Majid Ghayoomi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

 

 

                                     

 

 

Phone: 603-862-3997

Fax: 603-862-2364
E-mail: majid.ghayoomi@unh.edu              

University of New Hampshire
Department of Civil Engineering
Kingsbury Hall Room W175
33 Academic Way
Durham, NH 03824

 

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Refereed Journal Papers

Ghayoomi, M., Dashti, S., and McCartney, J.S., “Performance of a Transparent, Flexible Shear Beam-Type Container in Dynamic Centrifuge Modeling of Geotechnical Systems”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. (In Review)

Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., Ko, H.-Y., “An Empirical Methodology to Estimate Seismically Induced Settlement of Partially-Saturated Sand.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnv. Engineering. (In Press-Under Publication)

Ghayoomi, M. and McCartney, J.S. (2011) “Measurement of the Small-Strain Shear Moduli of Partially-Saturated Sands During Infiltration in a Geotechnical Centrifuge.” Special Issue on Advances in Experimental Characterization of Unsaturated Soils, Volume 1. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 34(5), 1-10.

Ghayoomi M., McCartney, J.S., and Ko, H.-Y. (2011) “Centrifuge Test to Assess the Seismic Compression of Partially Saturated Sands.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 34(4), 1-11.

Refereed Conference Papers

Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire (8/12 – current)
P ost-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Colorado, Boulder (1/11 – 7/12)
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder (8/06 - 12/10)

Dashti, S., Hushmand, A., Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., Zhang, M., Hushmand, B., Mokarram, N., Bastani, A., Davis, C., Yangsoo, L., Hu, J. (2013), “Centrifuge Modeling of Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction, and Lateral Earth Pressures for Large Near-Surface Underground Structures, 18th International Conference in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, France. (In Review)

Dashti, S., Gillis, K., Ghayoomi, M., and Hashash, Y. (2012), “Sensing of Lateral Seismic Earth Pressures in Geotechnical Centrifuge Models”, 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 1-10.

Ghayoomi, M, Dashti, S., and McCartney, J.S. (2012), “Design and Performance of A Transparent Flexible Shear Beam- Container for Dynamic Geotechnical Centrifuge Testing.” Second International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Taormina, Italy, 1-11.

Ghayoomi,M.and McCartney, J.S. (2012) “Effect of Partial Saturation on Amplification of Peak Ground Acceleration” GeoCongress 2012, ASCE, Oakland, California, 1-11.

Ghayoomi, M., Khosravi A., McCartney, J.S., and Ko, H.-Y. (2010). “Challenges in Predicting the Earthquake-Induced Settlements of Partially Saturated Sands.” Proceedings of Geo-Florida, ASCE, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1-11.

Khosravi, A., Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., and Ko, H.-Y. (2010). “Impact of Effective Stress in Dynamic Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Sands.” Proceedings of Geo-Florida, ASCE, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1-11.

Haeri, S.M., Shakeri, M.R., and Ghayoomi, M. (2007). “Cyclic Behavior of Limy Cemented Gravelly Sand.” 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering,Greece, Thessaloniki, 1-11.

Jaffarzadeh, F., Ghayoomi, M., and Bahmanpour, A. (2006). “The Effect of Open Trench on Active Foundation Isolation Using Physical Modeling.” International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics, Hong Kong, 1-11.

Ghayoomi, M., Alaghebandian, R., and Mesbah, S.M. (2003). “The Behavior of Reinforced High Strength Concrete Frames Under Impact Loading.” 10th Iran National Civil Engineering Conference, Tehran, Iran (In Farsi), 1-11.

Mesbah, S.M., Alaghebandian, R., and Ghayoomi, M. (2003). “The effect of strength and Ductility of Steel on Impact Strength of High strength Concrete Frames.” 10th Iran National Civil Engineering Conference, Iran, Tehran (In Farsi), 1-11.