S. Amirreza Beyabanaki

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Connecticut

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Phone: 860-***-****

E-mail: acelsy@r.postjobfree.com

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Education

Aug 2011- Aug 2014 Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs,

USA.

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Master of Science, Mining Engineering – Geotechnical Engineering, University of

2003

Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan,

2000

Iran.

Awards, Honors, and Fellowships

Honor student with GPA 4.0, University of Connecticut, USA,

2011-2014

2014 Govindan Fellowship, University of Connecticut, USA, Spring 2014.

UCONN Graduate Student Travel Award for the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San

2013

Francisco, California, 9-13 December 2013.

Govindan Fellowship, University of Connecticut, USA, Fall 2013.

2013

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Connecticut, USA, Fall 2013.

2013

Fellowship, University of Connecticut, USA, Summer 2013.

2013

Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut, USA, Summer 2012.

2012

2003 1st rank graduate from School of Mining Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran,

Iran.

2001 Ranked 8th in the countrywide MSc entrance exam in Iran.

1st rank graduate from Mining Engineering Faculty, Isfahan University of

2000

Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

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Work Experience

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Connecticut, USA.

2011-present

- Slope stability analysis

- Modeling landslides triggered by rainfall and earthquakes

- Coupled saturated/unsaturated slope stability analysis

- Developing a new combined hydrology and slope stability model

- Modeling groundwater flow and investigate its effects on slope stability

- Considering effects of rainfall on slope stability

- Considering effects of earthquakes on slope stability

- Slope Stability using SoilVision

- Development of a new numerical method for modeling particulate media such

as soils

Geotechnical Engineer, Pooyesh Rah Mandegar Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran.

2007-2011

- Site characterization, and rock-joint mapping

- Use of stereographic projections to analyze geologic structure data (DIPS)

- Rock Mass Classification (RMR), Q and rock-mass strengths

- Slope stability analysis and design of support system including soil nailing and

rock anchor

- Numerical modeling of rock mass response due to open and underground

excavations

- Design of temporary and permanent underground support systems in both soils

and rocks (including reinforced concrete/shotcrete lining, steel supports, rock

anchors, and timbers)

- Design of slope and tunnel instrumentations

- Analysis of slope and tunnel instrumentation results

- Improvement of tunnel support system

- Ground improvement

- Stability analysis of rock and soil slopes using SLOPE/W, SLIDE, SWEDGE

- Stress-deformation analysis of tunnels and underground excavations using

UDEC, FLAC, and FLAC3D

Geotechnical Engineer, Haraz Rah Consulting Engineering Group, Tehran, Iran.

2003-2007

- Site investigation, and rock-joint mapping

- Analyze geologic structure data

- Rock Mass Classification (RMR), Q and rock-mass strengths

- Investigations simulating the dynamic effects of earthquakes on slope stability

- Conceptual tunneling method and NATM tunnel cross section (excavation

sequences)

- Design of temporary and permanent tunnel support systems in both soils and

rocks

- Design of slope and tunnel instrumentations

- Analysis of slope and tunnel instrumentation results

- Ground improvement

- Stability analysis of rock and soil slopes using SLOPE/W, SWEDGE, FLAC,

and UDEC

- Stress-deformation analysis of tunnels and underground excavations using

PLAXIS, 3DEC and FLAC3D

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Selected Relevant Courses

Geotechnics

Soil Mechanics

Groundwater Flow Modeling

Small Watershed Modeling (Hydrology)

Advanced Foundation Design

Tunneling

Rock Mechanics

Advanced Rock Mechanics

Advanced Rock Dynamics

Shaft & Tunnel Excavation

Design of Underground Excavation

Mechanized Excavation

Drilling and Blasting

Design of Surface Excavations

Consulting Experience

Stability Analysis of “Mianeh-Bostan Abad-Tabriz” Railway Trenches.

Stability Analysis of “Isfahan-Shiraz” Railway Trenches.

Stability analysis of “Kerman-Zahedan” Railway Trenches.

Instrumentation Design of “Qazvin-Rasht” Highway Tunnels.

Stability Analysis, Excavation, Instrumentation and Support Design of “Kerman-

Zahedan” Railway Tunnel.

Stability Analysis, Excavation, Instrumentation and Support Design of “Mianeh-

Bostan Abad-Tabriz” Railway Tunnel.

Stability Analysis, Excavation, Instrumentation and Support Design of “Ardakan-

Chadormalu” Railway Tunnel.

Stability Analysis, Excavation, Instrumentation and Support Design of “Qazvin-

Rasht-Bandar Anzali” Railway Tunnels and Trenches.

Stability Analysis, Cross-Cut Tunnels of “Tabriz Subway”.

Stability Analysis, Excavation, Instrumentation and Support Design of “Sanandaj-

Kamyaran” Highway Tunnels and Trenches.

Technical Reviewer

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Elsevier.

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, John

Wiley & Sons.

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Elsevier.

Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier.

International Journal of Solids and Structures, Elsevier.

Journal of Advances in Engineering Software, Elsevier.

