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Geotechnical Engineering Class, Spring 2016

5/13/2016

 
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Geotechnical Engineering class, Spring 2016, SIUE, Instructor: Siavash Zamiran
​​This class was an introduction to Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics for senior students. Students acquired principal knowledge in different aspects of soil mechanics including unit-weight correlations, plasticity limits, seepage in the soil medium, total and effective stress concepts, consolidation, the shear strength of soil, etc. Students also conducted case history studies on different projects for their term paper project as following:​
  • St. Elizabeth's Hospital – Geopiers
  • Interstate 70 Tri Level Connection, Mississippi River Bridge Project, April 2010
  • Metro East Levee System
  • Mississippi River Levee Systems
  • Glen Carbon Storm Water Master Plan
  • Current MSE Retaining Wall Projects in Central U.S.

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Affiliations
•  Committee Member, ASCE GI Geophysics Committee, 2017-Present
•  Committee Member, ASCE GI Deep Foundations Committee, 2017-Present

•  Committee Member, ASCE GI Rock Mechanics Committee, 2016-Present
•  Member, American Society of Civil Engineering, 2015-Present
• Committee Member, Geomate Technical Program, 2015-Present
• Councilor-at-Large, Illinois State Academy of Science, 2017-2019
• Individual Member, Deep Foundation Institute, 2015-2016
•  Member, St. Louis Engineer Club, 2015-2017

•  President & Founder, Geo-Institute SIUE Student Chapter, 2015-2017
•  Member, Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society in the US, 2015-Present
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Siavash Zamiran, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Project Engineer, Marino Engineering Asscoiates, Inc.