., and Fakher, A., 2008, “Physical modeling of desiccation-induced cracks in plastic soils”, J. of Eng. Geology, 97:25-31.
  7. Rayhani, M.H.T. and El Naggar, M.H., 2008, “Characterization of glyben for seismic application”, Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 31(1), paper ID: GTJ100552.
  8. Rayhani, M.H.T. , El Naggar, M.H. and Tabatabaei, S.H., 2007, “Nonlinear analysis of local site effects on seismic ground response in the Bam earthquake”, J. of Geotechnical and Geological Eng., DOI 10.1007/s10706-007-9149-0.
  9. Rayhani, M.H.T. and El Naggar, M.H., 2007, “Centrifuge modeling of seismic response of layered soft clay”, Bulletin of Earthquake Eng. 5(4):571-589.
  10. Rayhani, M.H.T., Yanful, E.K., and Fakher, A., 2007, “Desiccation-induced cracking and its effect on the hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 44:276-283.

Honours and Awards

  • 2008 (declined) NSERC Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship at Canadian Government Laboratories
  • 2007 Novak Memorial Award, University of Western Ontario
  • 2007  Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, University of Western Ontario
  • 2006  SOGS 125th Anniversary Award: University of Western Ontario
  • 2006  Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: University of Western Ontario
  • 2003  Best Researcher Award: Ministry of Housing & Urban Development, Iran

Graduate Students

Abdulrahman Abdulghader
M.A.Sc. (In Prog.)
Alireza Afshin
M.A.Sc. (In Prog.) Time dependent pile capacity gain in soft soils
Juan David Giraldo Velez
M.A.Sc. (In Prog.) Composite micropiles for seismic resistant design
Saeid Moharrami
M.A.Sc. (In Prog.)
Hamid Sarabadani
M.A.Sc. (In Prog.) GCL shrinkage under simulated field conditions
Hooman Torabi
Ph.D. (In Prog.) Seismic site response and soil-structure interaction in Leda clay

Undergraduate Students

Arden Barclay
B.Eng. (In Prog.) Potential risks of heat exposure to GCL in a landfill
Mostafa Abdel-Razek
B.Eng. (In Prog.) Desiccation cracking of CCL under simulated field conditions
Tahmineh Sarabian Tehrani
B.Eng. (In Prog.) GCL hydration from clayey subsoil
John Samuel Kabanda
B.Eng. (2011) Time dependent pile-soil interface resistance
Robert Anderson
B.Eng. (2010) Factors affection GCL hydration from subsoil

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