Brief CV
Dr. Gholamhosein Tavakoli Mehrjardi is an associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Kharazmi University (currently ranked 600-800 in Engineering according to Times Higher Education). He received his BSc from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman in the field of Civil Engineering in 2004, and MSc and PhD degrees in Geotechnical Engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology. As a MSc thesis, he carried out a combination of neural network and genetic algorithm to simulate and optimise the response of buried pipeline. Moreover, during his PhD, Dr. Tavakoli Mehrjardi studied the performance of a novel system, including tyre shreds and geocell reinforcement, to protect buried pipeline against heavy cyclic loadings by physical and numerical modelling at University of Nottingham (NTEC). He performed many physical modelling as well as numerical modelling to investigate in the fields of geosynthetics, application of recycled materials, buried pipes, and transportation geotechnics, bringing about more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers as well as three published books. Dr. Tavakoli is currently the vice president of Iraninan Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society, and also, the member of editorial board for journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes. He prefers wearing out rather than rusting out and therefore, there is no room for complacency.
Educational records
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Course
University
City
Country
Graduation Date
Total mean
1
B.Sc, Civil Engineering
Shahid Bahonar University
Kerman
Iran
2004
2
MSc, Geotechnical Engineering
N. Toosi University of Technology
Tehran
Iran
2007
3
PhD, Geotechnical Engineering
K.N. Toosi University of Technology
Tehran
Iran
2012
Academic & scientific positions
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Responsibilities Titles
Name of Organization
Starting Date
Termination Date
1
Associate Professor
Kharazmi University
2012
2
Senior Researcher
Tecnhnical and Soil Mechanical Lab
2007
2017
3
Research Assistant
Research Assistant at Nottingham Transportation Engineering Center, University of Nottingham
2009
2010
Awards & honors
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title
Date
1
Reward of Distinguished Researcher
2012
2
Reward of Excellent Researcher
2008
3
Reward of Top Researcher at TSML
2008
4
Reward of Top Student in M.Sc
2006
Executive Activities
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Executive Activities Titles
Name of Organization / comment
Starting Date
Termination Date
1
Vice President
Iranian Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society
2019
2
Editorial Board Member
Journal of Geosynthetics International
2020
Research interests
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Title
Start date
1
Transportation Geotechnics
2004
2
Buried Pipelines
2004
3
Geosynthetics
2004
4
Prototype and Simulative Laboratory Test Methods
2007
5
Use of Innovative and Recyclable Materials in Construction
2007
6
Impact Loading and Ground Vibrations
2014
7
Numerical Modeling & Constitutive Models
2004
Theses supervised
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Title
Persons
1
Laboratory Study of the behavior of slope, reinforced with tiregrids
Mehdi Kargar
2
Study of the behavior of slope, reinforced with tiregrids
Mehdi Kargar
3
Numerical modelling on the short-term bearing capacity of saturated clay foundations by considering the consolidation rate
Masoud Hoseini
4
Behavior of buried pipes subjected to impact loads
Mhamoud Karimi
5
Evaluation of effective parameters in the construction cost of geosynthetic-reinforced earth walls with respect to their performance
Mehdi Salari
6
Determination of physical and mechanical properties of Tehran’s construction and demolition debris
Alireza Azizi
7
Improvment the behavior of Tehran's demolition waste by using geocell reinforcement
Amanj Haji Azizi
8
Behavior of shell foundations on the soil embankments
Elham Sattari
9
Numerical modeling on behavior of the shell footings placed adjacent to reinforced slope
Masoud Khoshnevisan
10
The Effect of Soil Grain Size on the Mechanical Behavior of Coarse-Grained Soils
Reza Abasi
11
Scale effect on the behavior of soil reinforced with geogrid
Meghdad Moradali
12
Scale effect on the behavior of soil reinforced with geocell
Ramin Behrad
13
Effect of Geo- Cell Reinforcement on the shear strength of soils
Fariba Motarjemi
14
Field investigation into distribution of geotextiles' installation damage in reinforced-soil structures
Ehsan Amjadi Sardehaei
15
Scale effect on the behavior of soil reinforced by geogrids under cyclic loadings
Mehdi Khazaei
16
Seismic analysis of slope stability in bioreactor landfills
پوریا رحیمی
17
Investigation of mechanical properties and durability of non-woven geotextile from recycled polyester fibers used in road construction
مرضیه ضحاکی
18
Numerical modelling on the behavior of buried PVC pipes subjected to localized ground subsidence
علیرضا عرب
19
Study of impact force due to rock fall from slope due to earthquake using artificial neural network
مریم علیزاده
20
Efficiency of drilling void holes and trenching in reducing the amplitude of vibrations caused by dynamic compaction operations in the vicinity of structures
نوید فتحی افشار
Journal Referee
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Magazine Title
Date of Cooperation & Explanations
1
Geotextiles and Geomembranes
2016
2
Geosynthetics International
2017
3
International Journal of Civil Engineering
