
Majid Ghayoomi
An Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. <br>Teach and Research in different areas of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics with focus on unsaturated soil mechanics and geotechnical earthquake engineering.
Courses Taught
- CEE 665: Soil Mechanics
- CEE 765/865: Engineering Behavior of Soils
- CEE 766/866: Intro to Geotec Earthquake Eng
- CEE 866: Intro to Geotec Earthquake Eng
- CEE 966: Geotechnical Modeling
- CEE 968: Soil-Structure-Interaction
Research Interests
- Bioremediation
- Earthquake Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Hazards - Mitigation/Reduction
- Materials Testing
- Soil Mechanics & Foundations
- Soil/Structure Interaction
Selected Publications
Turner, M. M., Ghayoomi, M., Duderstadt, K., Brewer, J., & Kholodov, A. (2023). Climate change and seismic resilience: Key considerations for Alaska's infrastructure and built environment.. PLoS One, 18(10), e0292320. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292320
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
Farahani, A., Moradikhaneghahi, M., Ghayoomi, M., & Jacobs, J. M. (2022). Application of Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Data in Seismic Response Assessment. REMOTE SENSING, 14(17). doi:10.3390/rs14174375
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
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