Ocean Engineering, An International Journal of Research and Development, Elsevier.

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

1. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Bagtzoglou A.C., “Sphere-boundary edge and sphere-boundary

corner contacts model in DDA for 3-D particulate media simulations”, Geomechanics

and Geoengineering: An International Journal, Taylor & Francis, 2014 (in press).

2. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Bagtzoglou A.C., “Accuracy of Dynamic Disk-Based DDA

with Respect to a Single Sliding Disk Cluster", Geomechanics and Geoengineering:

An International Journal, Taylor & Francis, 2014, DOI:

10.1080/17486025.2013.838645, in press.

3. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Bagtzoglou A.C., “Non-rigid disk-based DDA with a new

contact model”, Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier, 2013, 49, 25–35.

4. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Bagtzoglou A.C., “Three-dimensional discontinuous

deformation analysis (3-D DDA) method for particulate media applications”,

Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal, Taylor & Francis,

2012, 7(4), 239–253.

5. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Jafari A., Yeung M. R., “High-Order Three-Dimensional

Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA)”, International Journal for

Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 2010, 26(12),

1522-1547.

6. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Ferdosi B., Mohammadi S., “Validation of dynamic block

displacement analysis and modification of edge-to-edge contact constraints in 3-D

DDA”, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Elsevier,

2009, 46, 1223-1234.

7. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Mikola G. R., Biabanaki S. O., Mohammadi S., “New Point-to-

Face Contact Algorithm for 3-D Contact Problems using the Augmented Lagrangian

Method”, Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal, Taylor &

Francis, 2009, 4(3), 221-236.

8. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Jafari A., Yeung M. R., “Second-Order Displacement

Functions for Three-Dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA)”,

International Journal of Science and Technology, Elsevier, 2009, 16(3), 216-225.

9. Beyabanaki S. A.R., Jafari A., Biabanaki S. O., Yeung M. R., “A Coupling Model of

3-D Discontinous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA) and Finite Element Method”,

AJSE, 2009, 34(2B), 107-119.

10. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Jafari A., Biabanaki S. O., Yeung M. R “Nodal-based Three-

Dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA)”, Computers and

Geotechnics, Elsevier, 2009, 36, 359-372.

11. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Mikola R. G., Hatami K. “Three-dimensional discontinuous

deformation analysis (3-D DDA) using a new contact resolution algorithm”,

Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier, 2008, 35, 346–356.

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International Conference Papers

1. Moosavi M., Jafari A., Beyabanaki S. A., “Dynamic Three-Dimensional

Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA) Validation Using Analytical

Solution”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Analysis of

Discontinuous Deformation (ICADD-7), Hawaii, USA, Dec. 10-12, 2005, pp. 37-48.

2. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Jafari A., “Modified point-to-face frictionless contact

constraints for three-dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA)”,

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous

Deformation (ICADD-7), Hawaii, USA, Dec. 10-12, 2005, pp. 24-36.

3. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Jafari A., Yeung M. R., Biabanaki S. O., “Implementation of a

Trilinear Hexahedron Mesh into Three-Dimensional Discontinuous Deformation

Analysis (3-D DDA)”, The 8th International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous

Deformation (ICADD-8): Fundamentals and Application to Mining & Civil

Engineering, Beijing, China, Aug. 2007, pp. 51-56.

4. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Jafari A., Yeung M. R., “Development of Three-Dimensional

Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA) with 3rd Order Displacement

Function”, 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock

Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, USA, June 29-July 2, 2008, Paper number

ARMA 08-349.

5. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Yeung M. R., Vosogh A. H., “Three-Dimensional

Discontinuous Deformtion Analysis (3-D DDA) with nth-order polynomial

displacement functions”, 43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.-Canada

Rock Mechanics Symposium, Asheville, North Carolina, USA, June 28- July 1, 2009,

Paper number ARMA 09-5.

6. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Yeung M. R., Mohammadi S., Gao Y. N., “Contact Theory for

Deformable Blocks in Three-Dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D

DDA)”, 44th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 27-

30, 2010, Paper number ARMA 10-316.

7. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Yeung M. R., “Modification of Contact Constraints in High-

Order Three-Dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA)”, 45th

U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, USA, June 26-29,

2011, Paper number ARMA 11-203.

8. Beyabanaki S. A. R., Bagtzoglou A.C., Anagnostou E.N., “Effect of water content

on stability of landslides triggered by earthquakes”, the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San

Francisco, USA, Dec. 9-13, 2013.

Computer Skills

Programming Languages:

Visual BASIC, FORTRAN, C++, MATLAB

Professional Packages:

1. SoilVision Office

2. GEO-SLOPE Office (SLOPE/W, SEEP/W, SIGMA/W, QUAKE/W)

ITASCA Software (UDEC, 3DEC, FLAC, FLAC3D, PFC2D and

3.

PFC3D)

4. ROCSCIENCE Software (SLIDE, DIPS, UNWEDGE, SWEDGE,

PHASE2, ROCFALL, ROCPLANE)

5. PLAXIS

Development Tools:

AutoCAD, Microsoft Office

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