2016
Theses advised
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Title
Persons
1
Experimental study on the behavior of reinforced soil by geocell under wheel load
Alireza ShafiPanah
2
Experimental study of geocell-reinforced foundations adjacent to slopes
MohamadReza Harirsaz
3
Experimental study of geogrid-reinforced foundations subjected to inclined load
Mehran Hasani
4
Experimental investigation on bearing capacity of shell footings in vicinity of reinforced and unreinforced sand slope
Seyed Ali Ghafari
5
Experimental study of reinforcing dredged calcreous sands by plate load test
Mohamads Bahreini
6
Improvement in the mechanical charactristics of calcareous dredged sand by geocells (Case study: Shahid Rajaee Port)
Seyed Taha Tabatabaei
Course taught
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Lesson Title
Place & Date of Lecture
1
BSc: Soil Mechanics
2
MSc: Advanced Soil Mechanics, Marine Geotechnics, Reinforced Soil, Soil Dynamics, Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity, Physical Modelling in Geotech.
3
PhD: Unsaturated Soil Mechnics, Reinforced Soil
Published books
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Title
Author(s)
Publisher
Publish Date
1
Geocell-Reinforced Foundations, Geocells, Advances and Applications
Gholamhosein Tavakoli Mehrjardi, Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi
Springer Nature
2020
2
Guidelines for Design and Installation of Geotextiles in Roadways and its Technical Structures
Gholamhosein Tavakoli Mehrjardi
TSML
2014
3
Bearing Capacity and Settlement of Ring Footings
Gholamhosein Tavakoli Mehrjardi, Hosein Jamshidi
TSML
2010
Published articles
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Paper title
Writer
Magazine title
Publish year
Publish type
Article type
1
Large-Scale Experimental Study of the Response of Steel Buried Pipe Subjected to Rockfall Impacts
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Masoud Kavandi, Farough Amini, Mohammadjavad Tajlil Tabrizi, Seyyed Mohammadjalal Mirrahimi
Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
2024
Full Text
2
Mechanical characteristics of geogrids produced from recycled polyester
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Raul Fuentes, Oliver Detert
GEOSYNTHETICS INTERNATIONAL
2024
Full Text
3
The Effect of Partial Drainage on the Short-Term Bearing Capacity of Saturated Clay Foundations
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Masoud Hosseini
International Journal of Geomechanics
2024
Full Text
4
Impact of diffraction on screening of dynamic compaction waves with barriers
Navid Fathi Afshar, Amir Hamidi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
Innovative Infrastructure Solutions
2024
Full Text
5
Finite Difference Analysis of the Unconnected and Connected Back-to-Back Geogrid Soil Walls Subjected to Self-Weight and Railway Loading
Mahdi Salari, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Mojtaba Lezgy-Nazargah
Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology
2024
Full Text
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Experimental Investigation on the Applicability of a Novel Tire-Grid Used in Slope Stabilization Under Repeated Loads
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Mahdi Kargar
International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering
2023
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Evaluation of Geocell-Reinforced Pavement Constructed with Recycled Concrete Aggregate Subjected to Wheel Loads
Alireza Shafiee Panah, Ali Ghanbari, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
Indian Geotechnical Journal
2022
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Bearing Capacity of Triangular Shell Foundations Adjacent to the Reinforced Sandy Slopes
Seyed ali Ghaffari, Amir Hamidi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
Journal of Engineering Geology
2021
Full Text
Original Article
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Numerical Modeling of Buried Steel Pipe Subjected to Impact Load
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Mahmoud Karimi
Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
2021
Full Text
Original Article
10
Experimental study on bearing capacity of shell strip footings near geotextile-reinforced earth slopes
Seyed ali Ghaffari, Elham Sattari, Amir Hamidi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Abtin Farshi Homayoun Rooz
Journal of Central South University
2021
Full Text
Original Article
11
Evaluating and improving the construction and demolition waste technical properties to use in road construction
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Alireza Azizi, Amanj Haji azizi, Gholam reza Asadolah fardi
Transportation Geotechnics
2020
Full Text
Original Article
12
Use of Artificial Neural Networks to Estimate Installation Damage of Nonwoven Geotextiles
Ehsan Amjadi Sardehaei, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
Journal of Engineering Geology
2020
Full Text
Original Article
13
Evaluating the Applicability of Geocell-Reinforced Dredged Sand Using Plate and Wheel Load Testing
Seyed Taha Tabatabaei aghda, Ali Ghanbari, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology
2019
Full Text
Original Article
14
Scale effect on the behavior of geocell-reinforced soil
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Ramin Behrad, S.N. Moghaddas Tafreshi
GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
2019
Full Text
Original Article
15
Full-scale investigations into installation damage of nonwoven geotextiles
