Mourad Zeghal, Ph.D.

Professional Preparation

  1. Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Civil Engineering, 1992–1993
  2. Ph.D., Princeton University, Civil Engineering, 1990
  3. M.A., Princeton University, Civil Engineering, 1985
  4. Engineering Diploma, Tunis University, Civil Engineering, 1983

Appointments

2005–Present Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
1998–2004 Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
1996–1998 Senior Consulting Engineer, Aon Impact Forecasting, Chicago, Illinois
1994–1995 Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Significant Publications

  • Zeghal, M. and El Shamy, U. “Liquefaction of Saturated Loose and Cemented Granular Soils,” Powder Technology, Volume 184, Issue 2, 254-265, May 2008.
  • El Shamy, U. and Zeghal, M., “A Micro-Mechanical Study of the Seismic Response of Saturated Cemented Deposits,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 9 (Special Issue 1 on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering), May 2005.
  • Zeghal, M. and El Shamy, U., “A Continuum-Discrete Hydromechanical Analysis of Granular Deposit Liquefaction,” International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 28, No. 14, pp. 1361- 1383, 2004.
  • Zeghal, M., El Shamy, U., Shephard, M., Dobry, R., Fish, J., and Abdoun, T., “Micro-Mechanical Analyses of Saturated Granular Soils,” Multiscale Computational Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 441-460, 2004.
  • Elmekati, A. and Zeghal, M., “A. Local Geotechnical System Identification using a Dense Array of Acceleration Records,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, submitted, 2009.
  • Bennett, V., M. Zeghal, T. Abdoun and L. Danisch, “A Wireless Shape-Acceleration Array System for Local Identification of Soil and Soil-Structure Systems,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Soil Mechanics 2007, No. 2004, pp. 60-66, 2007.
  • Zeghal, M. and Oskay, C., “A Local Identification Technique for Geotechnical and Geophysical Systems,” International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Volume 27, Issue 11, pp. 967-987, 2003.
  • M. Zeghal, P. V. Kallou, C. Oskay, T. Abdoun, and M. K. Sharp, “Identification and imaging of soil and soil-pile deformation in the presence of liquefaction,” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol.5, No.2, 171-172, December, 2006.
  • Zeghal, M. and Elgamal, A.-W., “Site Response and Vertical Seismic Arrays” Invited review article, Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 92-101, 2000.
  • Zeghal, M., Elgamal, A.-W., and Parra, E., “Identification and Modeling of Earthquake Ground Response. II: Site Liquefaction,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 523-547, 1996.

Synergistic Activities

  • Organizer and Chair, Workshop on Inverse Problems and System Identification of Geo-Systems, RPI., March 24, 2008.
  • Co-organizer and co-chair, Mini-symposium on Micro-Mechanics of Granular Media, (ASCE) Geo-Congress 2008.
  • Organizer and chair, Mini-symposium on Micro-Mechanics of Granular Media, (ASCE) Geo-Denver 2007.
  • Computational Mechanics and Granular Materials ASCE committees, 2000-present.
  • Plenary lecturer, International Conference on Cyclic Behavior of Soils and Liquefaction Phenomena, Bochum, Germany, April 02, 2004.
  • State-of-the-Art Lecture, 10th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, October 9, 2001.

Collaborators, Adivsors, & Advisees

Collaborators Within the Last 4 Years

Abouzeid, A., RPI, Abdoun, T., RPI, Cusatis, G., RPI, De, A., Manhattan College, De, S., RPI, Dobry, R., RPI, Elgamal, A.-W., UC San Diego, El Shamy, U., Southern Methodist U.

Advisors

  • PhD.: A. M. Abdel-Ghaffar (deceased)
  • Post-doctoral: A.-W.Elgamal (UC San Diego)

Graduate Students

Brawijaya, N. (Indonesia); Dessalegn, T. M. (RPI); El Shamy, U. (Southern Methodist U.); Elmekati, A.(Mueser Rutledge Engineers); Kallou, P. (Greece); Medina, C. (BGC Engineering, Canada); Oskay, C. (Vanderbilt U); Tsinginos, C. (RPI), Winn, D. (EarthTech).