Ehsan Amjadi Sardehaei, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Andrew Dawson
Geomechanics and Engineering
2019
Full Text
Original Article
16
Interfacial properties of Geocell-reinforced granular soils
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Fariba Motarjemi
GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
2018
Full Text
Original Article
17
Shear Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Clayey Sands
Mostafa Moradi, Amir Hamidi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
Journal of Engineering Geology
2017
Full Text
Original Article
18
Scale effect on the behaviour of geogrid-reinforced soil under repeated loads
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Mahdi Khazaii
GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
2017
Full Text
Original Article
19
Design graphs to estimate reduction factor of nonwoven geotextiles due to installation process
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Ehsan Amjadi Sardehaei
European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
2017
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Original Article
20
Simulation of Unenhanced Electrokinetic Process for Lead Removal from Kaolinite Clay
Gholam reza Asadolah fardi, Milad Rezaee, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
International Journal of Civil Engineering
2016
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Original Article
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Experimental study on the behaviour of geogrid-reinforced slopes with respect to aggregate size
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Ali Ghanbari, H. Mehdizadeh
GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
2016
Full Text
Original Article
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Experimental and numerical investigation of footing behaviour on multi-layered rubber-reinforced soil
Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Naser Joz Darabi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Andrew Dawson
European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
2016
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Original Article
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Numerical analysis on Buried pipes protected by combination of geocell reinforcement and rubber-soil mixture
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Andrew Dawson
International Journal of Civil Engineering
2015
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Original Article
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A simplified method for predicting the settlement of circular footings on multi-layered geocell-reinforced non-cohesive soils
Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Tahereh Shaghaghi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Andrew Dawson, Masoud Ghadrdan
GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
2015
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Original Article
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Pipe Response in a Geocell Reinforced Trench and Compaction Considerations
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Andrew Dawson
Geosynthetics International
2013
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Buried Pipes in Rubber-Soil Backfilled Trenches under Cyclic Loading
Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Andrew Dawson
2012
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Circular Footing Subjected to Incremental Cyclic Loads: Coefficient Elastic Uniform Compression of Sand
Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Moradi M.
International Journal of Civil Eng.
2011
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The use of neural network to predict the behavior of small plastic pipes embedded in reinforced sand and surface settlement under repeated-load
Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence
2008
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Analysis of buried plastic pipes in reinforced sand under repeated-load using neural network and regression model
Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Moghaddas Tafreshi S.M.
International Journal of civil engineering
2007
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Combined use of geocell reinforcement and rubber-soil mixtures to improve performance of buried pipes
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Andrew Dawson
2012
Full Text
Presented articles
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Title
Writer
Conference
Date
Presentation type
1
Bearing capacity and stability analysis of geocell-reinforced slopes subjected to the footing loading
Mohammadreza Harirsaz, Ali Ghanbari, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
12th International Conference on Geosynthetics - Italy
1402/06/29
Oral
2
Investigations on degradability of cotton samples buried in different soil conditions (case study)
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Raul Fuentes, Kira Heins, Thomas Gries
12th International Conference on Geosynthetics - Italy
1402/06/29
Oral
3
Cyclic response of geosynthetics-reinforced soil with respect to scale effect
GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI, Ramin Behrad, Mahdi Kargar
12th International Conference on Geosynthetics - Italy
1402/06/29
Oral
4
THE EFFECT OF CYCLIC WHEEL LOADING ON RUTTING BEHAVIOIR IN UNPAVED ROADS WITH GEOCELL-REINFORCED BASES
Alireza Shafiee Panah, Ali Ghanbari, GHOLAMHOSEIN TAVAKOLI MEHRJARDI
8th international conferences on seismology and earthquake engineering - Iran
1398/09/20
Oral